NF11_USVI_DropCamera_TransectPoints_Metadata eng; USA utf8 dataset Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch Project Manager - Seafloor Characterization of US Caribbean (301) 713-3028 (301) 713-4384 1305 East West Highway, N-SCI-1, SSMC 4, 9th Floor Silver Spring MD 20910 USA Contact info is for CCMA general reception. Please ask for current Biogeography project manager for Seafloor Characterization of US Caribbean pointOfContact 2024-12-15 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Entity point 4852 North American Datum 1983 NAD83 2007-01-19 revision https://epsg.org/crs_4269/NAD83.html NAD83 Link to Geographic Markup Language (GML) description of reference system. information resourceProvider European Petroleum Survey Group https://epsg.org/home.html European Petroleum Survey Group Geodetic Parameter Registry Registry that accesses the EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset, which is a structured dataset of Coordinate Reference Systems and Coordinate Transformations. search publisher urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4269 Ground Validation Drop Camera Transect Points - St. Thomas/ St. John USVI - 2011 (NCEI Accession 0131858) 2011 publication Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch originator NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Silver Spring MD publisher mapDigital Seafloor Characterization of the U.S. Caribbean This shapefile denotes the location of underwater video that was collected by NOAA scientists using a SeaViewer drop camera system. Video were collected between 03/28/2011 and 04/16/2011 at locations within two selected areas of seafloor south of St. Thomas and St. John, USVI and east of Vieques, Puerto Rico. These videos will be manually classified into different habitat classes, and integrated with the abiotic data collected by the acoustic SoNAR (sound navigation and ranging) systems to develop a benthic habitat map for the U.S. Caribbean. Habitat maps describe the location of habitat features (in relation to the shoreline), their physical composition and the types of organisms that colonize them. Fundamentally, habitat maps provide critical information about the extent, health and composition of marine resources, which is vital for communicating information about the distribution and abundance of species to resource managers, scientists and the public. Habitat maps also support an increasing number of landscape ecology studies, as well as the process of marine spatial planning, including the design and evaluation of marine protected areas (MPAs). The objective of this ground validation (GV) effort, conducted by NOAA's Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment Biogeography Branch, in collaboration with multiple federal, state, territory, academic and private sector partners, was to acquire spatially-explicit information about the geomorphological structure, biological cover and live coral cover of the seafloor in the U.S. Caribbean. Extensive field work is needed to create high-quality benthic habitat maps because it enhances the accuracy of habitat attribution and (to a lesser degree) habitat delineation. Consequently, ground validation locations were targeted by the cartographer to satisfy the following objectives: (1) Explore features in the imagery with unknown or confusing acoustic signatures; (2) Confirm that the habitat type correlated with a particular acoustic signature remained consistent throughout the entire study area. This information will be incorporated into a fine-scale assessment of the status, abundance, and distribution of marine habitats in the U.S. Caribbean. completed Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch Project Manager - Seafloor Characterization of US Caribbean (301) 713-3028 (301) 713-4384 1305 East West Highway, N-SCI-1, SSMC 4, 9th Floor Silver Spring MD 20910 USA Contact info is for CCMA general reception. Please ask for current Biogeography project manager for Seafloor Characterization of US Caribbean. pointOfContact notPlanned CoRIS_Metadata theme NCEI Geoportal Filter M053 Mapping essential fish habitat within Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (HAPCs) in the U.S. Caribbean 20675 project CRCP Project coral reef benthic habitats reef submerged aquatic vegetation unconsolidated sediments zone geomorphological structure biological cover ground validation transect theme None Geographic Information > Habitats theme CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping > Habitat Mapping theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus USVI US Virgin Islands St. John St. Thomas Culebra Island Vieques Island place None COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > U. S. Virgin Islands > U. S. Virgin Islands (17N064W0000) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. John > St. John (18N064W0011) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Virgin Islands > St. John (18N064W0011) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. Thomas > St. Thomas (18N064W0033) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Vieques > Vieques Island (18N065W0002) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Culebra Island (18N065W0011) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Lesser Antilles > U. S. Virgin Islands (17N064W0000) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Leeward Islands > St. Thomas (18N064W0033) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Culebra Island (18N065W0011) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Vieques Island > Vieques Island (18N065W0002) place CoRIS Place Thesaurus The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Biogeography Branch does not guarantee the accuracy of the geographic features or attributes. Please see the written report and metadata records for each data set for complete information on the source, limitations, and proper use. otherRestrictions Use Constraints: Note: NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION. These data were prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. Any views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Although all data have been used by NOAA, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by NOAA 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 NOAA in the use of these data or related materials. otherRestrictions Access Constraints: Please cite any use of this data. vector eng; USA imageryBaseMapsEarthCover Native Dataset Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850 -65.195981 -64.657582 18.169814 18.285562 2011-03-28 2011-04-16 DropCamera_2011_Transects_Points: Shapefile attribute table Date_ The date on which the underwater photos/video were collected. Time_ The local time (EST) at which the underwater photos/video were collected. FID Internal feature number. Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. Coordinates defining the features. Assessment Type of equipment used Description of equipment used for sampling. Site_ID Unique site ID Another alphanumeric value assigned to each dive. CamLat The latitude of the camera. Degrees decimal minutes. CamLong The longitude of the camera. Degrees decimal minutes. CamEast The easting of the camera. Easting in meters. CamNorth The northing of the camera. Northing in meters. ESRI Shapefile Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch Project Manager - Seafloor Characterization of US Caribbean (301) 713-3028 (301) 713-4384 1305 East West Highway, N-SCI-1, SSMC 4, 9th Floor Silver Spring MD 20910 USA Contact info is for CCMA general reception. Please ask for current Biogeography project manager for Seafloor Characterization of US Caribbean. distributor None 4.89 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0131858/data/0-data/NPS11_USVI_Dropcamera_TransectPoints/ download dataset Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report It is estimated that horizontal accuracies may be 0 - 20m from the true position of the underwater camera assessment due to line "lay-back" during drift. 104 field positions were occupied and habitat characterizations were conducted for ground validation during this work. Data points were collected with mapping-grade GPS receivers. The data were post processed for differential correction to the Continually Operating Reference System (CORS) station at St. Thomas, USVI (VITH). All attribute information was recorded by the GPS receiver and stored directly in the raw GPS files. This automated process was assumed to be error free. This file is believed to be logically consistent. As the multibeam survey was carried out, a NOAA contractor would examine the bathymetry, produced as a CARIS BASE Surface, and placed discrete points on features on the surface that had unknown acoustic signatures. Points were also placed on features with known acoustic signatures (evenly distributed throughout the geographic extent of the map) to confirm that the habitats associated with these signatures remained consistent through the area of interest. These two types of points were labeled as "ground validation" sites and were visited in the field. 2011-01-01T00:00:00 NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Branch Project Manager - Seafloor Characterization of the U.S. Caribbean (301) 713-3028 (301) 713-4384 1305 East West Highway, N-SCI-1, SSMC 4, 9th Floor Silver Spring MD 20910 USA Contact info is for CCMA general reception. Please ask for current project manager of Seafloor Characterization of the U.S. Caribbean. processor NOAA scientists explored these ground validation locations using a manually operated drop camera. The resulting GPS and video information was processed and analyzed in preparation for use in habitat delineation and classification. At the start of every morning, the chief scientist selected a general region to begin the day's ground validation work aboard a small launch. Navigating to field locations was accomplished using a Garmin GPS 76 device with the uploaded GV site coordinates. The boat captain maneuvered the vessel to within 5 m of the target location and made every effort to maintain that location without jeopardizing crew and equipment safety. Once on site, NOAA scientists would simultaneously deploy a SeaViewer Sea-Drop 950 camera and begin logging a waypoint on a Trimble GeoXT GPS receiver. While the video camera was capturing bottom imagery, an observer viewed the video real-time on a SeaViewer DVR viewer aboard the survey vessel. They categorized each site according to the levels of the habitat classification scheme: major and detailed geomorphological structure, major biological cover, percent major biological cover and percent coral cover. Data was entered into a custom data dictionary generated in Trimble Pathfinder Office software and loaded onto the Trimble data logger. 2011-01-01T00:00:00 NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Branch Project Manager - Seafloor Characterization of the U.S. Caribbean (301) 713-3028 (301) 713-4384 1305 East West Highway, N-SCI-1, SSMC 4, 9th Floor Silver Spring MD 20910 USA Contact info is for CCMA general reception. Please ask for current project manager of Seafloor Characterization of the U.S. Caribbean. processor Trimble Pathfinder Office software was used to post process and differentially correct the raw GPS data to the Continually Operating Reference System (CORS) station at St. Thomas, USVI (VITH). 2011-01-01T00:00:00 NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Branch Project Manager - Seafloor Characterization of the U.S. Caribbean (301) 713-3028 (301) 713-4384 1305 East West Highway, N-SCI-1, SSMC 4, 9th Floor Silver Spring MD 20910 USA Contact info is for CCMA general reception. Please ask for current project manager of Seafloor Characterization of the U.S. Caribbean. processor Source Contribution: GPS data, which were originally recorded as code-phase signals in Trimble SSF format, were differentially post-processed to the Continually Operating Reference System (CORS) station in St. Thomas, USVI (VITH).Source Type: GPS data DropCamera_2011_Transects_Lines.shp 2011-01-01 publication NOAA NOS NCCOS CCMA Biogeography Branch Silver Spring MD publisher Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch originator mapDigital 2011-03-28 2011-04-16 Source Contribution: NF11 DropCamera TransectsSource Type: videotape Drop Camera 2011 Ground Validation Videos 2011-01-01 publication NOAA NOS NCCOS CCMA Biogeography Branch Silver Spring MD publisher Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch originator mapDigital 2011-03-28 2011-04-16 Source Contribution: NF11 Drop Camera Trimble DataSource Type: online DropCamera_2011_Transects_Lines.shp 2011-01-01 publication NOAA NOS NCCOS CCMA Biogeography Branch Silver Spring MD publisher Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch originator mapDigital 2011-03-28 2011-04-16 annually This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata standard (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using the 2016-01-11 version of the FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 transform. Translated from FGDC 2025-03-24T17:35:33.116Z Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch Project Manager - Seafloor Characterization of US Caribbean (301) 713-3028 (301) 713-4384 1305 East West Highway, N-SCI-1, SSMC 4, 9th Floor Silver Spring MD 20910 USA Contact info is for CCMA general reception. Please ask for current Biogeography project manager for Seafloor Characterization of US Caribbean pointOfContact