NOS80K: National Ocean Service Coastline of the Northeastern United States

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:

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:

<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/data/basemaps/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: W.W. Danforth

Originator: K.Y. McMullen

Originator: M.A. Blankenship

Originator: K.A. Glomb

Originator: D.B. Wright

Originator: S.M. Smith

Publication_Date: 2012

Title:

Sea-Floor Character and Sedimentary Processes of Block Island Sound, Offshore Rhode Island

Edition: 1.0

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 2012-1005

Publication_Information:

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

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

Other_Citation_Details: 1 DVD-ROM

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/>

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 2012-1005

Theme_Keyword: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 2012-1005

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

Place_Keyword: southern New England

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:

<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/data/basemaps/nos80k/nos80k.gif>

Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Overview showing the extent of the clipped ALLUS80K shapefile (NOS80k) for GIS project areas off southern New England.

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

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 Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA

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

Other_Citation_Details: 1 CD-ROM

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001>

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

No additional checks for consistency were performed on this data.

Completeness_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.

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 should, when plotted at scale, should meet or exceed these same cartographic standards.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Scale_Denominator: 80000

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

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: 0.000001

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

Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Horizonal 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: nos80k

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

Attribute_Definition:

Attribute automatically generated when the graphic was converted to a shapefile.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Software generated

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

A clipped version of the ALLUS80K shapefile for use with GIS projects off southern New England.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: See cross reference.

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: 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: 8.5 mb

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/data/basemaps/nos80k/nos80k.zip>

Network_Resource_Name: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/html/catalog.html>

Access_Instructions: Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW).

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: DVD-ROM

Recording_Capacity:

Recording_Density: 4.7

Recording_Density_Units: Gbyte

Recording_Format: UDF

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. The user must have software capable of uncompressing archived zip files, such as Winzip or Pkware.

Available_Time_Period:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2012

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20120503

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