This section provides a collection of maps, statistics and web links displaying the main environmental characteristics of the Oceans, including protected areas, environmental changes and conservation issues. These items are available by clicking on Related Knowledge.
Image from the Arctic Theme web page sponsored by NOAA's Arctic Research Office and developed by NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory.
Title
ReefBase GIS
( MULTIMEDIA FILE )
Author(s) / Editor(s)
ICLARM; ICRAN
Description
ReefBase GIS is an online Geographic Information System, which was developed to display coral reef related data and information on interactive maps in your webbrowser. You can zoom in to a particular area of interest, switch various data layers on and off, and save or bookmark the map for later viewing, printing or use in presentations/documents. ReefBase GIS was developed in collaboration with Demis B.V, using the OpenGIS compliant Demis Mapserver. During development we paid particular attention to finding a balance between functionality (what you can do with it) and performance (how well it works over the internet, e.g. using a modem).
