Dataset: Shorelines of Wallops Island, Virginia, 2016-2024
Document Type
Data
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Publication Date
2024
Data Access
File type: Zip, ESRI shapefile. Data is saved in an ArcGIS Pro 2.9.0 geodatabase, stored in a .zip file.
Abstract
This dataset contains shoreline polylines of Wallops Island, Virginia, delineated from Planet Labs satellite imagery. The data spans from October 2016 to 2024, with initial quarterly imagery increasing to monthly observations beginning in April 2019. The imagery resolution is 3 meters, enabling detailed and accurate shoreline delineation. The wet-dry line was traced in ArcGIS Pro to capture temporal changes in the island’s coastal boundary. Shorelines were traced and are stored in the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 18N coordinate system.
Time Period Beginning: 2016-10-16 Time Period End: 2024-08-01
Description
VIMS Coastal Geology Lab, VIMS Coastal and Ocean Processes Section
Keywords
Wallops Island, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia Eastern Shore, shoreline change, beach change, coastal erosion, Planet Labs, time-series data, ArcGIS Pro, coastal monitoring, environmental change, geospatial data, remote sensing, coastal dynamics
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Publication Statement
This is an open-access database licensed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). The use, distribution, or reproduction in other forms is permitted, provided the original author(s) and copyright owner(s) are credited in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution, or reproduction is permitted for commercial purposes or in any manner that does not comply with these terms.
Funding
Access to Planet data was provided through Planet's Education and Research Program. Funding for researchers provided by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and is supported by the U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Hazards Resources Program under the Integrated Geomorphic Assessment of Virginia Eastern Shore Barrier Islands project.
Recommended Citation
Kivimaki, Katherine E.; Hein, Emily A.; and Hein, Christopher J., "Dataset: Shorelines of Wallops Island, Virginia, 2016-2024" (2024). Data. William & Mary.
