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DIGITAL SHORELINES FOR BOSTON HARBOR
Modified version of paper by F.T. Manheim and A.G. McIntire,
Civil Engineering Practice, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 35-48 (1998).
The outlined insets are hot-linked in figure 3, under "Shoreline
Comparison".
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Summary |
A new shoreline file has been created for Boston Harbor by digitizing and combining
the most recent charts. Up-to-date digital shoreline files are required to support coastal
geographic information system (GIS) displays that combine data from multiple sources. A
second objective was to compare the Boston Harbor data set with earlier shoreline data
sets, such as the Massachusetts Coastline (1:25,000) derived from USGS DLG topographic
data (MCOAST), and NOAAs Medium Resolution Digital Vector Shoreline (1:70,000), and
recent, high-resolution orthophotographic coverage. Comparisons reveal changes due to
coastal construction as well as discrepancies that need resolution. The present data set
represents the most detailed delineation currently available.
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Contact: fmanheim@usgs.gov |
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