Open data for seabed habitats: where to find and how to share

Most survey data is collected once and used once. Where European habitat data lives and how to publish yours.

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Where the data is

European portals collect bathymetry, habitat maps and survey points from national programmes. Checking them before a survey avoids mapping twice what is already known.

European portals

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Mapping and data
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Introductory · 4 min read
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