Shoreline length and water area in the ocean, coastal and Great Lakes parks: Updated statistics for shoreline miles and water acres (rev1b)
Curdts T. 2011. Shoreline length and water area in the ocean, coastal and Great Lakes parks: Updated statistics for shoreline miles and water acres (rev1b). Natural Resource Report. NPS/WASO/NRR—2011/464. National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science. Fort Collins, Colorado
The National Park Service has published widely varying statistics on shoreline miles and marine acres that it manages. This project was undertaken to address the inconsistency in the numbers reported and to more accurately report the cumulative shoreline miles and marine/estuarine acres managed by the NPS using a geographic information systems (GIS) framework. Several national shoreline datasets were examined and it was determined that there was no single dataset that met the needs of this project. Therefore, many shoreline datasets were examined and utilized on a park-by-park basis. These “best” shoreline segments were aggregated into a single shoreline dataset for ocean, coastal and Great Lakes NPS units. The shoreline data were also used in conjunction with NPS boundary data to create a new dataset depicting marine areas (including open ocean, intertidal and estuarine areas) for the ocean, coastal and Great Lakes NPS units.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Curdts, Thom
- Date of Issue
- 2011-11
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science
- Units
- ACAD , ANIA , APIS , ASIS , BELA , BICY , BISC , BITH , BOHA , BOST , BUIS , CABR , CACO , CAHA , CAKR , CALO , CANA , CASA , CHIS , CHRI , COLO , CUIS , DESO , DRTO , EBLA , EVER , FIIS , FOCA , FOFR , FOMA , FOMC , FOPO , FOPU , FORA , FOSU , GATE , GEWA , GLBA , GLKN , GOGA , GOIS , GRPO , GUIS , HALE , HAVO , INDU , ISRO , JELA , KAHO , KALA , KATM , KEFJ , KLGO , LACL , LEWI , NEBE , NPSA , NRSS , OLYM , PAIS , PEVI , PIRO , POCH , PORE , PUHE , PUHO , REDW , RORI , SACR , SAFR , SAHI , SAIR , SAJH , SAJU , SAMA , SAMO , SARI , SITK , SLBE , STLI , TIMU , VALR , VICR , VIIS , WAPA , WRD , WRST
- Keywords
- Coastal, Coastal Park, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), GIS, GLKN General, Mapping, Marine, marine area, Marine Park, Ocean, Shoreline, submerged resources, water area