Layer Name:       Coral Reefs (from NOAA Nautical Charts)

Shapefile Name:   CoralReefs_nc

Layer Type:       Polygon

Status:           Complete

Geog. Extent:     Main Hawaiian Islands

Projection:       Universal Trans Mercator, Zone 4 (Meters)

Datum:            NAD 83

Description:      This dataset contains those coral reefs located in marine
                  waters within the vicinity of the main Hawaiian Islands and
                  recorded on the nautical charts.

Source :   NOAA Nautical Charts	

History:   The raster nautical charts were first reprojected from
           their original projection/datum to UTM Zone 4, NAD 83 using
           NOAA's Nautical Chart Reprojector v1.8.3. NOAA's ArcView
           ChartViewer extension was used to display the reprojected
           nautical charts in ArcView v3.2. Subject areas were then
           digitized off the individual nautical charts and merged
           into a single dataset/shapefile which covers the entire state.
           Completed December, 2002.


		
Attributes: Polygons:
		
            AREA             Area of polygon in square meters
            PERIMETER        Perimeter of polygon in meters
            ID               Polygon ID
            ACRES            Area of polygon in acres
            CHART1           Source chart from which object was digitized
            CHART2           Secondary source chart from which object was digitized
            NOTES            Notes pertaining to individual objects as reported on the
                             nautical charts
            SOURCETHM        Xtools generated during "merge themes" process
           

NOTE:
  Data not to be used for navigational purposes. Data were not 
  reviewed or authenticated by the Office of Coast Survey, 
  NOAA National Ocean Service. NOAA is not responsible for the
  use of these data as a navigational tool.
		      
		
Contact:    Joan Delos Santos, Office of Planning, State of Hawaii, 
            PO Box 2359, Honolulu, Hi.  96804; (808) 587-2895.
            email:  JDelos_Santos@dbedt.hawaii.gov