NEC Standard Presentation Format

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NOAAs Ocean and Coastal Mapping Challenges
National Ocean and Coastal Mapping Strategic
Action Plan Workshop 26-28 February 2008
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Mission - To understand and predict changes in
Earths environment and conserve and manage
coastal and and marine resources to meet our
Nations economic, social, and environmental needs
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IOCM - The practice of acquiring, managing,
integrating and disseminating ocean and coastal
geospatial mapping data in such a manner that
permits these data and their derivative products
to be easily accessed and used by and for the
greatest range of users and purposes. IOCM
requires intra- and inter-agency coordination
with a focus on streamlining operations, reducing
redundancies, improving efficiencies, developing
common standards, and stimulating innovation and
technological development.

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NOAA Mapping Authorities Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act Coral
Reef Conservation Act National Marine
Sanctuaries Act Coastal Zone Management Act
National Coastal Monitoring Act Marine
Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act
National Invasive Species Act Marine Debris
Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act Harmful
Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act
Titanic Memorial Act Hydrographic Services
Improvement Act Coast and Geodetic Survey Act
of 1947

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Ocean and Coastal Mapping Activities Nautical
Charting Shoreline Mapping Coastal Hazard
Assessment and Ecosystem Restoration Benthic
and Coral Habitat Mapping Coastal Topography
and Bathymetry Storm Surge/Flood Inundation/Sea
Level Rise Modeling Living/Non-living/Archeologi
cal Resource Assessments Land Cover and Coastal
Vegetation Mapping Coastal Change Analysis
Tide/Water Level Observations Integrated Ocean
Observing System (IOOS) OCM Data Management
(NGDC and NODC) etc., etc., etc.

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Ocean and Costal Mapping Challenges Data
Standards and Acquisition Protocols Vertical
Datum Transformation (VDatum) Consistent National
Shoreline Shallow Water Bathymetry National
Digital Elevation Models Coordination/Collaborati
on of Data Acquisition Activities Habitat
Classification Schemes

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• Prospective Success Stories
• California Seafloor Mapping Project
• West Coast Governors Agreement on Ocean Health
• North Carolina Integrated Coastal Mapping Project
  
• New York State Coastal Mapping Lidar Project
• Long Island Sound Seafloor Mapping Project
• OR and WA State Seafloor Mapping Initiatives

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Map Once..Use Many Times