ESI Metadata

We've prepared identifying information, termed metadata, to describe each of our ESI map atlases. The metadata includes what items/regions were mapped, shoreline type definitions, data sources and providers, and geographic reference information.

Below are geographically-grouped lists of the metadata files we currently have available. Each is a PDF document; however, for atlases published since 2002, we generally provide metadata in additional formats (HTML, SGML, and TXT) on the CD/DVDs, which you can order from the Get ESI Maps page.

• Alaska
  
• Atlantic Coast
  
• Florida and the Gulf of Mexico
  
• Great Lakes
  
• Hawaii, U.S. Territories, and International
  
• Pacific Coast

Alaska

• Aleutian Islands (2001) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 1.0 M)
  
• Bristol Bay (2004) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 1.7 M)
  
• Cook Inlet & Kenai Peninsula (2002) Summary Map Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 1.2 M)
  
• Kodiak Island & Shelikof Strait (1997) Summary Map Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 628.7 K)
  
• North Slope (2005) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 559.3 K)
  
• Northwest Arctic (2002) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 950.8 K)
  
• Prince William Sound (2000) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 508.9 K)
  
• Southeast Alaska (2001) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 1.0 M)
  
• Western Alaska (2003) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 1.3 M)

Atlantic Coast

• Delaware, New Jersey, & Pennsylvania (1996) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 264.2 K)
  
• Georgia (1997) Metadata (Document format PDF, size: 274.8 K)
  
• Hudson River (2006) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 610.0 K)
  
• Maryland (2007) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 1.2 M)
  
• Massachusetts (1999) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 398.4 K)
  
• New Hampshire (2004) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 1.6 M)
  
• North Carolina (1996) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 283.9 K)
  
• Rhode Island, Connecticut, & New York-New Jersey Metropolitan Area (2001) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 1.3 M)
  
• South Carolina (1996) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 250.0 K)
  
• Virginia (2005) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 667.2 K)
  

Florida and the Gulf of Mexico

• Alabama (2007) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 1.2 M)
  
• East Florida (1996) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 206.0 K)
  
• Louisiana (2003) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 1.2 M)
  
• Mississippi (1995) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 235.9 K)
  
• South Florida (1996) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 301.6 K)
  
• West Florida (1995) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 123.2 K)
  
• West Peninsular Florida, Volume 1 (1996) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 394.3 K)
  
• West Peninsular Florida, Volume 2 (1996) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 221.6 K)

Great Lakes

• Lake Huron (1994) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 752.5 K)
  
• Lake Michigan, Northern (1994) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 109.8 K)
  
• Lake Michigan, Southern (1994) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 107.0 K)
  
• Lake Michigan, Western (1994) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 91.2 K)
  
• Lake Ontario (1993) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 98.8 K)
  
• Lake Superior (1994) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 103.5 K)

Hawaii, U.S. Territories, and International

• American Samoa (2004) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 1.1 M)
  
• Golfo de Fonseca (2000) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 373.1 K)
  
• Guam & Northern Mariana Islands (2005) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 577.4 K)
  
• Hawaii (2001) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 1.5 M)
  
• Puerto Rico (2000) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 736.6 K)
  
• U.S. & British Virgin Islands (2000) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 672.2 K)

Pacific Coast

• Central California (2006) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 688.8 K)
  
• Columbia River (2004) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 1.3 M)
  
• Northern California (2008) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 257.7 K)
  
• Oregon Coast (1985) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 49.1 K)
  
• Outer Coast of Washington (1985) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 44.8 K)
  
• Puget Sound & Strait of Juan de Fuca (2006) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 559.7 K)
  
• San Francisco Bay (1998) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 309.2 K)
  
• Southern California (1995) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 308.9 K)

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