This line shapefile represents the coastline of California. This is a simplified coastline dervied from the Counties, California 2000 (county24k) shapefile. This layer is part of a collection of data created by the California Department of Fish and Game. This line file is useful for buffering the coast. California Department of Fish and Game. Marine Resources Region. (2004). Coastline, California, 2000. California Department of Fish and Game. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/vx275xn8886. This shapefile does not include islands or rocks along the coast As appropriate to the simplified nature of the line file This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.