U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/U.S._Coast_and_Geodetic_Survey

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:USC&GS
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved	1970
gptkbp:established	1807
gptkbp:fieldOfWork	gptkb:navigation cartography geodesy meteorology oceanography seismology hydrography topography
gptkbp:headquarters_location	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
gptkbp:mergedInto	gptkb:NOAA gptkb:Environmental_Science_Services_Administration
gptkbp:notableDirector	gptkb:Alexander_Dallas_Bache gptkb:Leo_Otis_Colbert gptkb:John_A._Dahlgren gptkb:Ferdinand_Rudolph_Hassler
gptkbp:notableEmployee	gptkb:Mary_Sears gptkb:Benjamin_Peirce gptkb:Charles_Sanders_Peirce gptkb:George_Davidson gptkb:John_Fillmore_Hayford gptkb:Eleanor_Frances_Lattimore
gptkbp:notableEvent	participated in World War II established North American Datum of 1927 established U.S. Standard Datum participated in World War I
gptkbp:notablePublication	gptkb:Coast_Pilot Nautical charts Geodetic surveys
gptkbp:notableShip	gptkb:USC&GS_Explorer gptkb:USC&GS_Oceanographer gptkb:USC&GS_Pathfinder gptkb:USC&GS_Pioneer gptkb:USC&GS_Surveyor
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Commerce
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Survey_of_the_Coast
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration gptkb:National_Geodetic_Survey
gptkbp:主要职责	geodetic surveys nautical charting coastal mapping gravity measurements tidal observations magnetic observations
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Rockbridge_Island
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6