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2. NAVCEN Missions • Meet SOLAS and Titles 14 & 33 CFR • Operate radionavigation services per Federal Radionavigation Plan (FRP) • Represent civil interests in GPS • Disseminate NAV / Safety Marine Information • Notices to Mariners • Light Lists • Develop Electronic Navigation Technologies • Electronic Charting

3. Interagency GPS Executive Board(IGEB) Interior Agriculture Justice NASA Transportation Defense State Commerce IGEB Executive Secretariat DOD Pos/Nav* ExecutiveCommittee DOT Pos/Nav* Executive Committee Civil Radionavigation Policy GPS International Working Group Civil GPS Service Interface Committee GPS Interagency Advisory Council International Issues State Dept. Lead Primary Information Exchange With Users *Position and Navigation Federal Non-Transportation Positioning & Timing Interests GPS Management Structure IGEB SSG Defense Radionavigation Policy

4. Civil GPS Service Interface Committee CGSIC is the World-Wide Forum Between CivilGPS Users and U.S. Government Service Providers Chair, OST/P-7 Deputy Chair CO, NAVCEN Board Aviation Land Marine GIAC Subcommittee Chairs State Intl. Deputy Chair Subcommittees • International • Timing • U.S. States &Localities General Membership

5. Civil GPS Service Interface Committee • Conduct GPS Information Exchange, Requirements and Studies • Identify GPS issues that need resolution by Interagency GPS Executive Board (IGEB) • 600 Members: U.S. Federal, State, Non-U.S., Industry, Universities, 58 Nations • Meet twice a year in plenary session • Subcommittees: International, Timing, U.S. States and Localities • Represent civil interests in DOD operations

6. CGSIC Executive Secretariat NAVCEN Liaison at the GPS MCS NAVCEN Organization

7. NAVCEN Liaison to GPS MCS • Works closely with DOD staff to monitor GPS satellite operations and maintenance to safeguard civil interests. • Coordinate issue resolution between the GPS user and the service providers. • Provides the civil interface to the DOD GPS Support Center • Supports civil users in resolving outages by facilitating outage reports, coordinating resolution and findings, and disseminating results

8. NORAD Canadian CG LORAN-C RNAV NCA Organization Executive Branch of the U.S. Government Plan for the Security Control of Air Traffic and Air NAV Aids (SCATANA) Department of Defense Department of Transportation USAF USCG FAA Civil GPS DGPS NDGPS LORAN-C WAAS TACAN VORTAC VOR

9. Differential GPS • Satisfies Harbor Entrance & Approach, Inland Waterways & Terrestrial Requirements • 42 Maritime Broadcast Sites, 11 USACE Sites, 23 NDGPS Sites, 2 Control Centers • Achieved Full Operational Capability (FOC) on 15 March 1999 • Part of CORS (Continuously Operating Reference Stations) Network; sites report at 5 & 30 second intervals • Part of GSOS (GPS Surface Observing System) Network; aids in weather forecasting

10. U.S. DGPS Coverage

11. Barrow Prudhoe Bay Nationwide DGPS Kotzebue Bettles Ft. Yukon Galena Clear AFB Nome Delta Junction McGrath Trapper Creek Hooper Bay • Nationwide Sites • Maritime Sites Green - Operating Red - Planned Glenallen Bethel Gustavus Potato Point Kenai Cape Hinchinbrook Dillingham Level Island Biorka Cold Bay Kodiak Annette Island • Whidbey Is Patten Wenatchee UpperKeweenaw Robinson Pt Polson Edinburg Penobscot Wisconsin Point Spokane Pickford Fort Stevens Great Falls Appleton Brunswick Cheboygan Middlebury Medora Billings Portsmouth Pine River Hudson Falls Sturgeon Bay Seneca Clark SaginawBay Chatham Medford Elmira Acushnet Youngstown Klamath Falls St. Paul Detroit Moriches Jackson Gooding Cape Mendocino Milwaukee Sandy Hook Onondaga Ledyard Hawk Run Jack Creek RockIsland Whitney Hannibal Iowa City Reedy Point Rawlins Chico Omaha Lincoln Pacific Junction Austin Cincinnati Annapolis Hagerstown Myton KansasCity Point Blunt Topeka Pigeon Point Driver Monterey Oberlin Martinsville St Louis Louisville Kanab Pueblo Bakersfield Greensboro New Bern Lompoc Hartsville Canton Fayetteville Dandridge Essex Memphis Sallisaw Flagstaff Albuquerque Kensington Bobo Charleston Point Loma Hackleburg Summerfield Tucson Macon Savannah Grady Vicksburg Munday Millers Ferry Kokole Point El Paso Odessa MobilePoint Cape Canaveral English Turn Langtry Galveston Tampa Upolu Point Hawaii Miami Aransas Pass Key West Pahoa Isabela MAR/2002

12. Worldwide DGPS Coverage

13. LORAN-C • Satisfies Coastal Navigation and Timing Requirements • 12 Loran-C Chains, 29 Transmitting Stations • Partnership with Canada: three chains • Partnership with Russia: one chain

14. LORAN Coverage

15. Future for LORAN-C • The Government will continue to operate the Loran-C system in the short term while evaluating the long-term need for the system • SECDOT Task Force is examining the radionavigation mix for the next 10 to 15 years

16. Navigation Information Service • Disseminate Information on GPS, DGPS, Loran-C, Maritime Safety, Maritime Communications, & Local Notice to Mariners • Operational Advisory Broadcast Service • 24 Hour P.O.C. • Maintain Library of Radionavigation Publications, Handbooks & Materials • 600,000 Inquiries Per Month Via Internet, E-Mail/List Server, Phone, and Mail

17. Navigation Technology • ECDIS Standards and Regulations • Maritime information services • I-ATONIS Implementation • Provide ATONIS/AAPS support to USCG, NOAA and NIMA • Provide software tools for analysis of existing and proposed systems

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