Plan Development Workshop NOAA Coastal Services Center Charleston, SC November 2-5, 2009

1. Plan Development WorkshopNOAA Coastal Services CenterCharleston, SC November 2-5, 2009 Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration Act

2. Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration Act • A subtitle of the • Omnibus Public Land Management Act • “In coordination with coastal states, establish a program to develop a coordinated and comprehensive Federal [National] ocean and coastal mapping plan for the Great Lakes and coastal state waters, the territorial sea, the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf” • enhances ecosystem approaches in decision making • establishes research and mapping priorities • supports siting of research and other platforms • advances coastal and ocean science

3. Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration Act • OCM Program co-Chaired by USGS, ACOE, and NOAA • Workshop purpose • begin the process of coordinating current mapping requirements • defining the additional actions necessary to achieve an integrated approach for acquiring framework data layers • Over 40 attendees • NGOs, private sector, state and federal government, academic institutions, and regional governance bodies

4. Attendees U.S. EPA Office of Water U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geology Program U.S. Minerals Management Service U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Emergency Management Agency U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Department of Homeland Security Infrastructure U.S. Navy NOAA (multiple offices) National Park Service NASA Stennis Space Center National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency National Science Foundation, Division of Ocean Sciences • The Nature Conservancy • University of Hawaii • Great Lakes Commission • Gulf of Mexico Alliance • Gulf of Maine Mapping Initiative • Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO) • Woolpert • Virginia Department of Environmental Quality • Coastal States Organization • Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission • Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors (MAPPS) • Fugro Earth Data • National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) • National Federation of Regional Associations for Coastal and Ocean Observing

5. Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration Act • Objectives of the workshop • Participants agree on the priority themes that will benefit from an integrated approach to mapping • Participants share knowledge of existing programs, projects, and capabilities for mapping framework data layers • Participants identify a set of validated requirements that will benefit from an integrated mapping plan and the initial actions necessary to integrate existing programs

6. Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration Act • Workshop Outcomes • Wide ranging discussion delivers critical information for the report to Congress • Confirmation of important themes and data requirements • Topo/bathy, cadastre, and habitat mapping • Examples of successful integrated mapping efforts for a compelling story for Congress • Buy-in of representatives of multiple organizations and sectors • Beginnings of a framework for the plan and reports due to Congress

7. What’s Next • Report must be written by June • Lengthy clearance process • Delivered to Congress by October

8. What we need from you • A willingness and commitment to more effectively coordinate • Agency advocacy for coordination and new data collections and resources