NOS80K: National Ocean Service Coastline of the Northeastern United States

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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 the Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA) Division of the Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment (ORCA)
Publication_Date: 1994
Publication_Time: Unknown
Title:
NOS80K: National Ocean Service Coastline of the Northeastern United States
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Silver Spring, MD
Publisher: NOAA/NOS/ORCA/SEA
Online_Linkage:
<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1196/data/basemap/nos80k/nos80k.zip>
Online_Linkage: <http://coastalgeospatial.noaa.gov/shoreline.html>
Online_Linkage:
<http://coastalmap.marine.usgs.gov/GISdata/basemaps/coastlines/nos80k/allus80k.zip>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: L.J. Poppe
Originator: K.Y. McMullen
Originator: S.J. Williams
Originator: S.D. Ackerman
Originator: K.A. Glomb
Originator: N.A. Forfinski
Publication_Date: 2008
Title:
Enhanced Sidescan-Sonar Imagery Offshore of Southeastern Massachusetts
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2008-1196
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Other_Citation_Details: 1 CD-ROM
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1196/>
Description:
Abstract:
NOAA's Medium Resolution 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.

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, created by the Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA) Division of NOAA's Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment, comprises over 75,000 nautical miles of coastline (nearly 2.5 million vertices), 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 surficial sediment data archived in this report. This data layer is a subset of the complete ALLUS80k coastline and shapefile and has been clipped to a portion of the east coast.
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., 1:60,000) 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: <http://coastalgeospatial.noaa.gov/shoreline.html>
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: -77.877236
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.791978
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.459808
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.069236
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: NOAA
Theme_Keyword: Digital Vector Shoreline
Theme_Keyword: ESRI shapefile
Theme_Keyword: Digital Geographic Boundaries
Theme_Keyword: shore
Theme_Keyword: shoreline
Theme_Keyword: coast
Theme_Keyword: coastal features
Theme_Keyword: OFR 2008-1196
Theme_Keyword: NOAA Survey H11076
Theme_Keyword: H11076
Theme_Keyword: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 2008-1196
Theme_Keyword: H11079
Theme_Keyword: NOAA Survey H11079
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries
Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: continental US
Place_Keyword: conterminous US
Place_Keyword: U.S. East Coast
Place_Keyword: North Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
These data are not to be used for navigation purposes. Mariners should refer to the appropriate nautical chart.

Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution.

Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Steve Rohmann
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: srohmann@seamail.nos.noaa.gov
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1196/data/basemap/nos80k/nos80k.gif>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
Overview showing the extent of the clipped ALLUS80K shapefile (NOS80k) for the GIS project area.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
Data_Set_Credit:
Please credit National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey, and the Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA) Division of the Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment (ORCA) as the originator of the dataset.
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Digital files are available in two general formats (.BNA, and .GEN). There is 100% redundancy between these two formats. The digital files contain no point, polygon, regional, or thematic associations.
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: L.J. Poppe
Originator: V.F. Paskevich
Originator: S.J. Williams
Originator: M.E. Hastings
Originator: J.T. Kelley
Originator: D.F. Belknap
Originator: L.G. Ward
Originator: D.M. FitzGerald
Originator: P.F. Larsen
Publication_Date: 2003
Title:
Surficial Sediment Data from the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and Vicinity: a GIS Compilation
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 03-001
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Other_Citation_Details: 1 CD-ROM
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001/>

Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
According to NOAA, the data supplied here are a compilation of information collected from some 270+ current or pre-release National Ocean Service Navigation Charts. In compiling this product we made no attempt to ascertain the congruency between the charted data, and the real world. Our objective was to simply capture the representative coastline as provided to us via the NOS Chart. Every effort was made to capture the shoreline on these charts as faithfully as our skills and technology allowed, and there is every indication that we were successful to this end. However, in doing so, we automatically conveyed the character (all aspects, both good and bad) of those data to our digital product. A character which may or may not be in agreement with the real world. Because of this, the user is advised to exercise caution in making any assumptions about the fallibility, or infallibility, of the spatial information supplied here; especially when circumstances warrant a high degree of absolute positional accuracy.

Spatial data were derived directly from National Ocean Service Navigation Charts. The NOS Chart Products meet or exceed National Map Accuracy standards (hard copy); the digital data supplied in this compilation should, when plotted at scale, meet or exceed these same cartographic standards.

Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Scale_Denominator: 80000
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
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
Process_Date: 20021106
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: nos80k.dbf
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: nos80k.shp
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: nos80k.shx
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Information Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 8543

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
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
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Altitude_System_Definition:
Altitude_Datum_Name: Mean Lower Low Water

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: nos80k.dbf
Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None
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

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Steve Rohmann
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: Medium Resolution Digital Vector U.S. Shoreline [OL 72 18.7 -66.5 -168]
Distribution_Liability:
Although this data has been processed successfully on a computer system at NOAA, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by NOAA regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. NOAA warrants the delivery of this product in computer-readable format, and will offer a replacement copy of the product when the product is determined unreadable by computer input peripherals, or when the physical medium is delivered in damaged condition. This dataset is also released on condition that neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ESRI Shapefile
Format_Version_Number: ArcView 3.2
Format_Specification: ESRI polygon shapefile
Format_Information_Content:
The three files (nos80k.dbf, nos80k.shp, nos80k.shx) that comprise the ESRI shapefile, 'prj' and 'avl' files, browse graphic and four versions of the metadata.
File_Decompression_Technique: zip
Transfer_Size: 38.544
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name:
<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1196/data/basemap/nos80k/nos80k.zip>
Network_Resource_Name: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1196/html/catalog.html>
Access_Instructions: Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW).
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: CD-ROM
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 640
Recording_Density_Units: Mbyte
Recording_Format: ISO9660
Technical_Prerequisites:
The data is available in ArcView shapefile format. The user must have ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing data.

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20080929
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Larry Poppe
Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2314
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
Metadata_Use_Constraints: None
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile

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