A new era of mapping
Building strong relationships and supporting coastal communities is one of the key missions of the Community Hydrography initiative, a program that supports Canada's Ocean Protection Plan.
Join us as we delve into the big questions of this transformative initiative. How does this program work? Why is it revolutionary? Who can get involved? In what ways does this program support coastal communities—and much more!
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The Canadian Hydrographic Service, or CHS, is reaching out to communities who are interested in collecting bathymetric data in their area.
Bathymetry is the study that measures water depth in oceans, seas and lakes.
The community hydrographic program has been put in place to enter in collaboration with coastal communities throughout all Canada.
The goal is to build capacity within the community to help them acquire data, validate data and process data by themselves.
It's a new approach that is present all over the world to try to gather data in places that are just inaccessible most of the time.
Data is collected by adding a bathymetric logging device to the existing sensors that are found on many boats.
Once installed on your vessel, the logger automatically collects position, depth, and time data.
The data logger will not affect how your sensors work. The loggers only listen and record the data.
The data acquired with these loggers will help to identify underwater hazards
The community will gain access to new data that obviously haven't been acquired in their zone. So for navigational safety, it's new data for them. It can help to, to create MPAs or Marine protected areas. For Indigenous communities it will help them enhance their traditional knowledge in their area.
Once this data is processed it can be used to help support route planning, marine conservation, economic development, and scientific research
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