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Navigation Services
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The Navigation Services Division (NSD) provides a focal point for customer requests and associated responses on charting issues, short-term (fast response) hydrographic surveys, and Coast Pilot updates. The Navigation Services Division maintains a database on these customer requests, the responsible units, critical dates, and final responses. The Division coordinates and distributes Office of Coast Survey (OCS) information of importance to the customer, and represents OCS at constituent events such as harbor safety meetings, waterways management meetings, cooperative workshops, conferences, and boat shows.
The NSD also provides a conduit for non-standard data sources from constituents into the Marine Chart Division (MCD) and maintains expertise in this area. The division acts as the initial and primary point-of-contact for Nautical Chart Sales Agents on charting issues outside of normal distribution issues. The division maintains all phases of Coast Pilot compilation and modernization efforts, conducts Coast Pilot evaluations, and addresses customer requests as required. The division also maintains the ability to conduct fast-response hydrographic surveys, and uses hydrographic field units for Electronic Nautical Chart (ENC) data capture, Coast Pilot field examinations, chart evaluation, and item investigations.
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