Appendix A
Agency Needs and Activities
Summary of the unfulfilled needs and activities identified by those agencies and entities charged with assessment and mapping of coastal areas, and/or the production of coastal mapping data and products.
Agency or Entity |
Identified Unfulfilled Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting |
Activities Related to Coastal Mapping Data and Products |
Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS) |
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NESDIS |
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Agency or Entity |
Identified Unfulfilled Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting |
Activities Related to Coastal Mapping Data and Products |
NESDIS National Coastal Data Development Center |
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Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Fisheries (formerly National Marine Fisheries Service) |
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NOAA Fisheries |
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Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Ocean and Atmospheric Research (OAR) |
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OAR Ocean Exploration Program |
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OAR National Undersea Research Program |
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Agency or Entity |
Identified Unfulfilled Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting |
Activities Related to Coastal Mapping Data and Products |
Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service (NOS) |
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NOS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services |
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NOS Coastal Services Center (CSC) |
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NOS National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science |
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Agency or Entity |
Identified Unfulfilled Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting |
Activities Related to Coastal Mapping Data and Products |
NOS National Geodetic Survey |
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NOS National Marine Sanctuary Program |
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NOS Office of Coast Survey |
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NOS Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management |
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NOS Office of Response and Restoration |
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Agency or Entity |
Identified Unfulfilled Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting |
Activities Related to Coastal Mapping Data and Products |
NOS Special Products Office |
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Department of Defense U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) |
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USACE |
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Agency or Entity |
Identified Unfulfilled Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting |
Activities Related to Coastal Mapping Data and Products |
Department of Defense National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) (formerly National Imagery and Mapping Agency) |
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NGA |
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Department of Defense Oceanographer of the Navy |
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Oceanographer of the Navy |
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Department of Defense Office of Naval Research (ONR) |
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ONR |
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Agency or Entity |
Identified Unfulfilled Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting |
Activities Related to Coastal Mapping Data and Products |
Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) |
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BLM |
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Department of the Interior U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) |
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FWS |
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Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service (MMS) |
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MMS |
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Agency or Entity |
Identified Unfulfilled Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting |
Activities Related to Coastal Mapping Data and Products |
Department of the Interior National Park Service (NPS) |
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NPS |
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Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) |
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USGS Biology Discipline |
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Agency or Entity |
Identified Unfulfilled Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting |
Activities Related to Coastal Mapping Data and Products |
USGS Geology Discipline |
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USGS Geography Discipline |
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USGS Water Discipline |
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Department of State |
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Office of Ocean Affairs |
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Agency or Entity |
Identified Unfulfilled Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting |
Activities Related to Coastal Mapping Data and Products |
Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) |
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FEMA |
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Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) |
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USCG |
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
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EPA Office of Water, Office of Research and Development, Office of Air and Radiation |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
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NASA |
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Agency or Entity |
Identified Unfulfilled Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting |
Activities Related to Coastal Mapping Data and Products |
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
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NSF |
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Office of Management and Budget Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) |
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FGDC |
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States, Tribes, and Territories |
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Resource Managers, as identified by response to CSC (1999) |
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Agency or Entity |
Identified Unfulfilled Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting |
Activities Related to Coastal Mapping Data and Products |
Coastal Resource Management Departments |
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Environmental Protection Departments |
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Natural Resource Departments |
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Emergency Management Departments |
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Geological/ Biological Surveys |
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Agency or Entity |
Identified Unfulfilled Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting |
Activities Related to Coastal Mapping Data and Products |
Archeology/ Cultural Heritage |
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SOURCES: Communications and presentations by agency personnel and other interested individuals, Appendix A in NRC (2003a), and NOAA-CSC Coastal Resource Management Customer Surveys (CSC, 1999; 2002). |