Shipping Lanes in U.S. Waters
Metadata:
- Identification_Information:
- Citation:
- Citation_Information:
- Originator:
- Department of Commerce
(DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National
Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
- Publication_Date:
- 2001
- Title:
- Shipping Lanes in U.S. Waters
- Edition:
- Various
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:
- map
- Publication_Information:
- Publication_Place:
- Silver Spring, MD
- Publisher:
- NOAA's Ocean Service, Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
- Online_Linkage:
- http://encdirect.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/cmsp/shipping_lanes/MapServer
- Description:
- Abstract:
- The GIS REST service for
"Shipping Lanes in U.S. waters" provides raster maps of the Shipping
Lanes is a term used to indicate the general flow of merchant shipping
between two departure/terminal areas. These areas are derived from
NOAA's Electronic Navigation Charts. This serivce is a cartographic
representation of marine source data based on S-57 data format and
content specification
- Purpose:
- Shipping Lanes in U.S.
waters REST service is designed to allow for the visualization of the
NOAA's Electronic Navigational Chart's (NOAA ENC) theme "Shipping
Lanes".
- Time_Period_of_Content:
- Time_Period_Information:
- Range_of_Dates/Times:
- Beginning_Date:
- 20010711
- Ending_Date:
- Present
- Currentness_Reference:
- This layer updates nightly with latest edition ENC cells.
- Status:
- Progress:
- In work
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency:
- Daily
- Spatial_Domain:
- Bounding_Coordinates:
- West_Bounding_Coordinate:
- -179.43
- East_Bounding_Coordinate:
- 174.61
- North_Bounding_Coordinate:
- 65.67
- South_Bounding_Coordinate:
- 17.57
- Keywords:
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- Tri - Service Spatial Data Standard
- Theme_Keyword:
- hydrography
- Theme_Keyword:
- transportation
- Theme_Keyword:
- marine navigation
- Theme_Keyword:
- coastal and marine spatial planning
- Theme_Keyword:
- ocean coastal mapping
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- None
- Theme_Keyword:
- Anchorage Area
- Theme_Keyword:
- Regulated Area
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- ISO 19115 Topic Category
- Theme_Keyword:
- oceans
- Theme_Keyword:
- transportation
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- Geospatial Platform
- Theme_Keyword:
- OceanCommunity
- Place:
- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- None
- Place_Keyword:
- U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone
- Place_Keyword:
- U.S. territories
- Place_Keyword:
- U.S. waters
- Access_Constraints:
- None.
- Use_Constraints:
- Anchorage Areas in
U.S. waters is not intended for navigational purposes. This data is
provided for use in GIS software packages for coastal planning and
research.
- Point_of_Contact:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
- Contact_Organization:
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
- Contact_Person:
- ENC GIS Technical
- Contact_Position:
- enc.gis@noaa.gov
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- mailing and physical address
- Address:
- 1315 East West Highway N/CS2
- City:
- Silver Spring
- State_or_Province:
- Maryland
- Postal_Code:
- 20910
- Country:
- USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- (301) 713-2645
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
- (301) 713-4501
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- james.hawks@noaa.gov
- Hours_of_Service:
- 0700-1500 EST
- Contact_Instructions:
- E-mail is preferred.
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- Data_Quality_Information:
- Attribute_Accuracy:
- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
- Shipping
Lanes in U.S. waters is derived from NOAA ENC's which conforms to the
International Hydrographic Organization Transfer Standard for Digital
Hydrographic Data, Special Publication S-57, ENC Product Specification
Edition 2.0.
- Logical_Consistency_Report:
- Shipping
Lanes in U.S. waters data is derived from NOAA ENC's which conforms to
the International Hydrographic Organization Transfer Standard for
Digital Hydrographic Data, Special Publication S-57, ENC Product
Specification Edition 2.0. NOAA ENC Direct to GIS data has added
generalized nautical chart symbology to aid in the visualization of this
data.
- Completeness_Report:
- Shipping Lanes
in U.S. waters represents current coverage of all ENC Charts. The NOAA
ENC Chart Suite is not scheduled to be completed until 2015. As new
NOAA ENCs and NOAA ENC editions are created they will be added to the
NOAA ENC Direct to GIS data on the first of every month.
- Positional_Accuracy:
- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
- Shipping
Lanes in U.S. waters data is derived from data that conforms to the
International Hydrographic Organization Transfer Standard for Digital
Hydrographic Data, Special Publication S-57, ENC Product Specification
Edition 2.0.
- Lineage:
- Process_Step:
- Process_Description:
- The NOAA ENC
database has been built from a combination of charted information as
well as original "source" information. NOAA has compiled critical
features such as channel limits, aids to navigation, and obstructions
from the original documents that were used to put the feature on the
paper chart. The objective is to use the most accurate information for
features that are critical to the safety of navigation. NOAA uses a
number of sources in compiling NOAA ENCS including U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers surveys, drawings, and permits, U.S. Coast Guard Local Notices
to Mariner, National Imagery and Mapping Agency Notices to Mariners,
NOAA hydrographic surveys, and the largest scale paper chart of an area.
ENC Direct to GIS data was created by transforming Approach and Harbor
NOAA ENC version 2 cells to ESRI's shapefile format using Safe
Software's Feature Manipulation Engine.
- Process_Date:
- 200305
- Process_Contact:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
- Contact_Organization:
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
- Contact_Position:
- NOAA ENC Direct to GIS Technical Contact
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- mailing and physical address
- Address:
- 1315 East West Highway N/CS2
- City:
- Silver Spring
- State_or_Province:
- Maryland
- Postal_Code:
- 20910
- Country:
- USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- 301-713-2645
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
- 301-713-4501
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- enc.gis@noaa.gov
- Hours_of_Service:
- 0700-1500 EST
- Contact_Instructions:
- E-mail is preferred
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- 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:
- 6378137.0
- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio:
- 298.257222
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- Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
- Overview_Description:
- Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
- The
data provided through the NOAA ENC Direct to GIS service is derived from
electronic data that conforms to the International Hydrographic
Organization Transfer Standard for Digital Hydrographic Data, Special
Publication S-57, ENC Product Specification Edition 2.0. The entity and
attribute descriptions are contained in the standard. The standard is
available from the IHO at <http://www.iho.shom.fr>.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
- IHO S-57, Edition 3.1
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- Distribution_Information:
- Distributor:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
- Contact_Organization:
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
- Contact_Person:
- James Hawks
- Contact_Position:
- ENCDirect Technical Contact
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- mailing and physical address
- Address:
- 1315 East West Highway N/CS2
- City:
- Silver Spring
- State_or_Province:
- Maryland
- Postal_Code:
- 20910
- Country:
- USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- (301) 713-2645
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
- (301) 713-4501
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- enc.gis@noaa.gov
- Hours_of_Service:
- 0700-1500 EST
- Contact_Instructions:
- E-mail preferred.
- Resource_Description:
- Live data and maps
- Distribution_Liability:
- Not for navigation.
- Standard_Order_Process:
- Digital_Form:
- Digital_Transfer_Information:
- Format_Name:
- AutoCAD DWG (R2000),
AutoCAD DXF (R2000), Caris NTX, ESRI Arc/Info Coverage, ESRI Arc/Info
Export (E00), ESRI Arc/Info Generate, ESRI Shape, MapInfo MID/MIF,
MapInfo TAB,
- Format_Information_Content:
- Data can be downloaded in either North American Datum 1927 or World Geodetic System 1984.
- Digital_Transfer_Option:
- Online_Option:
- Computer_Contact_Information:
- Network_Address:
- Network_Resource_Name:
- http://encdirect.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/cmsp/shipping_lanes/MapServer
- Fees:
- There are no fees for the use of this data.
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- Metadata_Reference_Information:
- Metadata_Date:
- 20131121
- Metadata_Contact:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
- Contact_Organization:
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
- Contact_Person:
- James Hawks
- Contact_Position:
- NOAA ENC Direct to GIS Technical Questions
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- mailing and physical address
- Address:
- 1315 East West Highway N/CS2
- City:
- Silver Spring
- State_or_Province:
- Maryland
- Postal_Code:
- 20910
- Country:
- USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- (301) 713-2645
- Hours_of_Service:
- 0700-1500 EST
- Metadata_Standard_Name:
- FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata_Standard_Version:
- FGDC-STD-001-1998
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