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Civic Service
 A major civic service of
USPS and its members is Cooperative Charting -- the contribution of
correction data for nautical and aeronautical charts, reports on marine
facilities, and condition of geodetic survey markers (benchmarks) to the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National
Ocean Service (NOS), both of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
USPS contributes the largest number of chart correction reports,
although NOAA and NOS also obtain data from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast
Guard, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, and Civil Air Patrol, among others.
Owners of appropriate boats can also contribute by doing channel
surveys, using a depth sounder. Members without boats can participate in
the program in any of four ways: by serving as crew on a member's boat,
by turning in reports on marina facilities, by checking aeronautical
charts, (from a car), for correctness, or by reporting on the condition
of geodetic survey markers, or benchmarks. These markers are used in
surveying and map making, and finding them is like a treasure hunt.
The Cooperative Charting Group meet at the Squadron building every
Thursday at 0930. |
