Shoreline for Caminada-Moreau Headland, 1996

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Jamey M. Reid
Publication_Date: 2003
Title: Shoreline for Caminada-Moreau Headland, 1996
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ds79
Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds79
Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds79/HTMLDOCS/catalog.htm
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: S.J. Williams
Originator: J.M. Reid
Originator: V. Cross
Originator: C. Polloni
Publication_Date: 2003
Title:
Coastal Erosion and Wetland Change in Louisiana: Selected USGS Products
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Digital Data Series
Issue_Identification: DDS-79
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Field Center
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Other_Citation_Details:
suggested citation: Williams, S.J., Reid, J.M., Cross, V.A., and Polloni, C.F., 2003, Coastal erosion and wetland change in Louisiana — Selected USGS products: U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series 79, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds79 .
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ds79
Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds79
Description:
Abstract:
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Coastal Research Laboratory in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of New Orleans (UNO) and the Center for Coastal Energy and Environmental Resources at Louisiana State University (LSU), is investigating the processes of coastal erosion in Louisiana (Sallenger and others, 1987; Sallenger and Williams 1989; Penland and others, 1992).
Building on the USGS Louisiana Barrier Island Study (Williams and others, 1992), this data layer depicts the Caminada-Moreau shoreline as it stood in 1996.
In order to quantify shoreline changes since January 21, 1988, new vertical aerial mapping photography was acquired on December 9, 1996. The methods and transects used by McBride and others (1992) were used to insure data compatibility of the new measurements and analysis.
Purpose:
To release data that was originally intended to be published in a paper atlas in a digital format.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1996
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Continually
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.272867
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -89.948084
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 29.269986
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 29.084214
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:60d358bb-cf91-4cfc-84b1-4211ff34c6ae
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: Geographic Information System
Theme_Keyword: GIS
Theme_Keyword: University of New Orleans
Theme_Keyword: Louisiana State University
Theme_Keyword: barrier island
Theme_Keyword: aerial mapping
Theme_Keyword: aerial mapping photography
Theme_Keyword: coastal erosion
Theme_Keyword: coastal erosion processes
Theme_Keyword: shoreline change
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets
Theme_Keyword: coastal processes
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Louisiana
Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico
Place_Keyword: Caminada-Moureau
Place_Keyword: Caminada-Moureau Headland
Place_Keyword: Grand Isle
Place_Keyword: Lafourche Parish
Place_Keyword: Jefferson Parish
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: North America
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: None
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Paul Connor, Jr.
Contact_Organization: University of New Orleans - Dept. of Geology and Geophysics
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Pontchartrain Institute, CERM Bldg. Room 343
Address: 2045 Lakeshore Drive
City: New Orleans
State_or_Province: LA
Postal_Code: 70148
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 504-580-1030
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 504-280-4022
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pfconnor@crl.uno.edu
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
https://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds79/HTMLDOCS/Browsefiles/cnm1996_large.htm
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Browse graphic of the dataset.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700
Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report: Information not available from original metadata.
Completeness_Report: Information not available from original metadata.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The projection was defined as UTM and converted to Geographic NAD 83.
Process_Date: unknown
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Jamey M. Reid
Contact_Position: IT Specialist (Data Management)
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Woods Hole Field Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 025453-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x 2204
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jreid@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Metadata was created for the new shapefile.
Process_Date: unknown
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Jamey M. Reid
Contact_Position: IT Specialist (Data Management)
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Woods Hole Field Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 025453-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 457-2204
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jreid@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Edited the metadata to remove errors flagged by MP. Edits include, but are not limited to: Filled out the citation information including adding the suggested citation, adding the DOI link and a link to the data page. Added USGS Thesaurus and ISO 19115 Topic Category theme keywords. Added the link to the browse graphic. Indicated in some required elements that information was unavailable from the original metadata. Additional small edits to the metadata were made to be consistent with current standards. Updated the distribution liability to an approved FSP disclaimer statement. Updated the distribution information to include download links. The metadata date was updated, but not the metadata contact. The metadata contact email was updated to a valid link with an explanation in the contact instructions. The metadata available from a harvester may supersede metadata available from the publication. Compare the metadata dates to determine which metadata file is most recent. A persistent identifier (PID) was added to the metadata in the thesaurus section. (20250814)
Process_Date: 20250814
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
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
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: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 2229
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: cnm1996
Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Not available from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ENTITY
Attribute_Definition: Unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LAYER
Attribute_Definition: Unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LEVEL
Attribute_Definition: Unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ELEVATION
Attribute_Definition: Unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: COLOR
Attribute_Definition: Unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MSLINK_DMR
Attribute_Definition: Unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Unavailable from original metadata.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Unavailable from original metadata.
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: S. Jeffress Williams
Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Woods Hole Field Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 457-2383
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jwilliams@usgs.gov
Resource_Description:
The dataset contains the polyline 1996 shorelines (cnm1996.shp and other shapefile components) and the FGDC CSDGM metadata. The download zip file contains these transects as well as the transects and 1887 shorelines (cnm_trans_gulf.shp and cnm1887.shp respectively).
Distribution_Liability:
Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data for other purposes, nor on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: Shapefile
Format_Version_Number: unknown
Format_Specification: Esri polyline shapefile
Format_Information_Content:
These files are a collection of files with a common filename prefix and must be downloaded and stored in the same directory. Together they are the components of the shapefile. The dataset also includes CSDGM metadata.
Transfer_Size: 1.212
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name:
https://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds79/LA_COVERS/Shoreline_Change/CaminadaMoreau.zip
Network_Resource_Name: https://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds79/HTMLDOCS/catalog.htm
Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.3133/ds79
Access_Instructions:
The first link is to download the data directly. This download file contains the transects as well as the 1887 and 1996 shorelines. The second link is to the landing page of the data. The third link is to the citation page of the publication.
Fees: none
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20250815
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Jamey M. Reid
Contact_Position: IT Specialist (Data Management)
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: USGS, Woods Hole Field Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2204
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov
Contact_Instructions:
The metadata contact email address is a generic address in the event the person is no longer with the U.S. Geological Survey.
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
This page is <https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/catalog/whcmsc/data_series/DDS-79/cnm1996meta.html>
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