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The 8th GEBCO Science Day will be hosted by the Istituto di Scienze Marine, Venice, Italy on 8th October 2013. GEBCO Science Day is held every year as part of GEBCO's meetings. We announce a call for papers on topics related to ocean mapping and its applications for inclusion as part of this year's

The aim of the International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean (IBSCO) programme 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 hydrographic offices

The GEBCO community is pleased to announce that Vice Admiral Shin Tani (Chief Hydrographer of Japan) and Commander Peush Pawsey (Joint Director of Survey Operations, National Hydrographic Office, India) are the newly-appointed International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) representatives on the

The second release of the GEBCO world map is now available. It shows the bathymetry of the world's ocean floor in the form of a shaded relief colour map. Find out how to download a digital copy of the map. Creation of the map The map is based upon bathymetry data from the GEBCO_08 Grid, version

Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry at the University of New Hampshire, USA (2013-2014) 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

The IHO-IOC GEBCO Cook Book is a technical reference manual on how to build a bathymetric grid. Its aim is to support and encourage further participation in bathymetric grid development work. Originally released in October 2012, an updated version is now available hosted at the US Dept. of Commerce

A recent scientific research cruise, led by the University of Sydney, in part of the South Pacific Ocean between Australia and New Caledonia has reported that "Sandy Island", shown on many scientific maps, does not exist. Through coastline and terrain model data sets this "feature" has been included

GEBCO maintains and makes available a digital gazetteer of the names of features on the ocean floor. The GEBCO Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names (SCUFN) is responsible for the maintenance and update of the gazetteer data set. The latest version of the gazetteer, from October 2012, is now

The newly-released IHO-IOC GEBCO Cook Book is a technical reference manual on how to build a bathymetric grid. GEBCO develops and makes available global gridded bathymetric data sets. One of the aims of the IHO-IOC GEBCO Cook Book is to support and encourage further participation in bathymetric grid

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 2nd October by the Directing Committee of the International