NOAA Shoreline Mapping for the East River, 3rd Street to Hell Gate, New York

East River shoreline data from 3rd Street to Hell Gate in New York, compiled by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The dataset provides a high-resolution vector shoreline based on office interpretation of imagery, suitable for use as a GIS data layer. It includes both line and point shapefiles with attribution following the NGS-developed C-COAST scheme.

Use Cases

• Integrating shoreline data into geographic information systems (GIS) based on the provided vector shapefiles.
• Conducting coastal change analysis based on high-resolution shoreline interpretation from imagery.
• Translating shoreline attribution for hydrographic systems based on the C-COAST scheme influenced by S-57 standards.

Strengths

• Data is described as providing an accurate high-resolution shoreline.
• Shoreline attribution follows a specific scheme (C-COAST) developed to conform various sources.
• Dataset is maintained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a federal agency.

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 is based on office interpretation of imagery, which may introduce subjectivity.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Office interpretation of imagery compiled into vector shoreline data.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 20:42:04.820209; freshness should be verified.

Geography

East River, from 3rd Street to Hell Gate, New York, NY