In:
Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Vol. 80, No. 22 ( 1999-06), p. 249-249
Abstract:
A new shoreline database for making geophysical maps is now available to software developers and should expedite the map‐drawing process considerably. The new database, known as Regionally Accessible Nested Global Shorelines (RANGS), attempts to combine the best of the two sets of data most often used in recent years. It follows its forerunners, World Vector Shoreline (WVS) and global self‐consistent hierarchical high‐resolution shorelines (GSHHS),in providing coastline information for computing geophysical maps. Software tools for such maps often require such information, and many make use of WVS data, originally issued by the U.S. Defense Mapping Agency in 1988. WVS data are organized in 1°×1° cells covering the entire globe and depicting either only water or only land or coastlines.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0096-3941
,
2324-9250
Language:
English
Publisher:
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Publication Date:
1999
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24845-9
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2118760-5
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240154-X
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16,13
