APPENDIX 2 CLASSIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES EXPLANATORY NOTE The Classifications of Activities in this series have for their purpose to list and classify in all practicable detail the specific activities engaged in by the several services of the national government. Such statements are of value from a number of standpoints. They furnish, in the first place, the most effective showing that can be made in brief compass of the character of the work performed by the service to which they relate. Secondly, they lay the basis for a system of accounting and reporting that will permit the showing of total expenditures classified acording to activities. Finally, taken collectively, they make possible the preparation of a general or consolidated statement of the activities of the government as a whole. Such a statement will reveal in detail, not only what the government is doing, but the services in which the work is being performed. For example, one class of activities that would probably appear in such a classification is that of "scientific research." A subhead under this class would be "chemical research." Under this head would appear the specific lines of investigation under way and the services in which they were being prosecuted. It is hardly necessary to point out the value of such information in planning for future work and in considering the problem of the better distribution and coördination of the work of the government. The institute contemplates attempting such a general listing and classification of the activities of the government upon the completion of the present series. CLASSIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES 1. Administration 2. Hydrographic Work 1. Topographic Surveys 2. Hydrographic Surveys 3. Ocean Current and Tidal Observations 4. Preparation of Nautical Charts and Coast Pilots 5. Oceanography 3. Geodetic Work I. Triangulation 3. Leveling 4. Gravity Measurements 5. Determining the Figure of the Earth 4. Magnetic Observations 5. Astronomic Work: Ascertaining I. Time 2. Latitude 3. Longitude 4. Azimuth 6. Seismological Observations APPENDIX 3 PUBLICATIONS The results of the work of the Coast and Geodetic Survey are published in annual reports; charts upon various scales, including sailing charts, general charts of the coast and harbor charts; tide tables issued annually in advance; coast pilots, with sailing directions covering navigable waters; notices to mariners (issued every week jointly by the Coast and Geodetic Survey and the Bureau of Lighthouses), containing current information necessary for safe navigation; publications on the subjects of astronomy, geodesy, topography, hydrography, terrestrial magnetism, the tides and related subjects; and instructions and other information concerning the work of the Survey. Annual Report. Annual reports have been issued in 1816, and from 1834 to 1922 inclusive. They give an account of the work accomplished in each division of the Washington office and in the field; a statement of the present condition of each of the various surveys; maps and diagrams showing the condition of field operations; and, in earlier reports, appendices on scientific and technical subjects. Charts. The Survey publishes 659 charts on different scales, for general or local use, including coast and harbor charts covering the coasts of the United States and Alaska, Porto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Canal Zone, Hawaii, and the Philippine Islands; also magnetic variation charts of the United States, the West Indies, Alaska, and the Philippine Islands. Tide Tables. General Tide Tables are issued annually in advance, giving the times and heights of high and low water for the principal ports of the world. Tide tables for the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America are also issued separately. Coast Pilots. Twelve Coast Pilot volumes are issued, giving sailing directions covering the navigable waters of the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts, Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands, the coast of Alaska and of the Philippine Islands. In addition, there are published two volumes of sailing directions for the Philippine Islands and a volume of coast pilot notes relating to Hawaii. Inside Route Pilots have been published covering the navigable waters from New York to Key West to New Orleans, and the coast of New Jersey. Notices to Mariners. A "Weekly Notices to Mariners" is issued jointly by the Coast and Geodetic Survey and the Bureau of Lighthouses. It contains the latest corrections to aids to navigation, reports of recently discovered dangers, and a list of new charts and other publications relating to navigation, new editions of charts, and canceled charts. Other Publications. A mass of other scientific and professional information has been published by the Coast and Geodetic Survey in book and pamphlet form. These publications may be grouped under the general heads of geodesy, hydrography, topography, terrestrial magnetism, cartography, digests of geodetic publications, and miscellaneous. The scientific and professional publications give the results of the Survey's geodetic, hydrographic, topographic, and magnetic work. Among other data, they furnish geographic positions, elevations, depths of water, data concerning changes in coast line or in depths in channels and harbors, and information relating to terrestrial magnetism, in convenient form for the use of engineers, surveyors, railroad officers, state and municipal governments, other departments of the national government, and others engaged in work of development, construction, or improvement. Among the miscellaneous publications are pamphlets of instruction and tables for use in the practical work of surveying and map making and other field work of the Survey, and popular information concerning the work of the service. All the publications of the Coast and Geodetic Survey issued up to and including the year 1908 are listed in a work entitled: "List and Catalogue of the Publications issued by the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 1816-1902." Reprint with Supplement, 19031908. Lists of subsequent publications may be found in “List of Publications of the Department of Commerce Available for Distribution" issued once each year and in the "Monthly List of Publications issued by the Department of Commerce." The Survey also issues a catalogue of charts, Coast Pilots, Inside Route Pilots, and Tide Tables, a separate list of charts being issued for the Philippine Islands. Digests (one for each state) of the geodetic publications issued by the Survey are being prepared. In these are shown, in alphabetical order, the stations established in each county in the state for which the digest is made, with a reference to the publication of the results and page of the publication in which it will be found. |