WASHINGTON, March 23 -- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a notice called: Request for Comment on Satellite-Derived Bathymetry Addition to Standard Ocean Mapping Protocol.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on March 23 by Christiaan van Westendorp, RDML, NOAA, Director, Office of Coast Survey, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Summary: The National Ocean Mapping, Exploration, and Characterization (NOMEC) Council and the Interagency Working Group on Ocean and Coastal Mapping (IWG-OCM) request input from all interested parties on the draft addendums to the Standard Ocean Mapping Protocol (SOMP). The SOMP was developed in accordance with Objective 2.1 of the Nation...