American Elevation Map Samoa
CIA - The World Factbook -- American Samoa
This is a traditional Polynesian economy in which more than 90% of the land is communally owned. Economic activity is strongly linked to the US, with which American Samoa conducts most of its foreign trade. Tuna fishing and tuna processing plants are the backbone of the private sector, with canned tuna the primary export. Transfers from the US Government add substantially to American Samoa's economic well-being. Attempts by the government to develop a larger and broader economy are restrained by Samoa's remote location, its limited transportation, and its devastating hurricanes. Tourism is a promising developing sector. ... [Read More]
Observatory Operations: SMO
The Samoa Observatory is located on the northeastern tip of Tutuila island, American Samoa, on a ridge overlooking the South Pacific Ocean. Established in 1974 on a 26.7 acre site, the observatory is the fourth of the CMDL Baseline Observatories. Since it’s construction, the Samoa Observatory has survived two major hurricanes with only minor damage. A staff of 3 operates the year around facility commuting to work. This Observatory has the distinction of obtaining 30% of its daytime power from solar panels. ... [Read More]
CIA - The World Factbook -- American Samoa
This is a traditional Polynesian economy in which more than 90% of the land is communally owned. Economic activity is strongly linked to the US, with which American Samoa conducts most of its foreign trade. Tuna fishing and tuna processing plants are the backbone of the private sector, with canned tuna the primary export. Transfers from the US Government add substantially to American Samoa's economic well-being. Attempts by the government to develop a larger and broader economy are restrained by Samoa's remote location, its limited transportation, and its devastating hurricanes. Tourism is a promising developing sector. ... [Read More]
CIA - The World Factbook -- Samoa
The economy of Samoa has traditionally been dependent on development aid, family remittances from overseas, agriculture, and fishing. The country is vulnerable to devastating storms. Agriculture employs two-thirds of the labor force, and furnishes 90% of exports, featuring coconut cream, coconut oil, and copra. The manufacturing sector mainly processes agricultural products. The decline of fish stocks in the area is a continuing problem. Tourism is an expanding sector, accounting for 25% of GDP; about 88,000 tourists visited the islands in 2001. One factory in the Foreign Trade Zone employs 3,000 people to make automobile electrical harnesses for an assembly plant in Australia. The Samoan Government has called for deregulation of the financial sector, encouragement of investment, and continued fiscal discipline, meantime protecting the environment. Observers point to the flexibility of the labor market as a basic strength for future economic advances. Foreign reserves are in a relativ ... [Read More]
Observatory Operations
The Samoa Observatory is located on the northeastern tip of Tutuila island, American Samoa, on a ridge overlooking the South Pacific Ocean. Established in 1974 on a 26.7 acre site, the observatory is the fourth of the CMDL Baseline Observatories. Since it’s construction, the Samoa Observatory has survived two major hurricanes with only minor damage. A staff of 3 operates the year around facility commuting to work. This Observatory has the distinction of obtaining 30% of its daytime power from solar panels. ... [Read More]
NOS Biogeography Program
Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats of American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ... Maps ... The following are Digital Elevation Models for the Main Eight Hawaiian Islands derived from USGS 7.5' Quads. ... [Read More]
CIA - The World Factbook -- Canada
As an affluent, high-tech industrial society, newly entered in the trillion dollar class, Canada closely resembles the US in its market-oriented economic system, pattern of production, and affluent living standards. Since World War II, the impressive growth of the manufacturing, mining, and service sectors has transformed the nation from a largely rural economy into one primarily industrial and urban. The 1989 US-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (which includes Mexico) touched off a dramatic increase in trade and economic integration with the US. Given its great natural resources, skilled labor force, and modern capital plant Canada enjoys solid economic prospects. Solid fiscal management has produced a long-term budget surplus which is substantially reducing the national debt, although public debate continues over how to manage the rising cost of the publicly funded healthcare system. Exports account for roughly a third of GDP ... [Read More]
Observatory Operations: MLO
American Samoa ... Interactive Map ... Mauna Loa Observatory is located on the Island of Hawaii at an elevation of 3397 m on the northern flank of Mauna Loa volcano at 200 north. Established in 1957, Mauna Lao Observatory has grown to become the premier long-term atmospheric monitoring facility on earth and is the site where the ever-increasing concentrations of global atmospheric carbon dioxide were determined. The observatory consists of 10 buildings from which up to 250 different atmospheric parameters are measured by a complement of 12 NOAA/CMDL and other agency scientists and engineers. ... [Read More]
CIA - The World Factbook -- Kingman Reef
lagoon was used as a halfway station between Hawaii and American Samoa by Pan American Airways for flying boats in 1937 and 1938 (2004 est.) ... Oceania, reef in the North Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and American Samoa ... The US annexed the reef in 1922. Its sheltered lagoon served as a way station for flying boats on Hawaii-to-American Samoa flights during the late 1930s. There are no terrestrial plants on the reef, which is frequently awash, but it does support abundant and diverse marine fauna and flora. In 2001, the waters surrounding the reef out to 12 nm were designated a US National Wildlife Refuge. ... [Read More]
Set Up An Observer's Account
GPS Receiver Map Blast Tiger Map Server County Map USGS Map Method Not Listed ... (GMT-11) American Samoa, Midway Is., Niue Is., Samoa (GMT-10) USA (Aleutian Is.) (GMT-10) USA (Hawaii), Tahiti, Cook Is., Johnston Is. (GMT-9) USA (Alaska) (GMT-8) USA (Pacific), Canada (Pacific & Yukon), Mexico (Baja N.) (GMT-7) USA (Arizona) (GMT-7) USA (Mountain), Canada (Mountain) (GMT-7) Mexico (Baja S.) (GMT-6) USA (Central), Canada (Central) (GMT-6) Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras (GMT-6) Mexico, Nicaragua (GMT-6) Canada (Saskatchewan) (GMT-5) Brazil (Trinity of Acre) (GMT-5) USA (Eastern), Canada (Eastern), Bahamas, Haiti, Turks & Cacos (GMT-5) USA (Indiana) (GMT-5) Cayman Is., Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Panama (GMT-4) Canada (Atlantic), Bermuda, Greenland (Thule) (GMT-4) Chile (GMT-4) Barbados, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Guiana (GMT-4) Puerto Rico, Venezuela (GMT-4) Brazil (West) (GMT-3.5) Canada (Newfoundland) (GMT-3) Brazil (East, including all coast and Brasilia) (GMT-3) Saint Pierre & Miquelon (GMT-3) Argentina, French Guiana ... [Read More]
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