A Geographical Information System for some Mediterranean benthic communities

Robert Méaille (1) , Lucien Wald (2)

1 CTAMN - Centre de Télédétection et d'Analyse des Milieux Naturels
2 CEP/Sophia

This paper describes a regional geographical information system (GIS) for some Mediterranean benthic communities. The area covered by the GIS lies between the cities of La Ciotat and Giens in southeast France. The distinctive characteristics of this GIS compared with others usually described in the literature, are that all its layers describe the same theme but as seen at different moments with different scales and techniques used by different oceanographers. A method was devised to synthesize, on a pixel basis, the content of all these layers.

Domaines: Sciences de l'environnement; Interfaces continentales, environnement; Milieux et Changements globaux; Océan, Atmosphère; Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]; Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]

Robert Méaille, Lucien Wald. A Geographical Information System for some Mediterranean benthic communities. International Journal of Geographical Information System, 1990, 4 (1), pp.79-86. ⟨hal-00464750v2⟩