IHO Data Center for Digital Bathymetry

The IHO Data Center for Digital Bathymetry is the central repository for raw bathymetric data and all data compiled by Seabed 2030 and is hosted by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Boulder, Colorado. The DCDB archives and freely shares depth data acquired by vessels during surveys or while on passage.

  • Atlantic and Indian Ocean
  • North Pacific and Arctic Ocean
  • Southern Ocean
  • South and West Pacific Ocean
  • DCDB
  • Atlantic and Indian Ocean
  • North Pacific and Arctic Ocean
  • Southern Ocean
  • South and West Pacific Ocean

CENTER ROLE

The IHO Data Center for Digital Bathymetry (DCDB) stewards the worldwide collection of bathymetric data - it archives and shares, freely and without restrictions, depth data acquired by hydrographic, oceanographic and other vessels during surveys or while on passage.

The DCDB also acts as the central repository for raw bathymetric data and all data compiled by Seabed 2030. Hosted at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the DCDB is led by Director Jennifer Jencks who also leads NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information’s Ocean and Coastal Mapping Team, as well as overseeing the management of global marine geophysical data archives.

CENTER OVERVIEW

The International Hydrographic Organization Data Center for Digital Bathymetry (IHO DCDB) was established in 1990 to steward the worldwide collection of bathymetric data. The Center archives and shares, freely and without restrictions, depth data acquired vessels during surveys or while on passage.

Data can be discovered and accessed from the IHO-DCDB Data Viewer.

The DCDB archive includes over 30 terabytes (compressed) of primarily unedited single and multibeam bathymetric data contributed by industry, government, academia, and crowdsourced efforts. These data holdings are routinely used for the production of improved and more comprehensive bathymetric maps and grids, particularly in support of the GEBCO Ocean Mapping Programme.

In addition to the four Seabed 2030 Regional Centers, which focus on discovering, gathering and assembling bathymetric data in their areas to produce regional datasets and products, and the Global Center, which produces the GEBCO Grid, the DCDB acts as the central repository for raw bathymetric data and all data compiled by Seabed 2030. The DCDB cooperates closely with Seabed 2030 and engages with international maritime, industry and intergovernmental organisations involved in ocean mapping and crowdsourcing initiatives to coordinate a global approach towards open data and data stewardship.

Data Viewer

Center Head

Center Head

Jennifer Jencks

Director of IHO Data Center for Digital Bathymetry

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Center Team

Jessica Nation    Bathymetry Data Manager

Christiane Reiser    Bathymetry Data Manager

Max Smith   Bathymetry Team DevOps

Georgianna Zelenak    Bathymetry Data Manager

NEWS & EVENTS: IHO Data Center for Digital Bathymetry

19 November 2022 IHO Data Center, Events: Featured story

Developing a Vision for Improving the Discovery and Access of Bathymetric Data - WORKING MEETING

Invitation to Action: Working Meeting to further develop topics discussed during the highly successful Developing a Vision for Improving the Discovery and Access of Bathymetric Data webinar series, co-organized by the GEBCO Technical Subcommittee on Ocean Mapping (TSCOM), the IHO Data Center for Digital Bathymetry (DCDB) and the Regional Center for the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

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