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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Webinar: “Using Participatory GIS to Map Ocean Uses in the Mid-Atlantic”
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
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
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
Key US agriculture #opendata available via https://t.co/zy8EZR5tBA w/ data, resources, APIs, apps #ciardgodan
Exploring the evolving borders of #CitizenScience and #OpenData http://t.co/xOqKNUoe5j 4/29 webinar #climatedata #EarthDay2014
May release of will improve Impact section: https://t.co/QMGJNmwfPA