Undersea With Gis

by Wright, Dawn J.

• ISBN13: 9781589480162
• ISBN10: 1589480163
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Esri Pr

Summary

In the same way GIS has helped make analysis and mapping of the earth's surface more accessible and powerful, GIS technology allows experts to see that large portion of the planet that is underwater. This collection of works from experts in marine biology, oceanography, aquatic resource management, and other fields charts the ways in which GIS is beginning to help improve understanding of the oceans. Issues discussed are efforts to map the sea's floor, tracking the journeys of whales and tuna to preserve species in threatened areas, developing new kinds of nautical charts to give mariners an astonishing three-dimensional view of their progress through the water, and how GIS might be used to more efficiently track the location of sunken vessels.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Foreword	ix
Introduction	xiii
SECTION 1 MAPPING AND VISUALIZATION
Arc View Objects in the Fledermaus Interactive 3-D Visualization System: An Example from the STRATAFORM GIS	1	(22)
Luciano Fonseca
Larry Mayer
Mark Paton
Notes on the Real-Time Interpretation of Seafloor Survey Data	23	(10)
Lars Christian Larsen
Seafloor Mapping and GIS Coordination at America's Remotest National Marine Sanctuary (American Samoa)	33	(32)
Dawn J. Wright
Brian T. Donahue
David F. Naar
Using GIS to Track Right Whales and Bluefin Tuna in the Atlantic Ocean	65	(20)
Rob Schick
Finding the Green Under the Sea: The Rehoboth Bay Ulva Identification Project	85	(20)
Kimberly B. Cole
David B. Carter
Chuck Schonder
Mark Finkbeiner
Renee E. Seaman
Geopositioning a Remotely Operated Vehicle for Marine Species and Habitat Analysis	105	(12)
Paul Veisze
Konstantin Karpov
SECTION 2 CHARTING
The First Three-Dimensional Nautical Chart	117	(22)
Captain Stephen F. Ford
HIS: A Hydrographic Information System for the Swedish and Finnish Maritime Administrations	139	(16)
Katarina Johnsson
Veli-Matti Kiviranta
Applications of GIS in the Search for the German U-559 Submarine: A Brief Case Study	155	(10)
Michael Cooper
Laura Crenshaw
Tracie Penman
Edward Saade
SECTION 3 INTERNET ACCESS
From Long Ago to Real Time: Collecting and Accessing Oceanographic Data at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	165	(22)
Roger Goldsmith
Using the Internet to Manage Geospatial Submarine Cable Data	187	(12)
David Caswell
Bill Gilmour
David Millar
Protected Areas GIS: Bringing GIS to the Desktops of the National Estuarine Research Reserves and National Marine Sanctuaries	199	(14)
Darcee Killpack
Andrew Hulin
Cindy Fowler
Megan Treml
Spatial Policy: Georeferencing the Legal and Statutory Framework for Integrated Regional Ocean Management	213	(18)
Eric Treml
Hamilton Smillie
Kimberly Cohen
Cindy Fowler
Rob Neely
Geographical Awareness for Modern Travelers: A GIS Application for Maritime Transportation in the Mediterranean Sea	231	(14)
Massimo Dragan
Michele Fernetti
Selected Bibliography And Internet Resources	245