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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...

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...

B-12 A guidance document created by the CSBWG and IHO to provide an outline of the technical “how-to” on CSB collection, metadata format, offset collection, and data contribution so that all Trusted Nodes follow the same format uniformly. CSB Crowd Sourced ...

This document was commissioned out of the 16th annual meeting of the Crowd Sourced Bathymetry Working Group held in March 2025 in Wellington, New Zealand. These efforts are the result of a request by new and interested Crowd Sourced Bathymetry (CSB) initiative...

The goal of this document is to fulfill a request put forth by the 16th annual Crowd Sourced Bathymetry Working Group, under Work Item G, to provide guidance for the successful development and operation of a CSB program. This document was created by several of...

 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. CSB data provide...

This section is not intended to provide legal advice, but rather to provide examples of some common legal considerations. Please look into your own country’s policies and feel free to investigate international laws and treaties yourself to verify the informati...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 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 Voyage ...

Next Generation 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 Force Mar...

Depending on a CSB program’s needs at a given time, one type of logger may be preferred over another. An in-depth comparison of the logger types currently available as of 2025 can be found here. The purpose of this comparison chart is to help CSB organizations...