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Example recruitment email for Crowd the Bay participants
[Fill in highlighted texts with appropriate information] Dear [Recipient's name], The Center for Ocean Mapping and Innovative Technologies (COMIT) has been developing a crowdsourced bathymetry (CSB) program in Tampa Bay, and I thought you and [Recipient's or...
Example memorandum of understanding
The University of South Florida Board of Trustees’ (“USF”) Center for Ocean Mapping and Innovative Technologies (“COMIT”) is a Trusted Node in the International Hydrographic Organization’s (“IHO”) Data Centre for Digital Bathymetry’s (“DCDB”) project entitle...
Example vessel offsets worksheets
Example letter of agreement and metadata form
Used by the International Seakeepers Society: linked here.
Example data transfer guide
Example data retrieval guide
Example logger menu
Example internal SOP for a CSB company/program
DISCOVERY Yacht Onboarding Process for Citizen Science & Seabed 2030 Version 1. Digital Introduction Step 1: Application Submission - The DISCOVERY Yacht (DY) submits their application to participate. Step 2: Initial Contact by Programming Team - The...
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Glossary Authorship and acknowledgements Goals and objectives Definition and important uses of CSB Legal considerations Finding your crowd Vessel features Motivating vessels and overcoming hesitation Maintaining vessel engagement Hardware opti...
Glossary
B-12 B-12 - IHO Guidelines for Crowdsourced Bathymetry is an IHO guidance document created by the IHO CSBWG to provide best practices for collecting and contributing crowdsourced depth data. The document provides an overview of the technical “how-to” on CSB c...
Authorship and Acknowledgements
Commissioned following the 16th annual meeting of the IHO Crowdsourced Bathymetry Working Group (CSBWG) in Wellington, New Zealand, this document provides guidance for establishing and maintaining Crowdsourced Bathymetry (CSB) initiatives. It synthesizes a dec...
Definition and important uses of CSB
The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) defines Crowdsourced Bathymetry (CSB) as the collection and sharing of depth measurements from vessels using standard navigation instruments while engaged in routine maritime operations. Crowdsourced bat...
Vessel features
The suitability of a vessel for CSB depends on both its onboard hardware and the engagement of its owner or operator. A wide range of equipment brands can be used, which is important because it allows nearly any vessel to participate. As mentioned briefly in ...
Motivating vessels and overcoming hesitation
Depending on a vessel’s ownership, motivations to participate in CSB may be vastly different. Based on the authors’ collective experiences, this section outlines the common motivations observed among several types of participants. While not exhaustive, these e...
Maintaining vessel engagement
Tools to maintain vessel engagement may include communication and contact, personalization of mission goals, and celebrating the impact of a vessel’s participation. These forms of engagement do require input and effort on behalf of the CSB program managers and...
Recruitment and onboarding
When initiating engagement with a recruited vessel, it is important to include information about your program motivations and process. Some of these items may include (but are not limited to) the following: Your program's website Links to equipment checks...
First generation loggers
First generation data loggers are characterized by the need to un-install an SD card from the logger and manually plug it into a computer to be able to access and share the data files. One of the most common examples of this logger type is the Yacht Devices ...
Next generation and WiFi enabled loggers
Next generation data loggers are characterized as having more than just an SD card to eject and manually upload data. These loggers currently include the Wireless Inexpensive Bathymetry Logger (WIBL), the Nemo30 logger (with WIBL software), and the Orange Forc...