Accession Number:

ADA089297

Title:

DMA's Role With the Mariner,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY HYDROGRAPHIC/ TOPOGRAPHIC CENTER WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Granato,Dennis J.

Report Date:

1980-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

25.0

Abstract:

This paper addresses the organization, mission, and service that the Defense Mapping Agency DMA, specifically, the HydrographicTopographic Center HTC, provides to the general mariner. Included in the discussion are the following the interface between DMA and the merchant mariner, how the requirements process works to support merchant marine activities, and how the merchant marine can aid DMAs product availability and accuracy through a data collection effort. Author

Descriptors:

• *OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
• AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE
• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
• INFORMATION TRANSFER
• MAPPING
• MERCHANT VESSELS
• HYDROGRAPHY

Subject Categories:

• Government and Political Science
• Cartography and Aerial Photography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE