tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953754192144897201.post-60546387728248891152008-05-07T17:16:00.001+01:002008-06-16T11:38:58.122+01:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>BODC announces improved functionality for two of our data delivery facilities; they now include the ability to download a Keyhole Markup Language (KML) file of search results. </p> <div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="http://www.bodc.ac.uk/about/news_and_events/images/endofpier.jpg" height="205" width="250" /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">St. George's Pier, Menai Strait placemarks displayed on Google Earth</span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.bodc.ac.uk/help_and_hints/using_this_web_site/picture_copyrights/about_us/102098/">©</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><br /> </div><br /> <p> KML files may be used with freely-available geospatial applications. These allow simultaneous display of diverse data from different sources to provide an integrated experience — known as mash-up data. This can reveal new information and knowledge that would otherwise be hidden. </p> <p>The inclusion of a document server URL within our KML files allow you to view the full metadata report, making this an ideal data browsing tool. With speculation that Google may soon be announcing a visualisation of the world under the sea ('<a href="http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9931412-7.html">Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans</a>'), the possibilities are even more exciting.</p> <h2>Where can I access KML files?</h2> <p>A download of your search and/or data request is now available via our '<a href="http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/online_request/nodb/">All data series</a>' and '<a href="http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/online_request/current_meters/">Current meter series</a>' online request facilities. </p> <h3>All data series</h3> <p>The <a href="http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/online_request/nodb/">NODB index</a> provides access to all data within our National Oceanographic Database (NODB). It includes physical, geophysical, chemical and biological measurements from the sea, land and air. Parameter categories include, for example</p> <ul> <li>Acoustics</li> <li>Bathymetry and topography</li> <li>Currents — horizontal and vertical velocity, Lagrangian currents and water transport rates</li> <li>Meteorology — radiosonde, met. stations and data buoys</li> <li>Optical properties — pigments, turbidity, irradiance</li> <li>Sea level</li> <li>Water column temperature and salinity</li> <li>Water column chemistry — nutrients, carbons, oxygen</li> <li>Waves — statistics and spectra</li> </ul> <p>Currently, the NODB index includes 51108 data series from 126 different organisations.</p> <h3>Current meter data series</h3> <br /> <p>The <a href="http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/online_request/current_meters/">current meter index</a> provides access to all current data within the NODB. It includes entries for</p> <ul> <li>Moored Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP)</li> <li>Other moored current meters</li> <li>Shipborne ADCP</li> <li>Lowered ADCP</li> </ul> <p>Currently, the current meter index includes 6269 data series from 63 different organisations.</p></div><p class="tags"><a rel="tag" href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/mash-up">mash-up</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/kml">kml</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/oceanographic%20data">oceanographic data</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/marine%20data">marine data</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/bodc">bodc</a></p>British Oceanographic Data Centrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05296069497556715478noreply@blogger.com