Ports
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+About
+Derives from High Seas, a detailed GIS compilation of world wide ports that is in the public domain.
+Loosely based on the work of Craig. Combing with several other datasets and original research.
++Location values
+WARNING: These values are still in flux.
+Ordered best to worst
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- +Land office – For marinas and cargo ports. +
- +Crane – If more than one, the central one. For cargo ports. +
- +Dock – The area of water between two piers or alongside a pier that receives a ship for loading, unloading, or repairs. +
- +Pier – Has a ‘dock’ on either side. Usually a few in a row. +
- +Quay – A wharf or reinforced bank where ships are loaded or unloaded. +
- +Wharf – A landing place or pier where ships may tie up and load or unload. Usually singular. +
- +Marina – Place for recreational ships to tie up. +
- +Port – A place on a waterway with facilities for loading and unloading ships. +
- +Harbor – (Harbour) A sheltered part of a body of water deep enough to provide anchorage for ships. +
- +Anchorage – A harbour with no facilities. +
- +Approximate – Could be up to 20 miles away from the actual port location. +More often it’s within a mile of the actual location. Accuracy is low due to geocoding +based on town name, use of DD.DD° or DD.DDDD° format instead of DD.DDDDDD° for latitude +and longitude values. +
- +City – Purely “there’s a port in City A, so the port XY gets the longLat of City A, often putting it on land instead of water. +
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- +Jetty – 1. A structure, such as a pier, that projects into a body of water to influence the current or tide or to protect a harbor or shoreline from storms or erosion. 2. a wharf +
Note: some above from Yahoo! Answers and American Heritage Dictionary
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- +harbor (aka harbour or haven) – is a place where ships, boats, and barges can seek shelter through stormy weather, or else are stored for future use. Harbors can be natural or artificial. +
- +port – A port is a facility for loading and unloading vessels; ports are usually located in harbors. +
- +anchorage – where a boat or other vessel lies at anchor +
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- +cargo port (bulk, break bulk, container) +
- +cruise terminal: cruise home port, cruise port of call +
- fishing port +
- recreational +
- +dry port – storing ships on land +
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- +seaport – on the sea (blue water) +
- +inland – on a river or large inland body of water (brown water) +
- +warm water – ice-free year round port in an otherwise winter sea-ice zone +
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- +Natural – can still include later enhancements. +
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