Subject: Re: Humpback whale migration routes.
Greg Early (gearly@neaq.org)
Fri, 05 Nov 1999 15:22:12 -0500
Tim,
That is quite a long list... and as you seem to be finding out, locating
data is one of the largest (and most time consuming) tasks in putting
together a GIS project. There are quite a few metadata resources that
might help your search,however ESRI and other GIS services oftern have data
search tools that can help and are easier to use. Below are a couple of
starting points, including ESRI's own data searching engine.
http://gis.esri.com/datahound/main.cfm
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/virtdept/resources/data/data.htm#LULC
http://www.ConservationGIS.com./
Much of the general information (SST, productivity, human populations,
should be quite easy to locate and available for free.
A not free source (the advantage is the data is in Arc format) can be
obtained from Rutgers University Center for remote Sensing and Spatial
Analysis. The produce a data cd with about 150 data layers, including some
oceanic data. You should contact them at...
global-sales@ocean.rutgers.edu... for the details of what they have
available and find out the current price for the data.
I do not know how much compiled information on migratory routs is out there
(of course you could always construct your own using some of whale nets
data), but a quick search came up with a project on humpbacks and shipping
(although it is done in GRASS).
http://www.cecer.army.mil/ll/WWWDEMO/global_apps/blurb2.html
good luck,
ge
At 10:21 AM 11/04/99 GMT, you wrote:
>Hello,
> My name is Timothy Barratt, I am a third year student studying
>Environmental Biology at Plymouth University, England. For my thesis project
>I am plotting humpback whale migration routes using Arc View which is a GIS
>application. To do this I will require an awful lot of data that could be
>used to plot the seasonal movements of these animals around the globe. I
>will also be incorporating a lot of other data such as ocean currents, prey
>availability (herring and krill), surface temperatures, major shipping lanes
>(prop damage), fishing areas (entanglement), and high density tourist areas.
>So far I have had very little response from the scientific community and
>very little data has been forth coming. I would be very grateful if you
>would be prepared to help me find this data or advise me as to where I could
>possibly find the data I require. Thank you for your time, I hope to hear
>from you soon, yours faithfully, Tim Barratt.
>
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