Name: Long Island South Shore Benthic Habitat 2018
Display Field: CMECSbio
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) partnered with the New York Department of State (NYDOS), Division of Coastal Resources, contracting Dewberry Engineers Inc. to collect digital mult-spectral imagery and create digital benthic habitat data for the South Shore of Long Island, New York. This process relied upon community engagement in order to help determine optimal flight windows for collection of digital imagery. Local partners provided field logistics in support of ground-truthing efforts that helped inform photo-interpretation and habitat classification activities using the CMECS classification schema. These efforts were important to ensuring the data will support change analysis and habitat monitoring in both local and regional geographies. Dewberry produced Ortho Masaics for 70 tiles covering the area. The orthos were created with a 0.15 meter cell size.