Overview of project
The Geo-Seas project is an Integrated Infrastructure Initiative (I3) of the Research Infrastructures programme within EU FP7. The contract number is RI-238952. It has a duration of 42 months from 1st May 2009 till 31st October 2012.
Geo-Seas will contribute to e-Infrastructure development in the areas of Scientific Data (coherent management and access to data) and Standards (data management, metadata, formats, delivery). It will expand the SeaDataNet infrastructure to include marine geological and geophysical data held by the Geo-Seas partners.
Catalogues of data, data products and services available from the Geo-Seas data centres will be published and maintained. Quality standards and data exchange/delivery formats will be harmonised across the partners. The project will facilitate access to federated, marine geological and geophysical datasets and deliver the data via the internet. Legacy reflection seismic records will be scanned and vectorised so that the data can be delivered digitally.
New data products and services will be developed following consultations with user communities. Standard arrangements will be developed for use of the data and data products. Geo-Seas will promote the infrastructure and its services to users and other relevant organisations to encourage them to adopt the protocols, standards and tools.
It will also formulate, determine, and facilitate consolidation and longer-term exploitation of the Geo-Seas infrastructure beyond the lifetime of the project.
The Geo-Seas data, data products and services will be used by the following sectors: environmental research and monitoring; academic research; government; national and regional agencies; dredging; marine hydrocarbons; beach nourishment; land reclamation; sustainable energy; civil engineering (pipelines, offshore construction, aggregates); communications (submarine cables); shipping; fisheries; tourism; and health.