Discover UMap – A free QGIS Plugin for effortless Visualisation of bathymetric data
summary
UMap is a free QGIS plugin that converts five inputs (shoreline, chart limits, optional topo, satellite-derived DTM, and bathymetric soundings) into a chart-like community map with colour bands, contours and SH‑biased sounding selection; an 18‑day pilot ingests ~300 km of survey plus satellite DTM and produces a usable map in about 60 seconds after deconfliction and vertical alignment. Built for the Canadian Hydrographic Service to help areas where 90% of Arctic nearshore is unsurveyed, it is on the QGIS repo (IIC Technologies, GitHub).
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- 0:00Introduction and speaker background
- 1:04About iic Technologies
- 3:11Introducing UMap QGIS plugin
- 7:07Canadian Hydrographic Service challenges
- 10:59Development of UMap solution
- 14:51Pilot study and community map creation
- 18:48UMap outcomes and global potential
- 20:12Other opportunities and iic Academy
- 21:38Q&A session
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