The coverage icludes all beaches on the Hudson River, Long Island Sound and inland water bodies, whether they are open or closed to the public. This coverage was prepared for the County Department of Health. Data was updated August 2003 where it was possible. Beach locations were spatially edited (moved) to be consistent with 2000 aerial photography .
The coverage is intended for general planning purposes only, and may not be appropriate for site specific analysis.
This coverage is in Arc/Info export format. Coordinate System - New York State Plane, FIPS zone: 3101 (Formerly East Zone 4801), Units: Feet, North American Datum 1983. This coverage can be accessed electronically by clicking on the above link, or by visit the Westchester County GIS web site to download this coverage along with additional Westchester County data layers. http://giswww.westchestergov.com
ground condition
None
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Area of feature in internal units squared.
ESRI
Perimeter of feature in internal units.
ESRI
Internal feature number.
ESRI
User-defined feature number.
ESRI
Type of Beach
Private Beach
Public Beach
Reason code for point moved/not moved
Beach was clearly visible in aerial photograph and point was moved to the center.
Point was not moved for one of 2 reasons: 1- it was in correct location; 2- it was not visible on aerial photograph
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