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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Preliminary Report on US Ocean Policy
21 April 2004
The U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy has presented its Preliminary Report with detailed findings and recommendations for a coordinated, and comprehensive national ocean policy. Comments requested by 21 May 2004.
