Tow Track Polyline Data

Description

PolySet of geo-referenced polyline tow track data from a longspine thornyhead survey (2001).

Usage

data(towTracks)

Format

Data frame consisting of 4 columns: PID = primary polygon ID, POS = position of each vertex within a given polyline, X = longitude coordinate, and Y = latitude coordinate. Attributes: projection = "LL", zone = 9.

Note

In R, the data must be loaded using the data function. In S, the data are loaded automatically on demand.

Source

The longspine thornyhead (Sebastolobus altivelis) tow track spatial coordinates are available at the Pacific Biological Station (Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Nanaimo, BC V9T 6N7). The geo-referenced coordinates of the first 45 tows from the 2001 survey (Starr et al. 2002) are included here. Coordinates are recorded once per minute between winch lock-up and winch release.

References

Starr, P.J., B.A. Krishka, and E.M. Choromanski. 2002. Trawl survey for thornyhead biomass estimation off the west coast of Vancouver Island, September 15 - October 2, 2001. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2421, 60 p.

See Also

addLines, calcLength, clipLines, plotLines, PolySet, towData.