The East Grampian Coastal Partnership will launch its new website today as part of the international CoastGIS conference (Coast Geographic Information System) being held this week in Aberdeen.
The website (www.egcp.org.uk) will provide a one-stop shop for anyone interested in the North-East’s coastal area and will include lots of interesting information on the area’s coastline and the activities of the Coastal Partnership.
Ian Hay, Project Officer for the East Grampian Coastal Partnership, said: “The new website being launched today is an important step for the Partnership and will be a useful resource for accessing information for anyone with an interest in the local coastline. It will also be developed and expanded upon to include information on topics of interest, including whale and dolphin sightings and local events.”
CoastGIS 2005 is the sixth International Symposium on GIS and Computer Cartography for Coastal Zone Management and will be the second CoastGIS Symposium to be held in the city and will bring together delegates from across the UK and the rest of the world.
There is growing interest worldwide in coastal and marine environments and the desire to manage our resources more effectively, more efficiently, and in a more sustainable way. These are truly exciting times, and one of the reasons why the sixth international CoastGIS 2005 symposium is being held this week in Aberdeen.
The University of Aberdeen, through the College of Physical Sciences, in partnership with the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC), is hosting this prestigious event, being held at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) which began yesterday (July 21-23).
As a major event, the CoastGIS series attracts an international audience of coastal researchers, managers and practitioners who use one or more of the geospatial technologies. The symposium will be of interest to anyone with an interest in coastal and marine environments, including academic, commercial, and Government individuals, as well as technologists, scientists and social scientists, policy makers, coastal managers, coastal practitioners, environmental consultants, and educators.
Following on from CoastGIS 2003 in Genoa, CoastGIS 2005 seeks to build upon the overall theme of CoastGIS 2003 and the conclusions arising from the final plenary session.
Topics included in the programme this week ranges from information systems, to integrating information; from climate change, to environmental monitoring; from coastal zone management and coastal planning, to risk mapping and geohazards, to name but a few. Workshops are also included throughout the symposium programme.
The Coastal Partnership is supported by Energising Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire Council and SNH and is hosted by the Macaulay Institute.