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Coastal management and restoration of our planet's coastlines with a particular focus on California, Louisiana and the Pacific.  Emphasizing wetland restoration, aspects of agriculture in the coastal plain, fisheries, dealing with coastal hazards, and effective governance.
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Mapping with Stakeholders in Curaçao

Mapping with Stakeholders in Curaçao | Coastal Restoration | Scoop.it
From www.seasketch.org - July 15, 2016 1:28 PM
SeaSketch Supports Collaborative Planning for our Oceans
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Great example of modern Marine Spatial Planning wherein we pull together tools from various settings/populations.  If you have not tried "SeaSketch" you should...even if you don't work in the marine world.  This is a fantastic interface that grew out our our California MPA design efforts and has now grown beyond the horizon.

See also how SeaSketch is being used closer to home:

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2013 OpenStreetMap Data Report

2013 OpenStreetMap Data Report | Coastal Restoration | Scoop.it
From www.mapbox.com - December 28, 2013 11:57 PM

The million-plus amateur cartographers who volunteer their time to plot roads, streets, and even shrubbery for Open Street Map were busier than ever this year. The beautiful map above, created by MapBox, shows how the database has grown since its inception in 2004. Hot pink areas are newly mapped, blue and green areas are older. (scroll down a screen length or two for the zoomable version within Mapbox's annual report). OSM's database of more than 21 million miles of roads and 78 million buildings, keeps finding new uses, such as helping first responders to disasters like this year's typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

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This open map project has finally gotten to the point where it seems generally useful for larger regional studies of coastal zones/road infrastructure.

 

It is great having both the formal google earth/apple maps datasets AND these more open-source datasets. 

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PIRatE Lab's curator insight, December 28, 2013 11:56 PM

This open map project has finally gotten to the point where it seems generally useful for larger regional studies of coastal zones/road infrastructure.

 

It is great having both the formal google earth/apple maps datasets AND these more open-source datasets. 
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National Coastal Mapping: National Defense and Ocean Conservation

From www.cnas.org - March 4, 2014 6:48 PM
The U.S. military is a primary user of ocean waters that needs dedicated offshore areas where it can train. But at the same time, the coastal ocean is playing host to a growing number of users, including shipping companies, fishermen, recreational boaters and energy producers. This new report describes how an ocean mapping system could help to ease conflict, while improving military readiness and safeguarding the marine environment.
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GIS/MSP for DoD and coastal resources.

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