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Software, E-Resource Datasets from Office of Coast Survey wrecks and obstructions database Wrecks and obstructions datasets

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Title

  • Datasets from Office of Coast Survey wrecks and obstructions database

Other Title

  • Wrecks and obstructions datasets

Summary

  • "The Office of Coast Survey's Wrecks and Obstructions database contains information on the identified submerged wrecks and obstructions within the U.S. maritime boundaries. The data includes the position of each feature (latitude and longitude) along with a brief description. Information to populate the database comes from what is currently available on the electronic navigational chart (ENC) and Coast Survey's Automated Wrecks and Obstructions Information System (AWOIS) database." --Abstract from OCS Metadata Library https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39988

Names

  • United States. Office of Coast Survey

Created / Published

  • [Silver Spring, MD] : Office of Coast Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce ; [2018]

Contents

  • All features, Esri REST API. -- All features, OGC Web Map Service (WMS). -- AWOIS Wrecks, (KML/KMZ). -- ENC Wrecks, (KML/KMZ). -- AWOIS Obstructions, (KML/KMZ). -- AWOIS Wrecks, (Shapefile). -- ENC Wrecks, (Shapefile). -- AWOIS Obstructions, (Shapefile). -- AWOIS Wrecks, (Excel). -- ENC Wrecks (Excel). -- AWOIS Obstructions (Excel).

Headings

  • -  Shipwrecks--United States--Maps

Genre

  • Data sets
  • Digital maps
  • Vector data

Notes

  • -  "Revised: 6/8/2018."--website home page.
  • -  Archived by the Library of Congress March 2020.
  • -  Description based on website home page (viewed August 26, 2021). Title divised by the cataloger.

Medium

  • Datasets

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3301.P57

Repository

  • s-Online Electronic Resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020445569

Online Format

  • compressed data

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Chicago citation style:

United States Office Of Coast Survey. Datasets from Office of Coast Survey wrecks and obstructions database. [Silver Spring, MD: Office of Coast Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 2018] Software, E-Resource. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020445569/.

APA citation style:

United States Office Of Coast Survey. (2018) Datasets from Office of Coast Survey wrecks and obstructions database. [Silver Spring, MD: Office of Coast Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce] [Software, E-Resource] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020445569/.

MLA citation style:

United States Office Of Coast Survey. Datasets from Office of Coast Survey wrecks and obstructions database. [Silver Spring, MD: Office of Coast Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 2018] Software, E-Resource. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020445569/>.