Marine Science

GIS provides a new window to the undersea world

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A sustainable, healthy ocean is possible

As the ocean's economic use increases and climate impacts intensify, ArcGIS provides a connective thread to advance ocean mapping and interpretation. Marine professionals collaborate using GIS technology to create interdisciplinary approaches to science. They have developed sustainable strategies that maintain a healthy marine ecosystem and promote sustainable economic development.

Create a sustainable marine environment with insights

Rediscover the seafloor and marine habitat

Adopt a holistic view of the marine environment that connects stakeholders via interactive maps and dashboards to facilitate understanding, synergy, and collaborative decision-making.

View ocean maps
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Get secure marine data collections

Easily integrate, gain access to, and optimize disparate ocean data in secure cloud or hybrid data services to facilitate seamless data exchange.

Explore an ocean of data
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Dig into ready-to-analyze data sources

Combine out-of-the-box modeling environments with open-source spatial algorithms, open data libraries, and programming languages.

Explore open science
View 3D oxygen measurements
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See underwater patterns more clearly

Modernize marine understanding using 3D mapping. Slice through the ocean depths with subsurface profiling, 3D simulations, time series animations, and interactive maps to uncover hidden patterns.

See the ocean in 3D
View Ecological Marine Units
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Restore, preserve, and protect our ocean

Leverage a robust framework for iterative marine ecosystem planning scenarios. These scenarios are informed by suitability modeling and endorsed by stakeholder engagement.

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Operate securely with other scientists

Easily access marine layers across systems, and quickly share results and research with colleagues and other teams using a built-in collaborative framework.

How to collaborate with ArcGIS
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ESRI BLOG

Understanding the seafloor to achieve prosperity

Clearwater Seafoods gains vital understanding of seafloor and marine habitat using GIS maps, leading to operational efficiency and marine stewardship.

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Products for Marine Science

These collections of products and solutions will help kick-start your marine science projects with improved data organization, analysis, and sharing.

  • ArcGIS Pro

    Next generation desktop GIS

    Use 2D and 3D analytical tools to identify patterns, make predictions, and share information online and through mobile apps.

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  • ArcGIS Online

    Cloud-based mapping and analysis for everyone

    Work with innovative, data-driven styles and intuitive analysis tools, and create and share geoscience maps, data, and applications with others.

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  • ArcGIS Dashboards

    Visual insights of data that matters

    Use data, analysis, and performance visualizations to help you monitor situations in real time.

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  • ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World

    Collection of curated online GIS-ready data

    Access the foremost collection of geographic information from around the globe. It includes maps, apps, and data layers to support your work.

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  • ArcGIS for Ocean Solutions

    Workflows, lessons, and solutions 

    Learn about and map the ocean by collecting, integrating, and sharing data with other sources to facilitate understanding.

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