READING CHARTS
1999 · Department of Defense, Defense Imagery (via FedFlix)
Finding US Government work
The record names a federal body as the creating agency: Department of Defense. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act).
The record names a federal body as the creating agency. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act). This says nothing about copyright outside the United States, or about music, stock footage or other material the film may incorporate.
- Creating body, as recorded
- Department of Defense
- DoD production number
- PIN 806319
- Internet Archive item
- gov.dod.dimoc.806319 (uploader's licence mark: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
The record
The Internet Archive item's description, as transcribed by the uploader from the source archive's record. Check it against the National Archives catalog entry linked above.
Department of Defense - ON ANY DAY, U.S. NAVY SHIPS CAN BE FOUND VIRTUALLY ANYWHERE ON THE WORLD'S OCEANS AND SEAS. SAFE NAVIGATION CAN ONLY BE ASSURED IF CREW MEMBERS UNDERSTAND THE CORRECT APPLICATION OF THE VARIOUS NAVIGATIONAL CHARTS IN USE ABOARD NAVAL SHIPS. PROGRAM EXPLAINS THREE TYPES OF CHARTS -- MERCATOR, GNOMONIC, AND THE LAMBERT CONFRONTATIONAL. A VITAL STEP IN THE SAFE NAVIGATION OF ANY VESSEL IS THE PROPER USE OF CHARTS. MASTERY OF THESE TECHNIQUES IS OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE TO EVERY SAILOR IN THE FLEET. - DOD PIN 806319