Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Coastal Services Center (CSC) 20020923 first vector digital data Charleston, SC NOAA's Ocean Service, Coastal Services Center (CSC) The vectorized shoreline data was derived from the one-meter panchromatic IKONOS imagery. Those areas of the coastline that were obscured by cloud cover were derived from United States Geological Survey (USGS) Digital Raster Graphics (DRGs) http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/us_pac_terr/default.aspx IKONOS imagery was purchased to support the Pacific Islands Geographic Information System (GIS) project and the National Ocean Service's (NOS) coral mapping activities. One-meter panchromatic and four-meter multi-spectral data were purchased for each study area. A digital vector shoreline was manually digitized from the one-meter panchromatic imagery to provide accurate, up-to-date shoreline data. The Pacific Islands Geographic Information System (GIS) project is a multiyear initiative designed to increase the use of GIS and related spatial technology in the coastal resource management programs of the Territories of American Samoa and Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), and the State of Hawaii. The project will focus on personnel, training, equipment, software, data, and applications. Where appropriate, other related activities in the region will be incorporated into the effort. 20010309 20010320 ground condition Complete As needed 145.688530 145.831494 15.290391 15.091594 None Shoreline Shoreline data land/water interface vectorization Shoreline vectorization IKONOS IKONOS panchromatic imagery IKONOS multispectral imagery Pacific Islands GIS CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Geographic Information > Shorelines CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Shorelines ISO 19115 Topic Category elevation 006 None United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Saipan Coastal Zone Oceania CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Saipan Island > Saipan Island (15N145E0002) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Saipan > Saipan Island (15N145E0002) CoRIS Region CNMI none 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. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Program Biogeography Team Leader, Mapping Manager mailing and physical address

1305 East West Highway

Silver Spring MD 20910 301-713-3028 301-713-4388 steve.rohmann@noaa.gov Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700 These data are believed to be logically consistent, though no tests were performed. All arcs were snapped by the nodes to create consistently tied strings without node dangles. Line geometry is topologically clean. This shoreline dataset of Saipan, CNMI, is dependent on the shoreline as delineated on 2001 IKONOS digital satellite imagery from Space Imaging, LLC. The position of the shoreline might change as the natural land changes or better maps and more current aerial photography become available. The data were created by delineating the shoreline off of IKONOS panchromatic digital satellite imagery collected in 2001. The horizontal resolution of the digital imagery is 1 meter. The original scale of the imagery was 1:3780. During orthorectification of the IKONOS imagery, 23 ground control points were used to determine the circular error (CE) at a 90% confidence level. For Pacific Islands, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, IKONOS data, 2002 the circular error is 7.2 meters for the Panchromatic data set. Space Imaging Incorporated 20010320 remote-sensing image Thornton, CO Space Imaging http://www.spaceimaging.com 3780 CD-ROM 20010309 20010320 ground condition IKONOS Used to identify and digitize the shoreline (land/water interface) for Saipan. United States Geological Survey 19980226 map Reston, VA USGS http://mapping.usgs.gov 24000 CD-ROM 19980226 ground condition USGS DRGs Used to identify and digitize the shoreline (land/water interface) for area of the coast that were obscured by cloud cover in the satellite imagery. During the vectorization process, the satellite imagery was displayed on a computer screen using ESRI's ArcGIS 8.2 software. In order to obtain the highest degree of accuracy from the imagery, the one-meter panchromatic imagery was used as a base layer for digitizing. In an effort to better visualize the land-water interface, the one-meter imagery was overlaid on top of the four-meter multispectral imagery using a 35 % transparency value. The near-infrared band (Band 4) was used in the display of the multispectral imagery. The resultant base layer contained the one-meter resolution of the panchromatic imagery and the colorization of the four-meter imagery. The display was zoomed to the image resolution of the panchromatic imagery and the shoreline was manually digitized. All lines are coded with length, ID, origin, and source Note - Areas of the shoreline that were obscured by cloud cover were digitized from USGS DRGs. The USGS DRG for Saipan had to be adjusted in the x and y directions using ERDAS Imagine 8.5 to match the IKONOS imagery. IKONOS imagery used were colected 20010309 - 20010320. 200209 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC) Pacific Islands GIS Specialist mailing and physical address

2234 South Hobson Avenue

Charleston South Carolina 29405 843-740-1200 843-740-1224 csc@csc.noaa.gov 0800 - 1700, Monday to Friday, EST Further modification of the Saipan island outline was conducted by staff within the Coastal Resources Management Office, Saipan CNMI. ArcView 3.2 was used to adjust shapefile vector vertices. Most alterations were done by combining the visual information available within the one-meter panchromatic imagery of Saipan together with local knowledge of the coastline in those areas. A "Note" column was added to the data set and "local knowledge" was added in that column to denote those changes. In one area near the marina there was geometrically correct aerial photography available so this was used, and "air photo" was placed in the Note column. Metadata was updated using ArcGIS 8.2 software. 20021015 Coastal Resources Management Office GIS Manager mailing address

Coastal Resources Management, Office of the Governor, P.O. Box 10007

Saipan Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 96950 670-664-8300 670-664-8315 crm.director@saipan.com 7:30a-4:30p = (EST + 13 hrs (+14 DLS time)) 10 Vector String 97 Universal Transverse Mercator 55 0.999600 147.000000 0.000000 500000.000000 0.000000 Coordinate Pair 0.000032 0.000032 meters D_WGS_1984 WGS_1984 6378137.000000 298.257224 saipanshrln Polyline shapefile NOAA Coastal Service Center FID Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. ID Feature identification number NOAA Coastal Services Center Software generated Length Length of shoreline polyline segments NOAA Coastal Services Center Software generated Origin Origin of shoreline data NOAA Coastal Services Center 1 NOAA Coastal Services Center NOAA Coastal Services Center 2 CNMI Coastal Zone Management Program NOAA Coastal Services Center Source Source of shoreline data NOAA Coastal Services Center 1 One meter panchromatic IKONOS digital satellite imagery NOAA Coastal Services Center 2 USGS Digital Raster Graphics (DRG) NOAA Coastal Services Center 3 Other source (GPS, local knowledge of ground condition) NOAA Coastal Services Center NOTE Note columns reflects changes made to the data by the Coastal Resources Management Office, Saipan CNMI. Coastal Resources Management Office, Saipan CNMI Represents the source used to alter the data either local knowledge or air photo. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Program Biogeography Team Leader, Mapping Manager mailing and physical address

1305 East West Highway

Silver Spring MD 20910 301-713-3028 301-713-4388 steve.rohmann@noaa.gov Downloadable Data Users must assume responsibility to determine the appropriate use for these data. Disclaimer- While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. ESRI shapefile http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/us_pac_terr/data/shorelines.aspx none 20121218 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC) Pacific Islands GIS Specialist mailing and physical address

2234 South Hobson Avenue

Charleston South Carolina 29405 843-740-1200 843-740-1224 csc@csc.noaa.gov Monday through Friday, 0800 to 1700, EST FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 Local Time 20051109075051 None 20010309 20010320 http://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/shoreline_saipan_2001.html 670