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United States Coast and Geodetic Survey

former U.S. agency responsible for providing accurate maps and charts of the United States and its coastline (1878 - 1970)
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United States Coast and Geodetic Survey

Summary

United States Coast and Geodetic Survey is a government agency[1]. It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • United States Coast and Geodetic Survey's field of work was geodesy[3].
  • United States Coast and Geodetic Survey's field of work was cartography[4].
  • United States Coast and Geodetic Survey is in the country of United States[5].
  • United States Coast and Geodetic Survey's instance of is recorded as government agency[6].
  • United States Coast and Geodetic Survey's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[7].
  • United States Coast and Geodetic Survey's Commons category is recorded as United States Coast and Geodetic Survey[8].
  • 1878 marks the founding of United States Coast and Geodetic Survey[9].
  • United States Coast and Geodetic Survey's floruit is recorded as 1884[10].
  • United States Coast and Geodetic Survey's replaces is recorded as United States Coast Survey[11].
  • United States Coast and Geodetic Survey's replaced by is recorded as National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration[12].
  • United States Coast and Geodetic Survey's position held by head of the organization is recorded as chief of the US Coast and Geodetic Survey[13].
  • United States Coast and Geodetic Survey's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Scheepvaartmuseum Wikidataproject[14].
  • United States Coast and Geodetic Survey's has works in the collection is recorded as Het Scheepvaartmuseum[15].
  • United States Coast and Geodetic Survey's watercraft prefix is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'USC&GS'}[16].

Body

Founding

1878 marks the founding of United States Coast and Geodetic Survey[9].

Operations

United States Coast and Geodetic Survey's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[7].

Industry

Fields of work include geodesy[3], an academic discipline[17] and cartography[4], a branch of science[18].

Why It Matters

United States Coast and Geodetic Survey is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Related Entities

Maria Mitchell United States United States Coast Survey

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Q132230989. Retrieved . n2t.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Q132230989. Retrieved . n2t.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Q132230989. Retrieved . n2t.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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