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United States Medium Resolution Digital Vector Shoreline

Entry ID: ORCA_digital_shore

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Summary

Abstract: NOAA's Medium Resolution Digital Vector Shoreline is a high-quality, Geographic
Information System-ready, general-use digital vector data set originally
created by the Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA) Division of NOAA's
Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment (now part of NOAA's
Special Projects). Compiled from hundreds of NOAA coast charts, this ...

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Description: Access to the medium resolution vector shoreline

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Description: Data dictionary describing the vector shoreline database

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Description: Vector shoreline coastline extractor program

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Description: Additional description of the vector shoreline data

Multimedia Sample

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Caption: Digital Vector Shoreline

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 72.0

S: 18.7

E: -66.5

W: -168.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: NOAA/NOS/MBO/Special Projects

Dataset Title: Medium Resolution Digital Vector U.S. Shoreline

Dataset Release Date: 1994-01-01

Dataset Release Place: Silver Spring, MD

Dataset Publisher: NOAA/NOS/MBO/SP and NOAA/NGDC/MGG

Data Presentation Form: digital map

Online Resource: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/noaamrdvs.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1988-01-01

Stop Date: 1992-12-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > BOUNDARIES

OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > BEACHES

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

BOUNDARIES

Platform

MAPS

Project

BAGIS > San Francisco Bay Area Demonstration GIS Project

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints Not for Navigational Purposes

Ancillary Keywords

GIS

Digital Maps

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

NOAA

Data Center

Special Projects, Management and Budget Office, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Data Center URL: http://specialprojects.nos.noaa.gov/

Data Center Personnel

Name: STEVE ROHMANN

Phone: 301-713-3000 x137

Fax: 301-713-4384

Email: srohmann at seamail.nos.noaa.gov

Contact Address:

Coastal Monitoring and Bioeffects Assessments Division
Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment
NOAA/National Ocean Survey
1305 East-West Highway, SSMC4

City: Silver Spring

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20910-3281

Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: Online FTP

Distribution Format: Arc Info

Fees: No fees

Personnel

TYLER B. STEVENS

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: (301) 614-6898

Fax: 301-614-5268

Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2002-12-18

Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-04-22

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