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Features: November 2009
National Spatial Reference System Primer
For 200 years, NOAA's National Geodetic Survey and its predecessor organizations have been using geodesy to map the U.S. shoreline, determine land boundaries, and improve transportation and navigation safety. Geodesy is the science of measuring and monitoring the size and shape of the Earth and the location of points on its surface.
Removing Marine Debris for the 'Dogs that Run in the Rough Sea'
NOAA’s Marine Debris Program gathers, and recycles, tons of trash from Hawaii’s Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
- NOS Program Offices
- Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
- National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
- NOAA Coastal Services Center
- National Geodetic Survey
- Office of Coast Survey
- Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
- Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
- Office of Response and Restoration
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