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Data Explorer is your portal for discovering NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) spatial data collections. All discussion on this page relates to the content found within the Data Explorer search interface. Shown below is a list of recent updates to the portal.

Date Description
Type
8/12/08 ESI data sets updated for North Carolina, South Carolina and the Virgin Islands Data Download
8/12/08 National Status and Trends: Bioeffects Program - San Francisco Bay Database is now available online Metadata
07/17/08 Historical Hurricane Tracks updated to include 2007 data. Data Download
07/17/08 Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) Land Cover data layer was revised to incorporate 2005 era data for the northeast United States. Data Download
7/17/08 The Geodetic Control Points data layer was updated to reflect the current station locations as of June 2008 Data Download
7/17/08 NOS coastal survey maps (often called t-sheet or tp-sheet maps) data layer was recently updated in the NOS Data Explorer site to incorporate 850 new maps. Data Download
7/17/08 National Marine Sanctuary Boundary Polygons were updated to include a revised boundary for the Channel Islands. Data Download
5/14/08 Bioeffects Assessment Program - Massachusetts Bay summary database is now available online Metadata
5/14/08 Bioeffects Assessment Program - Biscayne Bay, Florida (1995-1996) database is now available online Metadata
5/14/08 Bioeffects Assessment Program - Sabine Lake, Texas database is now available online Metadata
5/12/08 2007 Charleston, Jasper and Colleton Counties, South Carolina LiDAR Mapping Metadata
5/12/08 Topographic Data of 12 Florida counties now available via the LiDAR Data Retrieval Tool Metadata
5/12/08 ESI data sets updated for Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi Data Download
4/18/08 Additional maps were added to the Historical Maps & Chart Collection Metadata
4/18/08 Digital Outer Limit of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) updated for Howland, Baker and Jarvis Islands Data Download
4/18/08 Approved Digital Maritime Limits for Howland, Baker and Jarvis Islands Data Download
4/03/08 Underwater Video and Still Ground Validation Imagery of the Florida Keys Metadata
3/17/08 Digital Outer Limit of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) updated for Johnston Atoll Data Download
3/17/08 Approved Digital Maritime Limits for Johnston Atoll Data Download
3/17/08 2007 Data from the Seafloor Characterization of the U.S. Caribbean Project Metadata
2/14/08 Approved Digital Maritime Limits for Wake Island Data Download
2/14/08 Digital Outer Limit of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) updated for Wake Island Data Download
2/7/08 Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats of the Main Hawaiian Islands - 2007 Metadata
2/4/08 The Geodetic Control Points data layer was updated to reflect the current station locations as of December 2007 Data Download
2/1/08 Coastal Bend, Texas 2004 Benthic Data Set Metadata
12/20/07 LiDAR Bathymetry & Reflectivity Southwest Puerto Rico Metadata
12/06/07 ESI data sets updated to include the Maine Environmental Vulnerability Index CD Data Download
12/05/07 Biogeographic Characterization of Fish Communities within the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary updated to include 2007 field data Metadata
11/30/07 Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) Land Cover data layer was revised to incorporate new regional datasets. Data Download
11/16/07 Digital Outer Limit of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) updated for the Pacific Coast, USA Data Download
10/31/07 Alabama (September 2007) ESI DVD released. This data is now accessible through the NOS Data Explorer site. Data Download
10/31/07 ESI data sets updated to include the digital data re-releases for Louisiana and Mississippi Data Download
10/1/07 Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats of the Republic of Palau are available though the NOS Data Explorer portal Data Download
10/1/07 IKONOS imagery for the Republic of Palau is available for download through the NOS Data Explorer portal Data Download
10/1/07 Digital Outer Limit of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) updated for the Gulf of Mexico Data Download
9/20/07 Characterization of the Coral Reef Ecosystem around Vieques, Puerto Rico Metadata
9/18/07 Hurricane Humberto Aerial Photography posted online Data Download
9/18/07 Digital Outer Limit of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) updated for Alaska Data Download
9/18/07 Approved Maritime Limits updated for Alaska Data Download
8/17/07 Maryland (Chesapeake Bay) ESI DVD released. This data is now accessible through the NOS Data Explorer site. Data Download
8/17/07 ESI data sets updated to include the digital data re-release for Virginia Data Download
8/13/07 Shallow-water Benthic Habitats of the Republic of Palau Metadata
7/25/07 Historical Hurricane Tracks updated to include 2006. Data Download
7/17/07 Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary - The benthic mapping data catalog has been updated to include data from surveys conducted in 2004, 2005, and 2006. Metadata
7/17/07 2006 - Benthic Habitat Characterization and Bathymetry of Mid-water Habitats in the USVI and Puerto Rico Metadata
5/22/07 C-CAP Land Cover Data updated for the Gulf Coast Region Data Download
5/21/07 ESI data sets updated to include the digital data re-releases for Bristol Bay, Prince William Sound and the Aleutians Data Download
5/9/07 Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary - Benthic Mapping Data Catalog Metadata
3/29/07 ESI data sets updated to include the digital data re-releases for San Francisco Bay, Southern California, and New Hampshire Data Download
3/28/07 1998 Historical Atlas of Southern Florida Shallow-water Benthic Habitats is now downloadable through Data Explorer Data Download
3/14/07 Updated ESI data set to include Florida ESI Atlas (1995 -1997) Digital Data Re-Release Data Download
3/14/07 Florida Keys IKONOS imagery (2005 - 2006) is now available online Data Download
3/07/07 Biogeographic Characterization of Fish Communities within the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Metadata
3/07/07 Digital Coast: Legislative Atlas - A Searchable Database of Coastal and Ocean Legislation Metadata
3/07/07 Bioeffects Assessment Program - Delaware Bay (1997) Data is now available online through the National Status and Trends Program Web site Metadata
3/07/07 Bioeffects Assessment Program - Chesapeake Bay (1998-2001) Data is now available online through the National Status and Trends Program Web site Metadata
11/29/06 NOAA Coastal Services Center - Benthic Habitat Mapping Data Metadata
11/20/06 2005 - Benthic Habitat Characterization and Bathymetry of Mid-water Habitats in the USVI and Puerto Rico Metadata
11/08/06 ESI CDs - Environmental Sensitivity Index GIS Data & PDF maps are now available through Data Explorer Data Download
11/08/06 Updated ESI Map inventory - all pdf maps available through the Office of Response and Restoration are now accessible through Data Explorer Data Download
10/18/06 C-CAP Land Cover Data updated for Northeast Region Data Download
10/13/06 Tropical Storm Ernesto Photography are now available for download through the NOS Data Explorer Data Download
10/13/06 Historical Hurricane Tracks updated to include 2005. Data Download
9/21/06 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument digital boundary is available through NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program.
Data Download
9/12/06 Tropical Storm Ernesto Photography are available through NOAA's National Geodetic Survey. Metadata
6/22/06 NGS High Resolution Shoreline files are now available for download through the NOS Data Explorer Data Download
5/30/06 National Marine Sanctuary Boundary Polygons are now available through Data Explorer Data Download
5/18/06 C-CAP Land Cover Data updated for Gulf Coast Region Data Download
4/17/06 Biogeographic Assessment of Offshore Southern California Released Metadata
3/16/06 Approved Maritime Limits updated for Texas Data Download
2/27/06 Guam and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands IKONOS imagery are now accessible through Data Explorer Data Download
2/27/06 Guam and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands benthic habitat maps are now available through Data Explorer Data Download
2/27/06 American Samoa IKONOS imagery are now available through Data Explorer Data Download
2/27/06 American Samoa benthic habitat maps are now accessible through Data Explorer Data Download
1/06/06 Historical Shoreline Data are now accessible through Data Explorer Data Download
1/04/06 Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) Land Cover Data are now available through Data Explorer Data Download
1/03/06 Approved Maritime Limits updated for Georgia Data Download
12/30/05 Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin Islands georeferenced image mosaics are available through NOS Data Explorer Data Download
12/30/05 Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin Islands benthic habitat maps are now accessible through NOS Data Explorer Data Download
12/30/05 Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin Islands high resolution imagery (1965-1999) is now available through NOS Data Explorer Data Download
12/30/05 Hawaiian Islands orthorectified color aerial photography, and hyperspectral imagery are now accessible through the NOS Data Explorer site Data Download
12/30/05 Hawaiian benthic habitat maps are available through the NOS Data Explorer site Data Download
12/30/05 Hawaiian Islands high resolution imagery (2000) is now accessible through NOS Data Explorer Data Download
12/15/05 Approved Maritime Limits updated for Oregon and Washington Data Download
11/15/05 Raster Nautical Charts are now available online through the Office of Coast Survey Metadata
10/27/05 Hurricane Wilma photography posted online Data Download
10/6/05

Approved Maritime Limits updated for California

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9/27/05 Hurricane Rita photography posted online Data Download
9/20/05 Hurricane Ophelia photography posted online Data Download
9/1/05 Hurricane Katrina Photography posted online Data Download

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