Survey lines along which SEABed Observation and Sampling System (SEABOSS) video were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey offshore of Massachusetts in Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound in September 2010 on the RV Connecticut (BBVS_SeabossTrackline.shp)

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 2015
Title:

Survey lines along which SEABed Observation and Sampling System (SEABOSS) video were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey offshore of Massachusetts in Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound in September 2010 on the RV Connecticut (BBVS_SeabossTrackline.shp)

Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2014-1221

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place:

Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141221
Online_Linkage:

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1221/GIS/shapefile/BBVS_SeabossTrackline.zip

Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1221/html/appendix1.html
Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Seth D. Ackerman
Originator: Adrienne L. Pappal
Originator: Emily C. Huntley
Originator: Dann S. Blackwood
Originator: William C. Schwab
Publication_Date: 2015
Title:

Geological Sampling Data and Benthic Biota Classification: Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts

Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2014-1221

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Other_Citation_Details:

Suggested citation: Ackerman, S.D., Pappal, A.L., Huntley, E.C., Blackwood, D.S., and Schwab, W.C., 2015, Geological sampling data and benthic biota classification—Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014–1221, 30 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141221.

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141221
Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1221/

Description:

Abstract:

These data were collected under a cooperative agreement with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology Program. The primary objective of this program, initiated in 2003, is to develop regional geologic framework information for the management of coastal and marine resources. Accurate data and maps of sea-floor geology are important first steps toward protecting fish habitat, delineating marine resources, and assessing environmental changes due to natural or human effects. The project is focused on the inshore waters (5-30 meters deep) of Massachusetts. Data collected for the mapping cooperative have been released in a series of USGS Open-File Reports (http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/coastal_mass/html/current_map.html). This spatial dataset is from the study area located in Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound Massachusetts, and consists of ground-validation data which include the spatial extent of sea-floor sediment sample analyses, the location of sea-floor bottom photographs, and the tracklines along which sea-floor video was collected. These ground-validation (or ground-truth) data accompany a suite of high-resolution geophysical data, including swath bathymetry, sidescan-sonar backscatter intensity, and seismic-reflection data that were released in USGS Open File Reports 2012-1002 and 2012-1006. The sea-floor sampling data were collected during USGS survey 2010-005-FA in 2010 and cover more than 750 square kilometers of the inner continental shelf where the geophysical data were collected in 2009 and 2010.

Purpose:

This data set includes the tracklines (the linear extent) where seafloor photographs and video were acquired with the large SEABed Observation and Sampling System (SEABOSS, SEABOSS Mark II configuration) during USGS survey 2010-005-FA, conducted September 9-14, 2010 aboard the R/V Connecticut offshore Massachusetts in Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound. This data set was collected to ground-truth (verify) the acoustic data sets that were acquired during NOAA hydrographic survey H11319 (2004) and USGS geophysical surveys 09002 (2009) and 10004 (2010). Bottom photographs were also taken at each station occupied by the SEABOSS (see shapefiles BBVS_BottomPhotos_wBio.shp). Physical sediment samples were also collected and analyzed in the sediment laboratory at the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (see shapefile BBVS_SedimentSamples.shp).

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20100909
Ending_Date: 20100914

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.096542
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.457283
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.649602
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.267605

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:ff028910-641c-4c5f-9667-251aaa5829b6

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: R/V Connecticut
Theme_Keyword: Esri polyline shapefile
Theme_Keyword: ground-truth
Theme_Keyword: seafloor video
Theme_Keyword: seabed video
Theme_Keyword: bottom video
Theme_Keyword: video
Theme_Keyword: stations
Theme_Keyword: seafloor
Theme_Keyword: sea floor
Theme_Keyword: marine geology
Theme_Keyword: sediments
Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC field activity serial number 2010-005-FA
Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC field activity serial number 10005
Theme_Keyword: Van Veen grab sampler
Theme_Keyword: SEABOSS sampler
Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 2014-1221
Theme_Keyword: OFR 2014-1221

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: environment
Theme_Keyword: location
Theme_Keyword: oceans

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: navigational data
Theme_Keyword: field monitoring stations
Theme_Keyword: marine geology
Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: Buzzards Bay
Place_Keyword: Vineyard Sound
Place_Keyword: Martha's Vineyard
Place_Keyword: New Bedford
Place_Keyword: Woods Hole
Place_Keyword: Cape Cod
Place_Keyword: Falmouth
Place_Keyword: West Falmouth
Place_Keyword: Cleveland Ledge
Place_Keyword: Elizabeth Islands

Stratum:

Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Stratum_Keyword: Seafloor
Stratum_Keyword: Sea floor
Stratum_Keyword: Seabed

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Temporal_Keyword: 2010

Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:

Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey as the source of this information.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name:

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1221/GIS/browse_jpg/big/BBVS_SeabossTrackline.jpg

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Thumbnail image of video tracklines
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: D. Blackwood
Originator: K. Parolski
Publication_Date: 2001
Title: Seabed observation and sampling system
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Sea Technology
Issue_Identification: v. 42, no. 2, p. 39-43

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Seth D. Ackerman
Originator: Brian D. Andrews
Originator: David S. Foster
Originator: Wayne E. Baldwin
Originator: William C. Schwab
Publication_Date: 2013
Title:

High-resolution geophysical data from the inner continental shelf - Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2012-1002

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1002/

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Brian D. Andrews
Originator: Seth D. Ackerman
Originator: Wayne E. Baldwin
Originator: David S. Foster
Originator: William C. Schwab
Publication_Date: 2013
Title:

High-Resolution geophysical data from the inner continental shelf at Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2012-1006

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1006/

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Gaps in sequential video station numbers may exist. Some stations may have more than one video trackline.

Completeness_Report:

This dataset includes the video trackline locations for SEABOSS stations occupied during USGS survey 2010-005-FA aboard the R/V Connecticut within the Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound survey areas. Three-hundred and one stations were occupied within the study area during survey 2010-005-FA; some stations may have more than one video trackline and in these cases the tracklines are typically name "a" and "b" (e.g. Linename 40a and 40b exist for SEABOSS station 40). Sediment samples were obtained at 246 of these sites.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Navigation for survey 2010-005-FA used Differential Global Positioning System (GPS). The recorded position of each point along the video trackline is actually the position of the GPS antenna on the survey vessel, not the SEABOSS sampler. The SEABOSS was deployed approximately 5 meters astern of the GPS antenna off the ship's A-frame on the stern of the ship. No layback or offset was applied to the recorded position. In addition to the +/-5 meter offset the SEABOSS may additionally drift away from the survey vessel when deployed to the seafloor. Based on the various sources for horizontal offsets, a conservative estimate of the horizontal accuracy of the video trackline locations is 20-30 meters.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Three hundred and one target stations were occupied aboard the R/V Connecticut (USGS survey 2010-005-FA) with the large SEABOSS (Blackwood and Parolski, 2001) that was equipped with a Van Veen grab sampler, a digital still camera, and a video camera.

Process_Date: 201009
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: JPEG photographs and video recorded to DVD and Digital8 tape
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologists
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2315
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

DGPS navigation was logged through a Microsoft HyperTerminal (version 5.1) session on a HP laptop computer running Windows XP, SP2. Log files were saved for each sampling watch then reformatted into log files by Julian Day (e.g., JD252.txt) during post-processing. The AWK script awkseth.gpgga10005.sda was run on the group of Julian Day files creating a comma separated value (CSV) ASCII text file that parsed for the GPGGA navigation string (> awk -f awkseth.gpgga10005.sda JD*.txt > all_nav_10005.csv). The output file was then reformatted for the Python ground-truth toolset using the AWK script nav_time_reformat.awk (> awk -f nav_time_reformat.awk all_nav_10005.csv > 10005_UConn_ALLnav_final.csv), creating a final processed navigation file for the entire sampling survey (10005_UConn_ALLnav_final.csv).

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: HyperTerminal generated navigation files (JD25[2-7].txt)
Process_Date: 201301
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: GPGGA parsed navigation file (10005_UConn_ALLnav_final.csv)
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

A "drift log" was created by parsing and reformatting the manually kept Microsoft Excel survey log 10005_seaboss_log_FINAL_DRAFT_v2.xls for SEABOSS station number, date, and the start and end time of each video drift. This log was checked and modified as a number of stations had unreliable start and end times based on the manually kept log. To check and determine correct start and end times, the program ffmpeg was used to create JPEG images of the first frame from each video file to verify the video start time (the DVD video has an overlay of the GPS time, latitude and longitude, as well as a user-input station number) and then another ffmpeg output calculated the length of each DVD video segment.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Survey Log - 10005_seaboss_log_FINAL_DRAFT_v2.xls
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: DVD video files
Process_Date: 201305
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: drift_log_10005.csv
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Create polyline shapefile joining the SEABOSS drift time log with the navigation based on matching date and time fields using ArcGIS 9.3 ArcToolbox tool "z_SEABOSStools_demo2012 - 4. Seaboss_Trackline_Creator" (which uses the Python script "seaboss_trackline_creator_v1_1.py; inputs: drift file - drift_log_10005.csv; navfile - 10005_UConn_ALLnav_final.csv; outfile shapefile - vid_track_10005_v2.shp). The Python script reads the start and end times from the drift log file (drift_log_10005.csv) and extracts the navigation points that fall within those start and end times, then it creates a polyline shapefile from the points with a unique line for each SEABOSS drift site.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: drift_log_10005.csv
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: 10005_UConn_ALLnav_final.csv
Process_Date: 201305
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: vid_track_10005_v2.shp
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

XTools Pro (version 9.2) for ArcGIS desktop (version 10.1) was used to reorganize, delete unnecessary fields and add new fields to the polyline shapefile's attribute table (Table Operations - Table Restructure). Table attributes for the date ('Date'), survey ID ("SurveyID'), device used to collect the data ('DeviceID'), survey vessel name ('VehicleID') and imagelink ('ImageLink') were added and populated using the table editor in ArcMap (version 10.1). The length field ('Length') was populated using 'Calculate Geometry' (Property=Length; Use coordinate system of the data frame=WGS 1984 UTM Zone 19N; Unit=Meters), which can be accessed by right-clicking on the attribute field name in the table view. The attributes for Julian day ('JulDay'), year ('Year'), start time ('StartTime'), end time ('EndTime'), and SEABOSS station number ('Linename') were already populated.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: vid_track_10005_v2.shp
Process_Date: 201309
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: BBVS_SeabossTrackline.shp
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The following edits were performed on this file: Modified the title to move filename to end of title; added the DOI link as the first link in the metadata file; added the suggested citation to the other citation details; added the DOI link as the first link in the larger work citation; fixed the publication date for both the datasets and larger work citation; removed Esri tags; rename “General” to “None” thesaurus name; added USGS Thesaurus terms; removed invalid ISO 19115 Topic Category terms; fixed all errors; replaced the distribution liability with an approved FSP statement; added a generic email with contact instructions for the metadata contact; added the metadata unique identifier (PID) in the thesaurus section; updated the metadata date. (20250725)

Process_Date: 20250725
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross

Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 315

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: BBVS_SeabossTrackline
Entity_Type_Definition:

tracklines along which seafloor video and photographs were acquired

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Linename
Attribute_Definition:

This indicates the SEABOSS station number or SEABOSS trackline along which digital still photos and continuous bottom video were acquired. For some stations there is an "a" or "b" after the station number; in some cases this is becase a line was interuptted and was restarted and in some case it is because the DVD recorder splits the DVD video files at 15 minutes and begins a new DVD file.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 10

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Length
Attribute_Definition:

Length of SEABOSS video trackline in meters (UTM Zone 19N, WGS84)

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.61
Range_Domain_Maximum: 795.40
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: JulDay
Attribute_Definition:

Julian day on which this video trackline was surveyed based on UTC time. Julian day is the integer number representing the interval of time in days since January 1 of the year of collection.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 252
Range_Domain_Maximum: 257

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Date
Attribute_Definition:

The date on which this video trackline was surveyed in the format MM/DD/YYYY.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 10

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Year
Attribute_Definition: Calendar year data were collected
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 4

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: StartTime
Attribute_Definition: Start time of the SEABOSS video drift in UTC (hh:mm:ss)
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 8

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: EndTime
Attribute_Definition: End time of the SEABOSS video drift in UTC (hh:mm:ss)
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 8

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SurveyID
Attribute_Definition:

Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center field activity number in the format YYYY-XXXX-FA where YYYY is the year of the survey and XXXX is the survey number assigned to field activities with participation by scientists and staff from the USGS Wood Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 12

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DeviceID
Attribute_Definition: Sampling device used to collect bottom video
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 18

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: VehicleID
Attribute_Definition: Survey vessel name
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 25

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution_Liability:

Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data for other purposes, nor on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Shapefile
Format_Version_Number: ArcGIS 10.1
Format_Specification: Zip file of Esri polyline shapefile
Format_Information_Content: locations of SEABOSS tracklines
File_Decompression_Technique: zip
Transfer_Size: 0.814

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1221/GIS/shapefile/BBVS_SeabossTrackline.zip

Network_Resource_Name: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1221/html/appendix1.html

Access_Instructions: Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW).

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: DVD-ROM
Recording_Capacity:

Recording_Density: 4.75
Recording_Density_Units: Gbytes

Recording_Format: UDF

Fees: None

Technical_Prerequisites:

These data are available as a shapefile in Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) format. To utilize these data, the user must have software capable of viewing Esri shapefiles. The shapefile is also distributed in compressed format as one zip file. To utilize these data, the user must be able to uncompress the zip file.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20250725
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov
Contact_Instructions:

The metadata contact email address is a generic address in the event the person is no longer with the U.S. Geological Survey.

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

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