Vectorized Shoreline of Alabama Derived from 1978-1981 Source Data

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Robert Morton
Originator: Tara Miller
Originator: Laura Moore
Publication_Date: 2004
Title:
Vectorized Shoreline of Alabama Derived from 1978-1981 Source Data
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2004-1089
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place:
U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies, St. Petersburg, FL
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1089/>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Robert Morton
Originator: Tara Miller
Originator: Laura Moore
Publication_Date: 2004
Title:
National Assessment of Shoreline Change: Part 1, Historical Shoreline Changes and Associated Coastal Land Loss Along the U.S. Gulf of Mexico
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2004-1043
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place:
U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1043/>
Online_Linkage: <http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/national-assessment/>
Description:
Abstract:
There are critical needs for a nationwide compilation of reliable shoreline data. To meet these needs, the USGS has produced a comprehensive database of digital vector shorelines by compiling shoreline positions from pre-existing historical shoreline databases and by generating historical and modern shoreline data. Shorelines are compiled by state and generally correspond to one of four time periods: 1800s, 1920s-1930s, 1970s, and 1998-2002. Each shoreline may represent a compilation of data from one or more sources for one or more dates provided by one or more agencies. Details regarding source are provided in the 'Data Quality Information' section of this metadata report. Shoreline vectors derived from historic sources (first three time periods) represent the high water line at the time of the survey, whereas modern shorelines (final time period) represent the mean high water line.
Purpose:
Historical shoreline change is considered to be a crucial element in studying the vulnerability of the national shoreline. These data are used in a shoreline change analysis for the USGS National Assessment Project.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1978
Ending_Date: 1981
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -88.326851
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.450966
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.382860
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.221922
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: Shoreline
Theme_Keyword: Historic Shoreline
Theme_Keyword: Shoreline Change Rate
Theme_Keyword: Linear Regression Rate
Theme_Keyword: Endpoint Rate
Theme_Keyword: Baseline
Theme_Keyword: Beach Erosion
Theme_Keyword: Beach Nourishment
Theme_Keyword: LIDAR
Theme_Keyword: T-sheet
Theme_Keyword: Tp-sheet
Theme_Keyword: Coastal Survey Map
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico
Place_Keyword: Alabama
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
This data set is not to be used for navigational purposes.

Public domain data from the U.S. government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information.

Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727) 803-8747
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (727) 803-2032
Hours_of_Service: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Standard Time
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800

Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
There is significant agreement of linework between adjacent shorelines. Shorelines were checked for accuracy, but no edgematching attempts were made between adjacent shorelines even if slight offsets existed.
Completeness_Report:
This shoreline data adequately represented the shoreline at the time of the survey. Remaining gaps in this data, if applicable, are a consequence of non-existing data or existing data that did not meet quality assurance standards.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The maximum estimated positional error for this shoreline is 4m. Please visit our full report on shoreline change in the Gulf of Mexico (<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1043/>), under the heading 'Reliability of the Results', for a complete explanation of the measurement error.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: NOAA Coastal Services Center (NOAA2)
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Shoreline Data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Charleston, SC
Publisher: NOAA Coastal Services Center
Online_Linkage: <http://www.csc.noaa.gov/shoreline/index.html>
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1978
Ending_Date: 1981
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: NOAA Coastal Services Center (NOAA)
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: NOAA Vectorization Project
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Charleston, SC
Publisher: NOAA Coastal Services Center
Other_Citation_Details: NOAA Contact Person - Mike Rink - (843) 740-1295
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1978
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Shorelines from one or more sources were sought in an effort to develop a single shoreline for each time period. Digital shorelines, if available from another agency, were acquired. If no digital shorelines were available or if a data set was incomplete, T-sheets were requested from NOAA and received as scanned raster images. T-sheets were geo-registered using ERDAS Imagine geographic imaging software by placing 6-10 well-spaced ground control points at gridline intersections. Some T-sheets may have required additional coordinate transformation information from NOAA to account for datum offsets between historical datums (USSD) and modern datums (NAD27 or NAD83). Datum transformations were applied to GCP coordinates prior to registration. Total RMS error for the rectification process was maintained below 1 pixel, which translates to approximately 4m at a scale of 1:20,000 and 1.5m at a scale of 1:10,000. Geo-registered T-sheets were loaded in ArcView and vector shorelines were digitized.

Quality assessments were performed and shorelines were edited to remove any overlap between adjacent shorelines. No edgematching between adjacent shorelines was attempted. Finally, shorelines from all sources were merged to produce a single shoreline for the period. The final shoreline was coded with 6 attribute fields (ID, Type, Date, Descr, Source, and Accuracy) required for the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS), which was used to calculate shoreline change rates. The attributes reflect the source of the data and the original survey year.

Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727) 803-8747
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (727) 803-2032
Hours_of_Service: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Standard Time

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 445

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001
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:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: al1978_1981
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ID
Attribute_Definition: Feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 704
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TYPE
Attribute_Definition: Type of feature.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Shoreline
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Vector shoreline.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Baseline
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Vector baseline.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DATE_
Attribute_Definition: Year of survey.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 01/01/1981
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Feature surveyed in 1981.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 01/01/1978
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Feature surveyed in 1978.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DESCR
Attribute_Definition: Detailed description of the feature.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Describes additional characteristics of the feature.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SOURCE
Attribute_Definition: Agency that provided feature or data used to create feature.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: NOAA2
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (shoreline vectorization project)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ACCURACY
Attribute_Definition: Position accuracy of feature.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The accuracy is not given or is not known.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters (m)

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727) 803-8747
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (727) 803-2032
Hours_of_Service: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Standard Time
Resource_Description: USGS Open-File Report 2004-1089
Distribution_Liability:
Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, these data and information are provided with the understanding that they are not guaranteed to be usable, timely, accurate, or complete. Users are cautioned to consider carefully the provisional nature of these data and information before using them for decisions that concern personal or public safety or the conduct of business that involves substantial monetary or operational consequences. Conclusions drawn from, or actions undertaken on the basis of, such data and information are the sole responsibility of the user.

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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20040405
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies
Contact_Person: Tara Miller
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727) 803-8747
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (727) 803-2032
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: taram@usgs.gov
Hours_of_Service: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Standard Time
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