The National Ocean Service's (NOS) MapFinder Web service provides direct
Internet access to NOS imagery and data holdings for coastal photography, nautical charts,
historical maps, coastal survey maps, environmental sensitivity index maps, hydrographic
survey outlines, water level stations, estuarine bathymetry, and geodetic control points.
These are on-line as directly usable products, or as previews of higher quality products
that can be ordered from NOS. Target users of this service are resource managers
(municipal planners, protected area managers, etc.), but these products will also benefit
a wider public audience.
The NOS MapFinder will continue to be enhanced in the years ahead as new themes
are added, existing themes are updated with new products, and new mapping and data
delivery features are implemented. This version (inaugurated January 1999) provides an
enhanced mapping and query capability, a user profile function, and two new themes,
historical maps and estuarine bathymetry.
MAPFINDER
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