gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:60812 eng UTF8 dataset GIS Files National Geodetic Survey resourceProvider NGS Communications and Outreach Branch (301) 713-3242 (301) 713-4172 ngs.infocenter@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2026-03-04T19:17:17 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) EPSG::4269 NOAA NGS Continually Updated Shoreline Product (CUSP) 2020 creation publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 60812 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/60812 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link National Geodetic Survey Web page for NOAA's National Geodetic Survey download https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/INFO/remote-sensing.shtml WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link National Geodetic Survey Remote Sensing Division Web page for NOAA's National Geodetic Survey remote sensing data and imagery. download https://shoreline.noaa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Shoreline Website Web page that provides information about and access to shoreline. download These data provide available contemporary high-resolution national shoreline. The Continually Updated Shoreline Product is provided via the National Shoreline Data Explorer application. Shoreline is a foundation data layer that may be used for mapping and charting applications, developing models for tsunamis, storm surge, and coastal flooding as well as predicting sea level change and forecasting pollution trajectories. It can assist decision-makers in developing comprehensive coastal-ready community plans, managing coastal resources, delineating and mitigating hazard events, making projections for wave and wind energy utilization, conducting environmental analyses and monitoring, and more. NOAA onGoing NGS Communications and Outreach Branch (301) 713-3242 (301) 713-4172 ngs.infocenter@noaa.gov pointOfContact NGS Communications and Outreach Branch (301) 713-3242 (301) 713-4172 ngs.infocenter@noaa.gov custodian notPlanned CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 20.8 Best Available Shoreline CUSP Coastal Mapping Program Continually Updated Shoreline Product NOAA Shoreline National Shoreline Shoreline Mapping Program Updated Contemporary National Shoreline shoreline theme DOC/NOAA/NOS/NGS > National Geodetic Survey, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian NGS Shoreline project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: National Geodetic Survey, [Date of Access]: NOAA NGS Continually Updated Shoreline Product (CUSP) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/60812. NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose. otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None otherRestrictions Use Constraints: 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. We do request that you credit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) when you use these data in a report, publication, or presentation. otherRestrictions Distribution Liability: These data were generated for use by NGS during the course of its development of potential final products to fulfill its statutory mission. Although NGS is making these data available to others who may find the data of value, NGS does not warrant, endorse, or recommend the use of these data for any given purpose. The user assumes the entire risk related to the use of these data. These data are not for navigational purposes. NGS is providing these data "as is," and NGS disclaims any and all warranties, whether expressed or implied, including (without limitation) any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event will NGS be liable to you or to any third party for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or exemplary damages or lost profits resulting from any use or misuse of these data. unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 60812 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/ngs/dmp/pdf/60812.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. information crossReference eng; US oceans -171.6609 -58.584 17.1001 72.673 | Currentness: Ground Condition 1937-03-23 Zip Zip NGS Communications and Outreach Branch (301) 713-3242 (301) 713-4172 ngs.infocenter@noaa.gov distributor https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/CUSP/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/CUSP/ Viewer to download shoreline vector files download dataset Completeness Report The completeness of the data reflects the content of the sources and may not include a complete shoreline data set. Conceptual Consistency Line segments which did not close were snapped by the nodes to create consistently tied strings without node dangles. Lines conform to topological rules. Lines intersect only at nodes, and all nodes anchor the ends of lines. Lines do not overshoot or undershoot other lines where they are supposed to meet. There are no duplicate lines. The shoreline is a representation based on an office interpretation of imagery or derived from Lidar. Shoreline vectors were verified with contemporary imagery. Sources of non-NOAA vector shoreline included U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and U.S. Geological Survey. Non-NOAA imagery sources for interpreting shoreline included USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field Office, ESRI Imagery World 2D (USGS, U.S. Geological Survey, and U.S. Department of Agriculture), Bing Maps Imagery Service, and Google Earth (TerraMetrics and DigitalGlobe). All features were attributed to conform to a subset of the NGS 'Coastal Cartographic Object Attribute Source Table' (C-COAST) attribution scheme. Current shoreline sources include individual National Shoreline projects, Lidar derived, automated feature extracted, monoscopically compiled, and non-NOAA sources of shoreline that were merged and stitched together and verified with contemporary imagery. The CUSP shoreline may include limited compilation from contemporary verification imagery (National Agriculture Imagery Program) if tidal influences minimally influenced the horizontal position. Some water courses were closed off with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wetlands Inventory vectors. Edits may have been made to sections of the original shoreline vertices, as opposed to new compilation, to reflect the contemporary position. National Geodetic Survey processor Shoreline Delineation National Geodetic Survey originator