Pilot Boarding Areas, Northeast United States, 2009-2013

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Abstract/Contents

Abstract: Pilot boarding areas are locations at sea where pilots familiar with local waters board incoming vessels to navigate their passage to a destination port. Pilotage is compulsory for foreign vessels and U.S. vessels under register in foreign trade with specific draft characteristics. Pilot boarding areas are represented by a 0.5 nautical mile radius around a coordinate point unless the Coast Pilot specifically designates a different radius or boarding area boundary. This dataset does not contain information regarding the hazards and considerations necessary to approach each port. The primary source material is the United States Coast Pilot. Additional information was derived from the Office of Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management’s pilot boarding area dataset, which consists of information acquired from pilot associations in 2009. Northeast Ocean Data plans to engage with pilot associations in 2014 to confirm the location and boarding area sizes in order to finalize the dataset.
Purpose: This datasets is intended to support region-scale ocean planning activities.

Type of resource	cartographic, software, multimedia
Form	Shapefile
Extent	0.072
Publisher	Northeast Ocean Data
Publication date	2014
Language	English
Digital origin	born digital
Map data	Scale not given. ; EPSG::4269 W 73°49ʹ6ʺ--W 66°51ʹ53ʺ/N 44°58ʹ--N 40°26ʹ17ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326

Creator	Applied Science Associates

Subject	Pilots and pilotage
Subject	Maine
Subject	New York (State)
Subject	Massachusetts
Subject	Atlantic Ocean
Subject	Block Island Sound (R.I.)
Subject	Buzzards Bay (Mass. : Bay)
Subject	Cobscook Bay (Me.)
Subject	Frenchman Bay (Me.)
Subject	Cape Cod Bay (Mass.)
Subject	Rhode Island Sound (Mass. and R.I.)
Subject	New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
Subject	Maine, Gulf of
Subject	Montauk (N.Y.)
Subject	Massachusetts Bay (Mass.)
Subject	2009-2013
Subject	Oceans
Subject	Environment
Subject	Transportation
Genre	Geospatial data
Genre	Cartographic dataset

Use limitation	Not to be used for navigation
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/yh313jp8747

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: Applied Science Associates. (2014). Pilot Boarding Areas, Northeast United States, 2009-2013. Northeast Ocean Data. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/yh313jp8747.

Northeast Ocean Data : Maps and data for ocean planning in the northeastern United States

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