Coastal habitats classification

The datased comprising classification of the coastal areas of Turks and Caicos. The dataset covers the area of land that extends between shoreline and coastline as well as from the coastline inland to the first major change in the terrain features, which are not influenced by the coastal processes. It includes beaches, tidal areas, dunes, cliffs, etc.

The data can be visualised at: https://webgis.gov.tc

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Coastal habitats classification (shapefile zip)ZIP
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Coastal areas classificationGeoJSON
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Additional Info

Field	Value
Last Updated	February 25, 2021, 17:59 (UTC)
Created	October 29, 2020, 20:13 (UTC)
Region	TC
Language	eng
Topic Category	Biota; flora and/or fauna in natural environment
Temporal Extent Start	2019-11-01
Temporal Extent End	2020-04-29
Dataset Reference Date	2020
Lineage	The coastal habitats were identified using google earth and bing imagery, aerial and satellite images available in DECR, and Turks and Caicos Terrestrial Habitat Map. The layer is in progress and it is not finalized yet.
West Longitude	-72.48278
South Latitude	21.17765
East Longitude	-71.07836
North Latitude	21.96247
Spatial Reference System	WGS84
Responsible Organisation Name	Department of Environment and Coastal Resources
Contact Mail Address	mgorny@saeri.ac.fk
Responsible Party Role	resource provider, custodian, owner, user, distributor, originator, point of contact, processor, publisher and author
Access Limitations	Open access
Use Constraints	Open
Data Format	shape
Update Frequency	as needed
Accuracy	2-10m
Resource Type	Dataset
Metadata Date	2020-04-29
Metadata Point of Contact	mgorny@saeri.ac.fk
Contact Consent	Contact details published