U.S. Geological Survey
2018
Comma separated value (CSV) text files of navigation and elevation data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey during field activity 2016-030-FA offshore Sandwich Beach, MA in June 2016
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tabular digital data
data release
DOI:10.5066/P9TJIM2M
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
https://doi.org/10.5066/P9TJIM2M
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2016-030-FA/
Danforth, W.W.
Sherwood, C.R.
Martini, M.A.
Borden, J.
Brosnahan, S.M.
2018
Sidescan sonar, single beam bathymetry, and navigation collected offshore of Sandwich Beach in 2016, U.S. Geological Field Activity 2016-030-FA
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data release
DOI:10.5066/P9TJIM2M
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
Suggested citation: Danforth, W.W. Sherwood, C.R., Martini, M.A., Borden, J., and Brosnahan, S.M., 2018, Sidescan sonar, single beam bathymetry, and navigation collected offshore of Sandwich Beach in 2016, U.S. Geological Field Activity 2016-030-FA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9TJIM2M.
https://doi.org/10.5066/P9TJIM2M
The objectives of the survey were to provide bathymetric and sidescan sonar data for sediment transport studies and coastal change model development for ongoing studies of nearshore coastal dynamics along Sandwich Town Neck Beach, MA. Data collection equipment used for this investigation are mounted on an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) uniquely adapted from a commercially sold gas-powered kayak and termed the "jetyak". The jetyak design is the result of a collaborative effort between USGS and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientists.
This text file represents approximately 26 kilometers of navigation and depth data collected in 2016. These data were collected by the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center during USGS field activity 2016-030-FA using a Humminbird 898c HD SI Combo GPS/Fish Finder remote sensing instrument (www.humminbird.com) that is rigidly mounted on the hull of the jetyak. These data can be used in conjunction with other geophysical and sample data to identify sea-floor morphology and sediment texture.
For more information about the WHCMSC Field Activity, see https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2016-030-FA.
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ground condition during 20160606 - 20160608
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USGS
U.S. Geological Survey
CMGP
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
WHCMSC
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Marine Geology
field activity number 2016-030-FA
WAAS navigation
GPS navigation
Humminbird 898c HD SI Combo
R/V Knob
Jetyak
USGS thesaurus
field methods
field inventory and monitoring
navigational data
GPS measurement
geospatial datasets
geolocation measurement
sonar methods
single-beam echo sounder
datasets
bathymetry measurement
digital elevation models
bathymetry
map coordinate systems
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
elevation
geoscientificInformation
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North America
United States
Massachusetts
Sandwich Beach
Sandwich
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Not to be used for navigation. 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 originator of the dataset.
William W. Danforth
U. S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
Massachusetts
02543
USA
508-548-8700 x2274
508-457-2310
bdanforth@usgs.gov
This text file contains navigation and depth (below the transducer) data collected by the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center during USGS field activity 2016-030-FA using a Humminbird 898c HD SI Combo GPS/Fish Finder remote sensing instrument mounted on the USGS Jetyak.
All collected survey line navigation data.
Navigation were acquired using a Humminbird 898c HD SI Combo Global Positioning System (GPS), using the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS), which is spatially accurate within 2 meters, horizontally.
Humminbird 898c HD SI Combo GPS/Fish Finder also collects depth values below the instrument transducer. Vertical accuracy of the raw data in water depths of 10 meters or less, based on industry standard system specifications for 83 and 200 kHz transmit frequencies, is 5-10 centimeters
U.S. Geological Survey
Unpublished Material
Raw navigation data in Humminbird .son/.dat format.
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ground condition during 20160606 - 20160608
Raw Navigation Data
These data were collected using the USGS jetyak, a commercially sold gas-powered kayak built in upstate New York, running pre-planned lines perpendicular to the beach with a 20 meter line spacing. The jetyak has a roto-molded polyethylene hull and an air-cooled 7-horsepower four-stroke engine. It is propelled and steered by means of a water-drive. The boat will run for 8 to 10 hours on 3 gallons of gas at survey speeds of 2 to 6 knots. Modifications were made by USGS and WHOI scientists to make the jetyak autonomous. The two original manual controls (throttle and steering) are replaced by servos: automatic devices that use error-sensing feedback to correct performance, such as those employed in remote-control airplanes and satellite-tracking antennas. The servos are run by an onboard computer developed for aerial drones. This computer, a modified Arduino, includes Ardupilot software and a special circuit board that provides interfaces for the controls, radio, and Global Positioning System receiver (GPS). The only other modification is installation of a centrifugal clutch, which allows the engine to idle without moving the jetyak.
Onboard the Jetyak is a hull mounted Humminbird 898c HD SI Combo GPS Fish Finder that is used for GPS navigation and location in addition to collection of sidescan sonar data at 455 kHz, and depth (bathymetric) data at 83 and 200 kHz. Files are saved in a proprietary Humminbird .SON/.DAT paired data format, contact www.humminbird.com for details. A separate navigation GPS receiver mounted onboard the Jetyak is a Spectra Precision SP80 GNSS receiver (http://www.spectraprecision.com/eng/sp80.html#.WyQWYDNKjUI). This receiver is mounted on top of a pole 1.025 meters in length which is attached to the hull of the jetyak. This receiver is called the "rover", and saves information that will later be used in conjunction with base station established on the beach to calculate kinematic solutions for both the horizontal and vertical coordinates of the rover. The sidescan sonar, navigation, and bathymetry data were processed using Chesapeake Technology 64-bit SonarWiz6 version 6.05.0025 (www.chesapeaketech.com) and ArcGIS version 10.5 (www.esri.com).
Extract trackline navigation values using SonarWiz6 from the raw data:
1. Create a project (UTM-WGS84, Zone 19N, central meridian -69.0) and use all default import parameters for the Humminbird .DAT format in SonarWiz6 (use sensor heading, import 1024 samples per channel, use channels 1 and 2).
2. Once the .DAT file is imported, select the Tools menu in SonarWiz6, and select CSF, convert CSF file to CSV. This will save all information from the sonar file to a temporary scratch comma separated value (CSV) text file.
3. Using Excel (or other tabular data software), extract the date, time, altitude, navigation (easting, northing of nadir line) from the scratch CSV file created in step 2 and save these values to a new temporary scratch CSV file.
4. The DGPS horizontal coordinates recorded by the Humminbird unit are based on the WGS84 ellipsoid (WGS84 G1762, ITRF2008). Using vdatum ( https://vdatum.noaa.gov ), transform the horizontal UTM Zone 19 WGS84 coordinates using the temporary scratch file created in step 3 to the NAD83 HARN UTM Zone 19 reference frame, and save these coordinates to a new file containing date, time, transformed trackline coordinates (nadir easting, nadir northing), and depth (2016-030-FA_navigation.csv).
5. Using the UNIX utility gawk (Mac OS X ver 10.13.4, GNU gawk v4.2.1) to extract every 25th navigation entry from the CSV file created in step 4 (corresponding to every 1 sec) to a CSV file for efficient grid processing (2016-030-FA_navigation_dec25.csv).
Command line: gawk 'BEGIN{count=0}{if(!(count % 25))print;count++}' 2016-030-FA_navigation.csv > 2016-030-FA_navigation_dec25.csv
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William W. Danforth
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
508-548-8700 x2274
508-457-2310
bdanforth@usgs.gov
Point
Universal Transverse Mercator
19N
0.999600
-69.000000
0.000000
500000.000000
0.000000
coordinate pair
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.01
meters
D_North_American_1983_HARN
Geodetic Reference System 80
6378137.000000
298.257222
local mean sea level
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meters
Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
The first row of the CSV file is a header row, with the remaining rows containing the data. Both the full navigation file and the decimated navigation file have the same columns of information.
The comma separated text files contain the following columns.
Column 1 - Date: contains the date in the MM/DD/YYYY format
Column 2 - Time: contains universal coordinated time (UTC) in HH:MM:SS format
Column 3 - NadirX-NAD83-UTM19N: contains double precision easting in UTM Zone 19 NAD 83 meters
Column 4 - NadirY-NAD83-UTM19N: contains double precision northing in UTM Zone 19 NAD 83 meters
Column 5 - Depth: contains the distance of the jetyak transducer measured above the sea floor in single precision meters
U.S. Geological Survey - William Danforth data processor.
William W. Danforth
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
Massachusetts
02543
USA
508-548-8700 x2274
508-457-2310
bdanforth@usgs.gov
Windows 10 zip file 2016-030-FA_navigation.zip containing point navigation data stored in two comma separated value text files (2016-030-FA_navigation.csv, 2016-030-FA_navigation_dec25.csv), as well as FGDC CSDGM metadata files (2016-030-FA_navigation.xml, 2016-030-FA_navigation.html, 2016-030-FA_navigation.txt). No browse graphic is available.
Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
CSV
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comma separated value text format
Windows 10 zip file containing the CSV formatted text file of navigation data extracted from the data logged with Humminbird 898c HD SI Combo acquisition software by the U.S. Geological Survey during field activity 2016-030-FA offshore Sandwich Beach, MA in June 2016. This also includes associated metadata.
To extract the data, use Windows Explorer (Windows 7, 8, 10), WinZip, 7zip, Peazip or pkUnzip
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https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2016-030-FA/data/navigation/2016-030-FA_navigation.zip
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2016-030-FA/
https://doi.org/10.5066/P9TJIM2M
The first link downloads the data in a zip file, the second link is to the landing page of the data, and the third link is the DOI link to the landing page of the data.
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These data are available as text distributed in a comma separated value text format (CSV). The CSV files are stored in one folder 'navigation' that has been compressed using native Windows 10 compression software. To utilize these data, the user must have software capable of uncompressing the zip file. The zip file also contains associated metadata.
20180802
William W. Danforth
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
Massachusetts
02543
USA
508-548-8700 x2274
508-457-2310
bdanforth@usgs.gov
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
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