Sidescan Sonar Image of Monterey Canyon, 1997

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Abstract/Contents

Abstract
This GeoTIFF is a sidescan sonar image of Monterey Canyon in Monterey Bay, California, at (approx.) 7 meter/pixel resolution. Original data were collected by MSSS-1 side scan sonar at 30 Khz with a swath width of 3-5 km. These data are available in GCS WGS 84 and UTM Zone 10 (NAD 83) projections. This layer is part of the GIS Data of the Monterey Bay collection, a compilation of data and imagery of the Monterey Bay area, including coastline, imagery, and bathymetry.
Purpose
This dataset is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. This collection of data provides documented layers of of the Monterey Bay to persons/institutions of interest throughout the research and educational communities.

Description

Type of resource cartographic, software, multimedia
Form GeoTIFF
Place Moss Landing, California, US
Publisher Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Date valid 1997
Publication date 1997
Language English
Digital origin born digital
Map data Scale not given. ; W 122°21ʹ14ʺ--W 121°51ʹ14ʺ/N 36°54ʹ7ʺ--N 36°27ʹ50ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326

Creators/Contributors

Creator Maher, Norman

Subjects

Subject Continental margins
Subject Sidescan sonar
Subject Monterey Canyon (Calif.)
Subject 1997
Subject Imagery and Base Maps
Subject Inland Waters
Genre Geospatial data
Genre Cartographic dataset

Bibliographic information

Supplemental information

All data are registered to the WGS84 datum with two versions of each feature, image, and grid coverage included in the collection. One is in a Geographic (decimal degrees) coordinate system and the second is in a Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) zone 10 projection.

For strict accuracy and hard-copy production requiring feature, grid, and/or image data, the UTM projection coverages should be used. In fact, some ArcView functions will not be available unless the data are displayed in a projection. This is because a Geographic Coordinate System is NOT a projection but rather a spherical coordinate system dealing directly in latitude and longitude. However, at the scale of maps covering Monterey Bay, the errors produced by ignoring this fact are small.

NOTE: To most easily use the grid data, the ArcView Spatial Analyst extension should be installed on your system.
Location https://purl.stanford.edu/pb105dx2119

Access conditions

Use and reproduction
These data are licensed by Stanford Libraries and are available to Stanford University affiliates only. Affiliates are limited to current faculty, staff and students. Non affiliates seeking access should contact the publisher directly. These data may not be reproduced or used for any purpose without permission.
Copyright
Copyright ownership resides with the originator.

Preferred citation

Maher, N. (1998) Sidescan Sonar Image of Monterey Canyon, 1997. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/pb105dx2119

Collection

GIS data of the Monterey Bay

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