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PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR THE MARITIME COMMUNITY

Ed Martin, ChiefCustomer Affairs Branch

Navigation Services DivisionMonday, 27 October, 2008

Coral Reef ConservationInternational CollaborationMarine Protected AreasNational Marine SanctuariesOcean ExplorationOil and Chemical Spills

Coastal Decision-making ToolsCoastal Ecosystem ScienceCoastal ManagementCoastal Monitoring and ObservationsContaminants in the EnvironmentEcological ForecastingNational Estuarine Research ReservesNatural Hazards AssessmentNatural Resource RestorationTraining and Capacity- building

Aerial Photography Shoreline MappingGlobal PositioningMarine NavigationTides and Currents

To understand and predict changes in Earth’s environment and conserve and manage coastal and marine resources to meet our Nation’s economic, social, and environmental needs

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Protect, Restore, and Manage the Use of Coastal and Ocean Resources Through an Ecosystem Approach to Management Understand Climate Variability and Change to Enhance Society’s Ability to Plan and Respond Serve Society’s Needs for Weather and Water Information Support the Nation’s Commerce with Information for Safe, Efficient, and Environmentally Sound Transportation Provide Critical Support for NOAA’s Mission

NOAA is responsible for charting U.S. territorial waters and the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), a combined area of 3.4 million square nautical miles (SNM) which extends 200 nautical miles offshore from the nation’s coastline.

- 95,000 miles of U.S. coastline

- 25,000 miles of navigable channels

- 326 public/private ports

- 3,700 marine terminals

NOAA’s Charting Responsibility

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The U.S. has 95,000 miles of coastline and 3.4 million square nautical miles of Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). -NOAA is responsible for mapping the shoreline and charting the waters of the U.S. EEZ out to 200 nautical miles. -A wide suite of navigation-related products and services distribute information to navigation and non-navigation users NEW GRAPHIC -The U.S. has 95,000 miles of coastline and 3.4 million square nautical miles of Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). -NOAA is responsible for mapping the shoreline and charting U.S. waters to the limits of the U.S. EEZ, which extends to a maximum breadth of 200 nautical miles. The territorial sea baseline from which the EEZ is measured derives from NOAA charts. In addition, NOAA charts depict the official limits of these maritime zones. -A wide suite of navigation-related products and services distribute information to navigation and non-navigation users

• 1020 Paper, Raster and Print-on-Demand

• 671 Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC’s) posted on the web

• 375 PocketChart™

• 9 Coast Pilot’s

• Weekly Raster and ENC Chart Updates

• 10 Regional Navigation Representatives

• 6 Navigation Response Teams

• Hydrographic Surveys

• Models and New Technologies

NOAA’s Navigation Products and Services

Raster Chart Display Systems (RCDS) are computer-based navigation systems which use raster nautical charts (RNC) and electronic positioning to provide an integrated navigational tool.

Fugawi Global NavigatorJeppesen Nobeltec Visual Navigation Suite (with Raster Plus Pack)MapTech (Star Technologys) Chart Navigator and CAPN navigation softwareRose Point Navigation Systems Coastal Explorer

The Navigational Chart is one of the most fundamental tools available to the mariner.

Connect your PC or laptop to GPS receiver to view your position on a detailed chart

• Fully operational Print on Demand• Recognized Official product• Up-to-date at time of order • Precedes release of new lithographic

editions (5-8 weeks) • Customer and material options• Value added information• Reduce inventory and warehouse

costs• Available subscriptions with updates• Eliminate obsolete charts• Avoid reprints pending new edition• Allows point-of-purchase printing

www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov

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The business contact at OceanGrafix is Larry Kocon, 651-228-2216, [email protected] Agents and remote sites are listed at http://www.oceangrafix.com/ The NOAA POD web site is of course http://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/pod/Pod.htm There are 41 POD retail agents total. Three are in Canada, one in the UK and that one services all of Europe. There are 11 remote sites, all in the US (Juneau, Seattle, LA/LB, San Diego, 2 New Orleans, NYC, Baltimore, 2 Fort Lauderdale, one at the West Marine Distribution Center in California)

NOAA ENC® The NOAA electronic navigational chart, is a database of chart features. This information is used by navigation system software to draw a display that resembles a nautical chart, but has greatly enhanced functionality.

Electronic Navigation Chart Production (ENC)

CURRENT STATUS:

• 40 major ports and Gulf Intracoastal Waterway completed

• Monthly update service introduced in May 2003

• 968 Chart equivalents needed for 100% coverage – complete suite available in 2010

• Used by U.S. Coast Guard

• Automatic Identification Systems

Electronic Charting Systems

ECS - Electronic Chart System

A generic term that covers a broad range of systems (including raster and ECDIS).

ECDIS - Electronic Chart Display and Information System

Uses ENC and electronic positioning to provide an integrated navigation tool.

Use of ECDIS has been accepted by IMO as suitable for meeting chart requirements of SOLAS.

Electronic Chart System (ECS)

Any type of electronic chart that does not comply with the IMO Performance Standard for ECDIS• RTCM has developed a voluntary

industry-wide standard for ECS

• ECS does not satisfy SOLAS chart carriage requirements

• Can use raster or vector data

• Can use ENC data

• Future mandatory carriage requirement for certain vessels possible

Electronic Chart Display and Information System

• Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS):

• A navigation information system

• Displays selected information from an ENC

• Integrates Chart data with data from other shipboard systems, such as GPS, Radar, and vessel performance monitoring systems.

• Use of ECDIS has been accepted by the IMO as suitable for meeting chart requirements of SOLAS.

How Can ENC’s be Used?

• ECDIS systems that use NOAA ENC data where available and NOAA raster data where there is no ENC coverage meet current U.S. carriage requirements.

• Paper Chart backup may be mandatory depending upon the carriage requirements for regulated vessels

• There are converters capable of importing NOAA’s ENC data from a S-57 format to formats for most industry standard GIS applications.

Some systems that currently use ENCs

Sea Information Systems Microplot 7 ECDIS

Litton Marine Vision 2100 ECDIS

Kelvin Hughes Nucleus 2 ECDIS

Transas Navi-Sailor 2400 ECDIS

Offshore Systems ECPINS

Navintra ECDIS EX 1000

Ican Aldebaran II

Coast Pilot, Supplement to the Nautical Chart

• Federal Regulations

• Channel Descriptions

• Weather

• Pilotage Information

• Port Facilities

www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov

Notice to Mariners These sites provide access to chart updates that have been published in United States Coast Guard (USCG) Local Notice to Mariners (LNM), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Notice to Mariners (NM)

http://www.nga.mil/portal/site/maritime/http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/lnm/

NOAA Chart Update Overview

The chart updates available on this site reflect the same chart update information available on the NOAA Print-on-Demand paper charts, the NOAA raster chart update service, and the NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts (NOAA ENC®)

http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/updates/LNM_NM.html

Navigation Managers

Navigation Response Teams

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The NRR vessel – 27’ Sea Ark with twin 130 –150 HP outboards Maximum speed of 30 - 35 knots depending type of outboard Chart Evaluation – Paper, Raster, and ENC ENC Verification AWOIS Investigations User Requests Basic Hydrographic Surveys Side Scan Sonar Surveys Emergency Response Surveys

Office of Coast Survey: Hydrographic Surveying

• Integrated Ocean Observing System building block – basic parameter• Rocks, wrecks, obstructions, depths and seafloor characteristics• NOAA Hydro Survey Priorities at nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/staff/NHSP.html

How do you keep 3.4 million SNM up to date?• 500,000 sq. nautical miles of EEZ are navigationally significant• 43,000 SNM are considered critical areas• Surveyed over 22,600 SNM of the critical areas• Last year surveyed over 3,500 SNM

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Multibeam sonar in conjunction with Side Scan sonar, ½ surveys contracted out; $20 Million supplemental Congressional funding to map marine debris of gulf Coast to facilitatat Its removal and help restore the local fishing economy Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping IOCM Coordinator established in OCS to facilitate NOAA coordination efforts, lead NOAA IOCM effort IOCM interagency coordination via JSOST (Ocean Action Plan) Attention in FY07/08; FY09 is year of IOCM Issue -- Get IOCM moving as a NOAA approach to business operations Fleet Allocation/replacement Prioritization strategy Needs continued NOS AA support IOCM GIS needs support w/in NOS, NMFS, NMAO ½ UPDATED GRAPHICS

NOAA Hydrographic Survey Vessels

RAINIER Seattle, WA 1968

BAY HYDROGRAPHER Silver Spring, MD

1988 (1996 to NOAA)Replacement in 2008

RUDEDecommissione

d early 2008

THOMAS JEFFERSON Norfolk, VA1992 (2003 to NOAA)

FAIRWEATHER Ketchikan, AK 1968 (2004 refit)

SWATH Multipurpose Mapping Vessel

target 2009

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-NOAA Ship Rude is scheduled to be replaced by a SWATH multipurpose mapping vessel in Dec. 2008 -NOAA’s hydrographic fleet is supplemented using contract vessels -NOAA Hydro Survey Priorities at nauticalcharts.noaa.gov UPDATED RUDE AND SWATH INFO FROM MIKE BROWN

Cartographic and Geospatial Technology ProgramsProvide geospatial services to OCS to support OCS navigational products and provide data access to the public

Data TransformationGeospatial Standards DevelopmentGIS Product DevelopmentWeb Distribution of Data (nowCAST)


The National Ocean Service (NOS) Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) collects and distributes observations and predictions of water levels and currents

http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/

Real-time data helps mariners know how close keels are to sea bottom and how much cargo to load

NOAA’s PORTS

Air Gap

http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ports.html

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Provide Real Time Observations and Forecasts of Water Levels, Tides & Currents Used by the mariner to inform decisions for safe navigation and efficiency – to make sound decisions regarding the off-loading and on-loading of materials, and ship movement along the coast. NOS does this with NWLON/PORTS National Water Level Observation Network -- 175 water level measurement stations [U.S. Coasts, in Great Lakes, territories] CO-OPS is modernizing the station equipment to support state-of-the-art electronic data collection, processing and dissemination. System measures water level, wind velocity, salinity, barometric pressure, air and water temperature, conductivity and relative humidity. MTS Infrastructure issue: deterioration of tide and current observation platforms 91 % modernized but maintaining all stations in operational status an issue because of funding PORTS – partnerships between NOAA, a port – they provide funds for equipment/installation, we fold them into our network of quality assurance and make data accessible by phone, Internet so mariners, others can use

http://coastalpredictioncenter.chesapeakebay.net/

http://www.weather.gov/om/marine/zone/usamz.htm

The goal of the Marine Services Program is to provide current and accurate information for decision-making by marine and coastal interests to ensure the safety of life, property and efficiency of operations on the waters

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/

Interrogate buoys to obtain derived sea surface temperatures, meteorological information like air temp, sea level pressure, wave height and barometric pressure

NODC has several ocean-data Web applications that can be accessed through the Internet

http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/bathymetry/relief.html

COSPAS-SARSAT Rescues in the United States as of October 17, 2008: 236

At sea, 181 in 52 incidentsAviation, 8 in 5 incidentsPLB, 44 in 27 incidents

Worldwide – Over 24,500 Persons Rescued (since 1982)

United States – 5,994 Persons Rescued (since 1982)

Number of Persons Rescued in the United States in 2003 – 224

http://www.sarsat.noaa.gov/

QUESTIONS

Current Production System

Vector Data

ENC New Editions

Raster Data

NoticeTo

Mariners

Source Data

Paper and RNC New Editions

Maintenance Copy

Maintenance Copy

Weekly Updates Copy

Weekly Updates Copy

ENC Weekly Updates

Paper, RNC, POD Weekly Updates

FUTURE GOALS: Transition from two product lines (raster and vector) to one and move toward detailed products

Nautical Chart System II

Paper

Vector Data

Raster Data

NoticeTo

Mariners

Source Data

NIS

Product Databases

Data applied one timeUpdates sent to products Product finishing

Consistency among products

Published Products

Weekly Updates

RNC

ENC

POD

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