NOAACOAST_CLIP.SHP: National Ocean Service Coastline for a Part of the Northeastern United States in the Chesapeake Bay Area

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

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

Title:

NOAACOAST_CLIP.SHP: National Ocean Service Coastline for a Part of the Northeastern United States in the Chesapeake Bay Area

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Silver Spring, MD

Publisher: NOAA/NOS/ORCA/SEA

Online_Linkage: <http://coastalgeospatial.noaa.gov/shoreline.html>

Online_Linkage:

<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1151/data/basemap/noaacoast_clip.zip>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: VeeAnn A. Cross

Originator: David S. Foster

Originator: John F. Bratton

Publication_Date: 2010

Title:

Continuous Resistivity Profiling and Seismic-Reflection Data Collected in 2006 from the Potomac River Estuary, Virginia and Maryland

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 2009-1151

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1151/>

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:

The purpose of this dataset is to provide the NOAA medium-resolution shoreline as a basemap data layer for the area of interest.

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: -81.293121

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.988093

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.105139

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 33.530646

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Theme_Keyword: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Theme_Keyword: NOAA

Theme_Keyword: National Ocean Service

Theme_Keyword: NOS

Theme_Keyword: digital vector shoreline

Theme_Keyword: polygon shapefile

Theme_Keyword: shore

Theme_Keyword: shoreline

Theme_Keyword: coast

Theme_Keyword: coastal features

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: oceans

Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries

Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal

Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Place_Keyword: North America

Place_Keyword: North Atlantic

Place_Keyword: United States

Place_Keyword: U.S. East Coast

Place_Keyword: North Atlantic Ocean

Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean

Place_Keyword: Chesapeake Bay

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/2009/1151/data/basemap/noaacoast_clip.gif>

Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Thumbnail image of the NOAA medium-resolution coast in the study 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:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

The original NOAA shoreline was clipped to the area of interest. No additional checks on shoreline accuracy were performed.

Completeness_Report:

This dataset supplies the complete shoreline in the area of interest.

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 (NOS) 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. In doing so, however, we automatically conveyed the character (all aspects, both good and bad) of those data to our digital product. Because this character may or may not be in agreement with the real world, 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 NOS Navigation Charts, which meet or exceed National Map Accuracy standards (hard copy); the digital data supplied in this compilation, when plotted at scale, should meet or exceed these same cartographic standards.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Scale_Denominator: 80000

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Within ArcMap 9.0, a polygon graphic was converted to a polygon shapefile using XToolsPro v. 5.0 using the Feature Conversion - Graphics to Feature tool.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: graphic

Process_Date: 2006

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: temprect.shp

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Marine Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2251

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Within ArcMap 9.0 - ArcToolbox - Analysis Tools - Extract - Clip. The original NOAA polygon coastline shapefile was clipped with the new polygon shapefile. No XY tolerance was set. (The original NOAA polygon coastline was downloaded from the internet in 2002.)

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: temprect.shp

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: mergefinal.shp

Process_Date: 2006

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: noaacoast_clip.shp

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Marine Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2251

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:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1

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

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Datum_Name: National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929

Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Horizontal positions of the shoreline are based on a vertical tidal datum. This is typically Mean Lower Low Water but can vary. Consult the appropriate charts for additional information.

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: noaacoast_clip

Entity_Type_Definition: shapefile attribute table.

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI

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:

Attribute included in the original dataset without a definition.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Unknown.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Unknown definition or units.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Steve Rohm

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.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: WinZip

Format_Version_Number: 9.0

Format_Information_Content:

This WinZip file contains the polygon shapefile as well as the associated metadata files.

Transfer_Size: 6.1 MB

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: DVD-ROM

Recording_Capacity:

Recording_Density: 4.75

Recording_Density_Units: GBytes

Recording_Format: UDF

Fees: None.

Technical_Prerequisites:

This WinZip file contains data available in ESRI polygon shapefile format. The user must have software capable of uncompressing the WinZip file and reading/displaying the shapefile.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20100629

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Marine Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2251

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@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_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile