Mapping projects

In order to build the next generation of improved GEBCO global bathymetric compilations, regional expertise is required and this can only be achieved by fully taking advantage of regional mapping efforts.

Through the Interim Sub-Committee on Regional Undersea Mapping (ISCRUM), GEBCO is aiming to build on and extend its collaboration with regional mapping groups in order to improve its bathymetric models.

GEBCO has long benefitted from contributions from the work of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Regional Mapping Projects. Click on the boxes in the image below to visit the individual project web sites (where available) or see the list below.

Follow the links below for further information on the International Hydrographic Organization's (IHO) regional mapping and coordination work.

IOC regional mapping projects

The following is a list of IOC regional mapping projects. Follow the links below to visit the individual project web sites (where available) hosted at the US National Geophysical Data Center.

• International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO)
• International Bathymetric Chart of the Caribbean Sea & Gulf of Mexico (IBCCA)
• International Bathymetric Chart of the Central Eastern Atlantic (IBCEA)
• International Bathymetric Chart of the Mediterranean (IBCM)
• International Bathymetric Chart of the South Eastern Pacific (IBCSEP)
• International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean (IBCSO)
• International Bathymetric Chart of the Western Indian Ocean (IBCWIO)
• International Bathymetric Chart of the Western Pacific (IBCWP)

IHO regional mapping

The Inter-Regional Coordination Committee (IRCC)

The Regional Hydrographic Commissions (RHC)