The Data Explorer provides high-resolution digital shoreline from multi-temporal surveys of our nation's coastline. It provides the following capabilities:

-View available shoreline project boundaries
-View vector shoreline data
-View and download FGDC compliant metadata
-Make printable maps
-Download vector shoreline shapefiles

You may locate shoreline project boundaries, outlined in red (post-1990) or purple (pre-1990), by zooming in (left button click) to States highlighted in yellow.  Use the cursor tools to zoom in, zoom out, or pan until you have located the project your are interested in.  Draw a box around the project(s) of interest using the "Select by Rectangle"    tool.  This will highlight the project outline in green and present you with options to view and download the vector shoreline data or the associated FGDC metadata.  Other methods to locate vector shoreline data are outlined in the online  tutorial .

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