NOAA Shoreline Mapping Program: Back Bays, Delaware River, NJ

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Shoreline Mapping Program provides a high-resolution vector shoreline for the Back Bays area of the Delaware River, from Arnold Point to Dyer Cove, New Jersey. The data is compiled from imagery and structured using the Coastal Cartographic Object Attribute Source Table (C-COAST) attribution scheme. This resource is part of a larger NOAA shoreline data collection.

Use Cases

• Coastal change analysis based on high-resolution shoreline vectors.
• GIS layer integration for nautical charting or coastal planning based on the described C-COAST attribution.
• Validation of shoreline models using data derived from office interpretation of imagery.
• Baseline mapping for environmental impact assessments in the specified New Jersey back bays.

Strengths

• Data is described as 'accurate high-resolution shoreline'.
• Shoreline attribution follows a defined scheme (C-COAST) influenced by the S-57 standard.
• Produced by the authoritative National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias limited to the specified stretch of the Delaware River.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Compiled from imagery via office interpretation.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 21:49:04.702634; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Back Bays, Delaware River, from Arnold Point to Dyer Cove, New Jersey, USA