North American Grid-Based Offshore Sampling Frame: Caribbean

This shapefile represents the offshore grid-based sampling frame intended for use with the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat). The grid consists of 10 km x 10 km cells spanning the oceanic waters in the Caribbean Sea.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
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identifier USGS:61bcff49d34ee9cd54ed26de
metadata_type geospatial
modified 20220125
old-spatial -84.9500, 10.0400, -59.4200, 26.9200
publisher U.S. Geological Survey
publisher_hierarchy Department of the Interior > U.S. Geological Survey
resource-type Dataset
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spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-84.9500, 10.0400], [-84.9500, 26.9200], [ -59.4200, 26.9200], [ -59.4200, 10.0400], [-84.9500, 10.0400]]]}
theme {geospatial}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • bahamas
  • bats
  • biota
  • caribbean-sea
  • ckan
  • cuba
  • geo
  • geoss
  • grid
  • jamaica
  • nabat
  • national
  • north-america
  • puerto-rico
  • sample-frame
  • united-states
  • usgs-61bcff49d34ee9cd54ed26de
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer Brian E Reichert
maintainer_email breichert@usgs.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-21T18:51:09.209653
metadata_modified 2025-11-21T18:51:09.209657
notes This shapefile represents the offshore grid-based sampling frame intended for use with the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat). The grid consists of 10 km x 10 km cells spanning the oceanic waters in the Caribbean Sea.
num_resources 2
num_tags 19
title North American Grid-Based Offshore Sampling Frame: Caribbean