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    • BSEE Data Center - Geographic Mapping Data in Digital Format

    Metadata Updated: January 25, 2026

    The geographic data are built from the Technical Information Management System (TIMS). TIMS consists of two separate databases: an attribute database and a spatial database. The attribute information for offshore activities is stored in the TIMS database. The spatial database is a combination of the ARC/INFO and FINDER databases and contains all the coordinates and topology information for geographic features. The attribute and spatial databases are interconnected through the use of common data elements in both databases, thereby creating the spatial datasets. The data in the mapping files are made up of straight-line segments. If an arc existed in the original data, it has been replaced with a series of straight lines that approximate the arc. The Gulf of America OCS Region stores all its mapping data in longitude and latitude format. All coordinates are in NAD 27. Data can be obtained in three types of digital formats: INTERACTIVE MAP: The ArcGIS web maps are an interactive display of geographic information, containing a basemap, a set of data layers (many of which include interactive pop-up windows with information about the data), an extent, navigation tools to pan and zoom, and additional tools for geospatial analysis. SHP: A Shapefile is a digital vector (non-topological) storage format for storing geometric location and associated attribute information. Shapefiles can support point, line, and area features with attributes held in a dBASE format file. GEODATABASE: An ArcGIS geodatabase is a collection of geographic datasets of various types held in a common file system folder, a Microsoft Access database, or a multiuser relational DBMS (such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Informix, or IBM DB2). The geodatabase is the native data structure for ArcGIS and is the primary data format used for editing and data management.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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    Metadata Created Date September 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 25, 2026

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    Harvested from DOI BSEE DCAT-US

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 25, 2026
    Publisher Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://www.data.bsee.gov/Main/Mapping.aspx
    Data First Published 1990-01-01T12:00:00Z
    Data Last Modified 2025-04-03T00:00:00Z
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 010:22
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://ddi.doi.gov/bsee-data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id b9e5e967-640b-4728-a5ef-7b7b90399e28
    Harvest Source Id 110cdd22-426b-4a62-b86c-39c1fad11b13
    Harvest Source Title DOI BSEE DCAT-US
    Homepage URL https://www.data.bsee.gov/Main/Mapping.aspx
    License https://www.bsee.gov/bsee.gov/privacy-disclaimer
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 9c8844f37e0c6e06e5a97fb20a8148f79b44e94b907f1b2ea7e61d54423e5614
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Temporal 1947-01-01T12:00:00Z/2999-01-01T12:00:00Z

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