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Charting a Course into the Digital Era Guidance for NOAA's Nautical Charting Mission (1994) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix B: Other Agencies' Activities, Roles, Interests
Pages 77-80

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... DMA contributes to the maintenance of the NOAA chart data base and is the largest single customer for NOAA charts. Nautical charts require frequent correction in order to support safe navigation, and DMA has assumed the responsibility on behalf of both agencies for disseminating corrections for both sets of charts through weekly Notices to Mariners.
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From page 78...
... Each member agency agrees to participate in cooperative efforts to the extent of its respective resource availability. A Master Seafloor Digital Data Base is being developed to provide the Navy with the information necessary for advanced warfare in the future.
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From page 79...
... tasks the Coast Guard with the responsibility for ensuring navigation safety. In carrying out this task, the Coast Guard is responsible for aids to navigation, overseeing the nationwide dissemination of navigation safety information, and waterway management issues such as shipping safety fairways, traffic separation schemes, and Vessel Traffic Services (VTS)
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From page 80...
... Among the issues of interest to the USGS are the modernization of spatial mapping and data systems and the development of digital geographic information systems. The USGS is particularly interested in ensuring that standards are established regarding classification, format, and data transfer, and is involved in establishing a national spatial data infrastructure that will include a clearinghouse, metadata (to define standards and describe data heritage)
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  • army corps

  • charting mission
  • chart data
  • survey capability
  • international hydrographic
  • hydrographic organization

  • mariners issued
  • radio warnings
  • nautical charting
  • dma contributes
  • waterways safety

  • sector requires
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  • enhance maritime
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  • national spatial
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  • regarding classification
  • shipping safety
  • navigational radio


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