SeaZone Solutions Ltd. has launched Marine Digimap, an online resource which makes available marine and coastal zone digital data. The maps and data delivered by Marine Digimap are seen to provide a fascinating insight into the broad range of factors that make up the marine and coastal environment and influence its exploitation.
Marine Digimap includes raster marine maps of various scales and detail (derived from Admiralty Charts), which are ideal for back-drop mapping in the UK coastal zone. Also part of the offering is Hydrospatial, a vector thematic marine data product suitable for advanced spatial analysis and customised mapping. Users will be able to view maps through their web browser, save maps for printing and download the map data for use in geographical information systems.
The Hydrospatial product includes key geographical information on the UK marine and coastal zone environment provided as six logically structured Topic Layers. This includes data on: the nature and shape of the earth's surface on land and under the sea; marine biological, physical and chemical features; man-made physical structures and obstructions; socio economic information (for example, aquaculture, fisheries and transportation routes); conservation areas and data on tides and currents.
The JISC agreement that has made Marine Digimap possible follows a successful consultation with librarians and academics. Marine Digimap is available to all staff and students within a subscribing university, college or research council institution in the UK (via Athens authentication and the UK Access Management Federation). Institutions wanting access to the service will be required to pay an annual subscription fee.
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