Georeferenced Scans of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) T-Sheets Collected Along the New Jersey Coastline from 1839-1875

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Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Joseph F. Terrano
Originator: Kathryn E.L. Smith
Publication_Date: 20160718
Title:

Georeferenced Scans of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) T-Sheets Collected Along the New Jersey Coastline from 1839-1875

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Raster Digital Data Set
Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Data Release
Issue_Identification: doi:10.5066/F7KH0KFX

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, FL
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7KH0KFX

Description:

Abstract:

Historical shoreline surveys were conducted by the National Ocean Service (NOS), dating back to the early 1800s. The maps resulting from these surveys, often called t-sheets, provide a reference of historical shoreline position that can be compared to modern data to identify shoreline change. The t-sheets are stored at the National Archives and many have been scanned by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and are available on the NOAA Shoreline Web site (http://www.shoreline.noaa.gov/data/datasheets/t-sheets.html). While some scanned t-sheets were georeferenced and digitized by NOAA, still others remain as non-georeferenced raster files (http://nosimagery.noaa.gov/images/shoreline_surveys/survey_scans/NOAA_Shoreline_Survey_Scans.html). New_Jersey_1839_75_t-sheets.zip features 8 georeferenced raster t-sheets for the New Jersey coastline from 1839 to 1875. The data were scanned by NOAA, but were not georeferenced. The t-sheets included in this data release are: T-121 (1839), T-119 Part 1 (1841), T-1084 (1868), T-1166 (1870), T-1333 (1871), T-1315a (1872), T-1371 (1874), T-1407 (1875). Digital files were georeferenced, corrected to a modern datum, and shorelines digitized to provide a vector polyline depicting the historical shoreline position using ArcGIS 10.3.1. GEoreferenced t-sheets were used to delineate and shorelines for use in long-term shoreline and wetland analyses for Hurricane Sandy wetland physical change assessment.

Purpose:

Shoreline data are considered a crucial element in performing change analysis for erosion and accretion studies and for tracking shoreline movement over time. T-sheets were downloaded, georeferenced and digitized to document the short and long-term changes of select study areas along the New Jersey coastline. Digitized shorelines from the t-sheets provide an accurate and measurable change in shape, area, and shoreline movement over short- and long- term periods.

Supplemental_Information:

These data represent the shoreline position when the topographic sheets were created and do not necessarily represent present conditions.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 18390101
Ending_Date: 18750101

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.525620
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.041839
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.072203
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.315239

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:2c360d9c-0d3c-4b9d-a9ec-4e40d71071ca

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: T-sheet
Theme_Keyword: Coastal
Theme_Keyword: Shoreline data
Theme_Keyword: Shoreline map
Theme_Keyword: Georeferenced
Theme_Keyword: Topographic sheet

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: Digitization
Theme_Keyword: Geomorphology
Theme_Keyword: Topography
Theme_Keyword: Coastal processes

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: Oceans
Theme_Keyword: Environment
Theme_Keyword: Boundaries
Theme_Keyword: GeoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: NJ
Place_Keyword: Barnegat Bay
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: New Jersey
Place_Keyword: USA
Place_Keyword: Manahawkin Bay
Place_Keyword: Little Egg Harbor
Place_Keyword: Great Bay
Place_Keyword: Little Bay
Place_Keyword: Reed Bay
Place_Keyword: Absecon Bay

Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:

The U.S. Geological Survey requests to be acknowledged as originator of the data in future products or derivative research.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Science Center
Contact_Person: Joseph F. Terrano

Contact_Position: Researcher I
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 600 4Th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8047
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-502-8182
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jterrano@usgs.gov

Data_Set_Credit:

Acknowledgment of the U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, as a data source would be appreciated in products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices. Sharing of new data layers developed directly from these data would also be appreciated by the U.S. Geological Survey staff. Users should be aware that comparisons with other datasets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in photointerpretation, mapping conventions, and digital processes over time. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such.

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Environment as of Metadata Creation: Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.3.1 (Build 4959) Service Pack N/A (Build N/A)

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: No formal attribute accuracy tests were conducted.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Georeferenced t-sheets were checked to ensure they were in the correct location, using t-sheet shorelines from 1915. If necessary, some t-sheets were shifted from the United States Standard Datum of 1915 to the North American Datum of 1927 (NAD27). See processing steps for more details. The t-sheets were also checked to ensure the shorelines matched up from one t-sheet to the next, with the exception of T-119 part 1 and T-121. T-119 part 1 and T-121 represent earlier dates (1839 and 1841) than surrounding t-sheets (1866-75)so they do not correctly match up and were left "as is". As a final quality control, reference points were checked to ensure they overlapped from one t-sheet to the next and were adjusted accordingly, if necessary.

Completeness_Report:

Dataset is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

A formal accuracy assessment of the horizontal positional information in the dataset has not been conducted.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

A formal accuracy assessment of the vertical positional information in the dataset has either not been conducted, or is not applicable.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Geodetic Survey (NGS)

Publication_Date: 20141020
Title:

Non-georeferenced NOAA Shoreline Survey Scans (t-sheets and tp-sheets)

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Raster Digital Data Set
Online_Linkage:

http://nosimagery.noaa.gov/images/shoreline_surveys/survey_scans/NOAA_Shoreline_Survey_Scans.html

Source_Scale_Denominator: 1500
Type_of_Source_Media: Digital and/or Hardcopy Resources
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 18390101
Ending_Date: 18750101

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: New Jersey t-sheets
Source_Contribution:

T-sheets were used to identify the shoreline location for shoreline delineation and digitization.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Zimmermann, M. and Benson, J.L.
Publication_Date: 2013
Title:

Smooth sheets: How to work with them in a GIS to derive bathymetry, features and substrates

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Publication (Journal Article)
Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Alaska
Publisher:

United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Online_Linkage:

https://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/AFSC-TM/NOAA-TM-AFSC-249.pdf

Type_of_Source_Media: Digital Resources
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2013

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Zimmerman and Benson
Source_Contribution: Descriptive procedure for georeferencing t-sheets

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

T-sheet maps created for the New Jersey coastline from 1839 to 1875 were downloaded from the NOAA shoreline website as non-georeferenced t-sheets. Downloaded t-sheets include: T-121 (1839), T-119 Part 1 (1841), T-1084 (1868), T-1166 (1870), T-1333 (1871), T-1315a (1872), T-1371 (1874), T-1407 (1875). Since T-1315b was not available T-119 Part 1 and T-121 were used to fill in the missing area. The t-sheets were projected into "NAD_1983_StatePlane_New_Jersey_FIPS_2900_Feet" as determined by using metadata provided with georeferenced 1915 New Jersey t-sheets that were previously completed by NOAA. The t-sheets were then reprojected into the North American Datum of 1927 for georeferencing, see the "Notes" field in the attribute table for more information.

Process_Date: 20160609

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

T-121, T-1166, and T-1407 were georeferenced using NAD27 graticules and no shift was necessary. To do this, the t-sheets in the NAD27 projection were added to ArcMap 10.3.1 and the "Georeferencing" toolbar was opened. After locating a NAD27 graticule on the t-sheet a mark was placed and the coordinates in degrees, minutes, seconds (DMS) format were entered. The t-sheet was then auto-corrected to that coordinate. This process was repeated for all remaining NAD27 graticules on each t-sheet.

Process_Date: 20160610

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

T-119 Part 1, T-1084, T-1315a, T-1333, and T-1371 were georeferenced using the U.S. Standard Datum of 1915 graticules and shifted to NAD27. To do this, the t-sheets in the NAD27 projection were added to ArcMap 10.3.1 and the "Georeferencing" toolbar was opened. After locating a U.S. Standard Datum of 1915 graticule on the t-sheet, a mark was placed and the coordinates in degrees, minutes, seconds (DMS) format were entered. The t-sheet was then auto-corrected to the entered coordinate. This process was repeated for all remaining U.S. Standard Datum of 1915 graticules on each t-sheet. The t-sheets were shifted by calculating the change in latitude and longitude between the U.S. Standard Datum of 1915 graticules and a NAD27 gradicule. The shift values used were as follows: T-1371 (latitude by -0.00001, longitude by -0.00059), T-119 Part 1 (latitude by 0.045, longitude by 0.001709), and T-1084, T-1315a, and T-1333 (latitude by 0.0001, longitude by 0.0002). These values were entered into ArcMap's "Shift" tool and the t-sheets were corrected to the correct NAD27 position. The t-sheets were checked to ensure shoreline positions matched from t-sheet to t-sheet.

Process_Date: 20160611

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword.

Process_Date: 20201013
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross

Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster
Raster_Object_Information:

Raster_Object_Type: Grid cell
Row_Count: 9020
Column_Count: 9188

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 2.2e-05
Longitude_Resolution: 2.2e-05
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal seconds

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_North_American_1927
Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke_1866
Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.9786982

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

T-sheets were downloaded as ungeoreferenced images in the tag image file format (TIFF), with an 8-bit pixel depth, and a pixel type of unsigned integer.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Raster t-sheet images

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Science Center
Contact_Person: Joseph F. Terrano

Contact_Position: Researcher I
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 600 4Th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8047
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-502-8182
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jterrano@usgs.gov

Distribution_Liability:

This digital publication was prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution imply any such warranty. The U.S. Geological Survey shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and (or) contained herein. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

https://coastal.er.usgs.gov/data-release/doi-F7KH0KFX/data/New_Jersey_1839_75_T-sheets.zip

Fees: None. No fees are applicable for obtaining the dataset.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20201013
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Joseph F. Terrano
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Science Center

Contact_Position: Researcher I
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 600 4Th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8047
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-502-8182
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jterrano@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Use_Constraints:

Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey as the originator of the dataset.

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