IOOS Regions
Spatial Representation Information
Reference System Information
Identification Information
Distribution Information
Data Quality Information

Metadata: 
  File identifier: 
      gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:71177
  Language: 
    Language Code: 
      eng
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      UTF8
  Hierarchy level: 
    Scope code: 
      dataset
  Metadata author: 
    Responsible party: 
      Organisation name: 
          Office for Coastal Management
      Contact info: 
        Contact: 
          Phone: 
            Telephone: 
              Voice: 
                missing
          Address: 
            Address: 
      Role: 
        Role code: 
          resourceProvider
  Date stamp: 
      2024-08-15T14:00:30
  Metadata standard name: 
      ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data
  Metadata standard version: 
      ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
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Spatial representation info: Vector spatial representation: Topology level: Topology level code: Geometric objects: Geometric objects: Geometric object type: Geometric object type code: curve
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Reference system info: Reference system: Reference system identifier: RS Identifier: Code: EPSG::4269
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Identification info: Data identification: Citation: Citation: Title: IOOS Regions Date: Date: Date: 2023-10-25 Date type: Date type code: publication Identifier: Identifier: Authority: Citation: Title: NOAA/NMFS/EDM Date: inapplicable Code: Anchor: xlink: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/71177 title: InPort Catalog ID 71177 Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: inapplicable Contact info: Contact: Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/71177 Protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Name: Full Metadata Record Description: View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. Function: Online function code: information Role: inapplicable Presentation form: Presentation form code: mapDigital Abstract: These data represent the boundaries of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) eleven regional associations (RAs). There are thousands of ocean observing tools in use every day-satellites in orbit, gliders, buoys, high-frequency radar, sharks with satellite tags, sensors on the ocean floor, and more operated by different organizations and researchers. IOOS, a national-regional partnership, gathers and integrates many of those data streams and makes those observations compatible and accessible by science, industry, government, and citizens.
          
RAs design regional coastal observing systems to meet the unique needs of the regional environment and stakeholders. The eleven IOOS RAs maintain and operate regional coastal observing systems and develop information products for their users. The RAs provide increased observations, distinctive knowledge, and critical technological abilities, and apply these towards the development of products to meet regional and local needs Purpose: To support ocean planning activities pursuant to the Executive Order Regarding the Ocean Policy to Advance the Economic, Security, and Environmental Interests of the United States, the Energy Policy Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Rivers and Harbors Act, the Coastal Zone Management Act, and the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009. Credit: NOAA Office for Coastal Management, NOAA IOOS Program Office Status: Progress code: completed Point of contact: Responsible party: Organisation name: NOAA Office for Coastal Management Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: (843) 740-1202 Address: Address: Delivery point: 2234 South Hobson Ave City: Charleston Administrative area: SC Postal code: 29405-2413 Country: missing Electronic mail address: coastal.info@noaa.gov Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://coast.noaa.gov Protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Name: NOAA Office for Coastal Management Website Description: NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: pointOfContact Resource maintenance: Maintenance information: Maintenance and update frequency: Maintenance frequency code: notPlanned Descriptive keywords: Keywords: Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT Type: Keyword type code: theme Thesaurus name: Citation: Title: Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords Date: missing Edition: 17.0 Descriptive keywords: Keywords: Keyword: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Type: Keyword type code: place Thesaurus name: Citation: Title: Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords Date: missing Edition: 17.0 Descriptive keywords: Keywords: Keyword: coastal Keyword: planning Keyword: renewable energy Type: Keyword type code: theme Descriptive keywords: Keywords: Keyword: Exclusive Economic Zone Keyword: Outer Continental Shelf Keyword: Territorial Sea Keyword: United States of America Type: Keyword type code: place Descriptive keywords: Keywords: Keyword: DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCM > Office of Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Type: Keyword type code: dataCentre Thesaurus name: Citation: uuid: 9f0de6e6-428b-11df-9879-0800200c9a66 Title: Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords Date: Date: Date: 2017-04-24 Date type: Date type code: publication Edition: 8.5 Cited responsible party: xlink: https://data.noaa.gov/docucomp/1edb41d0-428a-11df-9879-0800200c9a66 title: GCMD Landing Page Descriptive keywords: Keywords: Keyword: MarineCadastre Type: Keyword type code: project Thesaurus name: Citation: Title: InPort Date: inapplicable Resource constraints: Legal constraints: Use constraints: Restriction code: otherRestrictions Other constraints: Cite As: Office for Coastal Management, [Date of Access]: IOOS Regions [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/71177. Resource constraints: Constraints: Use limitation: NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose. Resource constraints: Legal constraints: Use constraints: Restriction code: otherRestrictions Other constraints: Use Constraints: For coastal and ocean planning Resource constraints: Legal constraints: Use limitation: Restriction code: otherRestrictions Other constraints: Distribution Liability: https://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html Resource constraints: Security constraints: Classification: Classification code: unclassified Classification system: missing Handling description: missing Aggregation Info: AggregateInformation: Aggregate Data Set Name: Citation: Title: NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) Date: unknown Identifier: Identifier: Authority: Citation: Title: NOAA/NMFS/EDM Date: inapplicable Code: 71177 Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: inapplicable Contact info: Contact: Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/ocm/dmp/pdf/71177.pdf Protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Name: NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) Description: NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. Function: Online function code: information Role: inapplicable Association Type: Association type code: crossReference Language: eng; US Topic category: Topic category code: boundaries Topic category: Topic category code: oceans Environment description: Microsoft Windows, ArcGIS Pro Extent: Extent: Geographic element: Geographic bounding box: West bound longitude: -180 East bound longitude: 180 South bound latitude: -17.75 North bound latitude: 74.75 Temporal element: Temporal extent: Extent: Time instant: Description: publication date | Currentness: Publication Date Time position: 2023-10-25 Supplemental Information: Bureau Code: 006:48, Program Code: 006:055
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Distribution info: Distribution: Transfer options: Digital transfer options: Online: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/IOOSRegion.zip Protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Name: https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/IOOSRegion.zip Description: missing Function: Online function code: download Transfer options: Digital transfer options: Online: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://marinecadastre.gov/data/ Protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Name: https://marinecadastre.gov/data/ Description: Marine Cadastre Data Registry Function: Online function code: download
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Data quality info: Data quality: Scope: Scope: Hierarchy level: Scope code: dataset Report: Quantitative attribute accuracy: Name of measure: Accuracy Evaluation method description: Untested Result: missing Report: Absolute external positional accuracy: Name of measure: Horizontal Positional Accuracy Evaluation method description: Compiled to meet 10 meters horizontal accuracy at 95% confidence level Result: missing Report: Completeness commission: Name of measure: Completeness Report Evaluation method description: 1) Due to a lack of adequate shoreline data, omissions occur in several locations, notably in the northern reaches of Chesapeake Bay and several other embayment's on the east coast.
              
2) When present the NOAA CUSP data was used as the primary source for the U.S. land-water margin. Other sources such as the NOAA ENC were used to patch gaps in the CUSP.
              
3) Generally, shorelines are truncated at the first or second major obstruction (bridge, dam, waterfall) going from offshore to onshore.
              
4) Coastal ponds, lagoons and other water bodies not directly connected to the coastal ocean are not present.
              
5) The upland termination point for the offshore lateral boundaries were adjusted to be coincident with well established aids to navigation when they were present and appeared to be the intended boundary marker. Result: missing Report: Conceptual consistency: Name of measure: Conceptual Consistency Evaluation method description: These data are logically consistent Result: missing Lineage: Lineage: Statement: missing Process step: Process step: Description: Collect source data from publicly available web sites. IMPORT source data and standardize the coordinate reference system and feature type. Evaluate source data for overall quality and completeness. Discard outdated, flawed, or superseded source data. Use the ArcGIS Pro graphical user interface to edit features. Remove extraneous geometry, MERGE and snap geometry together, edge match and blend adjoining features, remove dangles, and convert to polygon type. SELECT and EXPORT to a new feature class all coastal, ocean, and Great Lakes water features. Acquire and enter attributes for each logical region. Execute the CHECK GEOMETRY function to evaluate for valid feature types. Execute the RECALCULATE FEATURE CLASS EXTENT function. Execute the ADD SPATIAL INDEX function. Date and time: 2023-10-23T00:00:00 Source: Source: Source citation: Citation: Title: 2021 Census - Boundary files Date: Date: Date: 2021-01-01 Date type: Date type code: publication Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Statistics Canada Contact info: Contact: Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/geo/sip-pis/index-eng.cfm Protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Name: Source Citation URL Description: Source Citation URL Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: originator Source: Source: Description: Source Contribution: Public Law 111-11 Subtitle C Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observing System Act of 2009 Source citation: Citation: Title: 33 USC 3601 Date: Date: Date: 2009-03-30 Date type: Date type code: publication Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: 111th Congress Contact info: Contact: Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://www.congress.gov/111/plaws/publ11/PLAW-111publ11.pdf Protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Name: Source Citation URL Description: Source Citation URL Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: originator Source: Source: Description: Source Contribution: https://www.vims.edu/ccrm/advisory/ccrmp/portals/accomack/index.php https://www.vims.edu/ccrm/advisory/ccrmp/portals/northampton/index.php Source citation: Citation: Title: Accomack and Northampton County Shoreline and Tidal Marsh Inventory GIS Data - 2016 Date: missing Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Virginia Institute of Marine Science Contact info: Contact: Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://www.vims.edu/ccrm/advisory/ccrmp/portals/index.php Protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Name: Source Citation URL Description: Source Citation URL Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: originator Source: Source: Source citation: Citation: Title: Alaska Coastline 1:250,000 Date: Date: Date: 2023-08-15 Date type: Date type code: publication Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alaska State Geospatial Clearinghouse Contact info: Contact: Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://data-soa-dnr.opendata.arcgis.com/ Protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Name: Source Citation URL Description: Source Citation URL Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: publisher Source: Source: Source citation: Citation: Title: Federated States of Micronesia Exclusive Economic Zone (200 Nautical Miles) Date: Date: Date: 2022-03-11 Date type: Date type code: publication Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: FSM National Oceanic Resource Management Authority (NORMA) Contact info: Contact: Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://pacificdata.org/data/dataset/federated-states-of-micronesia-exclusive-economic-zone-200-nautical-miles Protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Name: Source Citation URL Description: Source Citation URL Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: publisher Source: Source: Description: Source Contribution: RABoundariesShapefile.zip ra_region_boundaries.geojson Source citation: Citation: Title: IOOS Regional Association Boundaries Date: Date: Date: 2023-06-21 Date type: Date type code: publication Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: U.S. IOOS Office Contact info: Contact: Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://ioos.noaa.gov/ Protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Name: Source Citation URL Description: Source Citation URL Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: originator Source: Source: Description: Source Contribution: https://shoreline.noaa.gov/data/datasheets/cusp.html https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/60812 Extracted on 2023-07-24 Source citation: Citation: Title: NOAA Continually Updated Shoreline Product (CUSP) Date: missing Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: NOAA National Geodetic Survey Contact info: Contact: Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://nsde.ngs.noaa.gov/ Protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Name: Source Citation URL Description: Source Citation URL Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: originator Source: Source: Description: Source Contribution: NaturalFeaturesA\Harbor_Land_Area NaturalFeaturesA\Approach_Land_Area
                  
Used to patch gaps in the following areas 1) Pacific Islands 2) Gulf of Mexico 3) Southeast 4) Northeast Source citation: Citation: Title: NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts Date: missing Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: NOAA Office of Coast Survey Contact info: Contact: Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/charts/noaa-enc.html Protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Name: Source Citation URL Description: Source Citation URL Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: originator Source: Source: Source citation: Citation: Title: Palau Exclusive Economic Zone (200 Nautical Miles) Date: Date: Date: 2021-07-30 Date type: Date type code: publication Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Palau Bureau of Lands & Surveys Contact info: Contact: Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://pacificdata.org/data/dataset/palau-exclusive-economic-zone-200-nautical-miles Protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Name: Source Citation URL Description: Source Citation URL Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: originator Source: Source: Source citation: Citation: Title: Republic of Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone (200 Nautical Miles) Date: Date: Date: 2021-07-28 Date type: Date type code: publication Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority (MIMRA) Contact info: Contact: Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://pacificdata.org/data/dataset/republic-of-marshall-islands-exclusive-economic-zone-200-nautical-miles Protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Name: Source Citation URL Description: Source Citation URL Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: publisher Source: Source: Description: Source Contribution: Definition of Coastal, page 1-3 paragraph 1
                  
See also 1) https://ioos.noaa.gov/about/meet-the-ioos-program-office/ 2) https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2021-title33/pdf/USCODE-2021-title33-chap49-sec3603.pdf Source citation: Citation: Title: U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System: A Blueprint for Full Capability version 1.0 Date: missing Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: U.S. IOOS Office Contact info: Contact: Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://cdn.ioos.noaa.gov/media/2017/12/us_ioos_blueprint_ver1.pdf Protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Name: Source Citation URL Description: Source Citation URL Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: originator Source: Source: Description: Source Contribution: https://maritimeboundaries.noaa.gov/downloads/USMaritimeLimitsAndBoundariesSHP.zip
                  
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39963 Source citation: Citation: Title: U.S. Maritime Limits & Boundaries Date: Date: Date: 2013-09-13 Date type: Date type code: publication Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: NOAA Office of Coast Survey Contact info: Contact: Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/data/us-maritime-limits-and-boundaries.html Protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Name: Source Citation URL Description: Source Citation URL Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: originator
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