U. S. Shoreline mapping through aerial photography
Since the late 1930s, high-resolution, georeferenced aerial photography for defining the nation’s 95,000-mile shoreline has been a responsibility of the National Geodetic Survey, part of NOAA’s National Ocean Service (NOS). Precision aerial photography is the primary source material used for creating coastal survey maps and digital cartographic files. These data sets, in turn, provide data for producing NOAA nautical charts.
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Shipping News: Right Whales
by Anon, NOAA Fisheries Press Release
02 June 2004
NEW STRATEGY PROPOSED TO REDUCE SHIP COLLISIONS WITH ENDANGERED NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALES Public comments will be accepted for sixty days, during which time NOAA Fisheries will also conduct public meetings to discuss the strategy. Comments will be considered as the agency completes environmental and economic analyses required to develop the final strategy and rules to implement it. Young Right Whale Found Floating Off Southern Long Island, NY June 2001 Photo: Riverhead Foundation
