NOAA Shoreline Data Rescue Project for Delaware Bay, DE

NOAA National Ocean Service provides a high-resolution historical shoreline for Delaware Bay, derived from office interpretation of imagery and field surveys. The data uses the C-COAST attribution scheme to standardize various shoreline sources, influenced by the International Hydrographic Organization's S-57 standard. This resource is part of the NOAA InPort catalog under item 39808.

Use Cases

• Coastal change analysis based on high-resolution historical shoreline data
• GIS layer creation for coastal management and planning based on the described geographic data
• Historical shoreline mapping and attribution using the C-COAST scheme mentioned in the description

Strengths

• Data is derived from NOAA National Ocean Service shoreline maps, an authoritative source
• Attribution uses the C-COAST scheme, influenced by the International Hydrographic Organization's S-57 standard

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Derived from shoreline maps produced by NOAA NOS based on office interpretation of imagery and/or field survey

Time Range

Historical

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 21:06:57.691533; freshness should be verified

Geography

Delaware Bay, Delaware, North America