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        * Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park (NHP) on the western shore 
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        * Kalaupapa National Historical Park (NHP) on the nothern shore of 
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        * War in the Pacific National Historical Park (NHP) on the western 
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        using coral reefs as a worldwide indicator ecosystem for global 
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        * Kalaupapa National Historical Park (NHP) on the nothern shore of 
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        * War in the Pacific National Historical Park (NHP) on the western 
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        using coral reefs as a worldwide indicator ecosystem for global 
        climate change (Spalding et al. 2004). For these reasons, the PACN has 
        chosen to implement long-term monitoring of benthic marine 
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        * War in the Pacific National Historical Park (NHP) on the western 
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          Distributed_Computing_Platforms: 
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            Online_Resource: 
              Linkage: 
                URL: 
                  http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/PACIOOS/gwc/service/wms?service=WMS&version=1.1.1&request=GetCapabilities&tiled=true
              Protocol: 
                OGC:WMS-C
              Name: 
                OGC-WMS-C
              Description: 
                Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service - Cached (WMS-C). 
                Use of WMS-C is similar to traditional WMS but with the 
                addition of the "tiled=true" parameter, which triggers 
                GeoServer to pull map tiles from GeoWebCache if they have been 
                previously generated. This can dramatically improve 
                performance, especially for larger datasets. Supported map 
                formats include JPEG and PNG. Supported info formats include 
                GeoJSON, GML, HTML, and plain text.
              Function: 
                OnLine_Function_Code: 
                  download
      Operates_On: 
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          Descriptor: 
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        Band: 
          Sequence_Identifier: 
            Member_Name: 
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              Attribute_Type: 
                Type_Name: 
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        Band: 
          Sequence_Identifier: 
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              Attribute_Type: 
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          Descriptor: 
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              Attribute_Type: 
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          Descriptor: 
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              Attribute_Type: 
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          Descriptor: 
      Dimension: 
        Band: 
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        Band: 
          Sequence_Identifier: 
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              Attribute_Type: 
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                  Name: 
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        Band: 
          Sequence_Identifier: 
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          Descriptor: 
  Distribution_Information: 
    Distribution: 
      Distributor: 
        Distributor: 
          Distributor_Contact: 
            Responsible_Party: 
              Individual_Name: 
              Organisation_Name: 
                Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
              Contact_Information: 
                Contact: 
                  Address: 
                    Address: 
                      Electronic_Mail_Address: 
                        info@pacioos.org
                  Online_Resource: 
                    Online_Resource: 
                      Linkage: 
                        URL: 
                          http://pacioos.org
                      Protocol: 
                        http
                      Application_Profile: 
                        web browser
                      Function: 
                        OnLine_Function_Code: 
                          information
              Role: 
                Role_Code: 
                  publisher
          Distributor_Transfer_Options: 
            Digital_Transfer_Options: 
              Online: 
                Online_Resource: 
                  Linkage: 
                    URL: 
                      http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/
                  Protocol: 
                    http
                  Name: 
                    GeoServer
                  Description: 
                    This URL provides access to this dataset via GeoServer, 
                    which offers multiple output formats and an OpenLayers 
                    viewer.
                  Function: 
                    OnLine_Function_Code: 
                      download
          Distributor_Transfer_Options: 
            Digital_Transfer_Options: 
              Online: 
                Online_Resource: 
                  Linkage: 
                    URL: 
                      http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoexplorer/
                  Protocol: 
                    http
                  Name: 
                    GeoExplorer
                  Description: 
                    This URL provides a viewer for this dataset.
                  Function: 
                    OnLine_Function_Code: 
                      download
          Distributor_Transfer_Options: 
            Digital_Transfer_Options: 
              Online: 
                Online_Resource: 
                  Linkage: 
                    URL: 
                      https://www.nps.gov/im/pacn/
                  Protocol: 
                    http
                  Name: 
                    Related URL
                  Description: 
                    This URL provides additional information related to this 
                    dataset.
                  Function: 
                    OnLine_Function_Code: 
                      information
  Data_Quality_Information: 
    Data_Quality: 
      Scope: 
        Scope: 
          Hierarchy_Level: 
            Scope_Code: 
              dataset
      Lineage: 
        Lineage: 
          Statement: 
            2016-01-25T00:00:00Z OGC web services (WMS and WFS) enabled by 
            PacIOOS via GeoServer. Original data from source provider may have 
            been reformatted, reprojected, or adjusted in other ways to 
            optimize these capabilities.
  Metadata_Maintenance: 
    Maintenance_Information: 
      Maintenance_And_Update_Frequency: 
      Maintenance_Note: 
        This record was translated and enhanced from GeoServer OGC Web 
        Services (OWS) using PacIOOS software.