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National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, 2024: Benthic Habitats of Palau Derived From IKONOS Imagery, 2003-2006, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39425.

Item Identification

Title: Benthic Habitats of Palau Derived From IKONOS Imagery, 2003-2006
Short Name: palau_habitat_map
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2007
Abstract:

This project is a cooperative effort among the National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment; the University of Hawaii; and Analytical Laboratories of Hawaii, LLC. The goal of the work was to map the coral reef habitats of Palau by visual interpretation and manual delineation of IKONOS satellite imagery. A two tiered habitat classification system was used in this work. The scheme integrates geomorphologic reef structure and biological cover into a single scheme and subsets each into detail. It also includes thirteen zones.

Purpose:

The National Ocean Service is conducting a map production effort to digitally map biotic resources and coordinate a long-term monitoring program that can detect and predict change in U.S. coral reefs, and their associated habitats and biological communities.

Notes:

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Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
ISO 19115 Topic Category
environment
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
UNCONTROLLED
Geospatial Platform OceanCommunity
NOS Data Explorer Topic Category Environmental Monitoring
None coral reef
None coralline algae
None cover
None habitat
None reef
None structure
None submerged aquatic vegetation
None unconsolidated sediments
None zone

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None Palau

Physical Location

Organization: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
City: Silver Spring
State/Province: MD

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Maintenance Frequency: None Planned
Data Presentation Form: vector digital data
Distribution Liability:

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) produced this data CD-ROM. NCCOS Biogeography Program does not guarantee the accuracy of the geographic features or attributes. Please see the metadata records for each data set for complete information on the source, limitations, and proper use.

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 469941
Date Effective From: 2007
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
Email Address: NCCOS.data@noaa.gov

Distributor

CC ID: 469943
Date Effective From: 2007
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
Email Address: NCCOS.data@noaa.gov

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 469944
Date Effective From: 2007
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
Email Address: NCCOS.data@noaa.gov

Point of Contact

CC ID: 469942
Date Effective From: 2007
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
Email Address: NCCOS.data@noaa.gov

Principal Investigator

CC ID: 469945
Date Effective From: 2007
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Battista, Tim
Email Address: tim.battista@noaa.gov

Extents

Currentness Reference: Ground Condition

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 469948
W° Bound: 134.111658
E° Bound: 134.728587
N° Bound: 8.217842
S° Bound: 6.884663

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 469947
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2003
End: 2006

Spatial Information

Spatial Representation

Representations Used

Vector: Yes

Vector Representation 1

CC ID: 585418
Complex Object Present?: Yes
Complex Object Count: 10038

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Procedure:

Contact NOAA for distribution options (see Distributor).;

Data Access Constraints:

None

Data Use Constraints:

Not for navigation

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 469949
Download URL: http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/ccma/biogeo/palau/shapes/Palau_BenthicHabitat_Map.zip
Distributor:
Description:

Downloadable Data

File Type (Deprecated): ESRI Shapefile
Distribution Format: Shapefile

URLs

URL 2

CC ID: 469938
URL: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/products/biogeography/palau/data/
URL Type:
Online Resource

URL 3

CC ID: 469939
URL: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/products/biogeography/palau/
URL Type:
Online Resource

Activity Log

Activity Log 1

CC ID: 469965
Activity Date/Time: 2013-10-22
Description:

Date that the source FGDC record was last modified.

Activity Log 2

CC ID: 469964
Activity Date/Time: 2017-04-05
Description:

Converted from FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml.pl' script. Contact Tyler Christensen (NOS) for details.

Activity Log 3

CC ID: 585416
Activity Date/Time: 2017-09-13
Description:

Partial upload of Spatial Info section only.

Activity Log 4

CC ID: 601257
Activity Date/Time: 2017-11-01
Description:

Replaced entire Lineage section to populate new Source Contribution field.

Activity Log 5

CC ID: 716696
Activity Date/Time: 2018-02-08
Description:

Partial upload of Positional Accuracy fields only.

Technical Environment

Description:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535

Data Quality

Accuracy:

This interim GIS polygon product was generated from eleven regions of Palau which, when combined, constitute the entire Palau Archipelago. A statistical analysis that generates a Tau statistic will be performed. The Tau statistic for the major classes exceeded 0.85 and exceeded 0.75 for detailed classes. Overall thematic accuracy exceeded 85% for major classes and 75% for detailed classes.

Horizontal Positional Accuracy:

RMS from digitized output was determined using the ESRI RMEer2 extension and shown to be less than 1m when conducted at 1:6000 scale.

Completeness Report:

NOAA supplied georeferenced imagery to Analytical Laboratories of Hawaii. Delineation of all habitat boundaries was conducted with the image scale at 1:6,000 or less. The minimum mapping unit (MMU) for identifying habitats or features was 1 acre. The software utilized in this project was designed to alert the photo interpreter each time a polygon was drawn smaller than the MMU. When this occurred the photo interpreter has the choice whether to include the polygon in the data set. Only in areas where local coral reef managers expressed interest in specific map classes or in Marine Protected Areas or for areas of land were polygons of smaller then the MMU allowed. Furthermore, land features were delineated with the MMU restriction removed.

Conceptual Consistency:

All mapping was conducted from orthorectified IKONOS satellite imagery provided by NOAA prior to map production. IKONOS satellite imagery was corrected for atmospheric and water column effects, color balanced, pan sharpened and deglinted. During the digitizing process, image stretches and manipulating image contrast, brightness and color balance were performed in the ArcView Image Analysis Extension to enhance features in the processed imagery.GIS topologic quality was established by executing ArcView extension routines that check for: overlapping polygons, multipart polygons, sliver polygons, void polygons and zone attribute check. Additionally checks for adjacent polygons with the same habitat attributes were completed. All errors were identified and corrected. This file is believed to be logically consistent.

Lineage

Sources

Classification Scheme for Benthic Habitats of the Pacific

CC ID: 601258
Contact Name: M.S. Coyne
Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2003
Citation URL: http://www.geoeye.com/
Source Contribution:

This document identified the zone, structure and biological cover types attributed in the data set | Source Geospatial Form: document | Type of Source Media: Report

Coral Reef Digitizing Extension

CC ID: 601259
Contact Name: Ken Buja
Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2003
Citation URL: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/products/biogeography/digitizer/
Source Contribution:

This ArcView extension was used to digitize and attribute benthic zones, structure and biological cover of this map. | Type of Source Media: computer program

IKONOS Satellite Imagery

CC ID: 601260
Contact Name: GeoEye (nee Space Imaging Inc.)
Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2003
Extent End Date/Time: 2006
Citation URL: http://www.geoeye.com/
Source Contribution:

Used to identify and digitize benthic habitats for Palau. | Source Geospatial Form: remote-sensing image | Type of Source Media: Digital on external hard drive

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 601261
Description:

Benthic habitat maps were digitized by delineating habitat boundaries from georeferenced orthorectified IKONOS satellite imagery loaded into ArcView 3.3 GIS software with the Image Analysis and NOAA Coral Reef Habitat Digitizing extensions both activated. Digitizing was conducted using heads-up on computer screen methods with the minimum mapping unit (MMU) set to 1 acre and the image scale at 1:6,000 or less. All IKONOS imagery was processed by NOAA prior to map production. The imagery was corrected for atmospheric and water column effects, pan sharpened and deglinted. During the digitizing process, images were stretched and contrast, brightness and color balance were modified using the Arc View Image Analysis Extension to enhance features in the processed imagery. The overall map production plan includes a first draft map completed with features in the imagery where uncertainties existed, due to confusing or difficult to interpret signatures, identified for future ground validation effort. An ArcView GIS point theme was generated with points positioned on the features of uncertain habitat type or along transects though gradients between habitat types. The GIS points are converted to GPS waypoints using Trimble Pathfinder Software and are navigated to in the field using a Trimble GeoExplorer 3 GPS data logger. A benthic habitat characterization is conducted at each site by use of a tethered video camera snorkeling, free diving, or where water depth and clarity permitted, by observation from the surface. GPS data were collected at each location and site ID, depth, habitat type, zone and the method used to make the assessment are recorded. A second draft of the map is generated incorporating these ground validation data. This is a draft 1 map product. Though the product is topologically clean and meets NOAA GIS standards, attribute accuracy is at an interim level of production and will be considerably modified prior to draft 2 and final publication.

Process Date/Time: 2007-01-01 00:00:00
Source: Classification Scheme for Benthic Habitats of the Pacific

Child Items

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Entity Palau_Habitat_Map.shp

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 39425
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:39425
Metadata Record Created By: Tyler Christensen
Metadata Record Created: 2017-04-05 12:52+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-10-17 16:12+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2018-02-08
Owner Org: NCCOS
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2018-02-08
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2019-02-08