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| JULY, 2003 |
NGI Completes Cod-Tagging Program ArcIMS Website
 PORTLAND, ME - Northern Geomantics has completed work on an Internet mapping website which facilitates collaboration between more than a half-dozen US and Canadian marine research organizations involved in the Northeast Regional Cod-Tagging Program. The program is designed to document cod movements and population distribution throughout the Gulf of Maine.
Using an online data entry application, scientists can input codfish capture and release information at the end of each research cruise. Program managers at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute can also log in online to check and verify newly-entered data. Once approved, the data is automatically added to an Internet mapping system, where it can be viewed and queried by scientists and the general public.
Fishermen and others who find a tagged cod can report it through the website and view its initial release location on an interactive map. The site also allows researchers to download the data for further analysis.
The Northeast Regional Cod-Tagging Program mapping site is powered by ArcIMS and ArcSDE technology from ESRI. Scientists involved in the study anticipate that release and recapture information on over 200,000 cod will be added to the database over the next two years.
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