In this subchapter:
(1) Administrator
The term Administrator means the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(2) Administration
The term Administration means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(3) Hydrographic data
The term hydrographic data means information acquired through hydrographic or bathymetric surveying, photogrammetry, geodetic, geospatial, or geomagnetic measurements, tide and current observations, or other methods, that is used in providing hydrographic services.
(4) Hydrographic services The term hydrographic services means
(A) the management, maintenance, interpretation, certification, and dissemination of bathymetric, hydrographic, geodetic, geospatial, geomagnetic, and tide and current information, including the production of nautical charts, nautical information databases, and other products derived from hydrographic data;
(B) the development of nautical information systems; and
(C) related activities.
(5) Act of 1947 The term Act of 1947 means the Act entitled An Act to define the functions and duties of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and for other purposes, approved August 6, 1947 (
33 U.S.C.
883a et seq.).
