Caribbean cruise ports

Source: Lauretta Burke and Jon Maidens and contributing authors: Mark Spalding, Philip Kramer, Edmund Green, Suzie Greenhalgh, Hillary Nobles, Johnathan Kool. 2004. Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean.

Caribbean cruise ports

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Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: World Resources Institute

Publication_Date: 2004

Title: Caribbean cruise ports

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington D.C., United States
Publisher: World Resources Institute

Online_Linkage: <http://reefsatrisk.wri.org>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:: L. Burke and J. Maidens "Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean," (Washington DC, USA: World Resources Institute, 2004)

Description:

Abstract:: Cruise ship ports in the Caribbean and intensity of visitation. This dataset was created on 24th April 2003 and represents all cruise ports in the Wider Caribbean and the number of calls by cruise ships that are scheduled between 1st May 2003 and 1st may 2004. Cruise ships alter their ports of call from year to year and there are other destinations that have not been included in this dataset, as no ships are scheduled.
Purpose:: This dataset was developed for the Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean project.

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Calendar_Date: unknown

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

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West_Bounding_Coordinate: -105.0
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -52.5
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.0
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 2.5

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword: cruise line
Theme_Keyword: port

Place:

Place_Keyword: caribbean
Place_Keyword: central america
Place_Keyword: south america
Place_Keyword: north america
Place_Keyword: insular caribbean
Place_Keyword: gulf of mexico
Place_Keyword: caribbean sea
Place_Keyword: gulf of mexico
Place_Keyword: western atlantic

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

Data set is not for use in litigation. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art, WRI, cannot assume liability for any damages, or misrepresentations, caused by any inaccuracies in the data, or as a result of the data to be used on a particular system. WRI makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.

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Contact_Person: GIS Lab Manager
Contact_Organization: World Resources Institute

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 10 G Street NE Suite 800
City: Washington DC
State_or_Province: District of Columbia
Postal_Code: 20002
Country: United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202 729 7600

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202 729 7775

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: reefsatrisk@wri.org

Hours_of_Service: 9am - 5pm EST

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

This dataset was created on 24th April 2003 and represents cruise ports in the Wider Caribbean and the number of calls by cruise ships that are scheduled between 1st May 2003 and 1st may 2004. Cruise ships alter their ports of call from year to year and there are other destinations that have not been included in this dataset, as no ships are scheduled.

The information for this dataset was derived from the "Choosing Cruising" website <http://www.choosingcruising.co.uk> which lists potential desitantions for holiday makers and thus represents the cruise line schedule at that time.

The base dataset for port locations was the NIMA, World Port Index-Publication 150, 2002. Other locations were georefernced at WRI by digitized onscreen using World Vector Shoreline as the reference.

Process_Date: 2003

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: World Resources Institute

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

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Longitude_Resolution: 0.000000
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

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Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: ports_cruise

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: WPI_NUMBER
Attribute_Definition: world port index dataset id number

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PORT_NAME
Attribute_Definition: name of port

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: TYPE

Attribute_Definition: type of port

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: gateway
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: ports where cruises can start or finish (embarkation ports)

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: port of call
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: places where the cruises stop at

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: INFSATR

Attribute_Definition: port infastructure

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: dock
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: docking facilities for cruise ships, in many cases a pier

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: port
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: location was derived from the NIMA, 2002 dataset

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: anchorage
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: cruise ship anchors and passengers are tendered to shore

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COUNTRY
Attribute_Definition: country where port located

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CALLS
Attribute_Definition:: the number of cruises scheduled between 1st May 2003 and 1st may 2004, as of April 2004 according to <http://www.choosingcruising.co.uk> as of 24th April 2003

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CODE
Attribute_Definition: two letter country code

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LAT
Attribute_Definition: latitude (decimal degrees)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LONG
Attribute_Definition: longitude (decimal degrees)

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Contact_Organization: World Resources Institute

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 10 G Street NE
City: Washington
State_or_Province: DC
Postal_Code: 20002
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-729-7600

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gislab@wri.org

Resource_Description: Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean Data CD

Distribution_Liability:

Although this data set has been used by the World Resources Institute, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by WRI as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by WRI in the use of these data or related materials.

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Technical_Prerequisites:

The data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS® or ArcView® 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing data.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20050126

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: World Resources Institute

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: 10 G Street, NE Suite # 800
City: Washington, DC
State_or_Province: District of Columbia
Postal_Code: 20002
Country: United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202 729 7600

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202 729 7775

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: reefsatrisk@wri.org

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

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