Category Archives: Voyager News

Dolphin And Whale Sightings Updated

Posted December 13, 2013

Cascadia Research Collective (CRC) has provided PacIOOS with updates to their Hawaiian dolphin and whale sightings through 2012. These are now accessible in Voyager. Look for them under “fish...

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New Tools In Voyager Mobile

Posted December 04, 2013

Three additional map utilities have been added to Voyager Mobile. These are provided as a set of buttons in the upper left of the map screen. Users can now...

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Tsunami And Flood Zones Now In Voyager Mobile

Posted December 04, 2013

Tsunami evacuation zones and flood hazard zones for the State of Hawaiʻi are now available in Voyager Mobile. Additionally, a “shelter” button is provided on these maps to show/hide...

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Maui Tiger Shark Tracking

Posted November 15, 2013

Voyager and Voyager Mobile are now tracking the movements of 8 tiger sharks, ranging in length from 9 to 14 feet, as they make their way around the Hawaiian...

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Hawaiʻi Flood Hazard Zones Updated In Voyager

Posted November 08, 2013

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) for the State of Hawaiʻi are now updated in Voyager with the latest effective flood hazard zones. The publication...

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Tracking Wave Glider “Aʻa”

Posted October 30, 2013

Track the new wave glider mission from Liquid Robotics, Inc. named “Aʻa” in near real-time as it makes its way to the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands)....

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CNMI And Guam Ocean Models

Posted October 28, 2013

Voyager now includes two new high resolution regional ocean models for the Mariana Islands region. These Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) mesoscale numerical ocean prediction models provide 7-day, daily...

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Tracking Marine Organisms

Posted October 17, 2013

Voyager’s “fish and wildlife” category now includes a new “tracking” folder that allows users to plot or animate the motion of various marine organisms over time. So far our...

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Samoa Atmosphere Model

Posted October 09, 2013

Voyager now includes a new high resolution regional atmosphere model for the Samoan Islands region, including the islands of both American Samoa and (Western) Samoa. This Weather Research and...

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Introducing Voyager Mobile

Posted September 13, 2013

A mobile-friendly version of Voyager is now available at http://pacioos.org/voyager/mobile/. Voyager Mobile has been optimized for touch screen devices and small screen sizes. While not all of Voyager’s overlays...

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Did you know?

PacIOOS is the first regional association that was certified as a Regional Information Coordination Entity (RICE) by the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). Certification provides NOAA and its interagency partners a means to verify that a regional association’s organizational and operational practices, including data management, meet recognized and established standards set by NOAA.