Sidescan Sonar Image of Monterey Canyon, 1997
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 |
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| 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 |
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Subjects
| Subject | Continental margins |
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| 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. |
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| 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
- 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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