{"id":382,"date":"2020-01-13T17:01:35","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T17:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/?page_id=382"},"modified":"2020-01-23T15:06:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T15:06:28","slug":"southwest-florida-middle-grounds-swfmg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/data-products\/southwest-florida-middle-grounds-swfmg\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Florida Middle Grounds (SWFMG)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>DISCLAIMER:\u00a0<strong>The Continental Shelf Characterization, Assessment and Mapping Project (C-SCAMP) requests that it be referenced as the originator of this dataset in any future products or research derived from these data.<\/strong> These data are scientific in nature and should not be used for navigation or any purposes relating to safety at sea. As such, the Continental Shelf Characterization, Assessment and Mapping Project (C-SCAMP) will not be held accountable for any injury, loss, or damage resulting from their misuse.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Murawski, S., Lembke C., Gray, J, Brizzolara, J., and Hommeyer, M. The Southwest Florida Middle Grounds [map]. Data collected 2016-2018. 4&#215;4-m grid. &#8220;Southwest and West Florida Middle Grounds Data Products.&#8221; Last updated June 2018. Retrieved from: http:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/data-products\/swfmg. Funding provided by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF): GEBF Grant #45892.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Compiled data from the SWFMG as of June 2018:<\/h3>\n<p>To download a KML file (Google Earth) depicting the depth contours for the SWFMG and WFMG, please click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/documents\/SWFMG_Contours.kmz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For GIS program compatible GeoTIFFs, please click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/documents\/SWFMG_WFMG_GeoTIFFS.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-648 lazyload\" title=\"June 2018 Mapping\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/june-2018-mapping-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"June 2018 Mapping\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/june-2018-mapping-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/june-2018-mapping-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/june-2018-mapping-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/june-2018-mapping-1536x859.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/june-2018-mapping-2048x1146.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/june-2018-mapping-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/june-2018-mapping-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/june-2018-mapping-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/june-2018-mapping-960x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/june-2018-mapping-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/june-2018-mapping-1600x900.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/june-2018-mapping-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Older datasets are below:<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-649 lazyload\" title=\"SWFMG 4x4 Geo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/swfmg-4x4geo-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"SWFMG 4x4 Geo\" width=\"500\" height=\"368\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/swfmg-4x4geo-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/swfmg-4x4geo-1024x754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/swfmg-4x4geo-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/swfmg-4x4geo-1536x1132.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/swfmg-4x4geo-2048x1509.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto\" \/>During our summer field season in 2016, we mapped an area southwest of the Florida Middle Grounds (example image at right).\u00a0Over the course of three 5 day cruises, we mapped approximately 575 square km. Below you can download a .bag file which can be used in Arcmap and a GeoTIFF. Both of these surfaces display 4&#215;4 meter grids and the depth range is 33 &#8211; 67 meters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/documents\/SWFMG_2016_4mSwathBathy.tiff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">4&#215;4 meter GeoTIFF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/documents\/SWFMG_2016_4mSwathBathy.bag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">4&#215;4 meter .bag<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In July 2017, we mapped additional areas west and\u00a0south-west of the Florida Middle Grounds (blue areas in images below). We have a GeoTIFF image available for download as well as a KML for use in Google Earth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/documents\/SWFMG5_4mCUBEBathy_Image.tiff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SWFMG 4&#215;4 meter GeoTIFF Image (WGS 1984 UTM Zone 16)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/documents\/SWFMG5_July2017.kmz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SWFMG 4&#215;4 meter KML<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/documents\/WFMG_4mCUBEBathy_Image.tiff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WFMG 4&#215;4 meter GeoTIFF Image (WGS 1984 UTM Zone 16)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/documents\/WFMG_July2017.kmz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WFMG 4&#215;4 meter KML<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-650 lazyload\" title=\"SWFMG 2017\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/swfmg-2017-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"SWFMG 2017\" width=\"500\" height=\"416\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/swfmg-2017-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/swfmg-2017-1024x853.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/swfmg-2017-768x640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/swfmg-2017-1536x1279.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/swfmg-2017-2048x1706.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-651 lazyload\" title=\"WFMG 2017\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/wfmg-2017-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"WFMG 2017\" width=\"500\" height=\"408\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/wfmg-2017-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/wfmg-2017-1024x836.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/wfmg-2017-768x627.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/wfmg-2017-1536x1254.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/wfmg-2017-2048x1671.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DISCLAIMER:\u00a0The Continental Shelf Characterization, Assessment and Mapping Project (C-SCAMP) requests that it be referenced as the originator of this dataset in any future products or research derived from these data. These data are scientific in nature and should not be used for navigation or any purposes relating to safety at sea. As such, the Continental Shelf Characterization, Assessment and Mapping Project (C-SCAMP) will not be held accountable for any injury, loss, or damage resulting from their misuse. Murawski, S., Lembke C., Gray, J, Brizzolara, J., and Hommeyer, M. The Southwest Florida Middle Grounds [map]. Data collected 2016-2018. 4&#215;4-m grid. &#8220;Southwest&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":372,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-382","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":783,"href":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/382\/revisions\/783"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/scamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}