Today's Data Sharing. The Coast Guards Enterprise Geographic Information System

The U.S. Coast Guard collects and generates large amounts of information related to the people, vessels, and facilities it interacts with daily. This data ranges from law enforcement actions, to search and rescue activities, environmental response activities, and vessel or facility inspections. While the variety of information ranges as widely as Coast Guard mission areas, often there is a common thread—the information has a unique geospatial component. This location-specific information can be as general as a waterway or Coast Guard sector, or as specific as a facility’s street address or a latitude and longitude for a location on the water. As a result, the information can be mapped for easier viewing and awareness. While the identification, collection, and storage of this large amount of information are challenges in themselves, sharing this information poses the real challenge. For this, the Coast Guard relies on a geographic information system (GIS), which is an integrated collection of computer software and data used to view and manage information about geographic places, analyze spatial relationships, and model spatial processes. This provides a framework to gather and organize spatial data and related information so it can be analyzed. Simply put, it provides a way for a user to take data from a number of sources and generate a map that can be shared with other users.

• Record URL:
  http://uscg.mil/proceedings/archive/2010/Vol67_No2_Sum2010.pdf
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• Authors:
  • Noy, Pete
  • Sundland, Joseph
• Publication Date: 2010

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Maps; Photos;
• Pagination: pp 43-45
• Serial:
  • Coast Guard Journal of Safety & Security at Sea, Proceedings of the Marine Safety & Security Council
  • Volume: 67
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: U.S. Coast Guard
  • Serial URL: http://www.uscg.mil/proceedings/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Data sharing; Geographic information systems; Information technology; Law enforcement; Search and rescue operations; Water traffic
• Identifier Terms: United States Coast Guard
• Uncontrolled Terms: Geospatial data
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Marine Transportation; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01167021
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 30 2010 8:22AM