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mapping, and rekdad spatial data. See also
Fodeml InterAgency Coordlnatlng
ComrrrNte8 on Digltsl Cartography.
Faderal lntwAgoncy Coordlnstlng
Commlttaa on Dlgltnl Cartography
(FICCDC~Arr InterAgency steering
cornmftfaa eatsbliied in 19S3 by the Offke of
Menagwnant ad Budget. The purpose ie to
ramnvmnd JNocaduras and progrrsme which
weu~ faciliite the ccardheticm of Fadsrd
a- d@f.sl -=fogmphii SUtVhiiS, and
eefsbfkh ad promulgela sfandarda and
epecifiIions for the producfton of dcatkqmphk
data. Nama changed in 1990 to
the Fsderef Geogrsphm Data Cornmilfee. S..
afao Federal Goographlc Data
C0mmltte6.
Intemetional Hydrographlc Orgenlzetlon
({HO)-The cardirrating body for
internetkmal rautksl chaning practices and
prceadurtm. Establishes minimum stendsnis
end epacifutiimr for the production of nsutiil
charts and the collection of mfslad daIa.
Membership is open to all muntries of the wortd
Interrmtlonal Marltimb ~rganlzation
(lMO)-The SpacMiued Agencf For the United
Nakms raafmnsiMe for M9ritkrrs safety and
effciency of navigation. It prev”kkra machinery
for cocperatien among governments in the fiekt
of governmental regulations and practices
relat”ng to Iachnicd matters of afl kinds affecting
shipping engagsd in intemat”bnef trede.
lntarrmtlorml Standards OrQanlzatlon
(lSO)--An Irrtematbnal organization
reeponsibfe for digits} standards for rn.dla,
format, etc.
Natlond Center for Geographic
Information and Anafysle (NCGIA)-A
conaodium of three urrivarsitk (The Whraity
of Catiiornie al Senta Barbara, The State
University of New York at Buffab, and The
Urdvereily d Maine at Omno) receivii furrdhg
frum the Netbnal Sc4srrce Foundmbn (NS~ to
fcwus rasasrch and model aducatbnel
curricufurns in apetial aneiysis and cpetiel
stetistii; epstiil refatkmships and data bass
slructur~ ertifcief infe(ligerroe and axperf
systems; visualization and secial, economic and
institutional issues in the field of gsogrsph~
information systems (GIS).
National Ocean $errrlce (f JOS)-Major
component of NOAA, charged with maintaining
MIL-HDBK-850
Ihe Natiinal Geodetic Reference System;
producing neuticef and aaruneutical drerts end
related publication.s surveying end monitoring
erwirmrnamtal resoumos, ilxiwSing Coastaf
pd!ufii; researching the phy~ dsaracterfatk2s
of the OcOena: and msnagirrg marine asruenas
end sanctuaries. Formerfy Netbnal omen
survey.
Naval Envlronmentel PredictIon
Research Facillty (NEPRF, NOARL)-A
raseimh and davalepmerst orgsnizst”bn under
lha NSW during the 19 f30e. NEPRF, NOROA,
mv.f MO we#s merged to fcmn the Navaf
Oceanographic end Atmospheric Rmearch
IAroratory (NOARL) in 1989.
Nevaf Oceanogrrsphb and Atmosphbrlc
Research Laboratory (NOARL)-The
Na~s Iesd laboratory for rasasrch and
devebpmont in mapping, chsfiing end geodesy
(MC&G). NOARL k scttiety invohmd in applying
digital MC&G deta to the support d neval
W3SP0rrS SYSterTISad in conducting resesmh to
impruve these data. NOARL wss craalad in I
19a9 as a merger of three razaarch units: Neval
Oman Resasrch and Devebpmerrl Activity, the
Institute for Navel @eenography, and the Navel
Environmental Predktion Research %cili.
Naval Surface Warfaro Center (NSWC)--
ArI irdustriaily Iunded Navy tadii ksted in
Whiie Ctak, MO. ard Dahlgren, VA, Aid
conducts research and devebpment in e
variety of vmrfare dii@ines includii MC6G.
Roms Lnboratorlea (RL)-lhe principal
orga~atmn charged with conducting Air pars.
research and development programs relsdad to I
c31 (rnmrn.”d, ccmtml, communications and
intelligence). RL rnis@en areas irrcfude
cernmunicdbns, .Iectmrnagne!k guktenm end
mntrd, surveillance d ground and asmspce
objects, intelligence data handliig, inform.lion
systems fwhnofogy. .Jacfronic relbMy,
rrrsirrtainabilii, and oornpatbilii.
U.S. Army Topographic Englnearing
Cantar (TEC or USATEC~Army
Iaborafories foaled in Feri Belvoir, VA, whiih
support the Army’s mcdem waepons and
wmmsrsd and control systems through research
end devabpment in mapping, charting, Ierrsin
mdysis, geodesy, remote sensing, fmirrt I
pmWoning, surveying and tend navigation. TEC
.1s0 mnducts research on anvironmentel effects
on military equipment, devabping t0p08MphiC
suppert systems, end terrain arrhlysis products.
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