New York and vicinity, including Long Island, and seven maps of the 

 New Orleans and the Mississippi Delta regions. 



NOAA's National Ocean Survey instituted a marine geodetic 

 program to aid in the exploration for offshore oil and natural gas. 

 Work began to establish the exact positions of key offshore oil 

 platforms; these in turn are used as reference points to accurately 

 position research vessels. Thirteen platforms in the Gulf of Mexico 

 were surveyed by means of specialized equipment that receives 

 signals from a U.S. Navy satellite. 



During 1974, Navy ships completed over 300,000 miles of survey in 

 support of worldwide oceanographic, geophysical, and 

 antisubmarine warfare/undersea warfare (ASW/USW) charting 

 requirements and precise bathymetry surveys were run over 270,000 

 nautical miles. In addition, airborne magnetic surveys in support of 

 ASW and worldwide nautical charting covered over 250,000 nautical 

 miles. LORAN surveys were conducted in the Marianas Islands, 

 Maine, and Greenland and transmission facilities were surveyed in 

 the Indian Ocean, Florida, Maryland, Maine, Scotland, and the 

 Aleutian Islands. Geodetic surveys of the Alaskan Naval Petroleum 

 Reserve were completed in a joint program by NAVOCEANO and 

 the U.S. Air Force. In support of hydrographic surveys, 

 NAVOCEANO conducted positioning surveys in the Aegean Sea, 

 along the west coast of Korea, and in the Northern Philippines. 

 Astrogeodetic surveys were completed at Charleston, S.C.; 

 Brooklyn, N.Y.; and Sardinia. Plans for calendar year 1975 call for 

 surveys in the Dominican Republic, the Atlantic Undersea Test and 

 Evaluation Center (AUTEC), Bermuda, the Indian Ocean, the 

 Marshall Islands, the Philippines, and Norway. 



In 1974, the Navy's Harbor Survey Assistance Program (HAR- 

 SAP] continued to operate successfully in Central and South 

 America. The intention of the program is to stimulate hydrographic 

 data collection and charting by training and assisting participating 

 countries in development in these areas of expertise. It is anticipated 

 that in 1975 new agreements will be signed with Guatemala, 

 Panama, and Jamaica, bringing to 10 the total number of member 

 countries. The program operates out of the Canal Zone in Panama 

 where formal training is conducted on an annual basis. 



Traditional methods of making maps and charts are giving way to 

 advances in automation and data handling. The application of 

 automation techniques provides data products of greater accuracy 

 and at lower cost than is possible by traditional methods. 

 Completion of work on an automation program in NO A A is projected 

 for the late 1970's when it is expected that all nautical chart 

 production will be automated. This accomplishment will result in 



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