New Bathymetry Data Viewer from NOAA

NOAA has published a new tool to discover the Earth's ocean floor. It includes a lot of information about the sea floor and coasts, including deep canyons, ripples, landslides and likely fish habitat.

For those who sail in the coast of USA, this map has an aditional use because it includes the latest high-resolution bathymetric (sea bottom) data collected by NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey primarily to support nautical charting.

Check the Bathymetry Data Viewer

It has to be said the ease to navigate on the map using a “color-shaded relief” technique to depict bathymetric data and derived maps and models. Also you can select different basemaps and decide to visualize different options by layers.

Complete Press Release from NOAA.

[Other map viewers and resources from NOAA: Satellite Fire Detections, US Bathymetric and Fishing Maps, Geophysical Surveys, Hazards (Tsunamis, Earthquakes, Volcanoes), Thermal Springs in the United States, Marine Geology, Multibeam Bathymetric Data, NOAA Observing Systems Architecture(NOSA), NOS Hydrographic Survey Data, Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples]