OceanWise has secured a framework agreement to provide GIS marine data to the Scottish Government.
OceanWise will be delivering marine mapping data products and services including marine themes vector, marine themes digital elevation model (DEM), raster charts and raster charts eXcluding land (XL) to central government departments and agencies, as well as regional councils, all of whom will benefit from having access to the data for decision support and asset management.
The contract has a duration of four years, the company noted.
Marine themes vector has been engineered into logical data layers for easy loading and efficient use in desktop and web-based geographic information systems (GIS). The data attributes have been specifically designed to provide the best possible information for analysis.