Two new distributors for OceanWise

08 February 2012, 11:11pm

Raster Chart

OceanWise, the marine data management and GIS specialist, is pleased to announce two new on-line distributors for its digital marine mapping products, Marine Themes and Raster Charts – emapsite.com and findmaps.co.uk – in addition to its existing on-line distributor, GeoStore.

OceanWise data products are optimised for use in desktop, portable and web- based geographical information systems (GIS) and tailored to the engineering, environmental and location based services sectors. Already well in advance of similar products, Marine Themes and Raster Charts also represent exceptional value for money. Now, with the addition of these leading edge on-line distributors, accessing this data has also become a whole lot easier.

Dr Mike Osborne, MD of OceanWise, who has pioneered the use of GIS in the marine and coastal sectors for over 12 years said, “OceanWise is delighted to be working with both emapsite.com and findmaps.co.uk. These distributors in their own way deliver numerous benefits to users of terrestrial data and I am confident these will be similarly attractive to the marine and maritime sectors”. The above data products are already available on-line from Astrium’s GeoStore.

Raster Charts
Raster Charts comprises the popular UK Hydrographic Office nautical chart series, supplied as separate image files for easy loading and use in Geographical Information Systems (GIS). The data is supplied in GeoTIFF format as individual charts for different geographic areas at discrete scale levels. Raster Charts are available for UK and oversea waters.

Marine Themes
Marine Themes comprises authoritative data from the UK and other Hydrographic Offices and includes the following vector datasets:

• Elevation
• Shipwrecks and Obstructions
• Transport
• Industrial Facilities
• Administrative and Management Units
• Geographical Regions.

These datasets provide a comprehensive marine map and are ideal for applications where features need to be selectively displayed or analysed to create derived outputs or as a reference base for alternatively sourced or additional data layers. Symbology is provided as standard (e.g. ESRI Layer Files) and is free of charge meaning that the data is ready for immediate use in GIS and Web GIS.

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