Binary objects

Binary files with specific formats (e.g. shape files, netCDF, segy, images, videos, ...) will be archived as links to files. For these data types submissions (even if <20 files or <100 MB), please always request an upload link during the submission - see screenshot.

In addition to the data files, please prepare a file list including:
 * Event
 * Latitude, Longitude (coordinated universal time, UTC)
 * Date/Time (ISO-format, e.g. 1954-04-07T13:34:11)
 * File names including their extension. The names should not contain spaces and special symbols.

Further columns with metadata are needed/welcome (depending on the context), for example:
 * Data description / File content
 * Third geocode, such as Elevation, Depth, etc.
 * Relative X and Y coordinates, if for example only the start and the end of the survey have known absolute georeference
 * Comment

Further (automatic) columns can be configured in the table by the PANGAEA editors (these do not have to be added by the authors), including:
 * File size
 * Character set
 * Media type
 * MD5 hash

File list templates
[[Media:Template binary JPG.tab|photos in JPG format (tab-separated text file)]] [[Media:Template binary nc.tab|netCDF files (tab-separated text file)]] [[Media:Template binary CTD raw.tab|raw CTD files (tab-separated text file)]]

Metadata – Events table
The Event table is not needed, when the Events are already present in PANGAEA, see https://www.pangaea.de/expeditions/ for checking. For further info see Station lists. If the event information cannot be found under https://www.pangaea.de/expeditions, please provide us with a table of additional metadata, using the template below. This will give an overview of the when, where and how the data were collected:


 * Event label, unique identifier of sampling time and location.
 * Campaign, e.g. ship cruise ID, please read: Campaign.
 * Device or method used to collect a sample or (experimental) organism, please read: Method.
 * Date and time in ISO-format (e.g. 1954-04-07T13:34:11) as coordinated universal time (UTC), start and end date/time must be provided in separate columns.
 * Latitude and longitude in decimal degrees (S and W are negative) of data collection. For transects, start and end latitude and longitude should be provided in separate columns.
 * Elevation (altitude, sea bottom depth, negative below sea level) is optional. For transects, start and end elevation must be provided in separate columns.

Event template with further instructions
[[Media:Event template.xlsx|Event template (xlsx file)]]

Examples of published datasets with binary objects

 * Photos, underwater: Purser, A et al. (2021): Seabed photographs taken along OFOS profile PS124_8-1 during POLARSTERN cruise PS124. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.936188
 * Photos, underwater, with relative coodrinates: Anhaus, P et al. (2023): Upward-looking still images from ROV survey PS122/1_6-16 on 2019-11-05, survey 1. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.958362
 * Photos, terrestrial: Gómez Izquierdo, D R & Quartino, M L (2023): Photographs of Potter Cove, King George Island, looking northeast towards glacier in 2023. Instituto Antártico Argentino, Buenos Aires, Argentina, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955824
 * Tabular data with additional photos: Sander, Let al. (2021): Properties of a subfossil oyster bed, Grab 5. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.927181
 * NetCDF files: Mech, M et al. (2022): Microwave brightness temperature measurements during the MOSAiC-ACA Arctic airborne campaign in late summer 2020 out of Svalbard. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.944101
 * Oceanography (CTD) raw data: Tippenhauer, S et al. (2022): Raw data of physical oceanography during RV POLARSTERN cruises PS130/1 and PS130/2. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.957843
 * Bathymetry processed data: Steffen, Melanie et al. (2023): Multibeam bathymetry processed data (Kongsberg EM 122 transit dataset) of RV MARIA S. MERIAN during cruise MSM79/2, Atlantic Ocean. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.956742