Series Introduction

Foreword

Michael F. Goodchild

Preface

Contributors

Down to the Sea in Ships: The Emergence of Marine GIS

Dawn J. Wright

Working on the Frontiers of Science: Applying GIS to the Coastal Zone

Darius J. Bartlett

PART I CONCEPTUAL/TECHNICAL ISSUES

Data Models for Marine and Coastal Geographic Information Systems

Rongxing Li

An Algorithmic Approach to Marine GIS

Christopher Gold

Representation of Variability in Marine Environmental Data

Anne Lucas

Applying Spatio-Temporal Concepts to Correlative Data Analysis

Herman Varma

Linear Reference Data Models and Dynamic Segmentation: Application to Coastal and Marine Data

Andrew G. Sherin

Spatial Reasoning for Marine Geology and Geophysics

Dawn J. Wright

2.5- and 3-D GIS for Coastal Geomorphology

Jonathan Raper

PART II APPLICATIONS

Real-time GIS for Marine Applications

Gerald A. Hatcher, Jr.

Norman Maher

Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS): State-of-the-art in Nautical Charting

Robert Ward

Chris Roberts

Ron Furness

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Vents Program GIS: Integration, Analysis, and Distribution of Multidisciplinary Oceanographic Data

Christopher G. Fox

Andra M. Bobbitt

Integrated Geographical and Environmental Remotelysensed Data on Marginal and Enclosed Basins: The Mediterranean Case

Vittorio Barale

Mapping Submarine Slope Failures

Brian G. McAdoo

Applications of GIS to Fisheries Management

Geoff J. Meaden

A User-Friendly Marine GIS for Multi-dimensional Visualisation

Yafang Su

Active Tectonics: Data Acquisition and Analysis with Marine GIS

Chris Goldfinger

PART III INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

Managing Marine and Coastal Data Sources: A National Oceanographic Data Centre Perspective on GIS

Bronwyn Cahill

Theresa Kennedy

Orla Ni Cheileachair

Significance of Coastal and Marine Geographic Information Systems within the Context of the United States National Geospatial Data Policies

Millington Lockwood

Cindy Fowler

GIS Applications to Maritime Boundary Delimitation

Harold Palmer

Lorin Pruett

Information Quality Considerations for Coastal Data

Nancy von Meyer

Kenneth E. Foote

Donald J. Huebner

Epilogue

Darius J. Bartlett

Dawn J. Wright

Index