Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Page C. Valentine Publication_Date: 2019 Title: Seabed still images in JPEG format and image locations collected on Stellwagen Bank during U.S. Geological Survey field activity 2017-030-FA, aboard the R/V Auk, May 18-23, 2017 Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster Series_Information: Series_Name: data release Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P94GOZ7C Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P94GOZ7C Online_Linkage: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2017-030-FA/ Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Page C. Valentine Originator: VeeAnn A. Cross Publication_Date: 2019 Title: Sea-floor sediment samples, seabed imagery, and CTD instrument data collected on Stellwagen Bank in May 2017, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2017-030-FA Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: data release Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P94GOZ7C Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: Suggested citation: Valentine, P.C., and Cross, V.A., 2019, Sea-floor sediment samples, seabed imagery, and CTD instrument data collected on Stellwagen Bank in May 2017, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2017-030-FA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P94GOZ7C. Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P94GOZ7C Online_Linkage: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2017-030-FA/ Description: Abstract: This field activity is part of the effort to map geologic substrates of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts. The overall goal is to develop high-resolution (1:25,000) interpretive maps, based on multibeam sonar data and seabed sampling, showing surficial geology and seabed sediment dynamics. This cruise was conducted in collaboration with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and the data collected will aid research on the ecology of fish and invertebrate species that inhabit the region. The Sanctuary's research vessel, R/V Auk, visited 50 locations on Stellwagen Bank at which a customized Van Veen grab sampler (SEABOSS) equipped with a video camera and a CTD was deployed in drift mode to collect sediment for grain-size analysis, video imagery of the seabed, and measurements of water column properties. Purpose: To provide images of the sea floor acquired with the SEABed OBservation and Sampling System (SEABOSS). These data provide ground-truth information for geophysical datasets and are used in seabed interpretations. Supplemental_Information: Additional information regarding the field activity can be obtained from https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-030-FA. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20170518 Ending_Date: 20170523 Currentness_Reference: ground condition when data were collected. Actual dates of collection May 18, 19, and 23, 2017 Status: Progress: complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.457280 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.136020 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.419890 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.171340 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:f92302d5-dfd8-49e3-aedd-dd83168e6264 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program Theme_Keyword: CMHRP Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC Theme_Keyword: sea floor samples Theme_Keyword: sediment samples Theme_Keyword: ground-truth Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation Theme_Keyword: location Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: marine geology Theme_Keyword: image collections Theme_Keyword: underwater photography Theme_Keyword: sea-floor characteristics Theme_Keyword: field monitoring stations Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords Theme_Keyword: photographic sampling Theme_Keyword: seabed Theme_Keyword: marine geology Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: North America Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean Place_Keyword: Stellwagen Bank Place_Keyword: Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Place_Keyword: SBNMS Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Bay Access_Constraints: None. Use_Constraints: None. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Page C. Valentine Contact_Position: Research 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 x2239 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pvalentine@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2017-030-FA/data/imagery/2017-030-FA_seabedimage_browse.jpg Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Browse graphic of an example seabed still image on Stellwagen Bank. Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: D.S. Blackwood Originator: K.F. Parolski Publication_Date: 2001 Title: Seabed observation and sampling system Series_Information: Series_Name: Sea Technology Issue_Identification: v. 42, no. 2, p.39-43 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: P. Valentine Originator: D. Blackwood Originator: K. Parolski Publication_Date: 2000 Title: Seabed observation and sampling system Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet Issue_Identification: FS-142-00 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/fs14200 Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs142-00/ Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: The image names are in the format staXXXX_Y.jpg where XXXX is the station number and Y is the image number at that station. Each station has 2 images - one showing a broader view of the landscape (Y=1) and the second a close-up of the seabed (Y=2). The difference in view is related to the closeness of the SEABOSS system to the seafloor. See the cross-references for a description of the SEABOSS system. All the images are from one camera except for stations 4606, 4607, and 4610 for which images came from backup cameras mounted slightly higher on the SEABOSS system because the preferred camera was non-functional. Stations 4606 and 4607 used the Seaviewer camera while 4610 used the second GoPro camera. The two images from a station are not from the exact same location, but the EXIF header information in each is the same. This is because the video source imagery did not display time. So the latitude and longitude of the two images is based on the station location time recorded in the cruise log book (the location of a sediment sample; or if no sample collected, the video drift end location). The latitude and longitude position of a station recorded in the log book was adjusted by reference to the latitude and longitude recorded at that time in the GPS navigation file. The 2017-030-FA_station_data_summary (available from the Larger Work citation) station locations are the same as the image locations at each station number. Completeness_Report: Each station has 2 images - one showing a broader view of the landscape and the second a close-up of the seabed that was recorded when sampling was attempted. With 50 stations, this makes a total of 100 JPEG images. In some images from shallow depths, ambient daylight is the dominant light source and causes the images to have a “greenish” coloration. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Although the images do not represent spatial data, the spatial information is available in the EXIF header of each image, which is derived from the station data summary file (available from the Larger Work citation). The location information for stations was acquired from a satellite navigation receiver (Furuno satellite compass SC-30, GPS receiver) at two second intervals with a horizontal accuracy of 10 m. The navigation antenna is located 5.3 m forward of the SEABOSS deployment location. This offset was not accounted for in the navigation acquisition (navigation fixes represent antenna location). Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Seabed video imagery was collected using two battery-operated, high-definition (1920 x 1080 pixels) GoPro digital video cameras and a Seaviewer high-definition (1920 x 720 pixels) digital camera mounted on the USGS SEABed Observation and Sampling System (SEABOSS). The Seaviewer camera had a live feed to the surface and was used only to observe obstacles, like gill nets and lobster gear, in order to avoid entanglement. In the case of camera failure, the additional cameras provided backup video. All images collected here were acquired with a GoPro camera, except for images at stations 4606 and 4607, which were acquired with the Seaviewer camera. As the SEABOSS drifted over the seabed, the cameras imaged the seabed at a rate of 60 frames per second from an altitude of ~1 meter. Lighting was provided by two, battery-operated Keldan LED video lights. Each light provided a light flux of up to 9000 lumens at a correlated color temperature of 5000 kelvins. Two parallel red lasers mounted 20 centimeters apart provided a scale in the video images. Video imagery includes the launch and recovery of the SEABOSS, transit through the water column, and the drift over the seabed. The duration of individual video files ranges from 4 to 14 minutes. Video files are archived in .MP4 format (except for stations 4606 and 4607 in .mov format) and range in size from 0.8 to 3.2 gigabytes. These video files are not available as part of this data release. Video files are archived at the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543. Process_Date: 2017 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Page C. Valentine Contact_Position: Research 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 x2239 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pvalentine@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Video frame-grab images were extracted from high-definition (1920 x 1080 pixels) GoPro digital video and the Seaviewer camera (stations 4606 and 4607) using open source VLC Media Player software (version 2.0.0) developed by the VideoLAN project. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html Two video frame-grab images are provided for each station. One image (staXXXX_1) shows a broad view of the landscape as the SEABOSS drifted over the seabed. The second image (staXXXX_2) shows a close-up of the seabed as the SEABOSS was stationary during the collection of the sediment sample. Where visible, the two parallel red lasers mounted 20 cm apart provide a scale. Process_Date: 2017 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Page C. Valentine Contact_Position: Research 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 x2239 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pvalentine@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Using the 2017-030-FA_station_data_summary.csv, the approximate time and location of each photo was derived. The station location (lat/lon), date and time for each station was extracted from the CSV file. This information was reformatted using an awk script (awkseabedphoto_2017-030-FA) so that the following columns of information were available: image name (based on the station number), latitude, longitude, GPS time (in the format HH:MM:SS), and GPS date (in the format MMMYYDD). This information was written to a CSV file - 2017-030_image_locations_gopro.csv. Stations that represented plankton tows were deleted from this file. The two stations (4606 and 4607) were also removed from this file and placed in a separate CSV file - 2017-030_image_location_seaview.csv Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: 2017-030_station_data_summary.csv Process_Date: 2019 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: 2017-030_image_locations_gopro.csv, 2017-030_image_location_seaview.csv 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: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: A python script (writeexif_2_readfile_7_25_19.py executed with IDLE version 2.7.14) was then run that incorporated the information from 2017-030_image_locations_gopro.csv and 2017-030_image_location_seaview.csv, along with additional information, into the appropriate locations in the EXIF header of each GoPro image grab or Seaviewer image grab at each station. Although the two images from each station aren't from exactly the same place, the same information for that station was populated in each photo. The PYTHON script uses ExifTool (version 11.54) to write the information to the image headers of the full-resolution images. The following tags were populated in the JPEG image headers. Information is duplicated in some tags. This was done because different software packages access different tags. > GPS tags: The values populated are unique for each image and based on the information exported from the photo locations shapefile. > >GPSLatitudeRef >GPSLatitude >GPSLongitudeRef >GPSLongitude >GPSTimeStamp >GSPDateStamp > JPEG tags: The tag is listed along with the information used to populate it. > Images associated with the GoPro camera >comment: Image grabs from a GoPro digital video camera mounted on the USGS SEABOSS deployed from the R/V Auk during survey 2017-030-FA ( https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-030-FA ). > Images associated with the Seaviewer camera >comment: Image grabs from a Seaviewer digital video camera mounted on the USGS SEABOSS deployed from the R/V Auk during survey 2017-030-FA (https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-030-FA) . > EXIF tags: The tag is listed along with the information used to populate it - which is the same for every image. > >ImageDescription: Image grab of the sea floor on Stellwagen Bank from survey 2017-030-FA >Artist: Page C. Valentine >Copyright: Public Domain - please credit the U.S. Geological Survey >UserComment: Image part of USGS data release https://doi.org/10.5066/P94GOZ7C > IPTC tags: The tag is listed along with the information used to populate it - which is the same for every image. > >Credit: U.S. Geological Survey >Contact: WHSC_data_contact@usgs.gov >Keywords: Stellwagen Bank, Massachusetts, 2017-030-FA, SEABOSS, sea floor, USGS, ground-truth, https://doi.org/10.5066/P94GOZ7C >CopyrightNotice: Public Domain - please credit U.S. Geological Survey >Caption-Abstract: Image grab of the sea floor on Stellwagen Bank from survey 2017-030-FA > XMP tags: The tag is listed along with the information used to populate it - which is the same for every image. > >Caption: Image grab of the sea floor on Stellwagen from survey 2017-030-FA > To extract the information from the image headers using ExifTool, the following command can be used (tested with ExifTool version 11.54): > exiftool.exe -csv -f -filename -GPSTimeStamp -GPSLongitude -GPSLatitude -n -Artist -Credit -comment -keywords -Caption -Copyright -CopyrightNotice -Caption-Abstract -ImageDescription -UserComment *.jpg > out.csv > The -csv flag writes the information out in a comma-delimited format. The -n option formats the latitude and longitude as signed decimal degrees. Process_Date: 2019 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: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. Process_Date: 20200908 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: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Location information in the EXIF header and also indicated by the station location in the station data summary data file (available from the Larger Work citation). 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: Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Although the images do not have attributes per se, the EXIF header information can be extracted or viewed to give additional information about each image. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: U.S. Geological Survey Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Page C. Valentine Contact_Position: Research 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 x2239 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pvalentine@usgs.gov Resource_Description: 2017-030-FA_SeabedImages.zip contains the 100 JPEG images that are grabs from the video (2 images at each station), the browse graphic (2017-030-FA_seabedimage_browse.jpg) and the FGDC CSDGM metadata in TXT, XML, and HTML formats. Distribution_Liability: 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. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: JPEG Format_Information_Content: The zip file contains JPEG image files and the associated FGDC CSDGM metadata. Transfer_Size: 54 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2017-030-FA/data/imagery/2017-030-FA_SeabedImages.zip Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/P94GOZ7C Network_Resource_Name: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2017-030-FA/ Access_Instructions: The first link is to download the data in a zip file. The second and third links are to the landing page of the data. Although the last two links go to the same place, one is the DOI designation of the publication. Fees: none Technical_Prerequisites: The zip file contains images in JPEG format. The user must have software capable of uncompressing the zip file and viewing the JPEG images. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20240318 Metadata_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 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251 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 USGS. (updated on 20240318) Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998