sbnmsallsta.shp: Sample and video stations located in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region.

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Page C. Valentine

Originator: Lian A. Scully

Originator: Sarah J. Fuller

Publication_Date: 2005

Title:

sbnmsallsta.shp: Sample and video stations located in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region.

Edition: 1.0

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Scientific Investigations Map

Issue_Identification: 2840

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/sim/2005/2840/data/stations/sbnmsallsta.zip>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Page C. Valentine, editor

Publication_Date: 2005

Title:

Sea floor image maps showing topography, sun-illuminated topography, backscatter intensity, ruggedness, slope, and the distribution of boulder ridges and bedrock outcrops in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts

Edition: 1.0

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Scientific Investigations Map

Issue_Identification: 2840

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA

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

Other_Citation_Details: 1 DVD-ROM

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/2005/2840/>

Description:

Abstract:

This data set contains point locations for data stations in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Region off Boston, Massachusetts, an area of approximately 1100 nautical square miles. The Stellwagen Bank NMS Mapping Project is designed to provide detailed maps of the Stellwagen Bank region's environments and habitats and the first complete multibeam topographic and sea floor characterization maps of a significant region of the shallow EEZ. Stations represent the location of a sediment sample and/or the end of a video transect. Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) was recorded for each station location; latitude and longitude were later extracted from a GPS navigational log file using this time.

Purpose:

Development of interpretive seabed maps, sea floor imagery, and a GIS database that are accessible to scientists, policymakers, managers, and the general public.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1993

Ending_Date: 2004

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.611920

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.024330

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.798900

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.084650

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Theme_Keyword: Geographic Information Systems

Theme_Keyword: GIS

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: topographic data

Theme_Keyword: sea floor topography

Theme_Keyword: bathymetry

Theme_Keyword: sea floor photos

Theme_Keyword: sea floor video

Theme_Keyword: sea floor features

Theme_Keyword: interpretation

Theme_Keyword: point features

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries

Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Theme_Keyword: location

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Place_Keyword: Massachusetts

Place_Keyword: MA

Place_Keyword: Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

Place_Keyword: SBNMS

Place_Keyword: Shallow EEZ

Place_Keyword: EEZ

Place_Keyword: Gulf of Maine

Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean

Place_Keyword: Boston

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: Page C. Valentine

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

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

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on the data.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Station location point data were created using latitude and longitude from a GPS navigational log collected during research cruises from 1993 through 2004.

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: sbnmsallsta.shp

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: sbnmsallsta.dbf

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: sbnmsallsta.shx

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Dataset copied.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: f:\new_vineyard\stellwagen\stations\sbnmsallsta

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 3392

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.000000

Longitude_Resolution: 0.000000

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: sbnmsallsta

Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: TAPE_COU_1

Attribute_Definition:

Time in hours, minutes and seconds for the end of the video transect for that station, to be used to find the correct drift using the counter on a video viewer. Time starts at 0 seconds and counts up; format is hmmss.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 20318

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: integer count

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

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: LONGITUDE

Attribute_Definition:

Longitude in decimal degrees (west longitudes are recorded as negative values)

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -70.61192

Range_Domain_Maximum: -70.02433

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: signed decimal degrees

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .00001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LATITUDE

Attribute_Definition: Latitude in decimal degrees

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 42.080465

Range_Domain_Maximum: 42.7989

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: signed decimal degrees

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .00001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATION

Attribute_Definition: Unique value identifying the station

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 4207.0

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: integer count

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1.0

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SAMPLE_TAK

Attribute_Definition:

Value indicating whether or not a sediment sample was taken at this location

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: TRUE

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sample was acquired at location.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: FALSE

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sample was NOT acquired at this location.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CRUISE

Attribute_Definition:

Name of cruise on which seabed observation station data and/or sample was collected

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Character string containing ship abbreviation, year and leg of cruise

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: QUADRANGLE

Attribute_Definition:

Quadrangle within which the station is located. Quadrangles are not United States Geological Survey quads, but rather a custom set of quads created for the Stellwagen Bank Marine Sanctuary.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 18

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: integer count

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NAVIGATION

Attribute_Definition:

Navigation file number containing edited GPS location data and time; station locations are extracted from this file.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 18

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: integer count

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: UTC

Attribute_Definition:

Time when station location was taken in Coordinated Universal Time; first set of numbers represent the Julian Day, second set the hours (on a 24-hr clock), third set the minutes, and fourth set the seconds.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Character string containing date and time of observation in UTC as JDAY:HH:MM:SS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: YEAR

Attribute_Definition: Year of cruise/data collection

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1993

Range_Domain_Maximum: 2004

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: integer count

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PHOTOGRAPH

Attribute_Definition:

Value indicating whether or not pictures were taken of the sea floor for this station and/or associated video transect.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: TRUE

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photograph exists at this location

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: FALSE

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photograph does NOT exist at this location

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: VIDEO_TAKE

Attribute_Definition:

Value indicating whether or not a video transect was taken of the seafloor for this location. All video was recorded on 8mm videotape.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: TRUE

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Video exists at this location.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: FALSE

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Video does NOT exist at this location.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: VIDEOTAPE_

Attribute_Definition: Video tape number

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: None

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Video is NOT available at this location.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: TAPE_COUNT

Attribute_Definition:

Time in hours, minutes and seconds for the beginning of the video transect for that station, to be used to find the correct drift using the counter on a video viewer. Time starts at 0 seconds and counts up; format is hmmss.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 20003

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: integer count

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DEPTH_METE

Attribute_Definition:

Depth of water in meters at beginning of video drift transect or at seabed observation station if video does not exist.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 199

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Page C. Valentine

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

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: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability:

Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the data. 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 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

Transfer_Size: 0.442

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

<http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/2005/2840/data/stations/sbnmsallsta.zip>

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Recording_Density_Units: Gbytes

Recording_Format: UDF

Fees: None

Technical_Prerequisites:

These 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 the 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: 20051027

Metadata_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

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