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    • Shipboard Cetacean Surveys- Visual Surveys- WinCruz Sighting Records

    Metadata Updated: December 13, 2025

    WinCruz is a software program used to record sighting and effort data on ship line-transect surveys and to graphically display sighting locations in real-time. The WinCruz sighting records are included here

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date December 3, 2025
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date December 13, 2025
    Reference Date(s) 2016 (creation), (publication)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NMFS PIFSC

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date December 3, 2025
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date December 13, 2025
    Reference Date(s) 2016 (creation), (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:18141
    Access Constraints Cite As: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Shipboard Cetacean Surveys- Visual Surveys- WinCruz Sighting Records [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/18141., Access Constraints: None, Use Constraints: The user is responsible for the results of any application of these data. The NMFS permit number (listed within the dataset) under which the data were collected must be listed in any publications and/or other representations of these data. Acknowledgement of NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center's Cetacean Research Program, as the source from which these data were obtained, in any publications and/or other representations of these data is requested.
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded
    Harvest Object Id 056e8a00-c4b6-44cd-bb08-f084a2344bc2
    Harvest Source Id c0beac72-5f43-4455-8c33-1b345fbc2dfe
    Harvest Source Title NMFS PIFSC
    Licence NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
    Lineage WinCruz sighting records are extracted from the WinCruz file. Additional data collected during the sighting is added to the WinCruz data and maintained in tabular form. WinCruz writes data in the DAS format that can be read by a text editor (e.g. Microsoft Notepad). The output files are labeled DASxxxx.yzz and BAKxxxx.yzz, where xxxx is the time the program starts, y is the month in hex format, and zz is the day. The BAK file is the backup information of the events as they happen, including any edits of previous forms. The DAS file contains all the corrected information. Typically there is one output file per day (unless the computer program is closed and reopened.
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Progress underDevelopment
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2006

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