mregions2 R package

mregions2 provides access to the data from http://www.marineregions.org in R. It uses both the Marine Regions Gazetteer Web Services and the Marine Regions OGC Web Services in R.

mregions2 superseedes the previous mregions R package.

Date ( Creation): 2022-04-27

Status: Under development / Pre operational

Resource provider

Flanders Marine Institute - Marine Regions Team

Custodian

Flanders Marine Institute - Salvador Fernandez

Keywords: coordinate reference systems

Keywords: marine

Keywords: gazetteer service

Keywords: web feature service

Keywords: R

Access constraints: License

Use limitation: https://mit-license.org/

Other constraints: https://github.com/lifewatch/mregions2/blob/main/LICENSE.md

OnLine resource: mregions2 on Github (
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
)

Operation name: Marine Regions Gazetteer

Web site: https://marineregions.org/gazetteer.php

Description: Dealing with different names of geographic features or entities, VLIZ developed a standard, relational list of geographic names, coupled with information and maps of the geographic location of these features.

Function: The purpose of the gazetteer is to improve access and clarity of the different geographic, mainly marine names such as seas, sandbanks, ridges, bays or even standard sampling stations used in marine research.

Operation name: VLIZ GeoServer

Web site: https://geo.vliz.be

Description: The Flanders Marine Institute runs an instance of GeoServer. GeoServer publishes data from any major spatial data source using open standards. GeoServer implements several Open Geospatial Consortium protocols including Web Map Service (WMS), Web Feature Service (WFS), Web Coverage Service (WCS) and Web Map Tile Service (WMTS). Additional extensions are available for Catalogue Service (CSW) and Web Processing Service (WPS).

Function: The VLIZ GeoServer is used to publish the data products developed by the Marine Regions Team.

Topic Category: Geographical names

Topic Category: Sea regions

Service Category: data analysis

Service Category: data processing

Service Language: eng

Service TRL: TRL 3 – Experimental proof of concept

Service Funding: mregions2 is being developed and maintained by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ). The maintenance and further development of mregions2 relies on financial contributions, the time contributed by its editorial board, and support of its host institution: VLIZ. Marine Regions is currently funded through the LifeWatch Belgium project.