NOAA's Medium Resolution Digital Vector Shoreline is a high quality, GIS-ready,
general-use digital vector data set created by the Strategic Environmental
Assessments (SEA) Division of NOAA's Office of Ocean esources Conservation
and Assessment. The coastlines are compiled from the NOAA coast charts.
Purpose:
This data layer provides a medium resolution coastline for the Long
Island Sound Study Area.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19940000
Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.4422
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.4471
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.5513
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.2499
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Team
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center
Theme_Keyword: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
image showing the extent of the cst27 boundary for the Long Island Sound
study area
Data_Set_Credit:
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) compiled the
original data set from which this subset was created, and Barbara Seekins
for creating the data subset.
The specified section of NOAA's medium resolution shoreline was downloaded
from their website. That file was clipped to include the are of interest
for the Long Island Sound studies.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The file, EC80_04, was downloaded from the NOAA website. The downloaded
Arc/Info 'gen' file was imported to Arc/Info to create a working coverage.
The coastline information for the Long Island Sound study area was extracted
from the previously created coverage and projected from geographic to the
study area base projection of UTM.
From-node identifier of linear feature. This attribute is a carry over
from the Arc/Info data file and has no relevance to the use of the data.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Software computed
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 2
Range_Domain_Maximum: 936
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Tnode_
Attribute_Definition:
To-node identifier of linear feature. This attribute is a carry over from
the Arc/Info data file and has no relevance to the use of the data.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Software computed
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 935
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Lpoly_
Attribute_Definition:
Internal number of polygon to left of arc. This is a carry over field from
the Arc/Info coverage and has no relevance to the use of the dataset.
Attribute_Definition_Source: software computed
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Rpoly_
Attribute_Definition:
Internal number of polygon to right of arc. This is a carry over field
from the Arc/Info coverage and has no relevance to the use of the dataset.
Attribute_Definition_Source: software computed
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Length
Attribute_Definition: Length of line
Attribute_Definition_Source: software computed
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00000
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.913
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Cst27cv_
Attribute_Definition:
Carried over from the ArcInfo attribute CST27CV#. CST27CV# is an ArcInfo
internal control parameter and has no applicable relevance to the use of
the data.
Attribute_Definition_Source: software computed
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 925
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Cst27cv_id
Attribute_Definition:
Carried over from the ArcInfo attribute CST27CV-ID. CST27CV-ID is an ArcInfo
internal control parameter and has no applicable relevance to the use of
the data.
Attribute_Definition_Source: software computed
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 927
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
NOAA's Medium Resolution Digital Vector Shoreline was compiled from hundreds
of NOAA coast charts and comproses over 75,000 nautical miles of coastline.
The portion contained here is part of the EC80_04 - Chincoteague Inlet
Virginia to Block Island Sound Rhode Island data layer, which is part of
the Atlantic East-Coast Section.
Resource_Description: Long Island Sound: cst27.shp
Distribution_Liability:
Although this derived data set and its lineage dataset have been used
by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as
to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution
shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed
by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials.
Any potential users of this shapefile are reminded that this is a subset
of a section from NOAA's medium resolution. For complete coverage or an
unaltered dataset, the user should refer to NOAA's website identified in
the source information section of this file.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ARCV
Format_Information_Content:
cst27.dbf
cst27.shp
cst27.shx
cst27.avl
cst27.sbn
cst27.sbx
File_Decompression_Technique: No compression applied
Transfer_Size: 1,078Kbytes
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: CD-ROM
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 650
Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes
Recording_Format: ISO 9600
Compatibility_Information:
The user must have a system with a CD-ROM capable of reading an ISO-9660
standard CD-ROM disk. To browse the information contained on this disk,
the user must also have a current version of WWW browser available.
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ARCV
Format_Information_Content:
The six ArcView files (cst27.dbf, cst27.shp, cst27.shx, cst27.avl,
cst27.sbn, cst27.sbx) comprising the distribution of surficial sediments
in Long Island Sound.
File_Decompression_Technique: zip
Transfer_Size: 355Kbytes
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: CD-ROM
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 650
Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes
Recording_Format: ISO 9600
Compatibility_Information:
The user must have a system with a CD-ROM capable of reading an ISO-9660
standard CD-ROM disk. To browse the information contained on this disk,
the user must also have a current version of WWW browser available. The
user must also have the software installed on their computer system capable
to unzip the archived file.
