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Call for papers — GEBCO Symposium 2017

1 January 2017
The GEBCO Symposium is a one day event that brings together international experts to discuss innovative technologies and approaches that are pushing the boundaries of ocean floor mapping. This year, the GEBCO Symosium will be held on 15th November 2017 in Busan, South Korea. We are interested in

Beneath the Surface: Exploring Our Global Seafloor

1 January 2017
The Forum for Future Ocean Floor Mapping was held in Monaco in June 2016 and was attended by over 150 senior representatives, scientists, scholars and business associates from major ocean related organisations from around the world. The Forum endorsed the objective of Seabed2030 – that the

A name directory for the ocean floor - the work of SCUFN

1 November 2016
As on land, features on the seafloor are given names. This helps to identify them and to describe their form. The GEBCO Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names (SCUFN) works to ensure that features are given unique and appropriate names, reducing the possibility of confusion, e.g. a feature being

Presentations from Science Day 2016

1 October 2016
The annual GEBCO Science Day consists of oral and poster presentations on a wide range of topics relating to seafloor mapping and its applications. It is open to all to contribute and attend. Presentations are now available from Science Day 2016 along with those from previous years. This year

Release of the latest EMODnet bathymetric grid

1 October 2016
EMODnet is a project, funded by the European Commission, to bring together marine data into interoperable, continuous and publicly available bathymetric data sets for complete maritime basins in European waters. The latest EMODnet digital bathymetric grid, published in October 2016, is now available

GEBCO team enter Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE

1 September 2016
A team of graduate fellows from The Nippon Foundation’s GEBCO Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry (PCOB) Training Programme, will be taking part in the $7million Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. The GEBCO-NF team have entered this three year global competition aimed at challenging teams to

Forum for Future Ocean Floor Mapping in the Media

1 August 2016
The Forum for Future Ocean Floor Mapping was held in Monaco in June 2016 and was attended by over 150 senior representatives, scientists, scholars and business associates from major ocean related organisations from around the world. It has endorsed the objective of Seafloor 2030 – that the

Post Forum Communiqué

1 July 2016
The Forum for Future Ocean Floor Mapping was held in Monaco in June 2016 and was attended by over 150 senior representatives, scientists, scholars and business associates from major ocean related organisations from around the world. It has endorsed the objective of Seafloor 2030 – that the


Presentations and posters from the Forum

1 July 2016
The Forum for Future Ocean Floor Mapping was held in Monaco in June 2016 and was attended by over 150 senior representatives, scientists, scholars and business associates from major ocean related organisations from around the world. The aim was to develop a roadmap for future ocean floor mapping. As