New Hampshire / Southern Maine Ocean Uses Atlas: Non-Consumptive
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: Non-Consumptive 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 non-consumptive 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:
- Non-Consumptive Use
- Theme_Keyword:
- Ocean Use
- Theme_Keyword:
- Beach Use
- Theme_Keyword:
- Boating
- Theme_Keyword:
- Paddling
- Theme_Keyword:
- Tidepooling
- Theme_Keyword:
- Sailing
- Theme_Keyword:
- Scuba
- Theme_Keyword:
- Snorkeling
- Theme_Keyword:
- Swimming
- Theme_Keyword:
- Water Sports
- Theme_Keyword:
- Wildlife Viewing
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- NOS Data
Explorer Topic Category
- Theme_Keyword:
- Socioeconomics
- 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:
- All uses in
the Non-Consumptive sector were mapped for the entirety of the project
area.
- 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:
- 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:
- 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
Non-Consumptive sector contains 9 ocean uses: -Beach use: includes
walking, running, digging, resting, shell collecting, wildlife viewing,
driving, camping, kite flying, bonfires, picnicking, dog walking;
excludes beach renourishment, dredging, scientific/educational specimen
collecting, seascape viewing from boats or from shoreward of the beach,
surf fishing, swimming; -Motorized boating: includes personal
watercraft, outboard motors, private motorized vehicles; excludes
fishing boats and wildlife viewing charters, cruise ships; -Paddling:
includes kayaking, canoeing, rowing, outrigger paddling; excludes
motorized craft, surfing, wind-surfing; -Sailing: includes sailboats,
overnight anchoring; excludes sailing kayaks and canoes;
-SCUBA/snorkeling: includes SCUBA diving, tethered diving, snorkeling
(free diving); excludes surface swimming; -Surface water sports:
includes surfing, wind-surfing, kite surfing; excludes paddled boats,
snorkeling; -Swimming: includes short- and long-distance surface
swimming any distance from shore; excludes SCUBA diving, tethered
diving, snorkeling (free diving); -Tidepooling: includes use of rocky
shores for naturalist, leisure, or educational purposes; excludes
intertidal collection or subsistence harvest of living marine species
(i.e. plants, invertebrates and fish) for consumption, bait, aquaria or
research; -Wildlife viewing at sea: includes any commercial boat-based
or aerial wildlife viewing at sea; excludes shore-based wildlife
viewing; 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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