assumption that if there's a conceptual idea for an eight-year topo-bathy LIDAR mapping cycle that the government can then pay for it. Because we can't. And we do try in every meeting to say, you know, SeaSketch does not represent the fact that the government's going to come in and save the day and do all the mapping that everyone needs. You know, we try to make that clear. We tried to make it clear in the plan. But, I think ultimately they felt that it would be too easy to have then thought that we could do it. Even though, you know, the way that it was presented, I felt was that it would take a collaborative effort. It was something to aspire to. But, that's generally not how OMB likes to frame things. So, they weren't opposed to the idea. It was more that it was in print I think. CHAIR PERKINS: It seems like a great strategic initiative to have in a national mapping strategy.
assumption that if there's a conceptual idea for an eight-year topo-bathy LIDAR mapping cycle that the government can then pay for it. Because we can't. And we do try in every meeting to say, you know, SeaSketch does not represent the fact that the government's going to come in and save the day and do all the mapping that everyone needs. You know, we try to make that clear. We tried to make it clear in the plan. But, I think ultimately they felt that it would be too easy to have then thought that we could do it. Even though, you know, the way that it was presented, I felt was that it would take a collaborative effort. It was something to aspire to. But, that's generally not how OMB likes to frame things. So, they weren't opposed to the idea. It was more that it was in print I think. CHAIR PERKINS: It seems like a great strategic initiative to have in a national mapping strategy.
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