Shoreline Mapping Program: High-Resolution Vector Shoreline for Brigantine to Longport, NJ

NOAA's National Geodetic Survey provides an accurate high-resolution vector shoreline for the Brigantine to Longport, New Jersey coastline. 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 mapping program, with metadata describing both line and point shapefiles.

Use Cases

• Coastal change analysis based on high-resolution shoreline vectors
• GIS layer integration for nautical or environmental mapping based on the C-COAST attribution scheme
• Shoreline feature extraction for modeling based on office-interpreted imagery

Strengths

• Data is described as 'accurate high-resolution shoreline' compiled from imagery.
• Shoreline attribution follows the structured C-COAST scheme, influenced by international S-57 standards.
• Metadata describes information for both line and point shapefiles.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the specific New Jersey coastline segment.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Office interpretation of imagery compiled into vector data.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 20:42:42.017735; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Brigantine to Longport, New Jersey, USA