INCOIS Launches Web-Based Digital Ocean App For Information Sharing

INCOIS Launches Web-Based Digital Ocean App For Information Sharing

• INCOIS, an autonomous body under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), has launched a web-based application Digital Ocean to share information on marine data and forecast services.
• Digital Ocean is a first of its kind digital platform for Ocean Data Management.
• The Digital Ocean platform (www.do.incois.gov.in) includes a set of applications developed to organise and present heterogeneous oceanographic data by adopting rapid advancements in geospatial technology.
• The platform will serve as a one-stop-solution for all the data related needs of a wide range of users including research institutions, operational agencies, strategic users, the academic community, maritime industry, policymakers and the public.
• It will play a central role in the sustainable management of our oceans and expanding our “Blue Economy” initiatives.
• It is a first of its kind platform for ocean data management and contributes to the Digital India programme and is expected to bring a sea change in how the oceanographic data is served for a better understanding of the oceans.
  
  
• Indian National Centre for Ocean Information provides ocean information and advisory services to various stakeholders including data based on oceanographic research, advisory services such as fishing zone advisories, ocean state forecast, high wave alerts, tsunami early warnings, storm surge and oil-spill.
• Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) is an autonomous organization of the Government of India, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, located in Pragathi Nagar, Hyderabad.
• ESSO-INCOIS was established as an autonomous body in 2007 under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) and is a unit of the Earth System Science Organization (ESSO).
• ESSO- INCOIS is mandated to provide the best possible ocean information and advisory services to society, industry, government agencies and the scientific community through sustained ocean observations and constant improvements through systematic and focussed research.