NOAA Shoreline Mapping: Back Bays, Delaware Bay, NJ

Back Bays, Delaware Bay, from Sow and Pigs Creek to Del Haven, New Jersey, are covered by this high-resolution vector shoreline. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration compiled the data from imagery, using the NGS C-COAST attribution scheme for GIS compatibility. The metadata describes both line and point shapefiles, last updated on 2026-03 13.

Use Cases

• Conducting coastal erosion analysis based on the high-resolution shoreline data.
• Creating GIS base layers for habitat mapping based on the vector line and point data.
• Integrating shoreline data into nautical charts based on the attribution scheme influenced by S-57 standards.

Strengths

• Data is described as high-resolution and accurate, compiled from imagery.
• Shoreline data includes both line and point shapefiles for GIS use.
• Attribution uses the NGS C-COAST scheme, designed for translation into the 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.
• File formats are listed as PDF and HTML, which may not contain the primary GIS data.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.

Collection Method

Compiled from imagery through office interpretation.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 20:53:18.015640; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Back Bays, Delaware Bay, from Sow and Pigs Creek to Del Haven, New Jersey, USA.