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| | | Shoreline Mapping |
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| | U. S. Shoreline mapping through aerial photography | | | | Since the late 1930s, high-resolution, georeferenced aerial photography for defining the nation’s 95,000-mile shoreline has been a responsibility of the National Geodetic Survey, part of NOAA’s National Ocean Service (NOS). Precision aerial photography is the primary source material used for creating coastal survey maps and digital cartographic files. These data sets, in turn, provide data for producing NOAA nautical charts.
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 | | | | | New Science Program to Focus on Restoring Ocean Health; $20M, Six- Year Effort Responds to National Calls for Improving Ocean Research
U.S. Newswire 03 August 2004 | |
| | The Lenfest Foundation, Inc. today announced the establishment of the Lenfest Ocean Program, a six-year, $20 million applied research initiative, to further understanding of the causes, consequences and solutions to problems affecting the sea and to promote the sustainable management of ocean resources. The announcement comes at a time when scientists, fishermen, and policy makers alike are calling for increased support of ocean research. | |
Read more at http://releases.usnewswi ... -08032004.
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