OWL MAP
Launched in 2015, OWL MAP is a data visualization module aimed at displaying oil-based anomalies in the ocean. Created by Norweigan company Ocean Visuals, the platform enables users to project incident reports in real-time. Incidents are recorded using one of Ocean Visuals’ detection suites and are then sent to the sensor database. The sensor database, along with Ocean Visual’s oil sample database, is then projected within the OWL MAP module, where users can tailor data using the map-layers feature. Different data can be visualized, such as position, type, and volume of detected oil. Meteorological data is also integrated into the module, allowing users to view wind speeds and direction, wave height and direction, as well as sea currents and direction. OWL MAP is also supported by the Automatic Identification System for ships (AIS), helping hone in on vessels that were present at spill sites. OWL MAP even warns aquaculturists, such as salmon farmers, of oil near their operations. The only drawback to such warning mechanisms is that their jurisdiction is limited to Norway, where all operations are marked with a GPS location in the module.
Categories
Data, Ecological Monitoring, Lifestyle, Pollution, Regulation
More Ideas
Air Pollution Robot
The dangers of air pollution to human health are well documented, though the traditional methodology of collecting and reporting on sample lags behind the need to keep abreast and regulate air pollution in a meaningful amount of time. The use of drones and robots have been identified by researchers as resources that can be tweaked […]
Artificial Life, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Ecological Monitoring, Industry/Natural Commodities, Lifestyle, Monitoring
Telematic Rivers
Erica Kermani’s artwork seeks to answer a central question: if rivers were seeing an equal, living entity, would humans take issues like climate change threatening them more seriously? In his year-long art exhibition in 2017, Kermani, in collaboration with Diana Salcedo & Jeana Chesnik, created a new forum of interaction between humans and rivers to […]
Climate Change, Ecological Monitoring, Lifestyle, Monitoring, Pollution, Visual Technologies
Co-occupied Boundaries
Art is easily found in nature but rarely is what considered art today inherently natural. The concept of co-occupied mediums that serve to be both functional for nature and aesthetically pleasing to people is being actively explored by Asya Ilgun and Phil Ayres, from the CITAstudio at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. In […]
Climate Change, Ecological Monitoring, Lifestyle, Monitoring, Pollution, Visual Technologies