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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

The GEBCO community is pleased to welcome the students just beginning the 2012/2013 class of the GEBCO/Nippon Foundation Training Programme. This 12-month course aims to train a new generation of scientists and hydrographers in ocean bathymetry and leads to a Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean

The 7th GEBCO Science Day will be hosted by the Directing Committee of the International Hydrographic Bureau at the Salle du Ponant, Monaco, on 2nd October 2012. 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

The goal of the International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) initiative is to develop a digital database that contains all available bathymetric data north of 64° North. From this database a gridded bathymetry data set has been developed for use by map makers, researchers and all who