U.S. COAST GUARD NAVIGATION CENTER

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NAVCEN

• The U S Coast Guards
• Navigation
• Center of Excellence

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Mission and Organization
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NAVCEN Mission Statement

• The Navigation Center meets the needs of global
  navigation and timing by providing
• quality signals, informational services
• and technical support,
• to enable safe navigation

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Mission Standards

• Meet SOLAS and Titles 14 33 CFR
• Operate radionavigation services per Federal
  Radionavigation Plan (FRP)
• Represent civil interests in GPS
• Disseminate NAV / Safety Marine Information
• Notices to Mariners
• Light Lists
• Develop Electronic Navigation Technologies

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Civil GPS Service Interface Committee

• NAVCEN coordinates and manages the Civil GPS
  Service Interface Committee (CGSIC) as part of
  the Department of Transportations program to
  respond to the needs of civil GPS users, and to
  integrate GPS use into the civil sector
  applications.

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Differential GPS

• USCG developed an augmentation to GPS
• Maritime Differential GPS (DGPS)
• NDGPS expanded DGPS to cover surface areas
• NAVCEN Operates 85 NDGPS sites from 2 Control
  Centers, East and West Coast.

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Worldwide DGPS COVERAGE
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Navigation Information Service
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NAVIGATION INFORMATION SERVICE

• Disseminate Information on GPS, DGPS,
  Loran-C, Maritime Safety, Maritime
  Communications, Local Notice to Mariners
• Operational Advisory Broadcast Service
• Operates 24 Hours, 7 days a week
• Maintains Library of Radionavigation
  Publications, Handbooks Materials
• 150,000 Inquiries Per Month Via Internet,
  E-Mail/List Server, Phone, and Mail

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NAVCEN Web Site
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WWW.Navcen.uscg.gov
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GPS Outage Reporting
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Contact Information

• Navigation Information Service
• Watch 24 hour contact
• 703-313-5900
• e-mail tis-pf-nisws_at_uscg.mil
• Website www.navcen.uscg.gov