Charting a Course into the Digital Era
eBook - PDF

Charting a Course into the Digital Era

Guidance for NOAA's Nautical Charting Mission

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  1. 152 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Charting a Course into the Digital Era

Guidance for NOAA's Nautical Charting Mission

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About this book

A number of trends and forces are converging to require change in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) nautical charting mission. The most salient among these are changes in customer requirements, with a growing demand for customized and digital nautical information products; a changing customer base that encompasses uses of nautical charts in conjunction with coastal management, regulation, and development activities; and advances in technologies both for acquiring survey data and for structuring, displaying, analyzing, and disseminating nautical information.This volume assesses the needs of users of nautical information; reviews existing and emerging technologies; and examines major issues associated with information acquisition, chart preparation, and dissemination. The book addresses user requirements for improved nautical chart products, as well as technical and programmatic issues relating to the need for and provision of nautical information.

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Table of contents

  1. Charting a Course Into the Digital Era
  2. Copyright
  3. PREFACE
  4. Contents
  5. CHARTING A COURSE INTO THE DIGITAL ERA
  6. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  7. 1 OVERVIEW OF THE NAUTICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
  8. 2 USER NEEDS FOR NAUTICAL INFORMATION
  9. 3 FILLING THE DATA BASE: DATA COLLECTION
  10. 4 THE DIGITAL NAUTICAL DATA BASE: FROM PAPER CHARTS TO ELECTRONIC CHARTS AND BEYOND
  11. 5 NAUTICAL INFORMATION AS A COMPONENT OF A MARINE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
  12. 6 NAUTICAL INFORMATION PRODUCTS AND THEIR DISSEMINATION: TOWARD A NEW WAY OF DOING BUSINESS
  13. 7 RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS: REMOVING THE BARRIERS
  14. 8 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  15. APPENDIXES