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: 2013 Title: nc_80k.shp: - Medium resolution digital vector North Carolina coastal area shapefile Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Silver Spring, MD Publisher: NOAA/NOS/ORCA/SEA Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1015/data/basemaps/nc_80k.zip Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1015/data_catalog.html Online_Linkage: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/noaamrdvs.html Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: E.R. Thieler Originator: D.S. Foster Originator: D.M. Mallinson Originator: E.A. Himmelstoss Originator: J.E. McNinch Originator: J.H. List Originator: E.S. Hammar-Klose Publication_Date: 2013 Title: Quaternary Geophysical Framework of the Northeastern North Carolina Coastal System Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2011-1015 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: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1015/ 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 vertices). 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. Purpose: This product represents the coastal region of the state of North Carolina and can be used as a basemap image for viewing the other data. The easternmost part of the mainland and barrier island areas are delineated as well as Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds. 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: Source data from charts published using the North American Datums of 1902, 1927, and 1983. 1902 and 1927 referenced data was converted to 1983 via NOAA, National Geodetic Survey Software NADCON, version 2.1. 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: -80.733735 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.331144 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.903203 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.151256 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Theme_Keyword: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Theme_Keyword: NOAA Theme_Keyword: Digital Vector Shoreline Theme_Keyword: shapefile Theme_Keyword: Digital Geographic Boundaries Theme_Keyword: shore Theme_Keyword: shoreline Theme_Keyword: coast Theme_Keyword: coastal features Theme_Keyword: polygon Theme_Keyword: shoreline vectorization Theme_Keyword: NOAA nautical chart Theme_Keyword: digital geographic boundaries Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic category Theme_Keyword: boundaries Theme_Keyword: elevation Theme_Keyword: oceans Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Place_Keyword: North Carolina Place_Keyword: North America Place_Keyword: United States Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: Not for Navigational 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 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 9.3.1.1850 Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Logical_Consistency_Report: No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on the data. Completeness_Report: This is a subset of the complete dataset as provided by NOAA. It has been clipped to the extent of the project study area. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (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 to this end. 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 National Ocean Service Navigation Charts, which 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_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Special Projects Office Publication_Date: 1994 Title: NOAA's Medium Resolution Digital Vector Shoreline Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Online_Linkage: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/noaamrdvs.html Source_Scale_Denominator: 80000 Type_of_Source_Media: disc Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA's Medium Resolution Digital Vector Shoreline Source_Contribution: NOAA's Medium Resolution Digital Vector Shoreline is a high-quality, Geographic Information System-ready, general-use digital vector data set 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 vertices), representing the entire coterminous 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 previously digitized coastlines were combined to create a polygon representation of the 48 contiguous United States. Process_Step: Process_Description: The original file of the conterminous United States was clipped to the extent of a polygong shapefile outlining the GIS project extent using ArcToolbox (v9.1) Analysis Tools > Extract > Clip. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: http://coastalmap.marine.usgs.gov/GISdata/basemaps/coastlines/nos80k/allus80k.zip Process_Date: 20021107 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Caroline Roberts 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 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Process_Step: Process_Description: The data were projected from geographic coordinates (NAD 83) to geographic coordinates (WGS 84) using ArcToolbox 9.3, Data Management Tools > Projections and Transformations > Feature > Project. The NAD_1983_To_WGS_1984_1 datum transformation was used. Process_Date: 20110215 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Emily Himmelstoss Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey 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 x2262 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ehimmelstoss@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: 5489 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: D_WGS_1984 Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224 Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition: Altitude_System_Definition: Altitude_Datum_Name: National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: nc_80k 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: Dummy attribute field required by ArcGIS because feature classes and tables must have at least one field other than the object identification (FID) and shape. Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey 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: Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 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. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS or NOAA in the use of these data or related materials. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: WinZip Format_Version_Number: 9.0 Format_Information_Content: This WinZip file contains a shapefile of the medium resolution digital vector North Carolina coastal area, and the associated metadata. File_Decompression_Technique: Use WinZip or pkUnzip Transfer_Size: 3.99 MB Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1015/data/basemaps/nc_80k.zip Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1015/data_catalog.html Access_Instructions: Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW). Fees: None Technical_Prerequisites: These data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS or ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing data. A free data viewer, ArcExplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20110113 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Emily Himmelstoss 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 x2262 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ehimmelstoss@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