Marine & Coastal Spatial Data Subcommittee
Annual Report
Federal Geographic Data Committee
Subcommittee on Bathymetric and Nautical
Charting Data
1997 Annual Accomplishment Report
The Federal Geographic Data Committee's Subcommittee on Bathymetric and
Nautical Charting Data primary mission is to develop and promote that
aspect of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) that supports
the Marine navigation and coastal zone Geographic Information System community
through the development of standards, data exchange agreements, and data
quality issues. The subcommittee supports the overall goals and missions
of the FGDC by participating on several working groups and subcommittees
that have an interest in marine geographic data issues. The Subcommittee
is an active member of the Standards Working Group and the Framework Working
Group.
The subcommittee meets formally approximately twice a year in the Washington,
D.C. area. Additionally, the subcommittee sponsors a number of community
meetings and outreach workshops throughout the country during the year.
Significant 1997 Accomplishments:
(in the format of the NSDI Strategic Plan)
Goal One: Increase the awareness and understanding of the vision,
concept, and benefits of the NSDI through outreach and education.
1. Hosted or participated in 6 outreach meetings and workshops with the
effected community:
- American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, Seattle April 6-11
- Federal Interagency Waterways Conference, Tysons Corner VA. -- May
20-22
- Coastal Zone '97 conference (Technical session and NSDI workshop)
Boston, MA, July 20-24
- Tri-Service CADD/GIS/FM Symposium '97 and the US Army Corps of Engineers
Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing Conference, St. Louis, MO, August
18-22
- Hosted a national meeting/workshop to determine the approach to developing
a NSDI shoreline data standard., Charleston SC November 1997
- Annual meeting of the Bathymetric Subcommittee - December 1997
Goal Two: Develop common solutions for discovery, access, and
use of geographic data in response to the needs of diverse communities
1. Supported data conversion, digitizing, formatting, and data quality
efforts for coastal zone GIS data -- especially shoreline and hydrographic/bathymetric
data.
2. Developed a "profile" to the FGDC metadata standard to support information
necessary for hydrographic and bathymetric data
3. Support for the NSDI clearinghouse effort through the extension of
the Bathymetric homepage to include search procedures to help locate coastal
data held by NOAA and other federal agencies.
4. Provided technical assistance to affected agencies and offices to
implement the FGDC metadata standard.
5. Continue efforts on the San Francisco Bay and South Florida NSDI pilot
projects. Working with Alaska, Oregon, and Connecticut.
6. Assisted state and local FGDC C-CAP, Clearinghouse, and Framework
grant recipients with data issues relative to the coastal zone.
Goal Three: Use community-based approaches to develop and maintain
common collections of geospatial data for sound decision making
1. Drafted Part 5 of the NSDI positional accuracy standard for hydrographic
surveying and related nautical charting data
2. Assisted the Tri Services CADD/GIS center to complete the integrated
feature registry for the data objects and attributes related to marine
area using the S-57 standard.
3. Develop a plan for the NSDI shoreline data layer as part of the FGDC
NSDI framework data
4. Submitted a proposal for the FGDC Shoreline Data Standard to the FGDC
Standards Working Group.
5. Developed a business plan for the bathymetric and shoreline portions
of the NSDI framework.
Goal Four: Build Relationships among organizations to support
the containing development of the NSDI:
1. Worked with members of the private sector, GIS vendors on issues relating
to shoreline and bathymetric data.
2. Assisted the NIMA IPT, and HYSAS as necessary working with the Open
Geospatial Data Foundation and other efforts.
3. Worked with state, county, and local organizations who are developing
NSDI coastal framework data and implementing standards. Established an
EMAIL directory of approximately 200 GIS experts working in the coastal
zone.
4. Attended meetings of the National Academy of Public Administration
and the National Research Council Mapping Science Committee examining
Federal spatial data and GIS activities.
5. Submitted a Paper to the 1997 annual strategic plan meeting of the
International Hydrographic Organization on the US NSDI and possible applications
for the Global spatial data community
6. Organized a special session at the 1998 annual meeting of the American
Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and RTI dealing with the
National Shoreline Data Standard
