GEBCO Project by 2010-11 GEBCO students- Focusing on GEBCO-SNG (Social Networking Group) -

GEBCO meetingOctober 6, 2011

San Diego, CA

Nippon Foundation/GEBCO Training ProjectMembers from more than 20 countries participated in this

program during 2004-2010.

Nippon Foundation/GEBCO Training Project2010-11 Students

Hadar Sade(National Bathymetric

Survey, Israel )

Jonathan Pason(National Mapping and Resource Information Authority, Philippines)

Kittisak Nilrat(Royal Thai Navy’s Hydrographic

Department, Thailand)

Roshan Ranaweera

(National Hydrographic Office,

Sri Lanka)

Hiroaki Saito(Hydrographic and

Oceanographic Department, Japan)

Mohammad Muslem Uddin

(University of Chittagong, Bangladesh)

Individual Maps

GEBCO students projects – six in totalEvery year students are required to prepare a GEBCO related project

Produced Parts the SE Pacific

2004 Tsunami response

1st Year

2nd Year

3rd Year

GEBCO Visual Library

Every year students are require to prepare a GEBCO related project

A Marine GIS for the Oceania region (MARGO)

Law of the sea cases

4th Year

5th Year

6th Year

GEBCO students projects – six in total

SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ?

GEBCO students projects – 7th project7th Year … That us !

Our project

Get people’s attention to GEBCO !

HOW ?

Get them interested in GEBCO !

Get them to collaborate with GEBCO !

Our project

Social Networking– Collaboration !How do you collaborate with people from different countries ?

• GEBCO Social Networking Facebook Group has been established with objectives to enable ocean mapping people to connect, collaborate with, and learn from each other.

Social Networking– Collaboration !

This webpage is being released to public.

http://www.gebco.net/

Existing GEBCO webpage on Facebook

Social Networking– Collaboration !

We established another new webpage“GEBCO-SNG (Social Networking Group)” in May, 2011. Not for public

For the only members accepted by the administrator.

Deep discussion.

Posting the photos, videos and comments easily.Easy to share information.

Easy to contact with the other membersWe don’t need an email address.Real time communication with chatting function.

Social Networking– Collaboration !

Members

“GEBCO-SNG (Social Networking Group)”

PostsChatting

Social Networking– Collaboration !

Concept of GEBCO-SNG (Social Networking Group)

Exisiting GEBCO network

Getting closer

Wider network

Social Networking– Collaboration !

How to join? After registering Facebook,

please search “GEBCO-SNG” using a tool bar on Facebook and push the button on webpage to join).

Search bar

Social Networking– Collaboration !

Number of the participants 24 people (on October 6, 2011)

The number is increasing little by little!!

What should we care if we add new members? Isn’t the person a stranger? We need to make rules to add members.

Current situation and issues of GEBCO-SNG

The Academic perspective of our project

• Due to project time limitation we, 2010-11 GEBCO students, would like to look at the bigger picture.

• In the long run, getting more people involved will contribute for more scientific data and discoveries in unexplored or little explored areas.