The Tobin US Vector Shoreline Data set is the first contiguous spatial representation of the United States shoreline. It is derived from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) digital vector data.
The Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA) Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has created a digital vector data set of the contiguous United States shoreline. It is compiled from hundreds of NOAA coast charts comprising over 75,000 nautical miles of coastline.
The digital vector data set is divided into four major regions consisting of West Coast, East Coast, Gulf of Mexico Coast, and Great Lakes Coasts, each of which has multiple sub-regional files. This data was then converted toTobin format and edge-matched between available scales to make a single, contiguous shoreline. The conversion process maintains the integrity of NOAA's Medium Resolution Digital Vector Shoreline and provides an accurate spatial representation of the United States shoreline.
NOAA compiled the shoreline data directly from the most up-to-date coast charts available at the time (1988-1992). The digital shoreline of Florida was obtained from the state and not recreated by the SEA because the shoreline data was created from NOAA nautical charts.
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Derived from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) digital vector data set, which was derived from hundreds of NOAA coast charts
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Tobin provides an accurate spatial representation of the United States shoreline
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The shoreline data is available as ARC/INFO formats, in esport (e00) or shapefile
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Tobin provides the only contiguous United States Shoreline product
The average mapping scale for the entire Medium Resolution Digital Vector Shoreline is approximately 1:70,000.
The shoreline data is available as ARC/INFO coverages in an export file (e00 file) or shapefile formats.
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West Coast
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East Coast
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Gulf of Mexico Coast
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Great Lakes Coasts
