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2009, Oceanography 22(1):144–153, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2009.14
HERMES-GIS: A Tool Connecting Scientists and Policymakers
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Authors
Ben De Mol | GRC Geociències Marines, Departament d'Estratigrafia, Paleontologia i Geociències Marines, Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Neus Querol | GRC Geociències Marines, Departament d'Estratigrafia, Paleontologia i Geociències Marines, Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Andrew J. Davies | Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, Oban, UK
Angela Schäfer | Jacobs University Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Federica Foglini | Istituto di Scienze Marine-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISMAR-CNR), Bologna, Italy
Genoveva Gonzales-Mirelis | Department of Marine Ecology, University of Gothenburg, Strömstad, Sweden
Kathrin Kopke | Coastal and Marine Resources Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Declan Dunne | Coastal and Marine Resources Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Ingo Schewe | Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
Fabio Trincardi | ISMAR-CNR, Bologna, Italy
Miquel Canals | Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Geologia, Departament d'Estratigrafia, Paleontologia i Geociències Marines, GRC Geociències Marines, Barcelona, Spain
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 policy-making tool. Additionally, we illustrate two important GIS applications inside the HERMES community—the use of data models to integrate several subdisciplines and the use of predictive habitat modeling.
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De Mol, B., N. Querol, A.J. Davies, A. Schäfer, F. Foglini, G. Gonzales-Mirelis, K. Kopke, D. Dunne, I. Schewe, F. Trincardi, and M. Canals. 2009. HERMES-GIS: A tool connecting scientists and policymakers. Oceanography 22(1):144–153, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2009.14.