CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 249 



Management of Data Resources 250 



Technology 251 



Conceptual 251 



Organization 252 



Funding 253 



Survey and Charting Efforts 254 



USGS: The GLORIA Program 254 



NOAA: The Bathymetric Mapping Program 255 



Other Data Collection Programs 256 



National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 256 



U.S. Department of the Interior 263 



National Aeronautics and Space Administration 265 



U.S. Navy 266 



State and Local Governments 267 



Academic and Private Laboratories 267 



Industry 267 



Classification of Bathymetric and Geophysical Data 268 



Earlier Reviews of Data Classification 271 



OTA Classification Workshop 273 



Observations and Alternatives 276 



Box 



Box Page 



7-A. Major Producers and Users of EEZ Data 250 



Figures 



Figure No. Page 



7-1 . Regional Adases of the EEZ 258 



7-2. MMS Seismic Data 264 



7-3. Sea Beam Bathymetry of Surveyor Seamount 269 



Table 



Table No. Page 



7-1 . Funding for EEZ Programs 254 



