{"id":165046,"date":"2015-05-07T10:10:25","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T14:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noaacoastsurvey.wordpress.com\/?p=165046"},"modified":"2026-05-05T18:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:37:15","slug":"coast-survey-improves-the-u-s-coast-pilot-by-providing-geotags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/coast-survey-improves-the-u-s-coast-pilot-by-providing-geotags\/","title":{"rendered":"Coast Survey improves the U.S. Coast Pilot by providing geotags"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/nsd\/cpdownload.htm\">U.S. Coast Pilot<\/a><\/em>, the supplement to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/mcd\/Raster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">raster navigational charts<\/a> (NOAA RNC\u00ae) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/mcd\/enc\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">electronic navigational charts<\/a> (NOAA ENC\u00ae), now provides geotagged reference points. A geotag is simply geographical location information assigned to a type of media. In this case, a geotag conveniently assists mariners with landmark positions and displays the associated nautical chart inset in the HTML version of <em>Coast Pilot<\/em>. Currently, 75 percent of the nine <em>Coast Pilot<\/em> volumes have been geotagged, with more points available each week to the mariner. <em>Coast Pilot<\/em> is updated and available for download weekly, and can easily be used on mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets. To access the geotags, select a <em>Coast Pilot<\/em> book and click the HTML hyperlink adjacent to each individual chapter of the book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"825\" src=\"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/geotag-012.jpg\" alt=\"Access to the HTML version of Coast Pilot, where the geotags are located, can be found within each Coast Pilot Book webpage. This image shows the location of the HTML link for Coast Pilot Book 2.\" class=\"wp-image-165059\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Access to the HTML version of Coast Pilot, where the geotags are located, can be found within each Coast Pilot Book webpage.  This image shows the location of the HTML link for Coast Pilot Book 2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Geotagged places will appear in bold green within the HTML version of the chapters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/geotag-022.jpg\" alt=\"Portion of the HTML Coast Pilot chapter and geotagged features in bold green.\" class=\"wp-image-165060\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Portion of the HTML Coast Pilot chapter and geotagged features in bold green.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clicking on a geotag will prompt a small window with an appropriate interactive chart (RNC or ENC) along with a blue dot indicating the geotagged point with its latitude and longitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"863\" src=\"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/geotag-032.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-165061\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chartlet with geotagged feature (includes zooming capabilities).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also conveniently available to the mariner in the HTML version of <em>Coast Pilot<\/em> is the <em>Code of Federal Regulations<\/em> (text highlighted in dark blue) and the entire nautical chart (chart heading of each paragraph in royal blue). The geotagged <em>Coast Pilot<\/em> project is a collaborative effort between <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/\">Coast Survey<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/nhd.usgs.gov\/gnis.html\">USGS Geographic Names Information System<\/a> (GNIS). The GNIS is the official database of geographic names used by the federal government as well as information regarding specific geographical positions. As digital cartography evolves, having geotagged products opens up the door for potential future uses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0U.S. Coast Pilot, the supplement to raster navigational charts (NOAA RNC\u00ae) and electronic navigational charts (NOAA ENC\u00ae), now provides geotagged reference points. A geotag is simply geographical location information assigned to a type of media. In this case, a geotag conveniently assists mariners with landmark positions and displays the associated nautical chart inset in the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/coast-survey-improves-the-u-s-coast-pilot-by-providing-geotags\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Coast Survey improves the U.S. Coast Pilot by providing geotags&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-coast-pilot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165046"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185695,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165046\/revisions\/185695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}