Digital Shoreline Analysis System version 4.3 Transects with Short-Term End Point Rate Calculations for Georgia (GA)
type: Dataset
description: Sandy ocean beaches are a popular recreational destination, often surrounded by communities containing valuable real estate. Development is on the rise despite the fact that coastal infrastructure is subjected to flooding and erosion. As a result, there is an increased demand for accurate information regarding past and present shoreline changes. To meet these national needs, the Coastal and Marine Geology Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is compiling existing reliable historical shoreline data along open-ocean sandy shores of the conterminous United States and parts of Alaska and Hawaii under the National Assessment of Shoreline Change project. There is no widely accepted standard for analyzing shoreline change. Existing shoreline data measurements and rate calculation methods vary from study to study and prevent combining results into state-wide or regional assessments. The impetus behind the National Assessment project was to develop a standardized method of measuring changes in shoreline position that is consistent from coast to coast. The goal was to facilitate the process of periodically and systematically updating the results in an internally consistent manner.
issued: 2025-11-22T20:42:00.092944
modified: 20200810
spatial: Location
contact point: Organization
  fn: E.A. Himmelstoss
keyword: accretion
keyword: amerigeo
keyword: amerigeoss
keyword: atlantic-coast
keyword: ckan
keyword: cmgp
keyword: coastal-and-marine-geology-program
keyword: coastal-processes
keyword: cumberland-island
keyword: digital-shoreline-analysis-system
keyword: dsas
keyword: effects-of-coastal-change
keyword: end-point-rate
keyword: environment
keyword: erosion
keyword: ga
keyword: geo
keyword: georgia
keyword: geoscientificinformation
keyword: geoss
keyword: historic-shoreline
keyword: jekyll-island
keyword: national
keyword: national-assessment-of-shoreline-change-project
keyword: north-america
keyword: oceans
keyword: sapelo-island
keyword: savannah-river
keyword: sea-island
keyword: shoreline
keyword: shoreline-accretion
keyword: shoreline-erosion
keyword: short-term-shoreline-change-rate
keyword: st-catherines-island
keyword: transect
keyword: tybee-island
keyword: u-s-geological-survey
keyword: united-states
keyword: usgs
keyword: usgs-58b8905de4b01ccd5500c29b
keyword: wassaw-island
keyword: whcmsc
keyword: woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
theme: {geospatial}

Digital Data
type: Distribution
description: Landing page for access to the data
format: XML
issued: 2022-07-07T15:42:16.508315
modified: 2025-11-22T20:42:00.072497
access URL: https://doi.org/10.5066/F74X55X7
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type: Distribution
description: The metadata original format
format: XML
issued: 2022-07-07T15:42:16.508303
modified: 2025-11-22T20:42:00.072074
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US Migrating
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