Data Services : PacIOOS Voyager

PacIOOS Voyager logo

Full version:

Simplified version for mobile devices:

PacIOOS Voyager is a free, interactive, online mapping experience on the familiar Google Maps platform. View, combine, and download current or historical oceanographic observations, predictions, and other geospatial information related to the marine environment and beyond.

Click here for Voyager announcements and updates.
Click here for flyer.
Click here for handout with tips and tricks.
Click here for Voyager lesson plan.
Click here for webinar video.
Click here for Voyager Twitter feed.

To complement the full version, Voyager Mobile has been optimized for touch screen devices and small screen sizes. While not all of Voyager’s overlays and features are available in the mobile version, this simplified interface highlights the components most critical for on-the-go monitoring.

PacIOOS Voyager on mobile device PacIOOS Voyager on Ipad

PacIOOS Voyager Examples

CAUTION: These examples use the full version of Voyager and are ill-suited for small screen sizes such as mobile phone devices. Please visit these from a laptop or desktop computer or try out Voyager Mobile now instead.

Bottom Fishing in Maui County

Active layers: high resolution bathymetry; -200m contour line; bottomfish protected areas; 3 nautical mile maritime boundary; ocean currents at 200 m depth (from ROMS model); and benthic geomorphology around Molokaʻi.

PacIOOS Voyager Bottom Fishing in Maui County

Water Levels Across the Globe

Active layers: tide and water level (DART Stations, IOC Stations, NOS Shore Stations).

PacIOOS Voyager Water Levels Across the Globe

Boating around Oʻahu

Active layers: ship locations (AIS receivers); distance to coast from sea; real-time surface currents; PacIOOS wave buoys; aids to navigation; boating facilities; FADs; latitude/longitude grid.

PacIOOS Voyager Boating around Oahu

Ship Routes

Active layers: ship routes; ship locations.

PacIOOS Voyager Ship routes and ship locations

Navigation around Guam

Active layers: NOAA nautical chart for Guam; SWAN wave model for Apra Harbor; PacIOOS wave buoy.

PacIOOS Voyager Navigation around Guam

Spatial Planning around Hawaiʻi Island

Active layers: ROMS model showing ocean temperature at -200m; protected areas; seafloor infrastructure; maritime boundaries; benthic geomorphology around Hawaiʻi Island; PacIOOS wave buoy; length and area tools employed.

PacIOOS Voyager Spatial Planning around Hawaii Island

Pohnpei, FSM

Active layers: PacIOOS water quality nearshore sensor; USGS digital elevation model (DEM); 100ft contour line; coastline; coral distribution.

PacIOOS Voyager Pohnpei, FSM

Majuro Atoll, RMI

Active layers: PacIOOS wave buoy; PacIOOS water quality nearshore sensor; IOC water level station; distance to coast from sea.

PacIOOS Voyager Majuro Atoll, RMI

Palau

Active layers: PacIOOS wave buoy; PacIOOS water quality nearshore sensor; IOC water level station; distance to coast from sea.

PacIOOS Voyager Palau

CNMI

Active layers: PacIOOS water quality nearshore sensor; IOC water level station; Doppler radar; WaveWatch III surf forecast for Mariana Islands.

PacIOOS Voyager CNMI

American Samoa

Active layers: PacIOOS water quality nearshore sensor; NOAA nautical chart for Tutuila; coastline; NOAA/NGDC 10-m bathymetry.

PacIOOS Voyager American Samoa

CAUTION: Some features and styles have changed in Voyager since this webinar was held on November 19, 2012.

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Data Interoperability

Plug-and-play with PacIOOS data in your chosen software or programming language using standardized web services protocols like OPeNDAP, Web Map Service (WMS), NetCDF Subset Service (NCSS), and other open access methods. Please contact us at info@pacioos.org if you have any questions!