digital coast an enabling platform for coastal communities
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Digital Coast
An Enabling Platform forCoastal Communities
Coastal Populations
U.S. Coastal Watershed Counties:
< 20 percentof total land area
52 percentof total population
Coastal Economies
In 2011, the economy of U.S. coastal shoreline counties
produced
51 millionjobs and
$6.6 trillionin GDP
Barriers
• Coastal data availability• Data integration and
accessibility• Intergovernmental
coordination• Non-techie tools• Relevant training• Outreach and awareness
Digital Coast
• Approach: Bring the geospatial and coastal management communities together
• Outcome: A constituent-driven, integrated, enabling platform supporting coastal resource management that is used
Digital Coast Partnership
• American Planning Association• Association of State Floodplain
Managers• Coastal States Organization• National Association of Counties• National Estuarine Research
Reserve Association• National States Geographic
Information Council• The Nature Conservancy• Urban Land Institute• NOAA Office for Coastal
Management
A Sampling of Our Contributors
Federal• NOAA• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers• U.S. Geological Survey
State• Mississippi State Coordinating Council
for Remote Sensing and GIS• Maryland Department of
Natural Resources
Academic• University of South Carolina• University of Hawaii
Nongovernmental• Resources for the Future• Management Association for
Private Photogrammetric Surveyors
Private• Dewberry • Fugro EarthData• PhotoScience• The Baldwin Group• Woolpert
Digital Coast Data
• Over 65 terabytes of high-resolution elevation data, land cover data, and orthoimagery
• 200-plus Web-mapping services
• Linkages to over 40 national-level coastal data sets
Digital Coast Tools
• An inventory of over 50 decision-support and information visualization tools
• Many provide visualization and analysis capabilities without the need for GIS software
Coastal County Snapshots
Sea Level Rise Viewer
Coastal County Snapshots
CanVis
Digital Coast Training
• 22 training courses, including many Web-based options
• An archive of recorded webinars highlighting Digital Coast tools and data
Stories from the Field
• Over 100 place-based narratives highlighting the application of Digital Coast resources to coastal management issues
• Focus on partners and outcomes
Topics
Comprehensive information resources providing context and direction to facilitate use and application
Climate Adaptation
Water Quality
Green Infrastructure
Digital Coast - An Enabling PlatformFacilitating Use and Application
DISCOVER
Information on the C-CAP land
cover data set on the
Digital Coast website
DOWNLOAD
Land cover data for
your community via the Data
Access Viewer
MAP
Develop mash-ups with ESRI and OGC
map services
ANALYZE
Change in your county
with the Land Cover
Atlas
LEARN
From data experts through recorded webinars
SHARE
Outcomes with others
though Stories in the Field
DATA INFORMATION ACTION
Demonstrating Value to the Nation
Benefits will be
5.1 timesthe amount of costs
411 percent return on investment
Net present value through FY28 will be
$ 117.4 million
FY16 annual benefit projection of
$7.42 million
Connect with the Digital Coast
www.coast.noaa.gov/DigitalCoast
www.facebook.com/NOAADigitalCoast
@NOAADigCoast