National Marine Protected Areas Center, and Marine Conservation Biology Institute, 20100104, California Ocean Uses Atlas: NOAA - National Marine Protected Areas Center, Monterey, CA.Online Links:
Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.00001
Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.00001
Planar coordinates are specified in meters
The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1983.
The ellipsoid used is Geodetic Reference System 1980.
The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.000000.
The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257222.
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The California Ocean Uses Atlas Project fills a critical information gap in ocean management by providing an unprecedented, comprehensive, consistent and spatially explicit picture of human uses for management agencies, policy makers and stakeholders interested in sound and equitable ocean governance. Using participatory GIS concepts and applications, the Atlas Project generated spatial data and map products illustrating patterns, intensity, and temporal changes in a wide range of human uses in three broad categories of use: (i) fishing, (ii) non-consumptive, and (iii) industrial activities. The resulting datasets depict patterns of ocean use on a broad scale appropriate for a variety of ocean planning and management needs.
Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?
- Access_Constraints: None.
- Use_Constraints:
- Atlas data describe broad uses of the ocean, and are not intended to be used for navigational purposes or provide information on regulations affecting human activities.
(831)645-2703 (voice)
(831)242-2051 (FAX)
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Atlas data describe broad uses of the ocean, and are not intended to be used for navigational purposes or provide information on regulations affecting human activities.
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(831)242-2051 (FAX)
Nicholas.Hayden@noaa.gov