U.S. Code > Title 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters > CHAPTER 17—NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (§§ 851—893b) > SUBCHAPTER IV—NOAA HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICES (§§ 892—892d) > § 892. Definitions

§ 892. Definitions

In this subchapter:
(1) Administrator
The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(2) Administration
The term “Administration” means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(3) Hydrographic data
The term “hydrographic data” means information that—
(A) is acquired through—
(i) hydrographic, bathymetric, photogrammetric, lidar, radar, remote sensing, or shoreline and other ocean- and coastal-related surveying;
(ii) geodetic, geospatial, or geomagnetic measurements;
(iii) tide, water level, and current observations; or
(iv) other methods; and
(B) is used in providing hydrographic services.
(4) Hydrographic services
The term “hydrographic services” means—
(A) the management, maintenance, interpretation, certification, and dissemination of bathymetric, hydrographic, shoreline, geodetic, geospatial, geomagnetic, and tide, water level, and current information, including the production of nautical charts, nautical information databases, and other products derived from hydrographic data;
(B) the development of nautical information systems; and
(C) related activities.
(5) Coast and Geodetic Survey Act
The term “Coast and Geodetic Survey Act” means the Act entitled “An Act to define the functions and duties of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and for other purposes”, approved August 6, 1947 (33 U.S.C. 883a et seq.).