What's new at the RMBS Data Portal

August 2007

Basic cruise information for KN189-04 (Hey) to the Reykjanes Ridge now available.

July 2007

Bathymetric grids of the Hawaiian region from cruise TN151 (Garcia/ Duennebier) now available.

Multibeam swath data files for cruises EW0108 (Taylor/Goodliffe/Him/ Sachpazi) and AVON01MV (Lonsdale), along with a bathymetric grid grom IFREMER for the Mediterranean Sea have been added to the GeoMapApp Global Multi-Resolutional digital elevation model Topography (GMRT) tiles.

March 2006

New search capability now available in Data Link. In addition to the ability to search by geographic area, ISS, investigator and cruise ID, you can now search by the full list of data types or device types cataloged in the database. Use these search options to find out where the selected data type has been collected and to download any data files available in the database.

Many new data sets now available for exploring through the Databases menu in GeoMapApp. Select Import Data – Load – File – Browse DataBases – Global.

February 2006

Many new Help pages added to GeoMapApp.

January 2006

GeoMapApp v1.3.0 released with automatic focus as well as new features in the Import Data option on the Databases menu. Caution: after you load a grid in GeoMapApp the automatic focus will also automatically load a new grid each time you zoom and pan. Dispose of grid before zooming for best performance.

December 2005

Booth in Exhibition Hall at Fall AGU meeting features the Data Management System.

November 2005

Updated metadata forms package (version 3.5) is now available incorporating latest upgrades.

October 2005

New option in GeoMapApp to save images as “.kmz” files for viewing in GoogleEarth. With this option,  use GeoMapApp to dynamically generate a map of area of interest, save image as .kmz file to your desktop and then open with GoogleEarth.

Web Map Service (WMS) beta service now deployed to serve our global bathymetry. WMS is a standard for web-services, proposed by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). Web Map Service enables web-based creation of maps from raster and vector datasets. The generated maps can be visualized by common web-browsers and/or OGC-enabled client applications.

New options are now available within Data Link's Map View display;

1. Beta version of new option in Map View to view global bathymetry (Global DEM option). Users can zoom in to display higher resolution bathymetry. Beta version has problem with map display at +/-180°longitude which affects maps for Lau Basin region. 

2. Query function (under “Mode” button) now available within Map View links to further information on cruise/dive survey tracks or station information.

September 2005

An ISO 19115-compliant profile for cruise metadata has been developed for use as a REST-based web service.

July 2005

A new version of GeoMapApp (1.2_08) includes access to Alvin dive photos and a prototype GIS layer interface.  An interface to DSDP data has also been added.

Deployed Web-based "Map View" tool to display cruise/dive tracks and borders/coastlines on world basemap with pan/zoom capability, based on open-source MapServer GIS software.

June 2005

Multibeam Bathymetry grids from the Galapagos Spreading Center (GSC), contributed by Pablo Canales, have been added to GeoMapApp global grids and are available through Data Link (entryID=GSC_Canales).

Data were collected during cruise HE034 of the BIO Hesperides (Spain).

SeaMARCII bathymetry from the Ecuador Rift (GSC) is also now in GeoMapApp, giving nearly complete coverage of the Galapagos Spreading Center from 98°-83°W.

April 2005

High resolution grids for Papua New Guinea have been added to GeoMapApp DEM and are also available through Data Link entryID = PNG_Naar.  Grids were contributed by David Naar and derived from EM-300 swath data from cruises VANC27MV, VANC28MV, VANC30MV.

Gridded data from the Tonga trench collected on BMRG08MV (Bloomer and Wright) now available through Data Link.

New forms for reporting cruise information are now available for downloading. These forms are designed to capture who, what, when, where for a cruise as well as inventories of all data collected, line logs, deployed instrument information, station and sample logs.

March 2005

Bathymetry data from several cruises in the Southern Ocean now incorporated into the GeoMapApp Mercator projection bathymetry grids: NBP9806A (transit), NBP0101 (Amy Leventer), and NBP0202 ( Robert Beardsley).

Added bathymetry data to GeoMapApp from several historical cruises with crossings in the Gulf of California region (AT03-46, MOCE05MV, PHNX03MV). Also added bathymetry data for region from EW0210 contributed by Dan Lizarralde.

Bathymetry for the Costa Rica margin from EW0005 (from Kirk McIntosh) now incorporated into GeoMapApp.

Data from the Southwest Indian Ridge collected on KN162-09, KN162-07 now added to GeoMapApp.

Data from the Hudson Canyon collected on AT01-03 added to GeoMapApp.

February 2005

Edited bathymetry for the Izu-Bonin-Mariana site (EW0202 and EW0203) received from Andrew Goodliffe and incorporated into GeoMapApp.

Bathymetry data for the Galapagos Spreading Center from EW0004 (Sinton and Detrick) now added to GeoMapApp.

Bathymetry data from the Galapagos Islands (DRFT04MV) contributed by Dan Fornari now added to GeoMapApp.

December 2004

New web site launched providing simplified access to all projects and tools of the mgDMS.

Booth for data management system within Exhibition Hall at Fall AGU. Article on the DMS published in December 21 issue of EOS.

September 2004

Release of GeoMapApp 1.2 with several new features. Data sources for topography data in map view now dynamically displayed including acknowledgement of nation of origin. New "Import Data" option available. Option permits users to import their own ASCII data tables and display on bathymetry data, including color coding and symbol scaling based on data values.

August 2004

Bathymetry grid for Woodlark Basin assembled by Goodliffe and colleagues obtained from NGDC and now in GeoMapApp

July 2004

Bathymetry data from cruise EW9903 from Cocos Plate now available

Bathymetry grid of Bouvet triple junction obtained from Marco Ligi, Bologne

Links to PetDB now established for common cruises.

Reorganization of the web pages for the Ridge2000 and Margins Data Portals, the Ridge Multibeam Bathymetry Synthesis, Antarctic Multibeam Bathymetry Synthesis, and Seismic Field Data Center into a central site for all projects of the MarineGeoDMS (www.marine-geo.org).

Data Management System Oversight Committee Meeting July 19-20

June 2004

Bathymetry for the Chile Rise (PANR04MV) and Barbados (EW0308) now incorporated into global grids.

Bathymetry from cruise EW9101 to Antarctic Penninsula now available.

May-June 2004

New bathymetry from the South East Indian Ridge (EW0114) now available

April 2004

Ultra-high resolution ABE bathymetry data from the EPR 9N ISS contributed by D. Fornari and colleagues and now available. Bathymetry can be accessed through GeoMapApp by selecting High_Res_Grids under the Places menu.

March 2004

Bathymetry from cruise EW9908 to the Nankai Trough now available

New options for custom coloring topography data added in GeoMapApp. Options also available for creating athree-dimensional perspective view of topography.

February 2004

New data from the southern ocean - AAD region (BMRG06MV) added.

January 2004

All bathymetry data from original Ridge Multibeam Bathymetry Synthesis site now fully integrated with MarineGeoDMS and web pages moved to data.ridge2000.org/bathy. Bathymetry from MBARI (EUREKA, CENCAL, HAWAII, SANTA BARBARA) now incorporated into global grids and available through GeoMapApp.

December 2003

Coastal relief data for the continental US from NGDC now incorporated into GeoMapApp. Beta web site for the Ridge2000 Data Portal now online (data.ridge2000.org). October 2003 Multibeam and geophysical data is now accessible and available for viewing and downloading using keyword searches through Data Link.

Summer 2003

Multibeam and Geophysical data from Nathaniel B. Palmer from 1992 to current acquired for database through the Antarctic Multibeam Bathymetry Synthesis (AMBS).

Begin migrating RMBS into new relational database designed to serve broad suite of marine geophysical data (MarineGeoDMS). Visit old RMBS site to view earlier history of database.