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NAVCEN

NAVCEN . The U S Coast Guard’s Navigation Center of Excellence . Mission and Organization. NAVCEN Mission Statement. The Navigation Center meets the needs of global navigation and timing by providing

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NAVCEN

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  1. NAVCEN The U S Coast Guard’s Navigation Center of Excellence

  2. Mission and Organization

  3. NAVCEN Mission Statement The Navigation Center meets the needs of global navigation and timing by providing quality signals, informational services and technical support, to enable safe navigation

  4. Mission Standards • 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

  5. Civil GPS Service Interface Committee • NAVCEN coordinates and manages the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC) as part of the Department of Transportation’s program to respond to the needs of civil GPS users, and to integrate GPS use into the civil sector applications.

  6. Differential GPS • USCG developed an augmentation to GPS • Maritime Differential GPS (DGPS) • NDGPS expanded DGPS to cover surface areas • NAVCEN Operates 85 NDGPS sites from 2 Control Centers, East and West Coast.

  7. Worldwide DGPS COVERAGE

  8. Navigation Information Service

  9. NAVIGATION INFORMATION SERVICE • Disseminate Information on GPS, DGPS, Loran-C, Maritime Safety, Maritime Communications, & Local Notice to Mariners • Operational Advisory Broadcast Service • Operates 24 Hours, 7 days a week • Maintains Library of Radionavigation Publications, Handbooks & Materials • 150,000 Inquiries Per Month Via Internet, E-Mail/List Server, Phone, and Mail

  10. NAVCEN Web Site

  11. WWW.Navcen.uscg.gov

  12. GPS Outage Reporting

  13. Contact Information Navigation Information Service Watch 24 hour contact 703-313-5900 e-mail: tis-pf-nisws@uscg.mil Website: www.navcen.uscg.gov

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