New Hampshire / Southern Maine Ocean Uses Atlas: Industrial sector
Metadata:
- Identification_Information:
- Citation:
- Citation_Information:
- Originator:
- Department of Commerce
(DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Ocean and
Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), National Marine Protected Areas
Center (MPAC)
- Publication_Date:
- 20100308
- Title:
- New Hampshire / Southern
Maine Ocean Uses Atlas: Industrial sector
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:
- vector
digital data
- Publication_Information:
- Publication_Place:
- Monterey, CA
- Publisher:
- NOAA's Ocean Service,
National Marine Protected Areas Center (MPAC)
- Online_Linkage:
- http://mpa.gov/science_analysis/atlas.html
- Online_Linkage:
- http://www.crrc.unh.edu/workshops/ocean_uses/index.html
- Larger_Work_Citation:
- Citation_Information:
- Originator:
- Department of Commerce
(DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Ocean and
Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), National Marine Protected Areas
Center (MPAC)
- Publication_Date:
- 20100308
- Title:
- New Hampshire / Southern
Maine Ocean Uses Atlas
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:
- vector
digital data
- Online_Linkage:
- http://mpa.gov/science_analysis/atlas.html
- Description:
- Abstract:
- The Ocean Uses Atlas
Project is an innovative partnership between the Coastal Response
Research Center (CRRC) and NOAA's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management (OCRM). The Project was designed to enhance ocean management
through geospatial data on the full range of significant human uses of
the ocean environment from the shorelines of New Hampshire and Southern
Maine to the EEZ boundary. The data were gathered from regional ocean
experts and users through participatory GIS methods. For more
information on the project scope, background and related data products,
please visit http://www.crrc.unh.edu/workshops/ocean_uses/index.html or
www.mpa.gov/science_analysis/atlas.html.
- Purpose:
- The New Hampshire /
Southern Maine 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. Specifically, the data will be
used in the Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA) during
the March 2010 Spill of National Significance (SONS) drill. This
dataset contains the industrial activities, and is part of the larger
New Hampshire / Southern Maine Ocean Uses Atlas database.
- Time_Period_of_Content:
- Time_Period_Information:
- Single_Date/Time:
- Calendar_Date:
- 20100308
- Currentness_Reference:
- publication
date
- Status:
- Progress:
- Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency:
- As
needed
- Spatial_Domain:
- Bounding_Coordinates:
- West_Bounding_Coordinate:
- -70.955177
- East_Bounding_Coordinate:
- -67.457981
- North_Bounding_Coordinate:
- 43.946476
- South_Bounding_Coordinate:
- 42.812529
- Keywords:
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- ISO 19115
Topic Category
- Theme_Keyword:
- environment
- Theme_Keyword:
- geoscientificInformation
- Theme_Keyword:
- oceans
- Theme_Keyword:
- society
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- None
- Theme_Keyword:
- Human Uses
- Theme_Keyword:
- Industrial Use
- Theme_Keyword:
- Ocean Use
- Theme_Keyword:
- Offshore Alternative
Energy
- Theme_Keyword:
- Aquaculture
- Theme_Keyword:
- Underwater Cables
- Theme_Keyword:
- Cruise Ships
- Theme_Keyword:
- Military Operations
- Theme_Keyword:
- Mining and Mineral
Extraction
- Theme_Keyword:
- Offshore Oil and Gas
- Theme_Keyword:
- Shipping
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- NOS Data
Explorer Topic Category
- Theme_Keyword:
- Environmental
Monitoring
- Place:
- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- None
- Place_Keyword:
- New Hampshire
- Place_Keyword:
- Maine
- Place_Keyword:
- Gulf of Maine
- Place_Keyword:
- Casco Bay
- Place_Keyword:
- Atlantic Ocean
- Place_Keyword:
- Exclusive Economic
Zone
- Place_Keyword:
- East Coast
- 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.
- Point_of_Contact:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
- Contact_Organization:
- Department of
Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), National Marine Protected
Areas Center (MPAC)
- Contact_Person:
- Mimi D'Iorio
- Contact_Position:
- GIS and Database
Manager
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- mailing and physical
address
- Address:
- 99 Pacific St. Suite 100-F
- City:
- Monterey
- State_or_Province:
- CA
- Postal_Code:
- 93940
- Country:
- U.S.A.
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- (831)645-2703
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
- (831)242-2051
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- Mimi.Diorio@noaa.gov
- Native_Data_Set_Environment:
- Microsoft
Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog
9.2.6.1500
- Program_Affiliation:
- Program_Name:
- National Ocean
Service Data Explorer
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- Data_Quality_Information:
- Attribute_Accuracy:
- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
- Attribute
accuracy was maintained by comparing data before and after each process
step, and by comparing final product to source data.
- Logical_Consistency_Report:
- Logical
consistency was maintained by comparing data before and after each
process step, and by comparing final product to source data.
- Completeness_Report:
- Underwater
cables were only mapped to the degree of confirming that areas on
published NOAA nautical charts should be included in the footprint.
- Positional_Accuracy:
- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
- Workshops were conducted at a maximum scale of
1:100,000. During post processing, original workshop polygons were
aggregated to an ordered one-quarter nautical mile squared grid, so
exact use locations within each block are not discernible. Data are
intended to portray broad patterns for each use at a comparable scale to
inform ocean management but are not intended for navigation or
enforcement purposes.
- Lineage:
- Source_Information:
- Source_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:
- 2008
- Title:
- NOAA ENC Direct to GIS:
Submarine Cable
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:
- vector
digital data
- Publication_Information:
- Publication_Place:
- Silver Spring,
MD
- Publisher:
- NOAA's Ocean Service,
Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
- Online_Linkage:
- http://ocs-spatial.ncd.noaa.gov/website/encdirect/viewer.htm
- Type_of_Source_Media:
- online
- Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
- Time_Period_Information:
- Range_of_Dates/Times:
- Beginning_Date:
- 2001
- Ending_Date:
- 2008
- Source_Currentness_Reference:
- 2008
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
- Underwater
Cables
- Source_Contribution:
- Workshop
participants confirmed that this was the best available data.
- Process_Step:
- Process_Description:
- Data were
digitized by workshop participant groups in Durham, NH.
- Process_Date:
- 201001
- Process_Step:
- Process_Description:
- Data from each
group were reviewed following the workshop to: a. Detail any
instructions from participants to add/remove areas in post-processing b.
Review GIS technician and facilitator workshop notes for any relevant
data-editing comments c. Discuss any areas that might require special
attention or follow up.
- Process_Date:
- 201001
- Process_Step:
- Process_Description:
- Data were
processed by Project GIS Specialist to clean artifacts created during
the live, participatory mapping process.
- Process_Date:
- 201002
- Process_Step:
- Process_Description:
- Underwater
cable footprint imported from NOAA ENC Direct to GIS: Submarine Cable.
- Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
- Underwater
Cables
- Process_Date:
- 201002
- Process_Step:
- Process_Description:
- All polygons
were clipped to the project boundary to remove land and any marine areas
outside the scope of the workshop.
- Process_Date:
- 201002
- Process_Step:
- Process_Description:
- Use-specific
procedures were performed based on participant input. This involved
removing areas that were stated as not occurring beyond a certain depth
or distance from shore.
- Process_Date:
- 201002
- Process_Step:
- Process_Description:
- A
polygon-in-polygon analysis was run for each use using one quarter
nautical mile squared microblocks as the zonal layer to determine the
number of groups that identified a use in each grid cell.
- Process_Date:
- 201002
- Process_Step:
- Process_Description:
- Data
normalized for each use. For the footprint and future use aspects, an
analysis cell with any number greater than 0 became a 1. For dominant,
if the number of workshop groups who mapped a cell as dominant was at or
greater than 50% of the groups who mapped that use, the value became a
1. If only 2 or fewer groups had knowledge of dominant use for the
entire area, all dominant areas were retained. All other cells became a
0, so that the final field values are binary (1= Yes, 0 = No)
- Process_Date:
- 201002
- Process_Step:
- Process_Description:
- Processed data
was analyzed for completeness and consistency. For areas where
patterns did not agree, contextual edits were made based on reviewing
workshop notes or existing sources and making logical edits where
appropriate.
- Process_Date:
- 201002
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- Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
- Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method:
- Vector
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
- SDTS_Terms_Description:
- SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type:
- G-polygon
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Count:
- 26845
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- Spatial_Reference_Information:
- Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
- Planar:
- Map_Projection:
- Map_Projection_Name:
- Albers Conical
Equal Area
- Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:
- Standard_Parallel:
- 18.000000
- Standard_Parallel:
- 42.000000
- Longitude_of_Central_Meridian:
- -72.000000
- Latitude_of_Projection_Origin:
- 30.000000
- False_Easting:
- 0.000000
- False_Northing:
- 0.000000
- Planar_Coordinate_Information:
- Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method:
- coordinate
pair
- Coordinate_Representation:
- Abscissa_Resolution:
- 0.000001
- Ordinate_Resolution:
- 0.000001
- Planar_Distance_Units:
- meters
- Geodetic_Model:
- Horizontal_Datum_Name:
- North
American Datum of 1983
- Ellipsoid_Name:
- Geodetic Reference
System 80
- Semi-major_Axis:
- 6378137.000000
- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio:
- 298.257222
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- Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
- Overview_Description:
- Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
- The
Industrial sector contains 8 ocean uses:
-Aquaculture: includes net pens and shellfish; excludes onshore
facilities linked to offshore operations;
-Cruise ships: includes extended overnight travel by ship for commercial
purposes; excludes private yachting;
-Military operations: includes test ranges, war games, acoustic arrays,
ship and submarine maneuvers, restricted areas, and munitions disposal;
excludes war-time operations;
-Mining and mineral extraction: includes sand and gravel, seabed mining,
dredging; excludes energy production and beach renourishment;
-Offshore alternative energy: includes wave, current, tidal, wind,
solar, and associated infrastructure (cables and moorings); excludes
oil, gas, and LNG activities;
-Offshore oil and gas: includes exploration, production, transportation
of gas or oil, LNG, fuel terminals, pipelines, tankers, and seismic air
gun exploration; excludes alternative energy operations;
-Shipping: includes ships, large commercial vessels, shipping routes and
channels including maintenance, and ferries; excludes cruise ships, oil
and LNG tankers;
-Underwater cables: includes ocean observing and telecommunications;
excludes cables associated with utilities and energy transmission, lost
fishing gear;
For all uses mapped in this sector, the use footprint and dominant use
areas are included in the dataset. The use footprint (aka the Maximum
Footprint of Use) includes all areas in which the use is known to occur
with some regularity, regardless of frequency or intensity. The
dominant use areas include areas where the use is most commonly pursued
and are defined as areas within the general use footprint that are
routinely used by most users most of the time. Future use areas are also
included for certain uses where participants anticipated an increase in
spatial extent or intensity. Future use areas reflect an anticipated
significant and disproportionate (relative to other areas) change in
patterns of use through either a lateral expansion of a dominant use
area or an increase in intensity of use, or both in the foreseeable
future but within the next ten years.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
- For more information on use definitions and types, see
the readme document supplied with the data or visit
http://www.crrc.unh.edu/workshops/ocean_uses/index.html.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
- For a crosswalk of field names to use names, see the
aliases in the supplied ArcMap document NHME_ocean_uses_atlas_SAMPLE.mxd
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- Distribution_Information:
- Distributor:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
- Contact_Organization:
- Department of
Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), National Marine Protected
Areas Center (MPAC)
- Contact_Person:
- Mimi D'Iorio
- Contact_Position:
- GIS and Database
Manager
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- mailing and physical
- Address:
- 99 Pacific St.
- Address:
- Suite 100-F
- City:
- Monterey
- State_or_Province:
- CA
- Postal_Code:
- 93940
- Country:
- U.S.A.
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- (831)645-2703
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
- (831)242-2051
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- Mimi.Diorio@noaa.gov
- Resource_Description:
- Downloadable
Data
- Distribution_Liability:
- 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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- Metadata_Reference_Information:
- Metadata_Date:
- 20100411
- Metadata_Contact:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
- Contact_Organization:
- Department of
Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), National Marine Protected
Areas Center (MPAC)
- Contact_Person:
- Nicholas Hayden
- Contact_Position:
- Atlas GIS
Specialist
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- mailing and physical
- Address:
- 99 Pacific St.
- Address:
- Suite 100-F
- City:
- Monterey
- State_or_Province:
- CA
- Postal_Code:
- 93940
- Country:
- U.S.A.
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- (831)645-2709
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
- (831)242-2051
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- Nicholas.Hayden@noaa.gov
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- Mimi.Diorio@noaa.gov
- Metadata_Standard_Name:
- FGDC
Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata_Standard_Version:
- FGDC-STD-001-1998
- Metadata_Time_Convention:
- local
time
- Metadata_Extensions:
- Online_Linkage:
- http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/metadataresource/metadata-references/files/ncddcmdprofile_v2.pdf
- Profile_Name:
- Content Specification
for Metadata in the National Coastal Data Development Center's Data
Catalog Version 2.0
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