Introduction -- An overview of marine managed areas and marine boundary making -- Best practices for boundary making: Step 1. conceptualize the marine managed area -- Step 2. describe the marine boundary -- Step 3. generate the digital boundary -- Appendixes: A. Examples - marine managed area legal descriptions -- Appendix B. Primer on marine boundaries -- Appendix C. Boundary line types -- Appendix D. Checklist for writing a boundary description -- Appendix E. Reference section -- Appendix F. Federal data sources -- Appendix G. Acronyms.

Handbook on best practices for marine managed areas boundary making within a geographic information systems framework. Covers federal, State, and local marine managed areas. Produced under the auspices of the Federal Geographic Data Committee's Marine Boundary Working Group.

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