Historic Coastlines

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Metadata:


Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Portland State University, Department of Geology
Publication_Date: Unpublished material
Publication_Time: Unknown
Title: Historic Coastlines
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Portland, OR USA
Publisher: Portland State University
Other_Citation_Details:
Curt Peterson (1), David Percy (1) 1) Department of Geology, Portland State University, Portland OR, 97201 Major support for this project comes from the Southwest Washington Coastal Erosion Study-US Geological Survey (USGS). Further support comes from Portland State University.
Online_Linkage: nwdata.geol.pdx.edu
Description:
Abstract:
Historic coastlines digitized from T-sheets from the late 1800s. Projection is WGS84, State Plane Washington South, meters.
Purpose: Temporal change analysis.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20020601
Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.3
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.890000
North_Bounding_Coordinate: +47.3
South_Bounding_Coordinate: +46.000000
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Tri - Service Spatial Data Standard
Theme_Keyword: Coastline
Theme_Keyword: 19th century
Theme_Keyword: Historic
Theme_Keyword: 1800s
Theme_Keyword: Shoreline
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System
Place_Keyword: Washington
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System
Place_Keyword: Oregon
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: None
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: David Percy
Contact_Organization: Portland State University, Dept of Geology
Contact_Position: GIS Manager
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
Portland State University Department of Geology Room 17 Cramer Hall 1721 SW Broadway
City: Portland
State_or_Province: OR
Postal_Code: 97201
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 503-725-3373
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 503-725-3025
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: percyd@pdx.edu

Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
Washington Dept of Ecology should be contacted for this information.
Logical_Consistency_Report: Internally consistent
Completeness_Report: Complete
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The following article details the error and accuracy analysis:

Daniels, R.C. and Huxford, R.H. 2001. An error assessment of vector data derived from scanned National Ocean Service Topographic Sheets, Journal of Coastal Research, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 611-619.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Not applicable.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description: T-sheets scanned or digitized
Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
VPF_Terms_Description:
VPF_Topology_Level: 0
VPF_Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
VPF_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Node

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: Lambert Conformal Conic
Lambert_Conformal_Conic:
Standard_Parallel: 45.8333333333
Standard_Parallel: 47.3333333333
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -120.500000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: +45.333333
False_Easting: 500000
False_Northing: 0
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 3
Ordinate_Resolution: 5
Planar_Distance_Units: Meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: Historic Coastline
Entity_Type_Definition: Polyline
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: GIS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Year
Attribute_Definition: Date of line
Attribute_Definition_Source: Map
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 1869
Range_Domain_Maximum: 1887

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: David Percy
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
Portland State University Department of Geology Room 17 Cramer Hall 1721 SW Broadway
City: Portland
State_or_Province: OR
Postal_Code: 97201
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 503-725-3373
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 503-725-3025
Distribution_Liability:
This Compact Disc-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) publication was prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitude or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Governemnt or any agency thereof. Any views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Although all data published on this CD-ROM have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and related materials and/or the functioning of the software. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of this data, software, or related materials.

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20010809
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: David Percy
Contact_Organization: Portland State University Department of Geology
Contact_Position: GIS Manager
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
Portland State University Department of Geology Room 17 Cramer Hall 1721 SW Broadway
City: Portland
State_or_Province: OR
Postal_Code: 97201
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 503-725-3373
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: percyd@pdx.edu
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
Metadata_Use_Constraints: None

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