Office of Coast Survey Wrecks and Obstructions Database

Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
The Office of Coast Survey's Wrecks and Obstructions database contains information on the identified submerged wrecks and obstructions within the U.S. maritime boundaries. The data includes the position of each feature (latitude and longitude) along with a brief description. Information to populate the database comes from what is currently available on the electronic navigational chart (ENC) and Coast Survey's Automated Wrecks and Obstructions Information System (AWOIS) database.
Citation
Title Office of Coast Survey Wrecks and Obstructions Database
creation  Date   2014-06-01
Edition Various
presentationForm  mapDigital
cited responsible party - principalInvestigator
individual Name Micah Wengren
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCS
Contact information
Address
1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910 Country USA
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCS
Contact information
Address
1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910 Country USA
Topic Category:  oceans,transportation,location
Keywords:
Location keywords:
United States
thesaurus name >
Title None
Theme keywords (theme):
Wrecks
Obstructions
Navigation
Bathymetry
Historical
ENC
Nautical Charting
thesaurus name >
Title None
purpose:
The Office of Coast Survey is responsible for charting the Nation's waterways to ensure safe marine transportation and navigation. Hydrographic surveying is a critical component of this process. The AWOIS and charted (Electronic Navigational Charts - ENCs) wrecks and obstructions have been identified over the course of OCS' history and cataloged in a database for use in survey planning and also for inclusion on the nautical chart suite. The database and associated mapping services are provided to the public as a related service for general usage.
Browse image (thumbnail):
thumbnail file name:  ...
Resource language:  eng; USA
Resource progress code:  onGoing
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  asNeeded
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints  otherRestrictions
use constraint:  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Access Constraints: None. Use Constraints: The database records are not comprehensive. There are wrecks that do not appear on the nautical charts and wrecks on the nautical charts that do not appear in the historical records. Updates to database are limited, with priority given to wrecks that may be hazards to navigation. We have removed reported wrecks that have been salvaged or disproved by further investigation. Distribution Liability: None
Spatial representation type code:  vector
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -180
eastBoundLongitude  167
northBoundLatitude  72
southBoundLatitude  -65
Temporal Extent
The AWOIS database was initiated in 1981 and continues to be maintained, however maintenance may be discontinued at some future time. ENC wreck features will reflect the most recent charted features on OCS' ENCs 1981-01-01
Additional information on resource:
The data layers in this data set consist of: Automated Wrecks and Obstructions Information System (AWOIS) wreck features and navigational obstruction features, as well as Electronic Naviational Charts (ENC) wreck features. The attribution across each feature type has been standardized to be consistent. Not all attribution will be present for each feature in each layer, due to the differing sources that have been used to populate the database.
Credits:
point of contact - pointOfContact
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCS
position Name Office of Coast Survey
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1-888-990-NOAA (1-888-990-6622)
Address
1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910 Country USA
electronic Mail Address HSD.Inquiries@noaa.gov
Linkage for online resource
name Coast Survey Product Inquiry System
URL: http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/idrs/inquiry.aspx
Description Link to provide feedback or make an inquiry about an OCS product or service.
hoursOfService 0700-1500 EST ***** (optional / default) *****
Back to top:

Content information: feature catalog description

Included With Dataset  true
Feature Types  recrd
Feature Types  vesslterms
Feature Types  feature_type
Feature Types  chart
Feature Types  latdec
Feature Types  londec
Feature Types  gp_quality
Feature Types  gp_source
Feature Types  depth
Feature Types  sounding_type
Feature Types  yearsunk
Feature Types  history
Feature Types  fid
Feature Types  quasou
Feature Types  watlev
Feature Types  geom
Back to top

Reference system information

Reference System Identifier
Identifier string: urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4269
authority
Title North American Datum 1983
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  European Petroleum Survey Group
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name European Petroleum Survey Group Geodetic Parameter Registry
URL: http://www.epsg-registry.org/
link function search
Description Registry that accesses the EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset, which is a structured dataset of Coordinate Reference Systems and Coordinate Transformations.
Back to top

Scope of quality information
scope level  dataset
Completeness Commission
evaluation Method Description  The database records are not comprehensive. There are wrecks that do not appear on the nautical charts and wrecks on the nautical charts that do not appear in the historical records. Updates to database are limited, with priority given to wrecks that may be hazards to navigation. We have removed reported wrecks that have been salvaged or disproved by further investigation

Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCS
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1-888-990-NOAA (1-888-990-6622)
Address
1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910 Country USA
electronic Mail Address HSD.Inquiries@noaa.gov
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/hsd/wrecks_and_obstructions.html
Standard ordering process
fees Free
Ordering Instructions  ****
Format
Format name OCS Wrecks and Obstructions Website
Format version 
Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCS
Standard ordering process
fees No Fees. This is a free service.
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name OCS' Wrecks and Obstructions Database Website
URL: http://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/hsd/wrecks_and_obstructions.html
Description Data access and preview page for OCS Wrecks and Obstructions Database.
Format
Format name Esri ArcGIS REST API Endpoint
Format version 
Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCS
Standard ordering process
fees No Fees. This is a free service.
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name Esri ArcGIS REST API Endpoint - MapService
URL: http://wrecks.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/public_wrecks/Wrecks_And_Obstructions/MapServer
Description Esri ArcGIS REST API endpoint for OCS Wrecks and Obstructions Database (MapService service type)
Format
Format name Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS)
Format version 
Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCS
Standard ordering process
fees No Fees. This is a free service.
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS)
URL: http://wrecks.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/arcgis/services/public_wrecks/Wrecks_And_Obstructions/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS
Description Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS) for OCS Wrecks and Obstructions Database
Format
Format name Open Geospatial Consortium KML File Download
Format version 
Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCS
Standard ordering process
fees No Fees. This is a free service.
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name Open Geospatial Consortium KML File Download
URL: http://wrecks.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/downloads/AWOIS_Wrecks.kml
Description Open Geospatial Consortium KML File Download for AWOIS Wrecks Features
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name Open Geospatial Consortium KML File Download
URL: http://wrecks.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/downloads/ENC_Wrecks.kml
Description Open Geospatial Consortium KML File Download for ENC Wrecks Features
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name Open Geospatial Consortium KML File Download
URL: http://wrecks.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/downloads/AWOIS_Obstructions.kml
Description Open Geospatial Consortium KML File Download for AWOIS Obstructions Features
Format
Format name Microsoft Excel File Download
Format version 
Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCS
Standard ordering process
fees No Fees. This is a free service.
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name Microsoft Excel File Download
URL: http://wrecks.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/downloads/AWOIS_Wrecks.xls
Description Microsoft Excel File Download for AWOIS Wrecks Features
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name Microsoft Excel File Download
URL: http://wrecks.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/downloads/ENC_Wrecks.xls
Description Microsoft Excel File Download for ENC Wrecks Features
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name Microsoft Excel File Download
URL: http://wrecks.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/downloads/AWOIS_Obstructions.xls
Description Microsoft Excel File Download for AWOIS Obstructions Features
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS)
URL: http://wrecks.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/arcgis/services/public_wrecks/Wrecks_And_Obstructions/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities%26service=WMS
Description Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS) for OCS Wrecks and Obstructions Database

Metadata data stamp:  2014-04-25
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  asNeeded
Metadata contact - publisher
individual Name 
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NOS/ACIO
position Name NOS ACIO Metadata Management Team
Contact information
Address
electronic Mail Address nosmetadata@noaa.gov
contact Instructions
The National Ocean Service (NOS) is a Line Office under the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Metadata Management team of the NOS Assistant of the Chief Information Officer (NOS ACIO IT) is responsible for the publication of geospatial metadata published by NOS Program Offices to its NOS Data Explorer Geoportal and the federal clearinghouse, Data.gov geoportal. The NOS Metadata Management team reviews for metadata standards and conventions set down by guidance. NOS Program Office metadata managers author the content of the geospatial metadata. For questions about metadata publication, direct inquiries to the NOS ACIO IT Metadata Management team. The NOS Program Office contact in the Data Identification is the default point of contact for any content inquiries, unless a specific Responsible Party is identified otherwise.
Metadata scope code  dataset
Metadata language  eng; USA
Metadata character set encoding:   utf8
Metadata standard for this record:  ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
standard version:  ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
Metadata record identifier:  gov.doc.noaa.nos.ocs:wrecks_and_obstructions_database

Metadata record format is ISO19139 XML (MD_Metadata)