Atlantic NAD 83 Federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Administrative Boundaries

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Minerals Management Service, Mapping and Boundary Branch
Publication_Date: 201001
Title:
Atlantic NAD 83 Federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Administrative Boundaries
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Digital Offshore Cadastre
Issue_Identification: current
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Herndon, Virginia
Publisher: Minerals Management Service, Mapping and Boundary Branch
Online_Linkage: <http://www.mms.gov/ld/AdminBoundaries.htm>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Minerals Management Service, Mapping and Boundary Branch
Publication_Date: 2010
Title: MMS Offshore Cadastral Data
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Herndon, VA
Publisher:
Minerals Management Service, Mapping and Boundary Branch
Description:
Abstract:
This data set contains the Federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Administrative Boundaries Extending from the Submerged Lands Act Boundary seaward to the Limit of the United States Outer Continental Shelf (The U.S. 200 nautical mile limit, or other marine boundary), in ESRI shapefile format, for the MMS Atlantic Region. These shapefiles have been densified to approximately 1 nautical mile, so that when projected to something other than geographic, the lines will retain the proper shape.
Purpose:
These boundaries will provide the basis for more accurate delineation of OCS planning areas; assist in determining affected state status under the Coastal Zone Management Act and OCS Lands Act; and assist in the section 18 comparative analysis to determine an equitable sharing of developmental benefits and environmental risks among regions. For further information please see the Federal Register Notice from January 3, 2006. See <http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/05-24659.pdf>
Supplemental_Information:
The MMS is making its existing cadastre data available at <http://www.mms.gov/offshore/mapping/>. These data include Official Protraction Diagrams (OPDs), and Supplemental Official OCS Block Diagrams (SOBDs) in pdf format, and digital spatial data in ArcGIS shapefile format.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 201001
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.348261
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.918856
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.957577
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.195772
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Offshore
Theme_Keyword: Marine Cadastre
Theme_Keyword: Submerged Lands Act Boundary, SLA
Theme_Keyword: Federal OCS Administrative Boundaries
Theme_Keyword: Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
Theme_Keyword: Outer Continental Shelf, OCS
Theme_Keyword: Minerals Management Service, MMS
Theme_Keyword: Oil and gas
Theme_Keyword: States
Theme_Keyword: Administrative Boundary
Theme_Keyword: Renewable Energy
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: USA
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Exclusive Economic Zone, EEZ
Place_Keyword: Maine, ME
Place_Keyword: New Hampshire, NH
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts, MA
Place_Keyword: Rhode Island, RI
Place_Keyword: Connecticut, CT
Place_Keyword: New York, NY
Place_Keyword: New Jersey, NJ
Place_Keyword: Delaware, DE
Place_Keyword: Maryland, MD
Place_Keyword: Virginia, VA
Place_Keyword: North Carolina, NC
Place_Keyword: South Carolina, SC
Place_Keyword: Georgia, GA
Place_Keyword: Florida, FL
Access_Constraints:
None. The Block and Boundary data is in the public domain.
Use_Constraints:
The data was developed within the U.S. Government; no proprietary rights may be attached to them nor may they be sold to the U.S. Government as part of any procurement of ADP products or services.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Minerals Management Service, Mapping & Boundary Branch
Contact_Position: Chief, Mapping and Boundary Branch
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 381 Elden Street
Address: Mail Stop 4011
City: Herndon
State_or_Province: Virginia
Postal_Code: 20170-4817
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (703)787-1312
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (703)787-1236
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mapping.boundary.branch@mms.gov
Hours_of_Service: 6:00am-3:30pm EST
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: <http://www.mms.gov/ld/XMLmetadata/atl_admn.gif>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Administrative Boundaries shown in yellow
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.2 (Build 3790) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500

Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report: The file is believed to be free of topologic errors.
Completeness_Report:
All Atlantic Region Federal OCS Administrative Boundaries are included. They have been clipped at the approximate SLA boundary and U.S. 200 NM Limits. They have not been intersected with the blocks, so block intersection points are not included.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Coordinates for points forming the Federal OCS Administrative Boundaries were calculated in CARIS to 0.001 meter resolution. Note however that these are geodetic lines. They have been densified as geodesics in CARIS to add a vertex every 1 nautical mile, in order to preserve the proper shape between turning points (when/if they are projected to some other projection).
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS).
Publication_Date: Unpublished Material
Title: National Baseline
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Silver Spring, MD
Publisher: NOAA
Type_of_Source_Media: Digital File
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2005
Source_Currentness_Reference: Calendar date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA NB
Source_Contribution:
Baseline points from which the Federal OCS Administrative Boundaries were projected.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The National Baseline points were obtained from NOAA via MOU. Although the National Baseline is unpublished, the marine boundaries and information which describe NOAA's National Baseline processes are available from www.ccjdc.org/events/workshops/shows/Tidal_Datum_Web/Monterey/westington.pps and <http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/csdl/mbound.htm>. The National Baseline file was reformatted as required for input into the CARIS Limits and Boundaries Program. In some areas, additional baseline points landward of selected Bay, Harbor, or River Closing Lines, were digitized as needed and added to the baseline in CARIS. Equidistant lines were then projected by CARIS using the EQUIDISTANT LINE tool, and densified with the LINE TO GEODESIC tool.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA NB
Process_Date: 200512
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: CARIS map
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Minerals Management Service, Mapping and Boundary Branch
Contact_Position: Chief, Mapping and Boundary Branch
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 381 Elden St.
Address: Mail Stop 4011
City: Herndon
State_or_Province: Virginia
Postal_Code: 20170-4817
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (703) 787-1312
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (703) 787-1236
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mapping.boundary.branch@mms.gov
Hours_of_Service: 6:00am-3:30pm EST
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Text files (geographic coordinates) were output from CARIS for the geodesic lines, which contained both the densified points and the original turning points. Shape files were created from these text files. Those shapefiles were projected to UTM and intersected (on a UTM plane) with a shapefile for the Submerged Lands Act boundary (3 mile line) in Arc GIS. Those UTM intersection points were determined, and projected back to geographic. Those intersection points were then edited into the geographic text files, and any landward points were deleted. The text files were then generated into a coverage and converted to a shapefile.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: CARIS map
Process_Date: 201001
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: atl_admn.shp
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Minerals Management Service, Mapping and Boundary Branch
Contact_Position: Chief, Mapping and Boundary Branch
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 381 Elden St
City: Herndon
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20170-4817
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (703) 787-1312
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (703) 787-1236
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mapping.boundary.branch@mms.gov
Hours_of_Service: 6:00am-3:30pm EST
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Dataset copied.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Process_Date: 20100706
Process_Time: 15474000

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Indirect_Spatial_Reference: U.S. Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 17

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 0.00000001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.00000001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: atl_admn
Entity_Type_Definition: shapefile attribute table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: none
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 16
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FNODE_
Attribute_Definition: Default field created by ESRI - not used
Attribute_Definition_Source: MMS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TNODE_
Attribute_Definition: Default field created by ESRI - not used
Attribute_Definition_Source: MMS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LPOLY_
Attribute_Definition: Default field created by ESRI - not used
Attribute_Definition_Source: MMS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: RPOLY_
Attribute_Definition: Default field created by ESRI - not used
Attribute_Definition_Source: MMS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LENGTH
Attribute_Definition: ESRI computed line lengths in coverage units (decimal degrees)
Attribute_Definition_Source: MMS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ATL_ADMIN_
Attribute_Definition: Sequence Number
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ATL_ADMIN1
Attribute_Definition: ID number
Attribute_Definition_Source: MMS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2307
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: FL-GA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: MMS
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: SC-GA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: MMS
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2309
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: NC-SC
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: MMS
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2310
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: VA-NC
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: MMS
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2311
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: MD-VA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: MMS
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2312
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: DE-MD
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: MMS
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2313
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: NJ-DE
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: MMS
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: MMS
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2317
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: MA-RI
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: MMS
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: NH-MA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: MMS
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: MA-NH
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: MMS
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2325
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2326
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: MMS
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2327
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: ME-MA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: MMS
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Minimal attributes to define the administrative boundaries
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Minerals Management Service

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Minerals Management Service, Mapping and Boundary Branch
Contact_Position: Chief, Mapping & Boundary Branch
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 381 Elden St
Address: Mail Stop 4011
City: Herndon
State_or_Province: Virginia
Postal_Code: 20170-4817
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (703) 787-1312
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (703) 787-1236
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mapping.boundary.branch@mms.gov
Hours_of_Service: 6:00am-3:30pm EST
Resource_Description: Digital Offshore Cadastre
Distribution_Liability: No responsibility is assumed for the correctness of this data.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ASHP
Format_Version_Number: 9.2
Transfer_Size: 0.035
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: <http://www.mms.gov/ld/AdminBoundaries.htm>
Access_Instructions:
Download the zip file from the web site. The downloaded file will need to be unzipped. The result will be the necessary ArcView shapefiles and .dbf file.
Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 201001
Metadata_Review_Date: 201001
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Minerals Management Service, Mapping and Boundary Branch
Contact_Person: REQUIRED: The person responsible for the metadata information.
Contact_Position: Chief, Mapping & Boundary Branch
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 381 Elden St
Address: Mail Stop 4011
City: Herndon
State_or_Province: Virginia
Postal_Code: 20170
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (703) 787-1312
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (703) 787-1236
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mapping.boundary.branch@mms.gov
Hours_of_Service: 6:00am - 3:30pm EST
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile

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