Data
Shoreline
GIS data
Shoreline, vector data, polyline.
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Shoreline, vector data, polyline.
(ZIP archive)
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Methodology
Installation_Guide
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Installation_Guide
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Inventory_Report
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Inventory_Report
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Dataset Structure Description
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Dataset Structure Description
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Data_Access_Conditions
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Data_Access_Conditions
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Coastal Erosion Indicators Study
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Coastal Erosion Indicators Study
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912.33 KB Download file
Quality Manual
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Quality Manual
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639.77 KB Download file
Metadata
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Related websites
- Relation:
- Derived data set: Corine land cover 2000 coastline
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Geographic accuracy:
- EUROSION shoreline has an average accuracy estimated to 50 meters. This accuracy is estimated by comparing the EUROSION shoreline representation with declassified LANDSAT satellite images distributed by NASA. We strongly recommend that the accuracy of EUROSION shoreline is also assessed using IMAGE 2000 data when available.
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Scale of the data set:
- 1:100000
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Rights:
- EUROSION shoreline is a hybrid product derived from various copyrighted and copyright-free data sources. Its use is without restriction within the European Commission.
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Coordinate reference system:
- EPSG:4258
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Data sources
EUROSION was a project commissioned by the General Directorate Environment of the European Commission 2002-2004. The construction of the EUROSION shoreline results from a three-step process: - a baseline shoreline for the whole European coastline has been compiled using different sources of data: (i) the first version of CORINE Coastal Erosion for EU countries as of 1990 (this version was derived from digitisation of topographical maps), (ii) SABE CoastLine at scale 1:100,000 - for countries which joined EU after 1990 and Centre East European Countries, (iii) the World Vector Shoreline (WVS) at scale 1:250,000 for some specific territories such as Crete and other greek islands, Malta, Cyprus, Baltic States and Romania. GISCO 1:1 Million is used to "connect" EU territories (e.g. Slovenia with Greece, Greece and Black Sea region) and complete ultraperipheral regions. - Comparison of the baseline shoreline with declassified LANDSAT satellite images distributed by NASA has made it possible to identify and fill data gaps (especially the delineation of estuaries and missing islands) - The baseline shoreline is then being improved locally as part of the process to produce the layer Geomorphology and geology - (see corresponding section). Improvements are based upon large scale maps (in general 1:50,000).
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Owners:
- Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV)
Additional information
Geographical coverage note: for Turkey, only the shoreline west of Bosporus is included in the dataset. Also, Only EU25 countries with coast are included in the data set.
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For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/shoreline or scan the QR code.
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