33 USC 892 - Definitions

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 26, 2024

§ 892.

Definitions

In this subchapter:

(1)

Administrator

(2)

Administration

(3)

Hydrographic data

The term “hydrographic data” means information that—

(A)

is acquired through—

(i)

hydrographic, bathymetric, photogrammetric, lidar, radar, remote sensing, or shoreline and other ocean- and coastal-related surveying;

(ii)

geodetic, geospatial, or geomagnetic measurements;

(iii)

tide, water level, and current observations; or

(iv)

other methods; and

(B)

is used in providing hydrographic services.

(4)

Hydrographic services

The term “hydrographic services” means—

(A)

the management, maintenance, interpretation, certification, and dissemination of bathymetric, hydrographic, shoreline, geodetic, geospatial, geomagnetic, and tide, water level, and current information, including the production of nautical charts, nautical information databases, hydrodynamic forecast and datum transformation models, and other products derived from hydrographic data;

(B)

the development of nautical information systems; and

(C)

related activities.

(5)

Coast and Geodetic Survey Act

(Pub. L. 105–384, title III, § 302, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3454; Pub. L. 107–372, title I, § 102, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3079; Pub. L. 110–386, § 2, Oct. 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 4106; Pub. L. 117–263, div. J, title CIII, § 10308(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3980.)

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