Coastal Zone: Santa Cruz County, California, 2015
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This polygon shapefile depicts the Coastal Zone boundary for the County of Santa Cruz, California. This area was defined by the California Coastal Act of 1976, Division 20 of the California Public Resources Code, as the Coastal Zone. In Santa Cruz County, this zone extends about five miles inland from the North Coast. From Natural Bridges to 41st Avenue in Capitola, it extends about 0.6 miles inland. From Capitola to the south County boundary, it extends to Highway One. This layer is part of a collection of GIS data created for Santa Cruz County, California.
- Purpose
- The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Unit falls under the purview of the County of Santa Cruz Information Services Department. The GIS Unit serves all County departments and external customers and provides data on land, features and people of Santa Cruz County. Santa Cruz County encompasses 4 cities and approximately 265,000 people. This coverage can be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analyses of geospatial data.
Description
Type of resource | cartographic, software, multimedia |
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Form | Shapefile |
Extent | 4.516 |
Place | Santa Cruz, California, US |
Publisher | County of Santa Cruz Information Services Department |
Date valid | 2015 |
Publication date | 2015 |
Language | English |
Digital origin | born digital |
Map data | Scale not given. ; EPSG::2227 W 122°19ʹ2ʺ--W 121°46ʹ15ʺ/N 37°11ʹ39ʺ--N 36°50ʹ32ʺW 122°19ʹ2ʺ--W 121°46ʹ17ʺ/N 37°11ʹ15ʺ--N 36°50ʹ56ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326 |
Creators/Contributors
Creator | Garcia, Paul | |
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Creator | Price, Matt |
Subjects
Subject | Coasts |
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Subject | Coastal mapping |
Subject | Hydrography |
Subject | Santa Cruz County (Calif.) |
Subject | Pacific Ocean |
Subject | 2015 |
Subject | Boundaries |
Subject | Oceans |
Genre | Geospatial data |
Genre | Cartographic dataset |
Bibliographic information
Supplemental information | GIS Layer Number = 14/Originally drawn from source maps provided by the California Coastal Commission. The boundaries were QA'd by a Senior Planning staff member. Purpose: Defines Coastal Zone of Santa Cruz County |
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Use limitation | These data were compiled from many different sources; therefore, the accuracy of the individual layers varies significantly, and some layers do not align exactly with others. In the urban areas, data are generally accurate within five to ten feet of their true geographic coordinates, but in the rural areas, data may be accurate to only within three hundred feet. With these limitations, the County of Santa Cruz disclaims any responsibility for the accuracy or correctness of this data. This disclaimer is exclusive and in lieu of any warranties, fitness for particular purpose, and/or any other type of warranty, whether expressed or implied. |
WGS84 Cartographics | This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection. |
Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/zw441rd2507 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.
- Copyright
- This work is in the Public Domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright.
Preferred citation
- Preferred citation
- County of Santa Cruz Information Services Department. (2015). Coastal Zone: Santa Cruz County, California, 2015. Santa Cruz County, California. Available at http://purl.stanford.edu/zw441rd2507.
Collection
Santa Cruz County, California GIS Maps & Data
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