habitat_types_saipan_2003 eng; USA utf8 dataset National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Program Biogeography Team Leader, Mapping Manager 301-713-3028 301-713-4388 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 tim.battista@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2024-12-15 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) G-polygon 1030 North American Datum 1983 NAD83 2007-01-19 revision https://epsg.org/crs_4269/NAD83.html NAD83 Link to Geographic Markup Language (GML) description of reference system. information resourceProvider European Petroleum Survey Group https://epsg.org/home.html European Petroleum Survey Group Geodetic Parameter Registry Registry that accesses the EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset, which is a structured dataset of Coordinate Reference Systems and Coordinate Transformations. search publisher urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4269 Habitat Zone, Cover and Structure Maps of the Saipan, Southern Mariana Archipelago 2001-2003, Derived from IKONOS Imagery 2004 publication version 1.1 Miles Anderson, Analytical Laboratories of Hawaii originator Analytical Laboratories of Hawaii Kailua Hawaii publisher PDF This project is a cooperative effort between the National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, the University of Hawaii, BAE Systems Spectral Solutions and Analytical Laboratories of Hawaii, LLC. The goal of the work was to map the coral reef habitats of American Samoa, Guam and the Common Wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands by visual interpretation and manual delineation of IKONOS satellite imagery. A two tiered habitat classification system was tested and implemented in this work. It integrates geomorphologic reef structure and biological cover into a single scheme and subsets each into detail. It also includes thirteen zones. Benthic features were mapped that covered an area of 45.2 square kilometers of which 4.4 were unconsolidated sediment and 40.9 were coral reef and hard bottom. Of the coral reef and hard bottom class, 59.9% is colonized by greater than 10% coral cover. 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. completed National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Program Biogeography Team Leader, Mapping Manager 301-713-3028 301-713-4388 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 tim.battista@noaa.gov pointOfContact notPlanned CoRIS_Metadata theme NCEI Geoportal Filter Mapping the shallow-water coral reef ecosystems of American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Marianas 1209 project CRCP Project Map Images > Habitats theme CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Coralline Algae EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Habitats EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Coastal Habitat EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping > Habitat Mapping theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus coral reef coralline algae habitat reef submerged aquatic vegetation unconsolidated sediments zone structure cover theme None OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Saipan Island > Saipan Island (15N145E0002) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Saipan > Saipan Island (15N145E0002) place CoRIS Place Thesaurus United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Rota place None CNMI place CoRIS Region 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. NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA can not assume liability for and damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system. otherRestrictions Use Constraints: Not for navigation otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None Benthic Habitats of the Mariana Archipelago Prepared by Visual Interpretation from IKONOS satellite imagery procured by NOAA 2004-01-01 publication version 1.1 NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Silver Spring MD publisher Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Program originator mapDigital largerWorkCitation vector eng; USA imageryBaseMapsEarthCover Native Dataset Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535 145.688530 145.831494 15.091594 15.290391 2001-01-01 2003-01-01 scnmi_benthic_habitats_final: Shapefile attribute table AREA Area of polygon 162605543.23 10.31 NA NA PERIMETER Perimeter of polygon 165991.33 13.84 NA NA ACRES Area of polygon in acres 40179.83 0.003 NA NA FID Internal feature number. ESRI Shape Feature geometry. Coordinates defining the features. ID Value copied from UNIQUID field and used to run adjacency script for QA/QC Habitat description | Habitat classification scheme for the Pacific UNIQUEID 4 digit numerical value representing a unique habitat combination of structure and cover attributes Habitat description | Habitat classification scheme for the Pacific POLYGONID Incremental value generated for QA/QC adjacency test Incremental numeric field ISLAND Name of Island Manually assigned character field M_STRUCT Major reef structure Assigned during digitizing character field D_STRUCT Detailed structure Assigned during digitizing character field M_COVER Major biological cover Assigned during digitizing P_COVER Percent biological cover of major cover type Assigned during digitizing character field ZONE Geomorphologic zone Assigned during digitizing character field COVER_TYPE Concatenated field of major cover and percent cover used for legend fill Character field PDF National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Program Biogeography Team Leader, Mapping Manager 301-713-3028 301-713-4388 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 tim.battista@noaa.gov distributor None https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/e99/PDFmaps/25-32_Saipan_HabitatStructureMaps.zip download https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/e99/PDFmaps/25-32_Saipan_HabitatCoverMaps.zip download https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/e99/PDFmaps/25-32_Saipan_HabitatZoneMaps.zip download dataset Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report RMS from digitized output was determined using the ESRI RMEer2 extension and shown to be less than 1m when conducted at 1:6000 scale. NOAA supplied georeferenced imagery to Analytical Laboratories of Hawaii through BAE Systems Spectral Solutions. Delineation of all habitat boundaries was conducted with the image scale at 1:6,000. This ensures that the level of detail produced by the photo interpreter is uniform throughout the project. Also, NOAA has shown from similar mapping efforts in the Caribbean and Florida Keys that little additional information is gained from having the image at a smaller scale and the labor intensity increased significantly. 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 were polygons of smaller then the MMU allowed. All mapping was conducted from orthorectified IKONOS satellite imagery provided by NOS 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 and void polygons. 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. IKONOS images used in this habitat product were observed in 2001 through 2003. 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. All IKONOS imagery was processed by NOS 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. A first draft map was completed and features in the imagery where uncertainties existed, due to confusing or difficult to interpret signatures, were 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 were converted to GPS waypoints using Trimble Pathfinder Software and were navigated to in the field using a Trimble GeoExplorer 3 GPS data logger. A benthic habitat characterization was conducted at each site by 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 were recorded. A second draft of the map was generated incorporating these ground validation data. 2004-01-01T00:00:00 Dr. Miles Anderson Analytical Laboratories of Hawaii, LLC Researcher (808) 262-2417 (808) 262-7027 1320 Aalapapa Dr. Kailua HI 96734 USA miles@interpac.net processor Source Contribution: This document identified the zone, structure and biological cover types attributed in the data set Source Type: Report Classification Scheme for Benthic Habitats of the Pacific 2003-01-01 publication NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Silver Spring MD publisher M.S. Coyne originator https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/e99/manual.pdf documentDigital 2003-01-01 Source Contribution: This ArcView extension was used to digitize and attribute benthic zones, structure and biological cover of this map. Source Type: computer program Coral Reef Digitizing Extension 2003-01-01 publication NOAA's Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Silver Spring MD publisher Ken Buja originator https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/habitat-digitizer-extension/ 2003-01-01 Source Contribution: Used to identify and digitize benthic habitats for the Mariana Archipelago. Source Type: CD-ROM IKONOS Satellite Imagery 2003-01-01 publication Space Imaging Inc. Thornton CO publisher Space Imaging Inc. originator imageDigital This imagery was obtained at a 4 m pixel resolution, corrected for water column and atmospheric effects, deglinted and Pan sharpened. 2001-01-01 2003-01-01 annually This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata standard (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using the 2016-01-11 version of the FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 transform. Translated from FGDC 2025-03-24T16:56:29.324Z National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Program Biogeography Team Leader, Mapping Manager 301-713-3028 301-713-4388 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 tim.battista@noaa.gov pointOfContact