NESDIS

• Nationally consistent shoreline definition

• Data from environmental buoys

• Wetland characterization

• Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Observing System

• Satellite-based environmental remote sensing systems for environmental data

• Coastal Relief Model

• Bathymetric and geophysical datasets

• Real-time meteorological data

• Oceanographic data

• Tsunami data

NESDIS National Coastal Data Development Center

• Access to restricted data and widely distributed coastal data sources

• Adequate metadata

• Consistent boundary definitions

• Consistent data and mapping standards

• Development of data transformation tools to facilitate generation of value-added products

• Provides archive of, and access to, long-term coastal datasets

NOAA Fisheries

• Definition of habitat classifications

• Species use of habitat

• Habitat maps for managing Essential Fish Habitat (e.g., coral reefs, hard bottom, Submerged Aquatic Vegetation [SAV])

• Collection of multibeam bathymetric data

OAR Ocean Exploration Program

• Maps of the nation’s entire Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), encompassing physical, biological, chemical, archeological, and geological characteristics

• Maps of more than 3,200 square miles of largely offshore areas of the EEZ using high-resolution multibeam technology

OAR National Undersea Research Program

• Continuous-coverage seafloor topographic and backscatter map products at regional and local spatial scales

• Multibeam and sidescan sonar mosaic capabilities for small spatial scale (e.g., 1-km × 1-km) mapping to assess dynamics of seafloor features

• A standard hierarchical descriptive matrix for classification of sedimentological and biological attributes of seafloor habitats

• A geo-referenced database of underwater imagery for seafloor characterization

• Time-series observations of seafloor attributes at sites with ocean-observing system installations

NOS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services

• Improved VDatum transformation tools and use of kinematic global positioning systems (GPSs) in all operations

• Expanded network of tidal stations

• Collects and distributes tide and water-level predictions, observations, reference datums, and tidal zoning to support nautical charting and shoreline mapping

NOS Coastal Services Center (CSC)

• Shorelines and elevations that are nationally consistent

• Uniform standards for coastal mapping

• Access to restricted data

• Timely data delivery in readily accessible formats

• Consistent metadata and standards for coastal information and maps

• Seamless bathy/topo coverage

• Environmental Sensitivity Index mapping nationwide

• Essential Fish Habitat mapping

• Coastal remote sensing

• Coastal change analysis

• Land-cover mapping

• HAB forecasting

• Geospatial data and application development

• Environmental characterizations

• Watershed modeling

• Fish and vulnerability assessments of coastal hazards

• High-accuracy coastal topography

• Digital shoreline

• Geospatial training courses

• Coastal metadata tools and training

• Data and information access tools

• NOS Enterprise GIS Initiative

NOS National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

• Data available on Internet

• Consistent standards and data interchange

• Access to non-federal databases

• Consistent horizontal datums

• Consistent collection and display standards and protocols for land-sea data

• Ship time in remote areas

• Shallow-water benthic habitat mapping

• Estimating bathymetry in clear shallow water using satellite imagery

• Coral reef habitat maps

• Models of habitat/species associations

NOS National Geodetic Survey

• Web-based shoreline data dissemination

• Improved data exchange between federal/state/local agencies

• Updated shorelines for 1,200 nautical charts

• New technologies for shoreline mapping

• Improved hydrodynamic models and tidal zoning

• National Spatial Reference System

• Seamless digital database of the national shoreline

• Tidal datums

• Aerial photographs

• Geodetic Tool Kit

NOS National Marine Sanctuary Program

• Detailed high-resolution bathymetry in marine sanctuaries

• Biogeographic information for key areas

• Adequate jurisdictional boundary definitions

• Seamless bathy/topo integration

• Ensure that each National Marine Sanctuary is accurately characterized (benthic habitat, bathymetry, shoreline, etc.)

• Publication of a shipwreck database

• Accurate delineation of sanctuary and adjacent park boundaries

NOS Office of Coast Survey

• Nationally consistent shoreline definition

• Efficient techniques for shallow-water bathymetry

• Seamless vertical datum

• Nautical charts

• Water depth, bottom characteristics, historical data of bathymetry and shoreline

• Blended bathymetry/ topography, including digital elevation models and consistent “shorelines” for coastal managers

NOS Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management

• Standardized blended high-resolution bathymetrictopographic digital elevation models and maps

• Within New England Estuarine Research Society single-habitat classification scheme for coastal zone

• Administers National Estuarine Research Reserves and state Coastal Zone Management Programs

• Hydrodynamic analyses, shoreline erosion, nearshore habitat characterization maps

• Risk analyses for sea level rise

NOS Office of Response and Restoration

• Reconnaissance aerial photography

• Bathymetry

• TopoLIDAR

• Environmental Sensitivity Maps

• Identification and inventory of abandoned and submerged vessels and their environmental consequences

• Assist resource managers in understanding the extent and nature of the threats posed by abandoned vessels

NOS Special Products Office

• Nationally consistent standards for metadata, data content, and models

• National synoptic coastal mapping capability

• Datasets for a foundation (bathymetry, topography) and core socioeconomic information (demographics, land use) for national and regional-scale assessments of coastal change

• NOS Mapfinder Web site

• NOAA Enterprise GIS

• Inventory of marine managed areas

• Coastal Assessment Framework

• Digital Atlas of West Coast Living Marine Resources

USACE

• Nationally consistent shoreline definition

• Better access to time-sensitive data

• Lower cost for data acquisition

• Standard formats for GIS

• Consistent standards for content, metadata, transfer, collection, accuracy, improved data use, models, and tools

• Blended bathymetric/ topographic maps

• Engineering products from remotely sensed data

• Topographic Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) and multispectral imagers

• LIDAR bathymetric systems—SHOALS

• National Shoreline Management Study to determine extent and causes of shoreline change

• Regional sediment management GIS

• Wave and surge modeling

• Harbor and waterways projects, including hydrographic surveys and dredging

NGA

• Legal resolution to allow distribution of worldwide Digital Nautical Chart

• Free exchange of coastal geospatial information

• International standards

• Consistent boundary definitions

• Global real-time tidal observations

• Hydrodynamic models

• Vertical datum and transformations

• Long-term and seasonal changes in shoreline

• More accurate data on tides and tidal currents

• Accurate definition of coastal geoid

• Charts non-U.S. waters, including Digital Nautical Charts

Oceanographer of the Navy

• Locational definition of the EEZ

• Surveys of ports

• Charts for the coastal Artic

• Ocean observations

• Integrated bathy/topo data

• Consistent international standards

• Outside U.S. waters, collects bathymetry from acoustic and LIDAR, ocean temperature, color, currents, tide heights

• Maps of integrated hydrographic and oceanographic parameters

ONR

• Consistent international standards in data management

• Ocean observations

• Improvements in data collection, processing, and display

• Improvements in understanding of coastal processes (tides, waves, sedimentation, water properties)

BLM

• Nationally consistent shoreline definition

• Resurvey using modern equipment

• Primarily onshore databases

• Waterfowl, shorebirds, and fisheries management

FWS

• Habitat maps for coastal ecosystems

• Maps of Coastal Barrier Resources System

• Species Information System

MMS

• Nationally consistent interpretation of shoreline

• Consistent baseline for states

• Nationally consistent mapping products

• Consistent standards and formats

• Offshore cadastral maps

• Marine boundary maps

• OCS leasing maps primarily in oil and gas leasing areas

NPS

• Nationally consistent shoreline definition

• Benthic habitat characterization (coral reefs, SAV)

• Shoreline change rates

• Threats to natural and cultural resources

• Estuaries/wetlands mapping

• Anthropogenic alterations

• Seamless topo/bathy maps

• Sediment pathways and transport

• Shoreline change rates

• Island mapping and geologic framework

• Forecast and hindcast shoreline configuration

• Anthropogenic alterations

• Climate change impacts

• Vulnerability indices

• Base mapping (bathymetry, backscatter)

• Subsidence modeling (e.g., USS Arizona settling)

• Critical mapping units identified for submerged, anthropogenic, coastalriverine, intertidal, subtidal

• Baseline geologic data for parks

• Submerged resources center for archeological projects

• Shoreline change monitoring

• Vulnerability maps for parks

• Survey, identification, inventory, evaluation, protection, and preservation of cultural resources

USGS Biology Discipline

• Better benthic habitat characterization of natural and artificial reefs

• Mapping of risks to resources in hazard-prone areas

• Coral reef maps

• Benthic habitat maps

• Physical habitat maps

• Nursery and coastal foraging habitat of fishes, birds, and mammals

• Coastal erosion GIS

• Storm, coastal erosion, and sea level rise impacts on living resources

• Modeling of ecosystem response to coastal disturbance

USGS Geology Discipline

• Nationally consistent shoreline definition

• Nationwide compilation of reliable shoreline data

• Standardized methods for tracking shoreline position over time

• Consistent vertical datum

• Consistent GIS data standards

• Nearshore and terrestrial geologic maps

• National Assessment of Shoreline Change

• Bathymetric and coastal hydrodynamics maps

• Surficial geology/benthic habitat maps

• SHOALS LIDAR mapping

• Coral reef mapping

• Surficial and sub-bottom geologic mapping for hazards and resource assessments

• National and regional coastal hazards vulnerability assessments

USGS Geography Discipline

• Higher resolution of basic geographic information

• Consistent scales, update cycles, data classifications, data models, data formats, metadata

• Online access to geospatial data and products

• “The National Map,” including surface elevation data, bathymetry, hydrology, land cover

• Coastal erosion GIS

USGS Water Discipline

• Accessible archive of remote sensing data and products

• Time-sensitive storm surges and floods data

• Bathymetry of estuaries

• Submerged aquatic vegetation

• Remotely sensed water quality data

• Real-time and retrospective coastal flooding data and flood hazard assessment, including flood modeling

Office of Ocean Affairs

• Boundary definition of continental shelf

• Continental shelf bathymetry and sediment data, especially in the Arctic

• Consistent shoreline definition

• Limits of the Seas series, reporting on national ocean claims

FEMA

• Nationally consistent shoreline definition

• Blended bathymetric/ topographic maps

• Wave and flood models

• Comprehensive climate and storm data

• Storm surge models, including bathymetry, topography

• Environmentally sensitive areas

• Coastal erosion maps

• Earthquake, flood, and wind hazard maps

• Coastal community vulnerability assessments

USCG

• High-resolution imagery and bathymetry to support homeland security

• Coastal circulation models

• Positions of Aids to Navigation

• Updates of navigation charts

• Aids to Navigation Information System

EPA Office of Water, Office of Research and Development, Office of Air and Radiation

• Location accuracy of data points from various sources

• Timely access to data sources (water quality, sediment chemistry) from other agencies or academic sources

• Compatibility between data formats (scale, projections)

• Adequate storage and hardware

• National consistency for airshed and watershed maps

• Monitoring and assessment activities to support water quality, safe drinking water, marine debris, watershed modeling, HAB mapping

• Environmapper for Water

• National Environmental Information Exchange Network

NASA

• Long-term geodetically controlled tide gauge system

• Ability to separate different components of sea level change

• Coral reef mapping

• Geodetic imaging, digital data online

• Global maps of water quality parameters

• Technology development for coastal hazards development

NSF

• Centralized online metadata catalog

• Quality control of data

• User-friendly Web-based tools for searching and accessing data

• Standard digital forms for reporting data

• Marine environmental data collected by principal investigators must be deposited in a designated national data center no later than 2 years after being collected

FGDC

• Improved interagency coordination

• Improved collaboration and minimization of duplication between agencies

• Increased progress on FGDC Framework

• Increased acceptance of FGDC standards and protocols

• Quicker approval of spatial data collection and mapping standards

• Increased private-sector involvement

• Improved data access

• Development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)

• Support and publicize Geospatial One-Stop

• Promulgation of standards

• Support for NSDI Communications Toolkit

Resource Managers, as identified by response to CSC (1999)

• Enhanced ability to interpret and apply spatial data and imagery for decision making

• Access to information from other entities

• Enhanced interagency coordination

• Habitat and human-use maps and data

• Nearshore and estuary bathymetry

• Fish distribution

• Wetland function

• Land-use change maps

• Varies widely by entity

Coastal Resource Management Departments

• Consistent scale and format for coastal and marine data

• Consistent shoreline definition

• Consistent protocols for data collection, mapping, storage, and reporting

• More detailed bathymetry, elevation, hydrography

• Better information about land-sea interface (0 to 50 ft depth)

• More detailed need for improved spatial data to address hazards

• Elevation, hydrography seismic profiling, sidescan sonar, coring, diver surveys, paleo reconstructions, etc.

• Varies widely by entity

Environmental Protection Departments

• Data and mapping to support water quality permitting, construction/dredging permits

• Groundwater issues (such as saltwater intrusion)

• Habitat restoration, urbanization issues

• Varies widely by entity

Natural Resource Departments

• Data and mapping to support assessments of coastal hazards, coastal erosion, fisheries management, rare and endangered species

• Varies widely by entity

Emergency Management Departments

• Data and mapping to support assessment of flooding and other hazards

• Varies widely by entity

Geological/ Biological Surveys

• Data and mapping to support assessment of living and non-living resources, rare and endangered species, biodiversity, basemaps, coastal change

• Varies widely by entity

Archeology/ Cultural Heritage

• Data and information in support of locating and documenting cultural/ archeological resources

• Varies widely by entity