settingscoastal
Settingscoastal is a term used in digital modeling and simulation to refer to a set of configuration parameters that govern coastal environments within a software environment. It is applied across geographic information systems, environmental models, and interactive simulations to configure shoreline geometry, hydrodynamics, and related processes. The term is not tied to a single official standard, but describes a family of settings that different platforms implement in their own ways.
In practice, settingscoastal may include options for shoreline geometry (beach, dunes, cliffs), sea level reference, tidal
Implementation typically takes the form of a modular object or configuration file that can be loaded by
Applications span urban planning, coastal risk assessment, flood modeling, and entertainment simulations. Settingscoastal supports rapid prototyping
Limitations include dependence on data quality and model fidelity, and the fact that coastal settings are abstractions