World Vector Shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea region

National Imagery and Mapping Agency (formerly U.S. Defense Mapping Agency) Unknown World Vector Shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea region vector digital data cln_wvs http://rimmer.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/coast/getcoast.html The World Vector Shoreline (WVS) dataset was developed by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (formerly the U.S. Defense Mapping Agency - DMA) as a digital data file, at a nominal scale of 1:250,000 and referenced to the World Geodetic System (WGS-84) datum. The WVS is divided into ten ocean basin area files. This data layer is a subset of the Western North Atlantic region and provides a shapefile of countries bordering the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, and the islands of the Caribbean Sea region. This dataset was created by the World Resources Institute for the purposes of the Reefs at Risk Caribbean Project (http://reefsatrisk.wri.org/). This ArcView shapefile may be used as a general basemap data layer to illustrate coastlines of countries bordering the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, and the islands of the Caribbean Sea region. It may be utilized in any Geographic Information System (GIS). Shoreline based on Mean High Water (MHW). en unknown publication date Complete None planned -105.000000 -52.500000 35.000000 2.500000 -105.000000 -52.500000 2.500000 35.000000 General World Vector Shoreline National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency National Imagery and Mapping Agency Defense Mapping Agency coastlines digital vector data ArcView shapefile General Caribbean Sea none These data are NOT to be used for navigation purposes. Public domain data from the U.S. government is freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. World Resources Institute GIS lab manager mailing and physical address

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Washington DC 20008 USA 202-729-7600 202-729-7775 reefsatrisk.wri.org Please recognize the U.S. Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) as the originator of the source data. ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535 Shapefile Feature specification that 90% of all identifiable shoreline features should be located within 500 metres (i.e. 2mm at 1:250,000) of their true geographic position with respect to the WGS-84 datum. International Hydrographic Review 1990 Unknown World Vector Shoreline for North America vector digital data 250000 online publication date wvs_wnatl The main source material for the WVS was DMA's Digital Landmass Blanking (DLMB) database which was derived primarily from the Joint Operations Graphics and coastal nautical charts produced by DMA. The DLMB data consisted of a land/water flag file on a 3 by 3 arc-second interval geographic grid. This raster database was converted into vector form to create WVS and explains the 3 arc-second stepping interval apparent in the coastline when plotted out at high scale. For areas of the world not covered by the DLMB database, the shoreline was taken from the best available hard copy sources at a preferred scale of 1:250,000 (or up to 1:125,000 where the source data allowed). The DMA WVS datasets were compiled into separate 'coast' format data files for use with the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program cartographic plotting program MAPGEN during the 1980's. These 'coast' format files were the source to retrieve the WVS datasets and is the result of what is presented here. The WVS data for the Caribbean region was extracted (see bounding coordinates) from the WVS North America region. 2003 World Resources Institute withheld Dataset copied. withheld 20050228 10505300 Dataset copied. withheld 20110927 15281200 Vector Simple FALSE 0 TRUE FALSE 0.000001 0.000001 Decimal degrees D_WGS_1984 WGS_1984 6378137.000000 298.257224 GCS_WGS_1984 Mean high water CaCA_200501_na_dWGS84_2005_coastlines_of_the_Caribbean_and_Central_America Feature Class 0 OBJECTID OBJECTID OID 4 10 0 Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. IMA_GIS.DBO.CaCA_200501_na_dWGS84_2005_coastlines_of_the_Caribbean_and_Central_America.ENTITY IMA_GIS.DBO.CaCA_200501_na_dWGS84_2005_coastlines_of_the_Caribbean_and_Central_America.ENTITY String 14 0 0 Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. Shape Geometry 8 0 0 Shape.STLength() Shape.STLength() Double 0 0 0 ENTITY ENTITY String 14 World Resources Institute GIS Lab Manager mailing and physical address

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Washington DC 20008 USA 202-729-7600 202-729-7775 gislab@wri.org Although this data set has been used by the World Resources Institute, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by WRI as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by WRI in the use of these data or related materials. The data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS® or ArcView® 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing data. Made available on Reefs at Risk Caribbean Data CD 5.822 5.822 20050126 World Resources Institute mailing and physical address

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Washington DC 20008 USA 202-729-7600 202-729-7775 gislab@wri.org FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time None None en 20220921 13564400 FALSE 20220916 09242300 20220916 09242300 CaCA_200501_na_dWGS84_2005_coastlines_of_the_Caribbean_and_Central_America 002 Geographic GCS_WGS_1984 Angular Unit: Degree (0.017453) <GeographicCoordinateSystem xsi:type='typens:GeographicCoordinateSystem' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xmlns:xs='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' xmlns:typens='http://www.esri.com/schemas/ArcGIS/2.9.0'><WKT>GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433],AUTHORITY["EPSG",4326]]</WKT><XOrigin>-400</XOrigin><YOrigin>-400</YOrigin><XYScale>1111948722.2222221</XYScale><ZOrigin>0</ZOrigin><ZScale>1</ZScale><MOrigin>0</MOrigin><MScale>1</MScale><XYTolerance>8.983152841195215e-09</XYTolerance><ZTolerance>0.001</ZTolerance><MTolerance>0.001</MTolerance><HighPrecision>true</HighPrecision><LeftLongitude>-180</LeftLongitude><WKID>4326</WKID><LatestWKID>4326</LatestWKID></GeographicCoordinateSystem> FALSE 1.0 Esri ArcGIS 12.9.3.32739 CaCA_200501_na_dWGS84_2005_coastlines_of_the_Caribbean_and_Central_America -105 -52.5 35 2.5 1 -105 -52.5 35 2.5 1 ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata DIS_ESRI1.0 dataset 002 withheld Local Area Network 5.822 Shapefile Enterprise Geodatabase Feature Class GCS_WGS_1984 EPSG 6.2(3.0.1) 0 20220916