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Mapping Information

• Project Planning
  • Goals and Data Resolution
  • Study Area
  • Data Accuracy
  • Time Constraints
• Mapping Techniques
  • Satellites and Aerial Photos
    • Satellite Imaging
    • Airborne Hyperspectral Imaging
    • Aerial Photography
    • Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR)
  • Acoustics
    • Bathymetry Surveys
    • Side Scan Sonar
    • Sub-bottom Profiling
    • Acoustic Seafloor Classification Systems (ASCS)
  • Light and Imaging
    • Laser Line Scan
    • Sediment Profile Imaging (SPI)
    • Plan-view Photography
    • Underwater Video
  • Sediment Sampling
    • Grab Sampling
    • Sediment Corers
• Analyzing Benthic Data
  • GIS Basics
    • Vector Data
    • Raster Data
  • Habitat Scale
  • Spatial Analysis
  • Examples
    • Puerto Rico Coral Mapping
    • Narragansett Bay Seagrass Mapping
• Applying Benthic Data
  • Dredging
    • Disposal Site Selection
    • Capping
    • Assessing Biological Impacts
  • Contaminants Mapping
    • Southern California Bight
    • Palos Verdes Shelf
  • Fisheries Management
    • Batiquitos Lagoon Restoration and Monitoring
    • Scotian Shelf Habitat Mapping

Spatial Data

• Northeast Region
  • Coastal Maine
  • Coastal Massachusetts
  • Long Island South Shore
  • Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
  • New York / New Jersey Harbor
  • Raritan Bay Intertidal
  • Rehoboth Bay, Delaware
  • Wells, Maine
  • York River, Virginia
• Southeast Region
  • Core Sound, North Carolina
  • Bogue Sound, North Carolina
  • Indian River Lagoon, Florida
  • Florida Bay, Florida
• Northwest Region
  • Willapa Bay, Washington
• Gulf and Caribbean Region
  • Apalachicola Bay, Florida
  • Corpus Christi Bay, Texas
  • Estero Bay, Florida
  • Dry Tortugas, Florida

Resources

• Products
• Touch Tank
  • Atlantic Bay Scallop
  • Capitellid Thread Worm
  • Clam Worm
  • Dwarf Eelgrass
  • Eelgrass
  • Four-eyed Amphipod
  • Hard Clam
  • Johnson's Seagrass
  • Marine Bacteria
  • Paddle Grass
  • Widgeon Grass
  • Wild Celery
• Image Gallery
• Links

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