Data Licensing Form

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE 
Office of Coast Survey – Hydrographic Surveys Division 

Data Licensing Form
Date:
Data provider name and title:

Dataset name and description:

The Office of Coast Survey greatly appreciates your voluntary contribution of data. A license
assignment onto the data is required for submission. The license standardizes our handling of the
data into the National Bathymetric Source (NBS) and improves communication to end-users.
Click any of the below links for more information on data licensing and the various options.
Please make a selection:
I authorize that the data enter the public domain. I waive copyright, and the data may be
used by anyone, for any purpose. NOAA will use the data for charting and other products and
will make the data publicly available. CC0-1.0 equivalency
I authorize that the data enter the public domain, with our copyright and attribution
maintained onto the data in its original form. The data may be used by anyone, for any purpose.
NOAA will use the data for charting and other products and will make the data publicly available.
CC-BY-4.0 equivalency

I submit the data for NOAA’s internal use only. The data will not be publicly released and
will only be used for internal modeling and planning purposes. NOAA will not use the data for
charting or any external-facing products. Internal Use Only equivalency
Data provider signature:

Revision Date: Oct 2022