Continental Shelf Maps Could Add Egypt-Size Area To U.S. Territory – A Two-Decade Mapping Effort Yields Bounty Of Seafloor Data
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https://www.science.org/content/article/continental-shelf-maps-could-add-egypt-size-area-u-s-territory <-- shared technical article
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https://www.state.gov/the-us-ecs/ <-- US Dept. Of State Extended Continental Shelf (ECS) project page
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #ECS #ExtendedContinentalShelf #remotesensing #hydrospatial #bathymetry #bathy #topobathy #sonar #seafloor #economics #terrority #underseamapping #geology #biology #resources #energy #continental #continentalshelf #governmentinitiative #biodiversity #exploration #habitat #geoscience #minerals #submarine #mudslides #tsunami #sediments #deposition #seafloormapping #marine #ocean #multibeam #3d #sampling
@USGS @NOAA @StateDept

Canada’s National Elevation Data Strategy Update, November 2023
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https://gogeomatics.ca/canadas-national-elevation-data-strategy-update-november-2023/ <-- shared article
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https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/957782bf-847c-4644-a757-e383c0057995 <-- HRDEM home page
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https://natural-resources.canada.ca/science-and-data/science-and-research/natural-hazards/flood-hazard-identification-and-mapping-program/24044 <-- FHIMP home page
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#GIS #spatial #identification #mapping #Canada #airborne #topobathy #CCMEO #CHN #FHIMP #floodhazard #GeoAI #HRDEM #LiDAR #PointCloud #elevation #data #NationalHydroNetwork #NHN #flood #hazard #risk #floodrisk #3d #3ddata #funding #program #appliedscience #flooding #water #hydrology #hydrospatial #opendata #NRCan #province #terrority #model #modeling
@NRCan

Adding Clarity To The Law Of The Sea
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https://www.fugro.com/news/long-reads/2023/adding-clarity-to-the-law-of-the-sea <-- shared technical overview
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https://www.imo.org/en/ourwork/legal/pages/unitednationsconventiononthelawofthesea.aspx <-- UNCLOS home page
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #UNCLOS #law #terrority #offshore #marine #maritime #shipping #legal #oil #naturalresources #mining #deepseamining #deepseaexploration #shipping #boundaries #national #treaty #treaties #global #world #legal #rules #continental #fisheries #economiczones #maritime #maritimesafety #maritimelaw #maritimesafety #gischat #lawofthesea #lawsofthesea