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Integrated Ocean & Coastal Modeling


Map Once, Use Many Times
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Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping (IOCM) is the practice of planning,
acquiring, integrating, and sharing ocean and coastal data and related products
so that people who need the data can find it and use it easily: Map Once, Use
Many Times.

To make the most of limited resources, IOCM outlines 4 key strategic best
practices:

Data sharing
This first strategy is intended to make sure that ocean and coastal mapping data
that is not yet publicly accessible gets to a data repository/archive where
people can discover and use it. With limited time and resources to map all U.S.
waters, we want to prevent duplication of effort and focus available resources
on surveying areas that have not been previously mapped. At the end of this
process, it is critical to publish all previously collected data to the National
Centers for Environmental Information to benefit many different types of users.
If you have existing data to share, please let us know at our mapping data
contribution page.



Coordinated survey planning
After data sharing, the next IOCM practice involves survey planning.
Coordinating with partners using tools such as the U.S. Mapping Coordination
site for Data Acquisition is a best practice. Coordinated planning and
collaboration on data acquisition requirements helps us to eliminate redundant
efforts and acquire more data that everyone can use.



Standards development and implementation
Collecting, processing and archiving data to established standards expands its
utility for multiple uses. IOCM advocates for following national and
international standards and best practices from the first step of mapping data
acquisition to processing, classification and data archive,including making sure
to have good metadata throughout.



Innovation and technological development
Mapping U.S. waters is a huge task. To meet it, we must explore and develop
cost-effective methods and new technologies for efficiency gains. Innovations in
unmanned systems, communications and artificial intelligence are just a few
examples of opportunities to advance our ocean and coastal mapping capabilities.
We can leverage expertise in marine technology development across government,
private industry, academia, and non-governmental organizations to find these
IOCM solutions.



The coordination needed to implement these strategies is multifaceted and
benefits from intra- and interagency collaborations, along with related national
and international initiatives, to promote the goal to “map once, use many
times.” The Interagency Working Group on Ocean and Coastal Mapping brings
together federal ocean and coastal mapping agencies committed to this goal. NOAA
has a complementary IOCM team within the agency working toward the same
objectives.

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The IOCM zone of interest includes U.S. coasts, oceans and the Great Lakes.
Ocean and coastal mapping data is broadly defined as the “physical, biological,
geological, chemical, and archaeological characteristics and boundaries of ocean
and coastal areas, resources, water column and sea beds through the use of
acoustics, satellites, aerial photogrammetry, light and imaging, direct
sampling, and other mapping technologies” (Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration
Act of 2009).

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