[Talk-us] Remapping coastlines

[Paul Norman]

> From: Toby Murray [mailto:toby.murray at gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 1:22 AM
> To: talk-us
> Subject: [Talk-us] Remapping coastlines
> 
> Paul Norman has been looking at coastlines as it relates to the license
> change. Turns out we have a big problem along the west coast.
> Does anyone know what the best usable source for coastline data in the
> US is? Surely there is something better than PGS? I poked around looking
> at some NHD data but didn't see an explicit coastline data set. But
> since I haven't worked with NHD much and, being in a landlocked state,
> haven't touched coastlines at all I'm looking for some input from
> someone with more experience on the subject.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 

Pictures of the west coast and the great lakes, the two problem areas

http://maps.paulnorman.ca/coastlines-na-lakes.png
http://maps.paulnorman.ca/coastlines-na-west.png

The east coast and gulf aren't too bad in comparison.

Is adopting changesets an option if blars just uploaded PGS data for the
west coast?