Introduction
UNCLOS Article 76 states that "The coastal State shall delineate the outer limits of its continental shelf, where that shelf extends beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured, by straight lines not exceeding 60 nautical miles in length, connecting fixed points, defined by coordinates of latitude and longitude."
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Copy your data to the Outer limit folder- In the folder 1. Martime lines / 200M lines right click Baseline_Atlantis + 200M and click Copy.
- In the folder 4. Outer limit right click the folder Formulae and click Paste.
- In the folder 1. Martime lines / 60M lines select all the lines, right click, and click Copy.
- In the folder 4. Outer limit right click the folder Formulae and click Paste.
- In the folder 3. Sediment Data / Sediment Thickness Points select all the lines, right click, and click Copy.
- In the folder 4. Outer limit right click the folder Formulae and click Paste.
- In the folder 1. Martime lines / 100M lines right click atlantis's 2500 meter isobath + 100M and click Copy.
- In the folder 4. Outer limit right click the folder Constraints and click Paste.
- In the folder 1. Martime lines / 350M lines right click Baseline_Atlantis + 350M and click Copy.
- In the folder 4. Outer limit right click the folder Constraints and click Paste.
All necessary data should now be in one of the folders in the Outer limit folder.
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Get - Right click the folder 4. Outer limit and click Generate Outer Limit
- Observe the different datasets and folders in the menu.
- Check the box next to the Formulae folder.
- Click the
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The Outer Limit Menu
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Digitize the Outer Limit
We can now start to digitize the outer limit. We will do this in three steps; first digitize the outer edge consisting of formula lines, then digitize a constraint line consisting of the distance constraints, and then finally combine these two lines.
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- left click (mouse) - will snap to the closest point on any line.
- c - crossing lines - will insert a new point between two lines, or a line and the 60NM circle.
d - delete - will delete the last digitized point.
l - connect to line - will insert a new point on the line at the cursor position.
- s - select line piece - will select all the points on a line until next crossing line or to end of line.
m - multiple selection - will select all points from previous point to picked point (mouse cursor location).
For the first exercise we have included a screen shot of the steps in the exercise.
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Digitize the outer edge- Click the Start Digitize button.
- Snap to a point on the 200M line by placing your mouse cursor over the line in the East Sea area and clicking the left mouse button.
- We are now going to follow this line north until we meet the crossing 60M line. Place your cursor close to the crossing between the 200M line and the 60M line and press s on the keyboard.
- We now want to follow this 60M line until me meet the next crossing 60M line. Place your cursor close to the crossing between the 60M line we are at and the next 60M line and press s.
- Again we want to follow this 60M line until me meet the next crossing 60M line, but we want to make sure it follows the outer part of the 60M line. Place your cursor somewhere on the outer part of the 60M line and press m.
- Follow the line to the next 60M crossing line by placing your cursor close to the crossing between the 60M line we are at and the next 60M line and press s.
- We now want to follow this 60M line until me meet the crossing 200M line. Place your cursor close to the crossing between the 60M line we are at and the 200M line and press s.
- We now want to follow the 200M line until me meet the crossing 60M line again. Place your cursor close to the crossing between the 200M line and the crossing 60M line and press s.
- We now want to follow this 60M line until we can reach the sediment thickness points. Place your cursor further up on the 60M line and press m.
- When you can see the sediment thickness points inside the white circle you can connect to them by clicking the left mouse button. Tip: place the cursor outside the point furthest out to snap to the "maximum" point.
- Continue to click the left mouse button until you are have passed the sediment thickness area.
- We now want to connect to the 60M line in the north. Place your cursor close to the crossing between the 60M line and the white 60M circle and press c.
- We now want to follow this 60M line until me meet the crossing 200M line, but we want to make sure it follows the outer part of the 60M line. Place your cursor somewhere on the outer part of the 60M line and press m.
- Follow the line to the 200M crossing line by placing your cursor close to the crossing between the 60M line and the 200M line and press s.
- We now want to follow this 200M line a little bit further to the west. Place your cursor somewhere to the west on the 200M line and press m.
- Stop digitizing by clicking End Digitize.
- You will be asked to specify a name. Type in Outer Edge Limit and click OK.
- The dataset is stored in 4. Outer limit / Outer Limit click OK.
- Click Close to close the Outer Limit Menu.
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The digitized outer limit lines contains a lot of important metadata which will be used in the documentation. Each point on the outer limit line will refer back to the original FOS point or basepoint. It also contains information on point distance, shot point, sediment thickness and a lot more.
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- In the folder 4. Outer limit / Outer limit right click Outer Edge Limit and click Table View.
- Look at the information in the different columns and scroll down the list of points.
- Click Close when you are done.
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Optimize the Outer Edge Limit- In the folder 4. Outer limit / Outer limit right click Outer Edge Limit and click Optimize outer limit.
- Keep the default settings and click Execute. The result will be stored in the same folder.
- Click OK to close the menu.
- In the folder 4. Outer limit / Outer limit right click Outer Edge Limit Optimized and click Display.
- Investigate the areas that have been bridged.
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The Optimize outer limit tool is based on angle calculation and not area calculation. The angles are calculated in what ever coordinate system the data is in. Thus, It cannot be assumed this tools will automatically produce the absolute maximum achievable area. |
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Digitize the constraint line- Make sure the graphics window has been cleared by clicking Image Removed X.
- Right click the folder 4. Outer limit and click Generate Outer Limit.
- Check the box next to the Constraints folder.
- Click the Image Removed display icon at the top of the menu to display all the activated datasets.
- Click the Start Digitize button.
- Digitze the constraint line using a combination of your mouse and keyboard short cuts.
- Click End Digitze.
- You will be asked to specify a name. Type in Constraint Line and click OK.
- The dataset is stored in 4. Outer limit / Outer Limit click OK.
- Click Close to close the Outer Limit Menu.
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Finally we can produce the final outer limit. Follow the Outer Edge Optimized where it is inside the Constraint Line, else follow the Constraint Line. In the 1% sediment area, connect by the 60M Circle.
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Produce Final Outer Limit- Make sure the graphics window has been cleared by clicking Image Removed X.
- Right click the folder 4. Outer limit and click Generate Outer Limit.
- Check the box next to the two datasets Outer Edge Limit Optimized and Constraint Line.
- Click the Image Removed display icon at the top of the menu to display all the activated datasets.
- Click the Start Digitize button.
- Digitze the final outer limit line using a combination of your mouse and keyboard short cuts.
- Click End Digitze.
- Keep the default nameand click OK.
- The dataset is stored in 4. Outer limit / Outer Limit click OK.
- Click Close to close the Outer Limit Menu.
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