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Summary

Short Citation
Office for Coastal Management, 2024: North American Submarine Cable Association Submarine Cables, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/48900.
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Abstract

These data show the locations of in-service and out-of-service submarine cables that are owned by members of NASCA and located in U.S. territorial waters. More information on the cables can be found in the "Source Info" under the Uses and Metadata link. Other cables may exist in U.S. waters that are owned by non-NASCA members; those may be found in the "NOAA Charted Submarine Cables" dataset. Cable locations within 100 meters of land were removed from the dataset at the request of NASCA. Data shown here are not available for download at the request of the owners. Additional information can be found at http://www.n-a-s-c-a.org/; those requiring more detailed submarine telecom cable charting information are requested to submit any requests for information to CableCharts@n-a-s-c-a.org.

Distribution Information

Access Constraints:

None

Use Constraints:

For coastal and ocean planning

Controlled Theme Keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT, oceans, planningCadastre, utilitiesCommunication

Child Items

No Child Items for this record.

Contact Information

Point of Contact
NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
coastal.info@noaa.gov
(843) 740-1202

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-179.973504° W, -63.697033° E, 61.188667° N, 15.091864° S

Time Frame 1
2015-08

Item Identification

Title: North American Submarine Cable Association Submarine Cables
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2015-08
Abstract:

These data show the locations of in-service and out-of-service submarine cables that are owned by members of NASCA and located in U.S. territorial waters. More information on the cables can be found in the "Source Info" under the Uses and Metadata link. Other cables may exist in U.S. waters that are owned by non-NASCA members; those may be found in the "NOAA Charted Submarine Cables" dataset. Cable locations within 100 meters of land were removed from the dataset at the request of NASCA. Data shown here are not available for download at the request of the owners. Additional information can be found at http://www.n-a-s-c-a.org/; those requiring more detailed submarine telecom cable charting information are requested to submit any requests for information to CableCharts@n-a-s-c-a.org.

Purpose:

To support ocean planning activities pursuant to the Executive Order Regarding the Ocean Policy to Advance the Economic, Security, and Environmental Interests of the United States, the Energy Policy Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Rivers and Harbors Act, and the Coastal Zone Management Act.

Supplemental Information:

If more detailed submarine telecom cable charting information is required, requests should be submitted to CableCharts@n-a-s-c-a.org.

Original contact information:

Contact Org: North American Submarine Cable Association (NASCA)

Title: Secretariat

Phone: 1.973.615.2430

Email: secretariat@n-a-s-c-a.org

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
ISO 19115 Topic Category
planningCadastre
ISO 19115 Topic Category
utilitiesCommunication
UNCONTROLLED
None infrastructure

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
UNCONTROLLED
None Atlantic
None Bahamas
None California
None Caribbean
None Florida
None Massachusetts
None New Jersey
None New York
None Oregon
None Pacific
None Puerto Rico
None United States
None Washington

Physical Location

Organization: Office for Coastal Management
City: Charleston
State/Province: SC

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Maintenance Frequency: None Planned
Distribution Liability:

https://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html

Data Set Credit: North American Submarine Cable Association, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, NOAA Office for Coastal Management

Support Roles

Point of Contact

CC ID: 653133
Date Effective From: 2015-08
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone: (843) 740-1202
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov

Extents

Currentness Reference: Publication Date

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 653138
W° Bound: -179.973504
E° Bound: -63.697033
N° Bound: 61.188667
S° Bound: 15.091864

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 653137
Time Frame Type: Discrete
Start: 2015-08

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Constraints:

None

Data Use Constraints:

For coastal and ocean planning

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 653139
Download URL: https://marinecadastre.gov/data/
Distributor:
Description:

MarineCadastre.gov Data Registry

Activity Log

Activity Log 1

CC ID: 653160
Activity Date/Time: 2016-07-13
Description:

Date that the source FGDC record was last modified.

Activity Log 2

CC ID: 653159
Activity Date/Time: 2017-11-14
Description:

Converted from FGDC Content Standard 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: 717424
Activity Date/Time: 2018-02-08
Description:

Partial upload of Positional Accuracy fields only.

Technical Environment

Description:

ArcGIS Server tile cache service

Data Quality

Horizontal Positional Accuracy:

Source data for cable locations are based upon the best available information from cable owners and NASCA members. Data are considered authoritative and no testing was conducted on cable locations, except to confirm that cable segments were screened out within 100 meters of landfall. Tile cache service positional accuracy is based upon the precision inherent within ArcGIS Server's tiling scheme.

Completeness Report:

This web service shows cable systems in U.S. territorial waters that are under NASCA jurisdiction. Cable segments which extend beyond the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) were eliminated; however in general cables which exited and then reentered U.S. waters were retained. One cable which makes landfall outside the EEZ just south of California was retained, and trans-oceanic cables in the Pacific Ocean were cut off at a longitude of -180 degrees. This web service does not contain information on submarine cables not under the jurisdiction of NASCA.

Conceptual Consistency:

All cable segments are topologically consistent.

Lineage

Sources

Cables

CC ID: 653123
Contact Name: Pacific Marine Systems
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2014
Source Contribution:

Shapefiles containing information from NASCA RPLs, screened out within 100 meters of landfall. | Type of Source Media: geospatial data

NASCA Cable System RPLs 2014

CC ID: 653122
Contact Name: North American Submarine Cables Association
Publish Date: 2014-01-01
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2015-02-19
Source Contribution:

Spreadsheets of Route Position Lists (RPLs) for NASCA cable systems | Type of Source Media: spreadsheet

NASCA Member Submarine Cable System Maps

CC ID: 653124
Contact Name: NASCA
Publish Date: 2014-01-01
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2015-01
Citation URL: http://www.n-a-s-c-a.org/cable-maps/
Source Contribution:

PDF maps showing cable systems with labeling | Type of Source Media: online

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 653125
Description:

Submarine cable locations were received as Route Position Lists (RPLs) from NASCA and in geospatial format from Pacific Marine Systems, which generated GIS products from the same RPL information. The geospatial data was compared with the NASCA RPLs to ensure cable segments were screened out within 100 meters of the landfall location. Cable segments that extended west beyond -180 were removed, and cables that exited and did not reenter U.S. territorial waters were clipped at the EEZ boundary. Cables that exited and reentered U.S. territorial waters remained intact.

NASCA cables in the Mid-Atlantic were styled for publication as a tile cache service on ArcGIS Server using cartographic rendering techniques and annotation at select scales. Annotation was created at the scales 1:577791, 1:288895, and 1:144448, and where necessary were manually place along cable segments. Published charts from NASCA's website were used as a guide during the styling process to ensure cable name and owner were depicted accurately.

Process Date/Time: 2015-04-22 00:00:00
Source: NASCA Cable System RPLs 2014

Process Step 2

CC ID: 653126
Description:

Upon completion of a review for the Mid-Atlantic tile cache by NOAA and NASCA personnel, this process was extended to all nationwide NASCA cables.

Process Date/Time: 2015-07-10 00:00:00
Source: NASCA Cable System RPLs 2014

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 48900
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:48900
Metadata Record Created By: Anne Ball
Metadata Record Created: 2017-11-14 15:56+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: OCM
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