BioBase Maps

So what comes to mind when someone tells you BioBase maps "aquatic vegetation?" You probably think classic rooted aquatic plants or seagrass, right? Well, trees and other woody structures are found in many lakes and flooded reservoirs and in some sense are aquatic plants too. BioBase doesn't discriminate and will map anything poking out of the bottom! This is a neat screenshot of BioBase mapping 7-10 ft tall tree stumps anchored among other traditional aquatic plants on a submerged road bed flooded decades ago when the lake was dammed. So many non traditional useful ways to utilize #BioBaseMaps! #AquaticVegetationMapping #SubmergedTreeMapping #StructureMapping #FitForPurpose #LakeMapping #PondMapping

Reflecting on our map off, we delve into our new series, ‘Mapping is Managing,’ where we highlight the distinct ways to utilize BioBase. Mapping goes beyond mere charts and numbers; it involves understanding and safeguarding our water. https://lnkd.in/e6Cb-KDi

There was a company Back in the Day whose slogan that went something like "We don't make a lot of the products you buy, we make them better." Well, same goes for BioBase. For instance, now web connectivity is broader, stronger, faster, cheaper. Your phone might be more powerful than your laptop. You can stream GB's of movies on your $50/mo cell phone plan compared with 10 years ago when your plan was $200/mo with 1 GB of shared data and 50min of talk and text. What does this have to do with Mapping and BioBase? Well, get yourself a $10 USB Micro-C/SD Card adapter (or see us at our next tradeshow for a piece of swag that's actually useful!). Stick the doohicky in your phone, log into BioBase on your phone's browser and upload your BioBase trip while still on the water. If you have the premium Habitat+ plan with priority processing, your trip will likely be done processing in 20min and you can check to see if you got the coverage you needed or if you need to go patch the map up in a few places. Better to do it on the water, then drive hours back to the office to upload to later learn you need to return to fill in the gaps. BioBase's Product Expert Ray Valley shows you how its done. https://lnkd.in/e3AbWz5c

BioBase can create customized digital maps for your customers or stakeholders. Whether you need contouring, waterbody statistics, or specific features highlighted, we've got you covered. Our turnaround time is freaky fast too! Check out the examples below but the possibilities are endless. You can learn more about it and fill out a purchase request at https://lnkd.in/djm2CR9G or contact us.

Meet the Wizards of BioBase who magically mold a raw sonar file of 1's and 0's into a beautiful contour tapestry. We are multi-talented and wear many hats, but we wouldn't have it any other way! From left to right, President Ray Valley, Senior Web Developer Patrick Clifford, Business Development and Marketing Manager Ryan Sullivan, MBA, Senior Web Developer Corey Birkholz, Quality Control and GIS Expert Ian McCormack, Director of Operations and Project Management Guru Brian Ewoldt. We largely operate out of our office in Downtown St. Paul, with Ryan managing a home office in the Sunshine State of Florida. The website remains unchanged biobasemaps.com but we now can be reached via new emails with the format of [email protected]. For generic questions, we also monitor the general info inboxes [email protected] and [email protected] and can also be reached via phone at 651-204-0640. We have an amazing hands-off automated system for creating aquatic maps, but we believe strongly in the human touch and want to help get you pointed in the right direction with your specific needs. So always feel free to drop us a line or give us a call!

https://lnkd.in/eATUcDsP 🌊 As we celebrate World Ocean day on June 8th, we think about seagrasses 🌿 and how they are so important on many different levels from anchoring sediments and preventing erosion, to providing fish habitat, to sequestering atmospheric carbon and being a climate change mitigation solution. But seagrass cover globally is trending in the wrong direction. It's loss (due to pollution primarily - https://lnkd.in/dtMh9J9C) is actually releasing more carbon to the atmosphere and making climate change worse. A well researched UN Report on the state of seagrass estimated that 7% of the worlds seagrasses are being lost per year, although the report admits that the global distribution of seagrass is difficult to quantify and more efforts, including citizen science needs to be put into monitoring seagrass status and trends. #BioBaseMaps has the only low cost, scalable technology that researchers as well as boating citizen-scientists could use to map not only the cover, but also the abunance of seagrass using Off-the-shelf consumer #Lowrance or #Simrad technology. We cover the topic in detail including some BioBase use cases in this blog. #worldoceanday #sustainability #conservation #seagrass #coastalmapping #EcoSound #CitizenScience

Ever wonder how BioBase creates such crisp shorelines for your trips and merges? Meet Ian: Ian's a real person! We actually have real people do quality checks on your sonar files uploaded to BioBase! Ian digitizes precise shoreline boundaries of the pond, lake, or river you map. He checks the signal quality of your sonar and will communicate any glaring issues (like a transducer not installed correctly - hint: we can tell by looking at your sonar image 😁) . And if you elect for an optional extra fee through our GIS Services (https://lnkd.in/djm2CR9G) , he'll create a professional quality custom map. We know mapping aquatic habitats is not the easiest thing on Earth which is why we have people like Ian to make the whole process easier, quicker, and ensure you're getting the best possible quality.

The term “Fit for Purpose” has recently become a popular term in our circles in the context of mapping and surveying water bodies, and it refers to utilizing the appropriate equipment, methods, and budget for the task at hand. Advances in cloud computing technology and off-the-shelf consumer devices like "Depth Finders" have now created numerous purposes where technology like Lowrance and BioBase fits quite well. In this interesting case study, BioBase teamed up with LakeTech, inc. Eli Kersh and other partners to evaluate 3 different mapping technologies (Single Beam Lowrance-BioBase, High-end Dual-Beam Sidescan, and Multibeam) on a small lake in California. You may be surprised to see how close the final results were for basic bathymetric summaries. We take a deep dive in this blog. https://lnkd.in/gFqScJPE #fitforpurpose #mapping #bathymetry #BioBaseMaps

By itself, BioBase is a powerful automated map creation platform that is helping aquatic and fisheries researchers and other practitioners get detailed data from their on board sonar device and fast! But for those who bring BioBase datasets into an external GIS system like QGIS or ESRI's ArcPro, you can unlock a huge range of detailed analyses on a range of specific research or aquatic management questions. For instance, BioBase provides users a very intuitive, visually appealing vegetation biovolume map. But did you know you can easily create a map of plant canopy heights? Or create a map of how deep plants are growing below the surface thus providing maps of navigation hazards for boaters? We developed this video training of how to export BioBase EcoSound data, import into QGIS, and use the Raster Calculator to create these unique and informative maps. https://lnkd.in/ekxTCHM3. #BioBaseMaps #AquaticVegetationMapping #SeagrassMapping #GIS

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