Ocean Science
Exploring, mapping, visualising, analysing and protecting Earth's last frontier
Earth Sciences
Every day, the scientific community uses GIS to address twenty-first-century environmental challenges and understand the changing world. A strong scientific enterprise will yield new tools for analysis and investigation to increase our capacity to question, learn and advance.
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Ecological Marine Units
EMUs are 3D representations of observations about ocean characteristics, from the sea surface to the seafloor. A foundation for a standardised and practical global ecosystems classification and map for the ocean, EMUs are being used in over 15 projects worldwide. The data is free and open within ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World.
An ocean of story maps
With the storytelling tools in ArcGIS, the ocean community is telling powerful stories about ocean science, conservation, exploration and fieldwork. Find motivation for your story with the story maps in this unique collection of outstanding science communication examples that inform, educate and inspire scientists, conservationists, decision-makers and the public.
Advanced ocean basemaps
The Ocean Basemap includes a vector tile layer for bathymetry, surface and subsurface feature names and derived depths, designed for use by ocean GIS specialists or as a reference map by anyone interested in ocean data. New content is available across all styles of vector tile layers, enabling customisation of both layer content and display appearance.
Ocean content in Living Atlas
ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World is the foremost collection of geographic information from around the globe. Featuring a fantastic array of ocean content, you will find authoritative, carefully curated maps, apps and data layers to support a wide range of ocean science or maritime activities.
A platform for protecting the environment
Esri’s ArcGIS platform provides the data and analytics you need to execute informed conservation plans. Use authoritative data and sophisticated analytics to understand and better protect any biodiverse environment.
Benthic Terrain Modeler
The Benthic Terrain Modeler is a Python-3-based set of geoprocessing tools to analyse benthic terrain for the purposes of classifying surficial seafloor characteristics. It now implements block-based processing for large raster calculations using the NumPy and SciPy scientific libraries.
