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Example letter of agreement and metadata form
Used by the International Seakeepers Society: linked here.
Example vessel offsets worksheets
QGIS: Data visualization
Motivation Some crowdsourced bathymetry participants may have a clear idea of how they intend to...
ArcGIS: Generating CSB data shapefiles
This section provides instructions on how to export shapefiles of CSB data for specific participa...
Installation guide: NEMO30/WIBL
Confirm that the NMEA network starts when the vessel is powered on. Remove the backplate/cover...
Installation guide: YDVR
Locate a NMEA 2000 backbone or T-connector with an open port. If a port is available, simply pl...
Next generation and WiFi enabled loggers
Next Generation loggers are characterized as having more than just an SD card to eject and manual...
Vessel features
The suitability of a vessel for CSB depends on both its onboard hardware and the engagement of it...
Example logger menu
Example data retrieval guide
Example data transfer guide
Example memorandum of understanding
The University of South Florida Board of Trustees’ (“USF”) Center for Ocean Mapping and Innovat...
Example stakeholder input session prompts
For inaugural stakeholder meeting: Crowdsourced Bathymetry (CSB) in Tampa Bay/Florida Devel...
Example stakeholder meeting agenda
For inaugural stakeholder meeting: Crowdsourced Bathymetry (CSB) in Tampa Bay/Florida Devel...
Example recruitment email for stakeholder meeting
For inaugural stakeholder meeting: [Fill in highlighted areas with details appropriate to your o...
Example stakeholder meeting survey
Provide the following questions to stakeholders as a pre- and post-meeting survey Q1 Which of th...
Tampa Bay community mapping efforts
NOAA’s hydrographic health model is a risk-based framework that evaluates the safety of navigatio...
NOAA data scrape
In 2025, NOAA Hydrographic Systems and Technology Branch, in collaboration with University of New...
QGIS: Editing tide-corrected CSB data
For Trusted Nodes that prefer to use free and open-source GIS software, the following section des...
Graphical user interface
As of March 2025, a Graphical User Interface (GUI) is being developed to aid in the processing an...