Tag Archives: Seafloor Mapping

[News and Events] Monterey Bay GIS Users Group Meeting – March 30, 2016

  The sixth Monterey Bay Marine GIS User Group meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 30, 2016 (8:30 AM-12:00 PM) at MBARI in Moss Landing. Registration is required for this free event and is available online. The theme for this user group meeting is Seafloor Mapping Applications. We have a great line-up of GIS presentations and demos: Garry Greene (MLML) – GIS, A Tool that Assisted in the Advancement of Seafloor Characterization and Mapping Jenny Paduan (MBARI) – High-Resolution Mapping and Sampling of Mid-Ocean Ridges Eve Lundsten and Krystle Anderson (MBARI) – Intro to AUV Collected Continue reading →

[Data Update] New Federal and University Data Sources

Since the launch of the WCODP in January, which focused mostly on state generated data, we have been working to include additional federal and university sources. Over the last two months we have included about 50 new records from the National Ocean Service, Coastal Services Center, Coral Reef Information System, MPA Center, and U.S Geological Survey. Additionally, we have also added some cool seafloor mapping data from California State University, Monterey Bay. You can check all of it out at http://portal.westcoastoceans.org/discover/ (under Sources). We will be working Continue reading →