It is the only intergovernmental organisation with a mandate to map the entire ocean floor.
Map view of ocean floor.
This is the first ever digital map of the earth s seafloor revealing deep ocean basins to be much more complex than previously thought.
The latest status of its seabed 2030 project was announced to coincide with world hydrography day.
This graphic shows several ocean floor features on a scale from 0 35 000 feet below sea level.
The video below explains the gravitational mapping technique in more detail and shows a tour of the ocean floor.
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New sea floor map for google earth january 13 2016 in late 2014 we had a look at a map of the ocean floor published by the scripps institution of oceanography university of california san diego.
The last complete map was hand drawn in the 1970s.
Researchers today published the most detailed map of the ocean floor ever produced.
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Published today this is the most detailed map of the ocean floor ever produced using satellite imagery to show ridges and trenches of the earth s underwater surface even for areas which have.
A previous version of this article stated that the globe was made using google earth.
Data collected by satellites and remote sensing instruments were used to created a model at least twice as.
The following features are shown at example depths to scale though each feature has a considerable range at which it may occur.
The maps also bring erupting mid ocean ridges into sharper focus and help scientists understand volcanic eruptions the vast majority of which occur hidden far from view on the ocean floor.