Abstract
 U.S./European Partnerships in Coastal Atlases and Coastal/Ocean Informatics Track: Ocean, Coastal, and Marine Resources Author(s): Dawn Wright, Liz O'Dea, Val Cummins While significant capacity in the last decade has been built in the field of coastal mapping via Web-based GIS, Web atlases, and general coastal/ocean informatics, little has been done to take stock of the implications of these efforts or to compile lessons learned and best practices (including the effective translation of science to coastal decision-making). This paper will share progress and preliminary results of two recent NSF-funded workshops. The first workshop was held in Cork, Ireland in the summer of 2006, under the theme of "potentials and limitations of coastal web atlases." The second workshop was held in 2007, under the theme "building a common approach to managing and disseminating coastal data, maps, and information." Both workshops brought together key experts from Europe, both coasts of the United States, and Canada to examine state-of-the-art developments in Web-based coastal mapping and informatics, future needs, and initiation of a possible International Coastal Atlas Network. Dawn Wright Oregon State University Department of Geosciences 104 Wilkinson Hall Corvallis , OR 97331-5506 US Phone: 541-737-1229 Fax: 541-737-1200 E-mail: dawn@dusk.geo.orst.edu Liz O'Dea Coastal & Marine Resources Centre ERI, University College Cork Naval Base, Haulbowline Cobh Cork , County Cork County Cork IE Phone: +353 (0)21 4703 Fax: +3530214703132 E-mail: l.odea@ucc.ie Val Cummins Coastal & Marine Resources Centre ERI, University College Cork Naval Base, Haulbowlin Cobh Cork , County Cork County Cork IE Phone: +353 (0)21 4703 Fax: +353 (0)21 4703 E-mail: v.cummins@ucc.ie |
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