United States Coast Survey

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/United_States_Coast_Survey
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:USCS
gptkbp:contributedTo scientific research
Civil War mapping
nautical safety
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved 1878
gptkbp:established 1807
gptkbp:field cartography
geodesy
oceanography
hydrography
topography
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label United States Coast Survey
gptkbp:mainFunction mapping
producing nautical charts
surveying the coasts of the United States
gptkbp:notableDirector gptkb:Alexander_Dallas_Bache
gptkb:Ferdinand_Rudolph_Hassler
gptkbp:notableEmployee gptkb:Mary_Sears
gptkb:Benjamin_Peirce
gptkb:George_Davidson
gptkb:John_W._Adams
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:Coast_Survey_Annual_Reports
gptkbp:operatesIn 19th century
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Commerce
gptkb:United_States_Department_of_the_Treasury
gptkbp:predecessor none
gptkbp:successor gptkb:United_States_Coast_and_Geodetic_Survey
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:George_Davidson
gptkb:Superintendent_of_the_United_States_Coast_Survey
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5