GFW Data Analysis and Collection

[cjthomas730]

1. Territorial Sea Zone
   • buffer global boundaries layer 12 nautical miles
   • define the layer as 12 nautical miles from shore, for general purposes, borders not precise
   • legal definition
2. Contiguous Sea Zone
   • buffer global boundaries layer 24 nautical miles
   • define layer as 24 nautical miles from shore, for general purposes
   • legal definition
3. Exclusive Economic Zones
   • display contested boundaries with dashed lines
   • display areas of overlap with dashed lines
4. Bathymetry
   • hillshade underlay
   • continental shelf extrapolation?

Data Sources:

EEZ's -- Marine and land zones: the union of world country boundaries and EEZ's
http://marineregions.org/downloads.php#iho
Global Country Boundaries -- World Country Admin Boundary Shapefile with FIPS Codes
http://geocommons.com/overlays/33578.html
ETOPO1 Bedrock from NOAA --
https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/global/global.html