Data Cross-walk Between the ShoreZone Coastal Habitat Mapping System and Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification System (CMECS)
March 31, 2010
This project tested the potential for transferring ShoreZone data to the new Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification System. ShoreZone is a relatively mature coastal habitat mapping system with nearly 100,000 km of contiguous coastline mapped.
This project tested the potential for transferring ShoreZone data to the new Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification System (CMECS). ShoreZone is a relatively mature coastal habitat mapping system with nearly 100,000 km of contiguous coastline mapped in Alaska, British Columbia, and Washington. If such a data cross-walk is possible, a substantial CMECS dataset could be created from existing data.