Chatham Shoreline (CUSP)

Line data published as "Continually Updated Shoreline Product" (CUSP) by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to delineate and classify current shorelines and details about type, usage, and anthropogenic activity. Downloaded 5/23/17 Data originally published 8/9/2011 Data last edited January 2015 Shoreline is a foundation data layer that may be used for mapping and charting applications, developing models for tsunamis, storm surge, and coastal flooding as well as predicting sea level change and forecasting pollution trajectories. It can assist decision-makers in developing comprehensive coastal-ready community plans, managing coastal resources, delineating and mitigating hazard events, making projections for wave and wind energy utilization, conducting environmental analyses and monitoring, and more. Data originally created and processed in NAD 1983.