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ESI Coverage on the Atlantic Coast

 Heron wading at shoreline.
Credit: Eileen McVey,
NESDIS, NOAA Central Library.

Find out what regions on the Atlantic Coast have been mapped using the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) method and download detailed information about each ESI atlas.


Regional Coverage and Available Formats • top

The table below lists the Atlantic Coast regions for which ESI maps have been produced and the various formats that are available (indicated by a checkmark).
                        
Note: Some regions may be covered in more than one ESI atlas. Check the atlas indexes to see the exact areas that are included in each atlas.

Atlas Publication DatePDFArc
Export
MOSSArc
View
ESI
Viewer
PaperGeo
DB
Connecticut: Rhode Island, Connecticut & New York-New Jersey Metropolitan Area - 2001 Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.
Delaware, New Jersey (south of Barnegat Inlet) & Pennsylvania - 1996Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.
Georgia - 1997Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Not available.
Maine EVI maps - 2007
(EVI maps are Maine's equivalent of ESI maps.)
Available.Not available.Not available.Not available.Not available.Not available.Not available.
Maryland - 2007Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.
Massachusetts - 1999Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.
Michigan:
St. Marys River - 1986
Not available.Not available.Not available.Not available.Not available.Available.Not available.
New Hampshire - 2004Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.
New Jersey: Rhode Island, Connecticut & New York-New Jersey Metropolitan Area - 2001Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.
New Jersey: Delaware, New Jersey (south of Barnegat Inlet) & Pennsylvania - 1996Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.
New York: Hudson River - 2006Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.
New York: Rhode Island, Connecticut & New York-New Jersey Metropolitan Area - 2001Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.
New York: Long Island - 1985Not available.Not available.Not available.Not available.Not available.Available.Not available.
New York:
St. Lawrence River - 1985
Not available.Not available.Not available.Not available.Not available.Available.Not available.
North Carolina - 1996Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.
Pennsylvania: Delaware, New Jersey (south of Barnegat Inlet) & Pennsylvania - 1996Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.
Rhode Island, Connecticut & New York-New Jersey Metropolitan Area - 2001Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.
South Carolina - 1996Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.
Virginia - 2005Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.Available.

Metadata for each Atlas • top
Metadata provides identifying information about an ESI atlas, including what items/regions were mapped, shoreline type definitions, data sources and providers, and geographic reference information. Below are the PDF versions of the metadata for the Atlantic Coast ESI atlases.

Note: 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.
List of Maps Included in Each Atlas • top
Each ESI atlas is composed of several maps covering the region. The files below provide an index for each Atlantic Coast atlas showing the number and location of the ESI maps included.
Overview Fact Sheets for Each Atlas CD/DVD • top
The documents below provide a brief introduction to ESI mapping and a description of the files that are available on the CD/DVD version of each Atlantic Coast ESI atlas. You can order a CD/DVD from the Get ESI Maps page.

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