Massachusetts Bay and adjacent land: Polygon boundaries for source data of a continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf: (Esri polygon shapefile, Geographic, NAD 83)

Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
Integrated terrain models covering 16,357 square kilometers of the Massachusetts coastal zone and offshore waters were built to provide a continuous elevation and bathymetry terrain model for ocean planning purposes. The area is divided into the following four geographical areas to reduce file size and facilitate publishing: Massachusetts Bay from the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border south to Provincetown and Scituate and east to Stellwagen Bank; Cape Cod Bay from Provincetown to Scituate and south to Hyannis; Buzzards Bay from the Cape Cod Canal southwest to the State border including the Elizabeth Islands and extending north to Fall River and Mount Hope Bay; and Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds, from Hyannis south to the border of the Massachusetts Coastal zone approximately 8 kilometers south of Nantucket. A Triangulated Irregular Network was created from public-domain bathymetric and LiDAR data using the ArcGIS terrain-model framework and then interpolated into a 32-bit GeoTiff of 10 meter resolution. The grids for each of the four geographical areas are referenced to the Universal Transverse Mercator, Zone 19, North American Datum of 1983 coordinate system, and the North American Vertical Datum of 1988. A polygon shapefile recording the source datasets accompanies each of the four grids.
Citation
Title Massachusetts Bay and adjacent land: Polygon boundaries for source data of a continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf: (Esri polygon shapefile, Geographic, NAD 83)
Publication Date  Date   2018-02-05
Publication Date  Date   1940
Publication Date  Date   2014
Topic Category:  geoscientificInformation
Keywords:
Theme Keywords
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
CZM
National Ocean Service
NOS
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USACE
LiDAR
multibeam
swath bathymetry
thesaurus name >
Title none
revision  Date   2018-11-29
Theme Keywords
oceans
thesaurus name >
Title ISO 19115 Topic Category
revision  Date   2018-11-29
Theme Keywords
bathymetry
sea-floor characteristics
digital elevation models
thesaurus name >
Title USGS Thesaurus
revision  Date   2018-11-29
Place Keywords
United States of America
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex County
Suffolk County
Norfolk County
Plymouth County
Gulf of Maine
Ipswich Bay
Massachusetts Bay
Boston Harbor
Plymouth Bay
Cape Ann
Salem Harbor
Stellwagen Bank
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
thesaurus name >
Title Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
revision  Date   2018-11-29
Theme Keywords
shapefile
boundaries
inlandWaters
Theme keywords (theme):
Geography
thesaurus name >
Title Science Domain > Earth Science
publication  Date   2018-12-05
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Dec 05 04:18:38 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
NOAA
USGS
National Ocean Service
thesaurus name >
Title Organization > GOVERNMENT AGENCIES-U.S. FEDERAL AGENCIES
publication  Date   2018-12-05
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Dec 05 04:18:38 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Water
thesaurus name >
Title Material > Environmental Material
publication  Date   2018-12-05
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Dec 05 04:18:38 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Bathymetry
Continental Shelf
Elevation
Mount
Swath Bathymetry
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Physiographic Feature
publication  Date   2018-12-05
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Dec 05 04:18:38 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Digital Elevation Model
thesaurus name >
Title Realm > Earth Surface
publication  Date   2018-12-05
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Dec 05 04:18:38 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Dataset
thesaurus name >
Title Resource Type > Dataset
publication  Date   2018-12-05
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Dec 05 04:18:38 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Bathymetry
Swath Bathymetry
Survey
thesaurus name >
Title Activity > Observation
publication  Date   2018-12-05
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Dec 05 04:18:38 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Canal
Island
River
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Hydrologic Feature
publication  Date   2018-12-05
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Dec 05 04:18:38 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Ocean
Gulf
Harbor
Characteristic
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Marine Feature
publication  Date   2018-12-05
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Dec 05 04:18:38 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Bathymetry
North
Vertical
Swath Bathymetry
thesaurus name >
Title Property > Measure
publication  Date   2018-12-05
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Dec 05 04:18:38 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Multibeam
thesaurus name >
Title Equipment > Instrument
publication  Date   2018-12-05
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Dec 05 04:18:38 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Marine
thesaurus name >
Title Realm > marine
publication  Date   2018-12-05
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Dec 05 04:18:38 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Vineyard
Sea Floor
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Environmental Feature
publication  Date   2018-12-05
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Dec 05 04:18:38 UTC 2018
purpose:
The purpose of this polygon feature class is to identify the spatial extent and provenance of the source data used to create the continuous elevation surface. In addition the shapefile will also provide an inventory of the most recent elevation and bathymetry datasets within the Massachusetts coastal zone and offshore water and identify areas of the offshore waters that are only covered by historical lead-line soundings and should be updated by using new survey methods.
Resource language:  eng
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -71.136546
eastBoundLongitude  -69.770651
northBoundLatitude  42.891099
southBoundLatitude  42.111453
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Metadata data stamp:  2018-04-03T19:10:32Z
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Metadata contact - pointOfContact
organisation Name  Brian D. Andrews
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384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA, 02543
electronic Mail Address bandrews@usgs.gov
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organisation Name  Daniel W. Sampson
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