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| Tool Name | HELCOM |
| Category | interactive web based GIS |
| Details | The map interface makes it possible for the users to view different datasets related to marine spatial planning and combine them together to create a multitude of different maps of the Baltic Sea area. The map view can be used for zooming in on the particular areas of interest, for identifying and searching features in the datasets, for viewing the details of certain features of interest, as well as for creating buffers around features and measuring distances. Metadata is provided for all of the datasets. The map service currently includes datasets providing traffic and oil spill information (traffic density estimates, harbors, oil terminals and platforms, navigation routes, accidents and illegal discharges), information on ecologically important areas (Baltic Sea Protected Areas, Important Bird Areas, other sensitive areas), inland information (place names, cities, main roads, land cover classification, rivers an lakes) and marine information (territorial waters and EEZs, bathymetry) but the amount of available data is constantly growing. |
| What step in framework | |
| Inputs | |
| Data quality required | |
| Modification required | |
| Outputs | |
| Spatial and temporal scales | Baltic Sea specific |
| Expertise required | |
| Licence cost issues | The current service is created mainly using ArcIMS technology of ESRI and custom made Javascript and ASP-pages. The advanced printing options make use also of ArcGIS Server's REST API. The datasets are maintained in a relational database and the planning drafts in a MS Access database. |
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| References/Manual | http://www.helcom.fi/GIS/en_GB/msp/ |
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