General news

The GEBCO world map shows the shape and depth of the global ocean floor as a shaded relief map. The latest release of the map is available to download in PDF and GeoTiff forms. The map image (72°N - 72°S) is now included in Google's Maps Gallery for display in Google Earth. This is the third release

GEBCO is pleased to announce that Captain Patricio Carrasco (Director, Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada de Chile (SHOA)) has been appointed as a new International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO) representative to the Joint IHO-IOC Guiding Committee for GEBCO. We welcome Captain

he GEBCO world map shows the shape and depth of the global ocean floor as a shaded relief map. A new release of the map is now available. Find out how to download a digital copy in PDF and GeoTiff forms. This is the third release of the map and now includes the names of features on the sea floor

The Nippon Foundation of Japan has provided funding for GEBCO to train a new generation of scientists and hydrographers in ocean bathymetry. The 12-month course, leading to a Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry (PCOB), has been held at the University of New Hampshire, USA, since 2004

At the recent GEBCO meetings hosted by the Instituto di Scienze Marine ( ISMAR) in Venice, Italy there were a number of changes to the membership of and posts held in some of GEBCO's Committees and Working Groups. Find out more about the leadership changes to these groups. GEBCO's Guiding Committee

The annual GEBCO Science Day consists of oral and poster presentations on a wide range of topics relating to ocean-floor mapping and its applications. It is open to all to contribute and attend. This year, Science Day was hosted on 8th October by the Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR), Venice, Italy

The GEBCO community is pleased to announce that Dr Bruce Goleby (Geoscience Australia) and Mr Chrétien Ngouanet (University of Dschang, Cameroon) are the newly-appointed Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO representatives to the Joint IHO-IOC GEBCO Guiding Committee. Dr Goleby

The aim of the International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean ( IBCSO) is to gain a better understanding of the shape of the seafloor in the Southern Ocean area (south of 60°S). To achieve this goal, the IBCSO group collects and compiles bathymetric data from a number of sources to create a

The GEBCO Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names (SCUFN) maintains and makes available a digital gazetteer of the names, generic feature type and geographic position of features on the sea floor. The gazetteer is now available to view and download via a web map application in a number of formats

The GEBCO community is pleased to welcome the students just beginning the 2013/2014 class of the Nippon Foundation/GEBCO Training Programme. This 12-month course leads to a Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry (PCOB) and aims to train a new generation of scientists and hydrographers in ocean