Document of bibliographic reference 245461

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Bibliographic resource

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Journal article

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Title

Feasibility of a worldwide coastal reference and coding system based on the IHO ocean and seas definition

Abstract

Coastlines form the geometric basis of common GISs. For example, country borders must match the coastline, rivers flow up to the coastline, and a variety of legislation applies up to a defined distance from the coastline. In this article, we propose a well-defined coastline in a structured GIS format that complies with the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) ocean and sea definitions. Once this line structure has been defined and digitized to an agreed accuracy, it may be used as a building block—for example, for matching river mouths and country borders to the coastline—and for additional functions such as creating a hydrographic coding system. A coding mechanism has been developed based on available mathematical formulas, which enables the rapid computation of similar codes based on any high-quality geometric data. An application of the system is demonstrated in order to assess how grouping and ordering data along a coastline may be explored. Analysis of the coding system also enables an assessment of how coastline length can be compared with data originating from different sources and/or morphology.

WebOfScience code

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000360936200025

Bibliographic citation

de Jager, A.L. (2015). Feasibility of a worldwide coastal reference and coding system based on the IHO ocean and seas definition. J. Coast. Res. 31(5): 1284-1294. http://dx.doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-14-00189.1

Topic

Marine

Is peer reviewed

true