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Mapping Human Impacts on the Global Marine Ecosystem
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The PerryGeo blog proudly announced the datasets related to human impacts on the global marine ecosystem (sample map included). From the entry: ". We created or compiled 17 high-resolution global datasets of human-induced threats (land-based pollutants, fishing, shipping, climate change, etc.) and 20 ocean habitat datasets. These were combined to create an impact index which models the cumulative level of human-induced stress on our oceans. The results were published today in Science magazine and presented yesterday at the AAAS Annual Meeting. To summarize, we found that the entire ocean is affected and 40% is heavily impacted. It is not all bad news as there are many areas of relatively low impact which could provide examples for ecosystem restoration and opportunities for conservation"
Some related stories copied below, including the workshop summary Mapping Human Activity in the Marine Environment: GIS Tools and Participatory Methods published two years ago.
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Mapping Human Activity in the Marine Environment
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The 28 pages summary of the workshop named "Mapping Human Activity in the Marine Environment: GIS Tools
and Participatory Methods" is now available. From the GeoNET mailing list summary: "This report summarizes the results of the workshop (convened by the
National Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Center Science Institute) that
brought together 20 social scientists, geographers, and GIS specialists
from government agencies, universities, and non-governmental
organizations with expertise in characterizing human use patterns in the
marine environment with the aid of GIS tools. The goal of the workshop
was to develop general design criteria for a practical participatory
method or a suite of methods to collect spatial data on human use
patterns to inform local and regional MPA planning processes."
Vector Marine Charts for Google Earth
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The Ogle Earth was first to mention the new beta of vector marine charts for Google Earth. From the DestinSharks blog: "When fully released, DestinSharks.com will offer the full catalog of 600+ NOAA vector charts. Each EarthNC™ chart features the same elements (buoys, channels, lights, etc.) found in the original ENC files - complete with a custom marine icon set for Google Earth." Update: 05/05 17:47 GMT by S : The maps are now viewable online.
NOAA Marine Charts and Virtual Earth
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Kurt's Weblog links to Zoomatron, which offer U.S. government-issue navigation charts overlaid on the Virtual Earth. From the site: "You get all the advantages of both - the detailed navigation of the charts and the draggable, zoomable mappiness of the maps. You can make the charts translucent so you can see the map through it."
Reviews: Arc Marine - GIS for a Blue Planet Review
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Vector One offers a review of the ESRI book named "Arc Marine - GIS for a Blue Planet". From the review: "This book is interesting from start-to-finish. It takes the reader into the world of the oceanography and marine studies, explaining topics that are often considered complex, in an easy-to-understand manner. This is not an simple task, since, marine research, marine data models and the coupling of geographic information systems (GIS) to them, is a considerable challenge. Yet, the book slices through complexity, using examples to provide readers with an understanding of marine environments, thus an appreciation as to how and why data models are being designed the way they are – for the Arc Marine data model."
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