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Distance to Coast

Distance to Coast

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Full Citation

Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, A Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Shoreline Database, J. Geophys. Res., 101, #B4, pp. 8741-8743, 1996.

Description

Distance to coast (on land only), measured in meters. Derived using World Vector Shorelines.

Distance is only measured for land. Pixels in the ocean will always have a distance of zero.

Source

GSHHG: A Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Geography Database

http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pwessel/gshhg/

Tags

accessibility, other, raster

Last Updated in GeoQuery

2017-09-22