Introduction
The 'Shoreline' toolbox allows exporting of allows to export shoreline data applied in Dashboardof Delft Dashboard. Delft Dashboard makes uses use of the World Vector Shoreline (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency - NGA).The resolution of this dataset data set is about 500 m.
Usage of the toolbox
An A shoreline file (.ldb) can be generate using the following steps:
- Define a Define the polygon in which you would like to have shoreline. This is possible in two ways from which you want to extract the shoreline location. The two alternatives are:
- “Draw Polygon” to select newly create a polygon inside which extracting the shoreline. Double click to close the polygon.
- “Load Polygon” to load an existing polygon (“*.pol”pol). “Export” to export the polygon in “*.ldb” ldb format.
- Define the scale
- Click on “Export” on “Export” to export the polygon in a ldb-format
Figure: With the Shoreline toolbox one can easily get the shoreline of any specific area as shown in the example of the west coast of Australia