Visualizing the Census of Marine Life

Mapping and Visualization Workshop, October 2008

The Census of Marine Life Mapping and Visualization group is hosting a three day workshop at Duke Univeristy, October 23-25. If you are a participant, there is more info here.

Goals

• The need to communicate to a wide range of audiences is a fundamental goal of the Census of Marine Life.  To better achieve these  goals we need to  develop and implement common geographic and visualization tools.
• The ability to synthesize, map and visualize our data collections and the analytical findings from each Census project is critical to the success of the entire Census endeavor.
  
• Compelling, intuitive, accurate and consistent mapping and visualization products are essential to communicating the message of each Census project to the scientific and popular media.
  
• Expanding these objectives is the charge for the Mapping & Visualization (M&V) Team led by Dr. Patrick Halpin’s Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab at Duke University.

Partnerships

• The M&V team will foster partnerships with industry leaders in mapping and scientific visualization, including: The National Geographic Society, Google, and Environmental Sciences Research Institute (ESRI).

Census-Wide Synthesis

Synthesis of visual products across the Census will be coordinated with:

• a Common Technical Guide
  
• Mapping CoML Activities through Time and Space
• Geo-referencing Multimedia.
  

Project-level Support

• Surveys, Workshops and Consultation
• Census Mapping and Visualization Website
• Spatial Gallery
• Tools, Documentation

Additional Services

• Interactive Mapper
• Web Services for Static and Dynamic Oceanographic Data

Visualization Experiments

• Realms to Globe
• Network Linkages
• Exploratory Data Analysis

Details

Please see our original proposal or overview presentation for more information.