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Maritime Limits and Boundaries of the United States

NOAA is responsible for depicting on its nautical charts the limits of the 12 nautical mile Territorial Sea, 24 nautical mile Contiguous Zone, and 200 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The outer limit of each of these zones is measured from the U.S. normal baseline, which coincides with the low water line depicted on NOAA charts and includes closing lines across the entrances of legal bays and rivers, consistent with international law.

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Ocean

Webinar: “Using Participatory GIS to Map Ocean Uses in the Mid-Atlantic”

April 14, 2014

Using Participatory GIS to Map Ocean Uses in the Mid-Atlantic Thursday, May 1, 2014 from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern Presenter(s): Mimi D’Iorio (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), Laura McKay (Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program), Nick Meade (Virginia Coastal Zone … Continued

Cities

Open Data Census

April 2, 2014

How is your city doing in open data and transparency? A recent survey looks at what data cities are sharing and not sharing and how they rank in transparency and accessibility. You can add your city to the census and see others … Continued

Climate

NASA Invites Citizens to Collaborate on Coastal Flooding Challenge

March 21, 2014

by Ellen Stofan. Today I was honored to represent NASA at the Climate Data Initiative launch at the White House. Along with NOAA, Google, and many partners from other government agencies and the private sector, we opened the climate.data.gov gateway with more than 100 curated, … Continued