This includes thousands of electronic navigational charts covering 153,000 kilometres of shoreline and 3.6 million square nautical miles of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes waters
Ocean mapping data is the basis for researching, exploring and characterizing the ocean, coasts and Great Lakes in order to support maritime commerce, transportation and emergency response activities.
Funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will bolster NOAA efforts to address marine debris in U.S. waterways, the ocean and Great Lakes