NOAA Digital Coast: Legislative Atlas Digital Representation of Spatial Applicability of Alabama Right of Owners of Land Fronting Public Waters to Plant and Gather Oysters

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Photo Science under contract to NOAA's Coastal Services Center

Publication_Date: 20060801

Title:

NOAA Digital Coast: Legislative Atlas Digital Representation of Spatial Applicability of Alabama Right of Owners of Land Fronting Public Waters to Plant and Gather Oysters

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Charleston, SC

Publisher: NOAA's Ocean Service, Coastal Services Center (CSC)

Online_Linkage: <http://www.csc.noaa.gov/legislativeatlas>

Description:

Abstract:

The NOAA Coastal Services Center's Legislative Atlas is a regional geographic information system (GIS) that provides spatial data for state and federal coastal and ocean management laws and the jurisdictional boundaries of management agencies. There are a growing number of regional collaborations among federal, state, and local agencies to address coastal management issues that cut across existing political and jurisdictional boundaries. To support regional management efforts, the Coastal Services Center has developed geographic representations of key state and federal legislation and the jurisdictional boundaries of state and federal management agencies.

Purpose:

The Alabama Right of Owners of Land Fronting Public Waters to Plant and Gather Oysters represents the spatial area where the regulation applies in Alabama. The regulation gives Alabama authority to grant a limited right to owners of land fronting public waters to plant and gather oysters within 600 yards from shore with certain prohibitions. This data layer was created by bufering the Alabama state boundary along estuarine areas by 600 yards from the shoreline. These data are regional in scale and are intended for regional coastal and ocean planning purposes in comparison with other federal and state regulations. THE SPATIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF LEGISLATION AND AGENCY JURISDICTIONS ARE BASED ON INTERPRETATION OF AVAILABLE INFORMATION AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LEGALLY BINDING. These data are regional in scale (1:100,000) and are intended for regional coastal and ocean planning purposes. Not for use for scales greater than 1:100,000.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20060801

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None Planned

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West_Bounding_Coordinate: -88.473230

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -84.888250

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.008030

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.143380

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Marine Boundaries

Theme_Keyword: Fisheries

Theme_Keyword: Environmental quality

Theme_Keyword: Coastal zone management

Theme_Keyword: Ocean planning

Theme:

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Theme_Keyword: Boundaries

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: U.S.

Place_Keyword: Continental U.S.

Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico

Place_Keyword: Alabama

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints:

THE SPATIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF LEGISLATION AND AGENCY JURISDICTIONS ARE BASED ON INTERPRETATION OF AVAILABLE INFORMATION AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LEGALLY BINDING. These data are regional in scale (1:100,000) and are intended for regional coastal and ocean planning purposes. Not for use for scales greater than 1:100,000.
Data set is not for use in litigation. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art, NOAA, cannot assume liability for any damages, or misrepresentations, caused by any inaccuracies in the data, or as a result of the data to be used on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NOAA Coastal Services Center

Contact_Person: Clearinghouse Manager

Contact_Position: Clearinghouse Manager

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave

City: Charleston

State_or_Province: South Carolina

Postal_Code: 29405-2413

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (843)740-1200

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (843) 740-1224

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: clearinghouse@csc.noaa.gov

Hours_of_Service: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm, Eastern Standard Time

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Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Quality control of attribute data was performed through project partner (e.g. National Sea Grant Law Program, state coastal zone professionals, Coastal Services Center personnel) review and comment. These attribute data are accurate as of the date of this dataset's publication.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Quality control procedures included a visual inspection of the geometry, projection, and attributes.

Completeness_Report: All attributes are fully populated.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

The accuracy of this dataset is based on source data that is assumed to meet National Map Accuracy Standards.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: None

Lineage:

Process_Step:

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The geographic coverage for the Alabama Right of Owners of Land Fronting Public Waters to Plant and Gather Oysters was developed from ESRI's detailed states layer (1:100,000) from 2004 . The Alabama state boundary was extracted from the ESRI states layer. The Alabama land boundary was buffered by 600 yards and all buffered areas outside the estuarine waters were deleted. Field attributes were calculated from the Geo-regulations Final Inventory & Characterization, January 2006.

Process_Date: 20000801

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

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Contact_Person: Clearinghouse Manager

Contact_Position: Clearinghouse Manager

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Address: 2234 South Hobson Avenue

City: Charleston

State_or_Province: SC

Postal_Code: 29405-2413

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (843)740-1210

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (843)740-1224

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: clearinghouse@csc.noaa.gov

Hours_of_Service: Monday-Friday, 8-5 EST

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Longitude_Resolution: .00001

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Ellipsoid_Name: GRS1980

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Entity_Type_Definition_Source: NOAA CSC

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City: Charleston

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Postal_Code: 29405-2413

Country: USA

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Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: clearinghouse@csc.noaa.gov

Hours_of_Service: Monday-Friday, 8-5 EST

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Users must assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data.

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City: Charleston

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