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Summary

Depicts the relationships between spatial data layers and attribute data tables for the South Flo...

Short Citation
Office of Response and Restoration, 2024: Sensitivity of Coastal Environments and Wildlife to Spilled Oil: South Florida: ESIL (ESI Shoreline Types - Lines), https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/40697.
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Abstract

The ESIL data set contains vector lines representing the shoreline and coastal habitats of South Florida classified according to the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) classification system. This data set comprises a portion of the ESI data for South Florida. ESI data characterize the marine and coastal environments and wildlife by their sensitivity to spilled oil. The ESI data include information for three main components: shoreline habitats, sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources. See also the ESIP (ESI shoreline polygons) and HYDRO (Hydrography lines and polygons) data layers, part of the larger South Florida ESI database, for additional shoreline information.

Distribution Information

Access Constraints:

None

Use Constraints:

DO NOT USE MAPS FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES.

Besides the above warning, there are no use constraints on these data. Note that the ESI database should not be used to the exclusion of other pertinent data or information held by state or federal agencies or other organizations. Likewise, information contained in the database cannot be used in place of consultations with environmental, natural resource, and cultural resource agencies, or in place of field surveys. Recognize that the information contained in the ESI database represents known concentration areas or occurrences of natural, cultural, and human-use resources, but does not necessarily represent the full distribution or range of each species or resource. This is particularly important to recognize when considering potential impacts to protected resources, such as endangered species, wetlands, etc. Acknowledgment of the originators, publishers, contributors, and sources listed would be appreciated in products derived from these data.

Controlled Theme Keywords

biota, environment

Child Items

Type Title
Entity ESIL.AAT
Entity SOURCES

Contact Information

Point of Contact
ESI Program Manager
orr.esi@noaa.gov

Metadata Contact
ESI Program Manager
orr.esi@noaa.gov

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-82.933° W, -80° E, 26.375° N, 24.5° S

Time Frame 1
1999 - 2011

Item Identification

Title: Sensitivity of Coastal Environments and Wildlife to Spilled Oil: South Florida: ESIL (ESI Shoreline Types - Lines)
Short Name: fl_south_esil
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2013-04
Abstract:

The ESIL data set contains vector lines representing the shoreline and coastal habitats of South Florida classified according to the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) classification system. This data set comprises a portion of the ESI data for South Florida. ESI data characterize the marine and coastal environments and wildlife by their sensitivity to spilled oil. The ESI data include information for three main components: shoreline habitats, sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources. See also the ESIP (ESI shoreline polygons) and HYDRO (Hydrography lines and polygons) data layers, part of the larger South Florida ESI database, for additional shoreline information.

Purpose:

The ESI data were collected, mapped, and digitized to provide environmental data for oil spill planning and response. The Clean Water Act with amendments by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 requires response plans for immediate and effective protection of sensitive resources.

Notes:

1740

Other Citation Details:

Prepared by Research Planning, Inc., Columbia, South Carolina for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service, Office of Response and Restoration, Emergency Response Division, Seattle, Washington.

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
ISO 19115 Topic Category
biota
ISO 19115 Topic Category
environment
UNCONTROLLED
NOS Data Explorer Topic Category Environmental Monitoring
None Coastal resources
None Coastal Zone Management
None Environmental Monitoring
None ESI
None Oil spill planning
None Sensitivity maps
None Shoreline types
None Wildlife

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None South Florida

Physical Location

Organization: Office of Response and Restoration
City: Silver Spring
State/Province: MD

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Maintenance Frequency: None Planned
Data Presentation Form: vector digital data
Entity Attribute Overview:

In addition to the geographic data layers, relational attribute or data tables are used to store information in the ESI data structure. (See the Browse-Graphic section for links to entity-relationship diagrams, which describe the relationships between the attribute tables in the ESI data structure.) The ESIL data layer is linked to the data table, SOURCES, using SOURCE_ID and ESI_SOURCE.

Entity Attribute Detail Citation:

A complete description of entity types, attributes, and attribute values for ESI atlases can be found in the NOAA ESI Guidelines (http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_guidelines).

Distribution Liability:

Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by NOAA regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. NOAA warrants the delivery of this product in computer-readable format. If problems are encountered in downloading the ESI data or with file corruption, contact NOAA (see Distributor).

These data represent a snapshot in time and temporal changes may have occurred. The data are not intended to include all biological or human-use resources present in an area; they focus on species and resources particularly sensitive to oiling. In the event of a spill, they should be used for a first assessment only. The data providers are the experts with regard to individual resources. They should be contacted to confirm if more current data exist or if in-depth information is needed about a particular resource.

Data Set Credit: This project was supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R), Emergency Response Division (ERD), Seattle, Washington; the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Coast Guard (USCG), Office of Incident Management and Preparedness, Washington, D.C.; and the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI), Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), St. Petersburg, Florida.

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 520353
Date Effective From: 2013-04
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): ESI Program Manager
Address: 7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115
Email Address: orr.esi@noaa.gov

Distributor

CC ID: 520355
Date Effective From: 2013-04
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): ESI Program Manager
Address: 7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115
Email Address: orr.esi@noaa.gov

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 520356
Date Effective From: 2013-04
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): ESI Program Manager
Address: 7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115
Email Address: orr.esi@noaa.gov

Point of Contact

CC ID: 520354
Date Effective From: 2013-04
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): ESI Program Manager
Address: 7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115
Email Address: orr.esi@noaa.gov

Extents

Currentness Reference: The data were compiled during 2011-2013. The currentness dates for the data range from 1999 to 2011 and are documented in the Lineage section.

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 520359
W° Bound: -82.933
E° Bound: -80
N° Bound: 26.375
S° Bound: 24.5

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 520358
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 1999
End: 2011

Spatial Information

Spatial Representation

Representations Used

Vector: Yes

Vector Representation 1

CC ID: 588669
Curve Object Present?: Yes
Curve Object Count: 736972
Surface Object Present?: Yes
Surface Object Count: 11560

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Procedure:

Contact NOAA if you require the ESI data be provided to you on CD/DVD (see Distributor). ESI data are processed into multiple formats to make them useful to a wider community of GIS/mapping users. Distribution formats include ARC export files, Shapefiles, and a file Geodatabase (the recommended format). The database files are distributed both in the NOAA standard relational database format (see NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS ORCA 115) and in a simplified desktop flat file format. This metadata document includes information on both of these database formats.;

Data Access Constraints:

None

Data Use Constraints:

DO NOT USE MAPS FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES.

Besides the above warning, there are no use constraints on these data. Note that the ESI database should not be used to the exclusion of other pertinent data or information held by state or federal agencies or other organizations. Likewise, information contained in the database cannot be used in place of consultations with environmental, natural resource, and cultural resource agencies, or in place of field surveys. Recognize that the information contained in the ESI database represents known concentration areas or occurrences of natural, cultural, and human-use resources, but does not necessarily represent the full distribution or range of each species or resource. This is particularly important to recognize when considering potential impacts to protected resources, such as endangered species, wetlands, etc. Acknowledgment of the originators, publishers, contributors, and sources listed would be appreciated in products derived from these data.

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 520360
Download URL: http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_download
Distributor:
Description:

Downloadable Data

File Type (Deprecated): Multiple formats

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 520347
URL: http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi
URL Type:
Online Resource

URL 2

CC ID: 520348
URL: http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_download
URL Type:
Online Resource

URL 3

CC ID: 520349
URL: http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_guidelines
URL Type:
Online Resource

URL 4

CC ID: 520350
URL: http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/esimaps/gisdata/SouthFlorida_2013_datafig.jpg
URL Type:
Browse Graphic
Depicts the relationships between spatial data layers and attribute data tables for the South Flo...
File Resource Format: JPEG
Description:

Depicts the relationships between spatial data layers and attribute data tables for the South Florida ESI data.

URL 5

CC ID: 520351
URL: http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/esimaps/gisdata/SouthFlorida_2013_datafig2.jpg
URL Type:
Browse Graphic
Depicts the relationships between spatial data layers and desktop data tables for the South Flori...
File Resource Format: JPEG
Description:

Depicts the relationships between spatial data layers and desktop data tables for the South Florida ESI data.

Activity Log

Activity Log 1

CC ID: 520374
Activity Date/Time: 2014-06-16
Description:

Date that the source FGDC record was last modified.

Activity Log 2

CC ID: 520373
Activity Date/Time: 2017-04-05
Description:

Converted from Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml.pl' script. Contact Tyler Christensen (NOS) for details.

Activity Log 3

CC ID: 588667
Activity Date/Time: 2017-09-13
Description:

Partial upload of Spatial Info section only.

Activity Log 4

CC ID: 606498
Activity Date/Time: 2017-11-01
Description:

Replaced entire Lineage section to populate new Source Contribution field.

Activity Log 5

CC ID: 719511
Activity Date/Time: 2018-02-08
Description:

Partial upload of Positional Accuracy fields only.

Technical Environment

Description:

The software packages used to develop the atlas are Environmental Systems Research Institute's ARC/INFO(R) (version 10.0) and SQL SERVER(R) (version 2005). The hardware configuration is PCs with Windows Operating System 7.

The Spatial_Data_Organization Information section refers only to the source files in the ARC export format. The following files are included in the data set: benthic.e00, birds.e00, esil.e00, esip.e00, fish.e00, habitats.e00, hydro.e00, index.e00, invert.e00, m_mammal.e00, mgt.e00, mgt_fish.e00, nests.e00, reptiles.e00, socecon.e00, and t_mammal.e00. Associated relational and desktop data tables provided in Arc export and text format are bio_lut.e00, biofile.e00, biores.e00, breed.e00, breed_dt.e00, mgt_fish_dat.e00, mgt_fish_lut.e00, seasonal.e00, soc_dat.e00, soc_lut.e00, sources.e00, species.e00, and status.e00.

Data Quality

Accuracy:

A multi-stage error checking process is used to verify both attribute accuracy and logical consistency throughout data production. The process includes a standardized data entry methodology, hardcopy data review by in-house and external resource experts, a final Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) process, and multiple automated logical consistency checks. Quantitative data (such as densities, counts, abundances, or concentrations) provided by resource experts for inclusion in the data set may vary widely in attribute accuracy, depending upon the methodology used to collect and compile such data. For a more detailed evaluation of source data attribute accuracy, contact the sources listed in the Lineage section.

Horizontal Positional Accuracy:

The spatial location of the ESI shoreline was developed from pre-existing digital sources and reflects the positional accuracy of these original data. The horizontal positional accuracy of the 1:24,000 USGS topographic quads should conform to National Map Accuracy Standards at scales of 1:24,000. The minimum mapping unit (MMU) of the actual shoreline classification segments is estimated at 50 meters where mapping is conducted using 1:24,000 hardcopy fieldmaps. Field verification has shown that the absolute positional accuracy of breaks between shoreline ESI types with a 95-percent error bound is approximately 58 meters. See the Lineage and Process_Description sections for more information on the original source data and how these data were integrated or manipulated to create the final data set.

Completeness Report:

These data represent coastal shorelines and habitats classified according to the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) classification system. See also the ESIP (ESI shoreline polygons) and HYDRO (Hydrography lines and polygons) data layers, part of the larger South Florida ESI database, for additional shoreline information.

Conceptual Consistency:

A multi-stage error checking process, described in the above Attribute_Accuracy_Report, is used to verify both attribute accuracy and logical consistency throughout data production. This process includes multiple automated logical consistency checks that test the files for missing or duplicate data, rules for proper coding, GIS topological consistencies (such as dangles, unnecessary nodes, etc.), and SQL SERVER(R) to ARC/INFO(R) consistencies. After the data are delivered to NOAA, they are again subjected to a number of quality and consistency checks.

Lineage

Sources

FWC_IMAGERY_WEB

CC ID: 606500
Contact Name: MARINE RESOURCE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM, FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (FWC)
Publish Date: 2011-01-01
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2011
Citation URL: http://atoll.floridamarine.org/ArcGIS/rest/services/FWC_Imagery_Web/MapServer
Source Contribution:

ESIL INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: raster digital data | Type of Source Media: ONLINE

LAND COVER/ LAND USE 1999 MAPPING PROJECT

CC ID: 606504
Contact Name: SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT (SFWMD)
Publish Date: 1999-01-01
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 1999
Scale Denominator: 40000
Citation URL: http://my.sfwmd.gov/gisapps/sfwmdxwebdc/dataview.asp?
Source Contribution:

ESIL INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: DIGITAL

OBLIQUE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY

CC ID: 606501
Contact Name: PICTOMETRY INTERNATIONAL CORP.
Publish Date: 2011-01-01
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2010
Source Contribution:

ESIL INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: remote-sensing image | Type of Source Media: ONLINE

OVERFLIGHT OBLIQUE PHOTOGRAPHS

CC ID: 606502
Contact Name: RESEARCH PLANNING, INC. (RPI)
Publish Date: 2010-01-01
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2010
Citation URL: http://esionline.researchplanning.com
Source Contribution:

ESIL INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: remote-sensing image | Type of Source Media: DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH

SOUTH FLORIDA SHORELINE LANDWATER

CC ID: 606499
Contact Name: FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (FWC)
Publish Date: 2011-01-01
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2004
Extent End Date/Time: 2008
Source Contribution:

ESIL INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: ONLINE

SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT LAND USE AND COVER 2004-05

CC ID: 606505
Contact Name: SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT (SFWMD)
Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2004
Extent End Date/Time: 2005
Scale Denominator: 12000
Citation URL: http://www.sfwmd.gov
Source Contribution:

ESIL INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: DIGITAL

STUDY AREA BOUNDARY

CC ID: 606503
Contact Name: RESEARCH PLANNING, INC. (RPI)
Publish Date: 2011-01-01
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2011
Scale Denominator: 24000
Source Contribution:

ESIL INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: DIGITAL

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 606506
Description:

Original ESI maps published in 1996 were re-examined and fully updated using the sources and methods described below. The intertidal shoreline habitats of South Florida were mapped and classified via interpretation of a continuous, overlapping set of georeferenced aerial photographs covering the entire study area. These aerial photographs were obtained via a geographic web server from the Marine Resource Geographic Information System and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC). Also used for classification was a continuous, overlapping sets of georeferenced oblique aerial photographs acquired for Monroe and Miami-Dade counties in 2010 during overflights conducted by Research Planning, Inc. (RPI) at elevations of 400-600 feet and slow air speed. All flights were planned to maximize time on site during the 2.5 hours preceding and the 2.5 hours following peak low tide. An additional imagery source for a continuous, overlapping set of georeferenced oblique aerial photographs in Broward County was Pictometry International Corp. of Rochester, New York. Where appropriate, revisions to the existing shoreline were made and, where necessary, multiple habitats were described for each shoreline segment. See the HYDRO metadata for additional source information for the vector lines attributed with the ESI. The above digital and/or hardcopy sources were compiled to create the ESI data layer. Depending on the type of source data, three general approaches are used for compiling the data layer: 1) hardcopy maps are digitized at their source scale; 2) digital data layers are evaluated and used "as is" or integrated with the hardcopy data sources; and 3) overflight changes are digitized from the scanned and registered hardcopy field maps or aerial photography. After the initial shoreline classification, these data are edgematched and checked for logical consistency errors. Review maps are plotted at 1:24,000 scale for verification of polygonal and linear attributes. See the Lineage section for additional information on the type of source data for this data layer. The compiled ESI, biology, and human-use data are plotted onto hardcopy draft maps. Following the delivery of draft maps to the participating resource experts, a second set of interviews are conducted to review the maps. If necessary, edits to the ESI data layer are made based on the recommendations of the resource experts, and final hardcopy maps and digital data are created.

Process Date/Time: 2013-04-01 00:00:00

Child Items

Rubric scores updated every 15m

Rubric Score Type Title
Entity ESIL.AAT
Entity SOURCES

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 40697
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:40697
Metadata Record Created By: Tyler Christensen
Metadata Record Created: 2017-04-05 14:53+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-05-30 18:09+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2018-02-08
Owner Org: ORR
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2018-02-08
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2019-02-08