Offshore baseline for Boston coastal region generated to calculate shoreline change rates from Carson Beach in South Boston to Weymouth River on the Massachusetts mainland, and including the Boston Harbor Islands 9Boston_baseline.shp)
Due to continued coastal population growth and increased threats of erosion, current data on trends and rates of shoreline movement are required to inform shoreline and floodplain management. The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management launched the Shoreline Change Project in 1989 to identify erosion-prone …