Geospatial data details the proposed locations for individual wind turbines in the Cape Wind energy project on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts. The layout reflects the revised project plan from July 2005. The dataset was created by the organization SCIOPS, with coordinates based on GPS surveys.
Use Cases
- Analyzing turbine spatial distribution and density using GIS point coordinates.
- Assessing potential visual or navigational impacts based on precise geographic locations.
- Serving as a historical baseline for comparing proposed versus final wind farm layouts.
- Integrating point location data with oceanographic or bathymetric maps for site suitability studies.
Strengths
- Contains precise geographic coordinates for proposed turbine locations.
- Represents a specific, documented project layout from a key revision date (07/05/05).
Limitations
- Dataset is small, containing only point locations for a single project's proposed turbines.
- Temporal coverage is limited to a snapshot from 2005, making it historically static.
- Details on data collection methodology and field survey parameters are unknown.
Provenance
- Source
- SCIOPS, accessed via NASA Earthdata.
- Collection Method
- Based on GPS coordinates for a revised project layout.
- Time Range
- 2005 (specifically reflecting the July 5, 2005 revision).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Horseshoe Shoal, Nantucket Sound, off the coast of Massachusetts, USA.