Marine Regions
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Marine Regions works towards a standard for georeferenced marine names. Hosted by VLIZ.
Wrapping up
#30DayMapChallenge
with a bonus map: a cartogram where countries are resized by their EEZs! π Shout-out to Clipperton Island, which has the largest EEZ/land ratio: its EEZ is over 200.000 its land area π€―
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β Day 24: Places and their names A heat map of all 64.476 named places in the Marine Regions gazetteer π₯ Darker areas mean fewer names β‘οΈ the gaps in our coverage. Spot a dark region you know well? Weβd love tips on data sources for features there! π
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#30DayMapChallenge
| Day 18: Out of this world Each glowing line traces an Exclusive Economic Zone revealing how we divide the oceanβs surface from space. Data: Marine Regions Maritime Boundaries v12 dataset. π π Download and explore the dataset here:
www.marineregions.org/downloads.php
29 days ago
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| Day 2: Lines Guess the sea from its maritime boundaries! These maps show only the international boundaries in three seas or oceans taken from Marine Regions' Maritime Boundaries v12 dataset. π Download and explore the dataset here:
www.marineregions.org/downloads.php
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New year, new undersea features integration! π€Ώ Our latest Marine Regions update adds 108 new undersea names from GEBCO (107) and ACUF (1), keeping our global gazetteer current and consistent. Dive in β‘οΈ
marineregions.org
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about 2 months ago
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Delivering on the Ocean Decade objectives: taxonomy experts from our sister institute INVEMAR in Colombia working in Oostende with
@marinespecies.bsky.social
@vliz.be
@marineregions.bsky.social
towards a National Register of Marine Species for Colombia.
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Last Wednesday, we held a vibrant Marine Regions Editorial Community meeting as part of our
@unoceandecade.bsky.social
Action. ππ The focus was on the upcoming release of the Maritime Boundaries, leading to insightful discussions and great exchanges, thank you to all who joined! π
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Last Friday, during the Sablon Diplomatic Circleβs visit to VLIZ, Lawrence Whatley introduced Marine Regions as a vital tool supporting ocean governance, science, and conservation β essential for the success of global initiatives like
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Marine Regions is happy to join Bluesky! Explore our gazetteer of georeferenced marine place names and our Maritime Boundaries datasets at
www.marineregions.org
, and discover the whole Marine Regions story at
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