Dataset description: Navigation tracklines

Dataset description: Navigation tracklines

These metadata describe navigation tracklines from a 2015 multibeam echosounder survey near Cross Sound, southeast Alaska. The trackline data are provided as a GIS shapefile.

Version	1
Keywords	navigational data, geospatial datasets, marine geophysics
Data types	Navigation
Format	Shapefile
Amount	65 MB

Contacts

Contact	Peter Dartnell PCMSC_data@usgs.gov

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Location of materials and files

Public files	https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5d1292f2e4b0941bde56ebaa https://doi.org/10.5066/F7JH3KG6
Metadata	https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/pcmsc/DataReleases/ScienceBase/DR_F7JH3KG6/CrossSound_2015_tracklines_metadata.xml Outline - Questions and answers - Text - XML

Activities and equipment

Activity	Equipment
2015-629-FA	CodaOctopus F180 The Octopus F180 attitude and positioning system produces accurate positioning and motion data in the most dynamic offshore conditions. The standard system has up to 1cm RTK, DGPS, WAAS and EGNOS includng both L1 & L2 on both antenna for rapid heading initialization and improved immunity to drop-out.