Resource description:
The Ocean Data Viewer (ODV) offers users the opportunity to view and download a range of spatial datasets of biodiversity importance that are useful for informing decisions regarding the conservation of marine and coastal biodiversity.
Author/Contact:
Lauren Weatherdon
Programme Officer
Lauren.Weatherdon@unep-wcmc.org
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Requirements:
- Available in standard GIS formats, while a simple mapping interface enables users to explore individual datasets and overlay them with other data layers.
Advantages:
- Online data repository where multiple layers can be selected and assessed online. Metadata can also be downloaded for personal use and research.
- Provides current and reliable data on global, regional and national marine and coastal biodiversity to enable progression to towards multilateral environmental agreements.
Constraints:
- Please read the associated metadata for each dataset to determine appropriate dataset uses and limitations.
Additional information:
To complement the ODV, the Manual of marine and coastal datasets of biodiversity importance (http://wcmc.io/MarineDataManual) was created to provide an overview of more than 100 global marine and coastal datasets, with detailed metadata sheets for more than half of these.
A list of all datasets can be downloaded from the following link: http://wcmc.io/ODV_data. For a more detailed resource of known marine and coastal datasets globally, please see Annex 2 of the Manual of marine and coastal datasets of biodiversity importance (pp. 32-42).
Licence:
- Commercial
Development stage:
- Full, working product