Offshore Wind - Ocean Observing Devices (Proposed or Installed)

Tags  BOEM, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Wind, Offshore, Facilities, Infrastructure, Renewable Energy, Ocean Observing Devices

Summary

The location of buoys, meteorological towers, or other data collection devices planned for installation or currently installed.

Description

These data show the lessees’ proposed or installed locations of buoys, meteorological towers, or other observing devices. These data will be updated as new publicly available information is released. Data are provided by the lessee for project planning review and permitting uses.

Credits

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Office of Renewable Energy Programs (OREP)

Use limitations

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Extent

West  -75.430222     East -70.249136
North  41.071025     South 36.357751

Scale Range

Maximum (zoomed in)  1:5,000
Minimum (zoomed out)  1:150,000,000

Topics and Keywords  ▼►

Themes or categories of the resource Oceans, Utilities & Communication

Content type Downloadable Data
Export to FGDC CSDGM XML format as Resource Description No

Citation  ▼►

Title Offshore Wind - Ocean Observing Devices (Proposed or Installed)
Publication date 2022-09-02 00:00:00

Presentation formats ⇔ digital map

Citation Contacts  ▼►

Responsible party - publisher 
Organization's name Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
Individual's name Office of Renewable Energy Programs

Contact information ▼►
Address 
Type 
e-mail address geoseas@boem.gov

Resource Details  ▼►

Dataset languages English (UNITED STATES)
Dataset character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format

Status on-going
Spatial representation type vector

Processing environment Esri ArcGIS 13.0.0.36056

Credits 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Office of Renewable Energy Programs (OREP)

ArcGIS item properties 
Name ⇔
Location ⇔
Access protocol ⇔

Extents  ▼►

Extent 
Geographic extent 
Bounding rectangle 
Extent type 
Extent used for searching
West longitude ⇔ -75.430222
East longitude ⇔ -70.249136
North latitude ⇔ 41.071025
South latitude ⇔ 36.357751
Extent contains the resource ⇔ Yes

Extent in the item's coordinate system 
westBL ⇔ -75.430222
eastBL ⇔ -70.249136
southBL ⇔ 36.357751
northBL ⇔ 41.071025
exTypeCode ⇔ Yes

Resource Points of Contact  ▼►

Point of contact - publisher 
Organization's name Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
Individual's name Office of Renewable Energy Programs

Contact information ▼►
Address 
Type 
e-mail address geoseas@boem.gov

Resource Maintenance  ▼►

Resource maintenance 
Update frequency as needed

Resource Constraints  ▼►

Constraints 
Limitations of use 
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Spatial Reference  ▼►

ArcGIS coordinate system 
Type ⇔ Geographic
Geographic coordinate reference ⇔ GCS_WGS_1984
Coordinate reference details ⇔ 
GeographicCoordinateSystem 
WKID 4326
XOrigin -400
YOrigin -400
XYScale 999999999.99999988
ZOrigin 0
ZScale 1
MOrigin 0
MScale 1
XYTolerance 8.983152841195215e-09
ZTolerance 0.001
MTolerance 0.001
HighPrecision true
LeftLongitude -180
LatestWKID 4326
WKT GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433],AUTHORITY["EPSG",4326]]

Reference system identifier 
Dimension horizontal
Value 4326
Codespace EPSG
Version 6.2(3.0.1)


Spatial Data Properties  ▼►

Vector ▼►
Level of topology for this dataset ⇔ geometry only

Geometric objects 
Feature class name RE.UTL_DATA_COLLECTION_DEVICES
Object type ⇔ point
Object count ⇔ 28
ArcGIS Feature Class Properties ▼►
Feature class name RE.UTL_DATA_COLLECTION_DEVICES
Feature type ⇔ Simple
Geometry type ⇔ Point
Has topology ⇔ FALSE
Feature count ⇔ 28
Spatial index ⇔ TRUE
Linear referencing ⇔ FALSE

Data Quality  ▼►

Scope of quality information ▼►
Resource level feature
Scope description 
Attributes 
Tests for attribute value accuracy have not been performed

Lineage  ▼►

Distribution  ▼►

Distributor ▼►
Contact information - publisher 
Organization's name Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
Individual's name Office of Renewable Energy Programs

Contact information ▼►
Address 
Type 
e-mail address geoseas@boem.gov

Fields  ▼►

Details for object RE.UTL_DATA_COLLECTION_DEVICES ▼►
Type ⇔ Feature Class
Row count ⇔ 28
Definition 
ESRI

Definition source 
ESRI

Field OBJECTID ▼►
Alias ⇔ OBJECTID
Data type ⇔ OID
Width ⇔ 4
Precision ⇔ 10
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description ⇔ 
Internal feature number.

Description source ⇔ 
Esri

Description of values ⇔ 
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Field Shape ▼►
Alias ⇔ Shape
Data type ⇔ Geometry
Width ⇔ 8
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description ⇔ 
Feature geometry.

Description source ⇔ 
Esri

Description of values ⇔ 
Coordinates defining the features.

Field LEASE_NUMBER ▼►
Alias ⇔ BOEM Lease Number
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 50
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Number assigned to a lease by the agency.

Description source 
BOEM

Description of values 
Each Lease Number is based, next number on the list and region, but they are not always consecutive.

Field PROJECT_NAME ▼►
Alias Project Name
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 255
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Current name of the Project as used by the developer.

Description source 
BOEM

Description of values 
Current name of the Project as used by the developer

Beginning date of values 2022-07-29
Ending date of values 2022-08-19

Field PROJECT_PHASE_NUMBER ▼►
Alias ⇔ Project Phase Number
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 10
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
If more than one build phase is to occur, this field can be populated.

Description source 
BOEM

Description of values 
Can be null, contain a number or a special character as the developer chooses

Field DEVICE_ID ▼►
Alias ⇔ Device Identifier
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 50
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0


Field DEVELOPER_NAME ▼►
Alias ⇔ Developer Name
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 255
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Current business name for the lessee.

Description source 
BOEM

Description of values 
Created and often changed by the companies that purchase the leases

Field DEVICE_TYPE ▼►
Alias Device Type
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 255
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
The type of device deployed such as meteorological tower or buoy.

Description source 
BOEM

Description of values 
Many types of devices could be described and no one list will have all possible device types.

Beginning date of values 2022-07-29
Ending date of values 2022-08-19

Field STATUS ▼►
Alias ⇔ Installation Status
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 255
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
The current status of the planned connection.

Description source 
BOEM

List of values 
Value Installed
Description This feature is currently being used or has been built
Enumerated domain value definition source Producer defined

Value Proposed
Description This feature may or may not be used or installed but is part of a plan and may be used or installed once the project is built.
Enumerated domain value definition source Producer defined

Field LATITUDE_NAD83 ▼►
Alias ⇔ Latitude (NAD83)
Data type ⇔ Double
Width ⇔ 8
Precision ⇔ 38
Scale ⇔ 8

Field description 
Y coordinate in decimal degrees.

Description source 
BOEM

Range of values 
Minimum value -90
Maximum value 90

Field LONGITUDE_NAD83 ▼►
Alias ⇔ Longitude (NAD83)
Data type ⇔ Double
Width ⇔ 8
Precision ⇔ 38
Scale ⇔ 8

Field description 
X coordinate in decimal degrees.

Description source 
BOEM

Range of values 
Minimum value -180
Maximum value 180

Field NORTHING ▼►
Alias ⇔ Northing
Data type ⇔ Double
Width ⇔ 8
Precision ⇔ 38
Scale ⇔ 8

Field description 
Y coordinate in UTM meters.

Description source 
BOEM

Description of values 
Any  number representing in meters the distance north or south of the central origin of the cartesian coordinate system used.

Field EASTING ▼►
Alias ⇔ Easting
Data type ⇔ Double
Width ⇔ 8
Precision ⇔ 38
Scale ⇔ 8

Field description 
X coordinate in UTM meters.

Description source 
BOEM

Description of values 
Any  number representing in meters the distance east or west of the central origin of the cartesian coordinate system used.

Field UTM_ZONE ▼►
Alias ⇔ UTM Zone
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 10
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Universal Transverse Mercator Zone.

Description source 
BOEM

List of values 
Value 17N
Description 6 degrees of longitude (zone 17N) from 78-84 degrees.
Enumerated domain value definition source USACOE

Value 18N
Description 6 degrees of longitude (zone 18N) from 72-28 degrees.
Enumerated domain value definition source USACOE

Value 19N
Description 6 degrees of longitude (zone 19N) from 66-72 degrees.
Enumerated domain value definition source USACOE

Metadata Details  ▼►

Metadata language English (UNITED STATES)
Metadata character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format

Metadata identifier DA24D076-A64D-483F-B392-C99F158D5ABB

Scope of the data described by the metadata dataset
Scope name dataset

Last update ⇔ 2024-11-07 000000

ArcGIS metadata properties
Metadata format ArcGIS 1.0
Standard or profile used to edit metadata NAP

Created in ArcGIS for the item 2022-09-29 17:14:18
Last modified in ArcGIS for the item 2024-11-07 21:31:29

Automatic updates
Have been performed Yes
Last update 2024-11-07 21:29:42

Metadata Contacts  ▼►

Metadata contact - publisher 
Organization's name Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
Individual's name Office of Renewable Energy Programs

Contact information ▼►
Address 
Type 
e-mail address geoseas@boem.gov

Metadata Maintenance  ▼►

Maintenance 
Update frequency as needed