ArcGIS for Ocean Use Planning is a community of GIS practitioners dedicated to enabling local, state, and federal government agencies to successfully apply GIS to a range of issues and activities.
ArcGIS for Ocean Use Planning is a community of GIS practitioners dedicated to enabling local, state, and federal government agencies to successfully apply GIS to a range of issues and activities related to ocean use throughout the nation's waters.
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This map helps facilitate the siting of new wind energy projects in the Outer Continental Shelf by visualizing developable areas and reporting on their energy potential.
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Fisheries management involves regulating when, where, how, and how much fishermen are allowed to harvest to ensure sustainability.
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As our oceans are increasingly utilized for resource development for energy, ongoing fishing, and commercial shipping and trade, there is an increasing requirement to ensure that we conserve and protect sensitive marine habitats and historic sites.
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One of the key benefits of the Oceans community is the collection of rich, shared GIS content that many others can leverage in their own work. Critically important geographic information sets have been assembled and shared by the Oceans community.
Read more...The Australian Hydrological Geospatial Fabric (Geofabric) tutorial series has expanded, with a further two tutorials now available. The Geofabric is a specialised Geographic Information System. It registers the spatial relationships between important hydrological features such as rivers, water bodies, aquifers … Continue reading
GIS Assessment Model Uncovers Optimal Sites for Renewable Energy Production This article was originally posted in the Spring 2013 issue of ArcNews. Read the article here: Unlocking British Columbia’s Hydropower Potential. In addition, see the Kerr Wood Leidal presentation slides from Ryan … Continue reading
Wupperverband is a nonprofit agency in Germany that is responsible for river and watershed management including wastewater treatment, water resource management and flow/flood control. ArcGIS Online is being used to extract date, input date and enable the exchange of data … Continue reading
Among the most important activities at the Esri Oceans Summit (November 7–8, 2012; see prior blog post 1 and prior prior blog post 2) were the breakout groups, where participants were called upon to identify major barriers to the use … Continue reading
Bring awareness to the importance of water resources management by sharing with the international GIS community the great work you’ve done. Please submit up to three images to be considered for inclusion in this year’s Esri International User Conference Plenary Session. When … Continue reading
