This DVD-ROM contains digital high resolution sidescan-sonar data collected during USGS cruise SEAX 96004 aboard the R/V Seaward Explorer. The coverage lies along New York Bight. This DVD-ROM (Digital Versatile Disc-Read Only Memory) has been produced in accordance with the UDF DVD- ROM Standard and is therefore capable of being read on any computing platform that has appropriate DVD-ROM driver software installed. Access to the data and information contained on this DVD-ROM was developed using the HyperText Markup Language (HTML) utilized by the World Wide Web (WWW) project. Development of the DVD-ROM documentation and user interface in HTML allows a user to access the information by using a variety of WWW information browsers (i.e. NCSA Mosaic, Netscape) to facilitate browsing and locating information and data. To access the information contained on this disc with a WWW client browser, open the file 'index.htm' at the top level directory of this DVD-ROM with your selected browser. The HTML documentation is written utilizing some HTML 4.0 enhancements. The disc should be viewable by all WWW browsers but may not properly format on some older WWW browsers. Also, some links to USGS collaborators are available on this DVD-ROM. These links are only accessible if access to the Internet is available during browsing of the DVD-ROM. Software is available on this DVD-ROM for viewing and processing the individual swaths using computer systems running the UNIX operating system.