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Author:   National Research Council ,  Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences ,  Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems ,  Committee on Nautical Charts and Information
Publisher:   National Academies Press
Imprint:   National Academies Press
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9780309051392

ISBN 10:   0309051398
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   01 February 1994
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not available  
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Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Overview of the Nautical Information System; 4 2 User Needs for Nautical Information; 5 3 Filling the Data Base: Data Collection; 6 4 The Digital Nautical Data Base: From Paper Charts to Electronic Charts and Beyond; 7 5 Nautical Information as a Component of a Marine Geographic Information System; 8 6 Nautical Information Products and Their Dissemination: Toward a New Way of Doing Business; 9 7 Resource Constraints: Removing the Barriers; 10 8 Conclusions and Recommendations; 11 Appendix A: Biographies of Committee Members; 12 Appendix B: Other Agencies; 13 Appendix C-1: Nautical Chart and Information Survey; 14 Appendix C-2: Responses to Survey; 15 Appendix D: Workshop on the Future Needs of Users for Nautical Information; 16 Appendix E: Principles of Benefit-Cost Analysis Applied to Surveys; 17 Appendix F: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; 18 Appendix G: Examples of Uses of Data by State Environmental Agencies; 19 Appendix H: A National Coastal Zone (Shoreline) Data Base

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