Abstract
An important aim of large, pan-European scientific projects with numerous research groups is to integrate and visualize the acquired distributed data sets and results. The large volume of diverse data gathered and the need to disseminate results among the scientific community and beyond requires using a Geographic Information System (GIS). This article presents our experiences in creating a unified Web-based GIS for HERMES. The HERMES-GIS is based on Web Mapping Services that include direct links to the World Data Center for Marine Environmental Science and its large, long-term geoscience data archive and publication unit, PANGAEA (http://www.pangaea.de). It incorporates metadata and data from all project partners to provide users with basic analytical and visualization tools for archived (distributed) and personal (local) data, and it is also a policymaking tool. Additionally, we illustrate two important GIS applications inside the HERMES communitythe use of data models to integrate several subdisciplines and the use of predictive habitat modeling.
Highlights
An important aim of large, pan-European scientific projects with numerous research groups is to integrate and visualize the acquired distributed data sets and results
Before any data are entered into the Geographic Information System (GIS), they are first stored in the digital library of the World Data Center for Marine Environmental Science (WDC-MARE) Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA; http://www.pangaea.de) (Box 1), the main data archive for HERMES information
S tructure Given the large geographic area covered by HERMES, the GIS is managed at a regional scale
Summary
B y B en De M o l , N eus Q uer o l , A n d re w J. Combined color images of backscatter, slope, and bathymetry based on high-resolution multibeam data off Cap de Creus Canyon (Spain). Colors indicate various benthic habitats based on morphological and acoustic characteristics. The red triangles represent corals (Orejas et al, 2006). The acoustic facies marking the corals’ physical environment coincides with white to light blue. It is probable that corals settle along the lower rim of the canyon’s southern flank and at some irregularities on the northern rim that are characterized by high backscattering (rough seafloor), 7–10° slopes, and a bathymetric interval of 170–250 m
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