The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument (NWHI-MNM) was designated by Presidential Proclamation 8031, June 15th 2006. The legal boundaries for the NWHI-MNM are defined within the Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 122 / Monday, June 26, 2006 / Presidential Documents pages 36454 - 36475. The GIS compatible digital boundary files for the NWHI-MNM are representations of those legal boundaries and are based on the best available data.
The GIS compatible digital files are provided to promote an understanding of the boundaries of the NWHI-MNM. They are based on the legal definition of the NWHI-MNM as defined in the Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 122 / Monday, June 26, 2006 / Presidential Documents pages 36454 - 36475. These digital files are not intended and should not be relied upon for use in navigation or legal purposes. For legal questions relating to the digital files, please contact NWHI-MNM at the information provided in this metadata record.
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NOT FOR LEGAL USE. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. These data are NOT for navigational use. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from NOAA / Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument; and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. NOAA shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.
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The attributes in this dataset are believed to be accurate
The data was topologically cleaned
Where possible, the entire outer boundary for the Marine National Monument is represented by this digital file.
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148 individual Latitude and Longitude coordinates from the Code of Federal Regulations Vol. 71, No 122, 06/26/2006, pages 36454-36457 describing the outer boundary coordinates for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument were copied to a text file and imported into a GIS program. The points were then used to create the outer boundary polygon. See "Process Step" section.
The geographic boundary coordinates listed within the Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 122 / Monday, June 26, 2006 / Presidential Documents pages 36454 - 36475 were converted to a text file. A point file was generated using ArcGIS (Arc/Info). The points were connected to create a polygon of the outer boundary of the Marine National Monument. For additional information please contact the NWHI-MNM GIS specialist.
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Users must assume responsibility to determine the appropriate use of these data. These boundaries are not to be used as LEGAL definitions. The boundaries are created with the most recent and accurate boundary information available, but the edges and/or borders of the boundaries may change due to the natural land changes, site boundary modification or higher resolution maps. Therefore, the currency or accuracy of these boundaries cannot be guaranteed.
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument Digital Boundary file is available for public consumption from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument through their internet site. Because URL addresses and pages change, the actual data URL is not listed here, but will be searchable within the site (http://www.hawaiireef.noaa.gov). Requests may also be made through the NWHI GIS Specialist, see contact information for details.
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