We are hosting a workshop at the Biennial meeting in
Quebec City on October 11th demonstrating the newly improved data
archive and visualization website (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/) from the
OBIS-SEAMAP project. It is an open access data center for marine
mammal, sea bird and sea turtle observations, the primary purpose of which is
to encourage collaborations and improve the understanding of these species by
making it easy to share and visualize biogeographic data with advanced mapping
and query tools. We are rapidly adding published datasets, developing new
tools and adding functionality to better serve the research and management
communities. Benefits include an off-site archiving service,
multi-faceted visualization of your data and increased visibility of your
research program while data providers retain ownership of their data. The
event, useful for both data providers and users, will include sections focusing
on visual survey data, as well as integrating photo-ID and acoustic data. You
are invited to participate as potential data providers and/or users of
OBIS-SEAMAP.
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Lucie
Hazen
Research
Associate
Duke
University Marine Lab