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series useful for State, regional, and Federal planning. These maps are produced after coordination. of NOS and USGS mapping programs and after consultation with State and Federal agencies. Priorities are established on the basis of State needs and the availability of cost-sharing funds.

The coastal mapping program of NOS provides aerial photographic and office compilation services to map the shoreline and locate nearshore features. The estuarine and lake level programs provide measurement, analysis, prediction, and dissemination services for tides, currents, lake levels, and river flows in the coastal and estuarine areas of the United States, including the Great Lakes and interconnecting waterways.

For further information, contact:

Chief, Marine Chart Division

National Ocean Survey

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Rockville, Maryland 20852

Telephone: 301-443-8741

Detailed field surveys at 600 airports designated by the Federal Aviation Administration and production of obstruction charts covering 10 nmi around those airports have been assigned to NOS. Obstruction charts and control survey data near major airports can be obtained from:

Chief, Coastal Mapping Division

National Ocean Survey

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Rockville, Maryland 20852
Telephone: 301-443-8744

USGS AND NOS COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS

Federal mapping agencies cooperate on projects that contribute to national mapping and charting, including special products as well as standard map series. States, Commonwealths, or Territories, their political subdivisions, and their agencies may enter into cooperative agreement in which map production is funded equally by the State agency and the Federal Government. The cost of publication normally is borne by the Federal Government. The effect of cooperative agreements is to expedite mapping of areas of particular interest to the cooperating agency because the cooperators help select new project areas. Cooperators are listed in appendix 1. The list is by no means exclusive; additional cooperative programs can be arranged with other organizations within the same jurisdictions.

Occasionally agencies enter into cost-sharing agreements to support specified parts of map prepa

ration. For example, an agency could provide all or some of the funds for compiling the planimetry but not the contouring of a topographic map. Similarly, State agencies have shared costs for determining tidal datums and coastal boundaries. If the work to be performed does not directly contribute to national mapping and charting, a repay or reimbursable project may be arranged.

In repay projects the work is done by the Federal Government, but the entire cost of the project is paid by the requesting agency. Acceptance of a reimbursable agreement depends on the nature of the work and the ability of the Federal agency to fit the job into its production schedule.

In addition to mapping and charting projects, the Federal Government cooperates on surveying and tidal-determination projects. Recent cooperative geodetic surveying programs were undertaken with New York, Georgia, Maine, Connecticut, Oregon, California, and Louisiana. These programs vary widely; further information may be obtained from the Director of NOS.

Since the mid-1970's, NOS has been conducting tidal datum surveys in cooperation with Florida, New Jersey, and California. In the near future cooperative tidal datum surveys and coastal mapping will be planned for all coastal areas. The planned program involves cooperative establishment of the tidal datums prior to mapping the desired tidal datum lines to NOS accuracy specifications.

For information about a cooperative agreement with USGS, the following offices may be contacted:

Alaska and Texas

Chief, Rocky Mountain Mapping Center
U.S. Geological Survey
Stop 510, Box 25046
Denver Federal Center
Denver, Colorado 80225
Telephone: 303-234-2351

Atlantic Coast States plus Alabama, Indiana, Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands
Chief, Eastern Mapping Center
U.S. Geological Survey
MS 567 National Center
Reston, Virginia 22092
Telephone: 703-860-6352

Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, and
Wisconsin

Chief, Mid-Continent Mapping Center
U.S. Geological Survey

1400 Independence Road
Rolla, Missouri 65401
Telephone: 314-364-3680

Pacific Coast States plus Hawaii, American Samoa, and Guam

Chief, Western Mapping Center

U.S. Geological Survey

345 Middlefield Road

Menlo Park, California 94075

Telephone: 415-323-2411

Headquarters office

Chief, Topographic Division

U.S. Geological Survey

MS 516 National Center

12201 Sunrise Valley Drive

Reston, Virginia 22092
Telephone: 703-860-6231

For information about a cooperative program with NOS, contact:

Director, National Ocean Survey

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

6001 Executive Boulevard

Rockville, Maryland 20852
Telephone: 301-443-8744

Both USGS and NOS recognize the need for providing technical assistance to other organizationsFederal, State, or private. Technical information in the form of mapping instructions and professional papers may be obtained from:

Technical Information Office

U.S. Geological Survey

MS 520 National Center

Reston, Virginia 22092

Telephone: 703-860-6275

Coastal Mapping Division

National Ocean Survey

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 6001 Executive Boulevard

Rockville, Maryland 20852

Telephone: 301-443-8744

The USGS technical assistance program includes such services as providing technical instructions, accepting research projects on a repay basis, and training non-Federal personnel at the headquarters or at any of the regional offices across the country. Requests for such arrangements should be directed to: Office of Research and Technical Standards U.S. Geological Survey

MS 519 National Center
Reston, Virginia 22092
Telephone: 703-860-6291

or to the Director of NOS.

In addition to the handbook, there are other cooperative programs between NOS and USGS. One is the topographic-bathymetric map series which will incorporate the data previously shown separately on USGS topographic maps and NOS bathymetric maps into one format and edition. The inte

grated product is designed to serve the cartographic needs of oceanographers, marine geologists, land use planners, physical scientists, conservationists, and others interested in managing the coastal zone, the wetlands, and the offshore environment.

A portion of the 1:250,000-scale topographicbathymetric map for Wilmington, Del.-N.J.-Pa.-Md., is shown in appendix 7, figure 12. Other maps have been authorized at that scale and at 1:100,000 scale. Eventually such maps will be available at 1:24,000 scale and in some cases at 1:10,000 scale.

MAPPING AND CHARTING ACTIVITIES

The following offices are sources of information about the mapping and charting programs of the particular agency listed. Cartographic data are not always available at these offices. See the following section, "Product and data sources," for a list of data distribution points.

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Aerial Photography Field Office

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
(2222 West, 2300 South)

Box 30010

Salt Lake City, Utah 84109
Telephone: 801-524-5856

Bonneville Power Administration

Information Office

Bonneville Power Administration

1002 NE. Holliday Street

Portland, Oregon 97208

Telephone: 503-234-3361 x5133

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Public Information Office

Bureau of Indian Affairs 18th and C Streets, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20245 Telephone: 202-343-7435 Bureau of Land Management Division of Cadastral Survey Bureau of Land Management (420) Washington, D.C. 20240

Telephone: 202-343-8205

Bureau of Mines

Office of Technical Data Services Bureau of Mines Columbia Plaza 2401 E St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20241 Telephone: 202-634-1110 Bureau of Outdoor Recreation Deputy Director for Planning Bureau of Outdoor Recreation 4415 Interior Building 18th and C Streets, NW. Washington, D.C. 20240 Telephone: 202-343-7375

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Environmental Data Service

Director

Environmental Data Service

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

2001 Wisconsin Avenue, NW.

Washington, D.C. 20235

Telephone: 202-634-7318

Environmental Research Laboratories

Office of Programs

Environmental Research Laboratories

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

3100 Marine Avenue

Boulder, Colorado 80302

Telephone: 303-499-6212

National Ocean Survey

Program Development Division

National Ocean Survey

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Rockville, Maryland 20852

Telephone: 301-443-8548

Physical Science Services Branch

Scientific Services Division

National Ocean Survey

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Rockville, Maryland 20852

Telephone: 301-443-8031

National Weather Service

National Weather Service

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Gramax Building

8060 13th Street

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910

Telephone: 301-427-7622

National Park Service

Office of Communications

National Park Service

3043 Interior Building 18th and C Streets, NW. Washington, D.C. 20240 Telephone: 202-343-6843

Soil Conservation Service

Education and Publication Branch Information Division

Soil Conservation Service

U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C. 20250

Telephone: 202-447-5063

U.S. Air Force

Office of Information

Office of the Secretary

U.S. Air Force

The Pentagon

Washington, D.C. 20330

Telephone: 202-695-4602

U.S. Army

Public Affairs Office

Office of the Chief of Engineers

Department of the Army

James Forrestal Building

Washington, D.C. 20314

Telephone: 202-693-6326

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Public Inquiries Office
U.S. Geological Survey

1036 General Services Building
19th and F Streets, NW.
Washington, D.C. 20240
Telephone: 202-343-8073

Public Inquiries Office
U.S. Geological Survey
MS 302 National Center
Reston, Virginia 22092
Telephone: 703–860–6167
Public Inquiries Office"
Publications Division
U.S. Geological Survey
678 U.S. Court House
West 920 Riverside Avenue
Spokane, Washington 99201
Telephone: 509–456–2524

Technical information

Technical Information Office
U.S. Geological Survey
MS 520 National Center
Reston, Virginia 22092
Telephone: 703-860-6275

Photographic information
User Services Unit

EROS Data Center

U.S. Geological Survey

Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57198 Telephone: 605-594-6511

U.S. Marine Corps

Information Branch

Information Division
U.S. Marine Corps

Arlington Annex

Columbia Pike and Arlington Ridge Rd.

Arlington, Virginia 20370
Telephone: 202-694-1492

U.S. Navy

Research and Public Inquiries Office Public Information Division

Office of Information

U.S. Navy

The Pentagon

Washington, D.C. 20350

Telephone: 202–695-0965

For assistance and advice on State mapping programs, contact the State representatives listed in appendixes 1, 2, and 3. These sources should also be able to provide information about municipal and private mapping efforts in the States. Other sources of information about private mapping and aerial surveying companies are listed in appendix 4.

Area of concern is limited to the states within the particular region of the country.

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