AbstractUSACE Navigation and Coastal Data BankTrack: Charting and Data Collecting Author The Navigation and Coastal Data Bank (NCDB) program will consolidate priority USACE data, allowing access to new and existing navigation and coastal data through a District geodatabase and ultimately through a single public portal using Esri Geoportal extension. Two GIS analysts will be funded at the 21 coastal Districts for 12 months to populate the database. The NCDB's function is four-fold: manage data at Districts where it is collected, organize Districts to bring their coastal data online as a corporate asset including metadata, create a Web portal and search engine for navigation and coastal information, and participate in USGS's GOS and NOAA's IOOS programs to interface the NCDB data. The program will initially focus on the following main data sets: national coastal mapping products, channel framework, disposal sites, structure as-builts, channel condition surveys, legacy dredging data, USACE tide gauge data, and wave/water level data. William Padgett CESAM-OP-J PO Box 2288 Mobile, Alabama 36628 United States Phone: 251-694-3721 Fax: 251-694-4264 E-mail: clint.padgett@us.army.mil |