History
In 2007, the MarineMap Consortium formed to develop geospatial technologies aimed at facilitating marine protected area (MPA) planning in California. The California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative (MLPAI) contracted the MarineMap consortium to develop a web-based decision support system geared toward helping non-technical users (i.e., stakeholders) design MPAs. Consequently, the consortium developed their flagship application, called MarineMap.
The MarineMap Consortium is now working to extend the MarineMap decision support tool to be used by collaborative, participatory and science based marine planning efforts around the world.
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