GLORIA_COVERAGE_NAD83.SHP - Gulf of Mexico GLORIA sidescan sonar coverage

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Metadata:

Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: David Twichell
Publication_Date: 2005
Title:
GLORIA_COVERAGE_NAD83.SHP - Gulf of Mexico GLORIA sidescan sonar coverage
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2005-1071
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage:
<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1071/data/sidescan/interpretation/gloria/gloria_coverage_nad83.zip>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Twichell D.C.
Originator: Cross V.A.
Originator: Paskevich, V.F.
Originator: Hutchinson, D.R.
Originator: Winters, W.J.
Originator: Hart, P.E.
Publication_Date: 2005
Title:
GIS of selected geophysical and core data in the northern Gulf of Mexico continental slope collected by the U.S. Geological Survey
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Other_Citation_Details: 1 DVD-ROM
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1071>
Description:
Abstract:
This GIS overlay is a component of the U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Science Center's, Gulf of Mexico ArcView GIS database. The Gulf of Mexico GIS database is intended to organize and display USGS held data and provide on-line (WWW) access to the data and/or metadata.
Purpose:
This GIS data layer data layer contains the coverage of the Gulf of Mexico GLORIA data.
Supplemental_Information:
The coverage of the Gulf of Mexico GLORIA data was taken from an image, Gulf_mex.rmp, available on the U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-15 CD-ROM. The image was created from the geologic interpretations of the GLORIA images that may be found in the paper atlases at a scale of 1:500,000 and are referenced as U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series I-1864-A,B (1987). The individual segments of the geologic interpretation were combined into a single segment to represent the full coverage.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19871123
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -95.799410
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.041671
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 29.210833
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 23.741338
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Science Center
Theme_Keyword: WHSC
Theme_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico GIS database
Theme_Keyword: polyline
Theme_Keyword: ArcView
Theme_Keyword: shapefile
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone
Theme_Keyword: EEZ
Theme_Keyword: GLORIA
Theme_Keyword: Geologic LOng-Range Inclined Asdic
Theme_Keyword: sidescan sonar
Theme_Keyword: sidescan sonar mosaic
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico
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 (USGS) as the source of this information.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: David Twichell
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Oceanographer
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 x2266
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dtwichell@usgs.gov
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1071/data/sidescan/interpretation/gloria/gloria_coverage_nad83.gif>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
Overview image showing the extent and coverage of the data layer.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1071/data/sidescan/interpretation/gloria/gloria_coverage_nad83-thumb.gif>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
Thumbnail image showing the extent and coverage of the data layer.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Paskevich, V.
Publication_Date: 2000
Title:
Gulf of Mexico GLORIA sidescan sonar geologic interpretation: ArcView data coverages
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 00-019
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of00-019/>
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Twichell, D.C.
Originator: Polloni, C.F.
Publication_Date: 1993
Title:
CD-ROM Atlas of the Deepwater Parts of the US Exclusive Economic Zone in the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Eastern Caribbean Sea
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series
Issue_Identification: DDS-15
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geolgoical Survey, Office of Marine Geology
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds15/>
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: EEZ-SCAN 85 Scientific Staff
Publication_Date: 1987
Title:
Atlas of the US Exclusive Economic Zone GUlf of Mexico and Eastern Caribbean Areas
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: atlas
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Miscellaneous Investigations Series
Issue_Identification: I-1864-A,B
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Office of Marine Geology
Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
The data layer has been checked for topological consisitency (Clean and Build completed).
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Twichell, D.C.
Originator: Polloni, C.F.
Publication_Date: 1993
Title:
CD-ROM Atlas of the Deepwater Parts of the U. S. Exclusive Economic Zone in the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Eastern Caribbean Sea
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Digital Data Series
Issue_Identification: DDS-15
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Office of Marine Geology
Other_Citation_Details: 1 CD-ROM
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds15/>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: EEZ Scan 1985 Scientific Staff
Publication_Date: 1987
Title:
U. S. Exclusive Economic Zone, Gulf of Mexico and eastern Caribbean areas
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: atlas
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations
Issue_Identification: I-1864-A
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Office of Marine Geology
Source_Scale_Denominator: 5000000
Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19930603
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: gulf_mex.rmp
Source_Contribution:
The geologic interpretation image, GUlf_mex.rmp, was taken from DDS-15 and used to create vector coverages for ARC/INFO and ArcView.

The Geologic interpretation of the GLORIA images found in the atlas, I-1864-A,B, was digitized and Arc/INFO coverages created. Those coverages were combined to create a single, pseudo-color coded interpretive map/image for DDS-15. Unfortunately, the coverages were subsequently lost. Rather than redigitize the mosaics, the decision was made to recreate the coverages based on the image from DDS-15. The union of all the polugons in the geologic interpretation were combined to create this GLORIA coverage shapefile.

Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: EEZ Scan 1985 Scientific Staff
Publication_Date: 1987
Title:
Atlas of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone, Gulf of Mexico and eastern Caribbean areas
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: atlas
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Miscellaneous Investigations
Issue_Identification: I-1864-A,B
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Office of Marine Geology
Source_Scale_Denominator: 500000
Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19930603
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: gulf_mex.rmp
Source_Contribution:
The geologic interpretation image, Gulf_mex.rmp, was taken from DDS-15 and used to create vector coverages for ARC/INFO and ArcView. The individual polugons within the geologic interpretaiton were then combined to create this GLORIA coverage shapefile.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The geologic interpretation image was taken from the CD-ROM DDS-15 and registered to a 250 meter, georeferenced GLORIA image for the entire Gulf of Mexico. When the geologic interpretation image was registered, the image was then rasterized to create vector outlines.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: DDS-15
Process_Date: 19981019
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: vecsegs1
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Computer Specialist
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 x 2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Due to the stepping in the image found at the geologic boundaries, the resulting vectors showed the same stepping. The vector information was editted to smooth the lines. The editted and smoothed vector segments were exported in ARC/INFO export format.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: vecsegs1
Process_Date: 19981110
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: geology.e00
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Oceanographer
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 x 2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.ogv
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The ARC export file, geology.e00, was imported to ARC as goverage geology and the polygon coverage was built.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: geology.e00
Process_Date: 19981113
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: geology.pat
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Computer Specialist
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 x 2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The ARC polygon coverage, geology.pat, was exported as an ArcVIew shapefile, geology.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: geology.pat
Process_Date: 19981113
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: geology.shp
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: geology.dbf
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: geology.shx
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Computer Specialist
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 x 2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The ArcView shapefile, geology, was brought into ArcView for final viewing and verification. No further editting or changes were needed to the shapefile. However, the geology.dbf file was modified to add the fields Geocode, Description, and GeoAbrv.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: geology.shp
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: geology.dbf
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: geology.shx
Process_Date: 19981116
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: geology.shp
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: geology.dbf
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: geology.shx
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Computer Specialist
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 x 2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@uags.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
All of the polygons within the ArcVIew shapefile, geology, were combined into a single polygon to show the complete coverage of the GLORIA sidescan sonar survey.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: geology.shp
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: geology.dbf
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: geology.shx
Process_Date: 20040526
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: gloria_coverage.shp
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: gloria_coverage.dbf
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: gloria_coverage.shx
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: David Twichell
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Oceanographer
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 x2266
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dtwichell@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Dataset reprojected from NAD27 to NAD83 using Arctoolbox 9.0.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: gloria_coverage.shp
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: gloria_coverage_nad83.shp
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 0.005
Longitude_Resolution: 0.005
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: gloria_coverage_nad83
Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI
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: AREA
Attribute_Definition: Area of polygon in native units
Attribute_Definition_Source: Software computed
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 36.575
Range_Domain_Maximum: 36.575
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .001
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: David Twichell
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Oceanographer
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 x2266
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dtwichell@usgs.gov
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution_Liability:
Although this data set has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. 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: SHP
Format_Version_Number: 3.3
Format_Specification: ESRI polygon shapefile
Format_Information_Content:
The SHP file contains the geospatial data. The SHX file contains the index of the geospatial data. The DBF file contains the attribute data in dBASE format. The PRJ file contains the coordinate system information (optional). The AVL file contains the legend information (optional). The SBN and SBX files contain the spatial index of the geospatial data (optional). The XML file contains the metadata describing the data set <data set name>.shp.xml. An ASCII version of the metadata file. A browse graphic showing the data layer coverage and extent (optional).
File_Decompression_Technique: zip archive
Transfer_Size: 0.029
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name:
<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1071/data/sidescan/interpretation/gloria/gloria_coverage.zip>
Access_Instructions: Data may be retrieved via any WWW browser.
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: DVD-ROM
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 4.75
Recording_Density_Units: Gbytes
Recording_Format: UDF
Fees: None
Technical_Prerequisites:
The data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS® or ArcView® 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing data. A free data viewer, arcexplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20051213
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: David Twichell
Contact_Position: Oceanographer
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 x2266
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dtwichell@usgs.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
Metadata_Use_Constraints: None
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
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