gmx_nos80k: Medium Resolution Digital Vector U.S. Shoreline for the Gulf of Mexico area

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Metadata:
Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey and Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA), Division of the Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment (ORCA)
Publication_Date: 1994
Title:
gmx_nos80k: Medium Resolution Digital Vector U.S. Shoreline for the Gulf of Mexico area
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Silver Spring, MD
Publisher: NOAA/NOS/ORCA/SEA
Online_Linkage: <http://seaserver.nos.noaa.gov/projects/shoreline/shoreline.html>
Online_Linkage: <ftp://seaserver.nos.noaa.gov/datasets/shoreline/shoreline.html>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: S.J. Williams
Originator: J.M. Reid
Originator: V. Cross
Originator: C. Polloni
Publication_Date: 2003
Title:
Coastal Erosion and Wetland Change in Louisiana: Selected USGS Products
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Digital Data Series
Issue_Identification: DDS-79
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Other_Citation_Details:
Data is released via DVD-ROM media. This digital publication may also be available via the web at pubs.usgs.gov
Description:
Abstract:
NOAA's Medium Resolution 1:70,000 scale Digital Vector Shoreline is a high-quality, Geographic Information System-ready, general-use digital vector data set containing the coastline of the contiguous United States of America. It was created by the Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA) Division of NOAA's Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment. Compiled from hundreds of NOAA coast charts, this product comprises over 75,000 nautical miles of coastline (nearly 2.5 million vectices). The shoreline was created from data captured (digitized from scanned images of the master separates of the NOS Charts) from over 270 National Ocean Service Navigation Charts and spans some 80,000 nautical miles at an average map scale of 1:70,000. This product comprises over 75,000 nautical miles of coastline (nearly 2.5 million vectices), representing the entire conterminous United States of America. Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands, Puerto Rico, and all other interests and territories of the United States are not included in the collection. The data set is designed for a broad target audience ranging from governmental agencies, universities and other research institutions, to the private sector, and students, as well as any other concern requiring a general purpose digital shoreline layer for GIS and cartographic projects.
Purpose:
Because the ALLUS80K provides a higher detail of coastal inlets and waterways, this data layer was added to the GIS as a basemap for overlaying the land loss and shoreline change data archived in this report. This data layer is a subset of the complete ALLUS80k coastline and shapefile and has been clipped to the GIS project extent.
Supplemental_Information:
Generally, 1:80,000 NOAA coast charts took precedence and were used when available. For areas where 1:80,000 charts were not readily available, charts with the next closest higher scale (e.g., 1:60,0000) were used down to the highest scale available. Alternately, if higher scale charts were not available, charts of the closest lower scale (e.g., 1:100,000) were used down to the lowest scale. The digital shoreline for Florida was obtained from the state. This digital file was originally created from NOAA nautical charts and was not recreated by SEA. Generally, for these shoreline sections (EC80_06, GC80_05, and GC80_06), the highest scale charts available were used to digitize the shoreline. The resultant average mapping scale for the entire Medium Resolution Digital Vector Shoreline is approximately 1:70,000. See NOAA's Medium Resolution Digital Vector Shoreline website for more details on this product:
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1994
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Unknown
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -97.744507
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.169754
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.885006
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.501657
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: NOAA
Theme_Keyword: Digital Vector Shoreline
Theme_Keyword: shore
Theme_Keyword: shoreline
Theme_Keyword: coastal
Theme_Keyword: coastal features
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: continental US
Place_Keyword: conterminous US
Place_Keyword: US 48 states
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: Not for navigational purposes
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Steve Rohman
Contact_Organization: NOAA/NOS/SEA/ORCA
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: NOAA
Address: N/ORCA1
Address: 9th Floor
Address: 1305 East-West Highway
City: Silver Spring
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 20910
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (301) 713-3000 x137
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (301) 713-4384
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: srohman@seamail.nos.noaa.gov
Data_Set_Credit:
Please credit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Survey (NOS), Office of Coast Survey, and the Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA) Division of the Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment (ORCA as the originator of the dataset.
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700
Data_Quality_Information:
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The complete ALLUS80K shapefile was clipped to the GIS project extent.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: allus80k.dbf
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: allus80k.shp
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: allus80k.shx
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: gmx_nos80k.dbf
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: gmx_nos80k.shp
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: gmx_nos80k.shx
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: VeeAnn Cross
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Woods Hole Field Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
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Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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Latitude_Resolution: 0.000000
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000000
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
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Entity_Type:
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Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
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Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
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Attribute:
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Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Steve Rohman
Contact_Organization: NOAA, N/ORCA1
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: NOAA
Address: N/ORCA1
Address: 9th Floor
Address: 1305 East-West Highway
City: Silver Spring
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 20910
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (301) 713-3000 x137
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (301) 713-4384
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rohmann@seamail.nos.noaa.gov
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Transfer_Size: 14.559
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20030625
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Jamey M. Reid
Contact_Position: IT Specialist (Data Management)
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Woods Hole Field Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 025453-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 457-2204
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jreid@usgs.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
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