CSB Tools Workshop 2026
Have you considered how your boat's depth soundings could contribute to global databases or local maps? Or how your hardware or software company could support crowdsourced bathymetry (CSB) efforts? If so, and whether you are exploring how to collect and use this data or are already involved in CSB, this workshop is for you!
Building on the success of the first CSB Tools Workshop, held in Wellington, NZ, the second CSB Tools Workshop will let you join experts from the CSB Working Group, along with experts and developers from the companies, non-profits, government agencies, and academia working on CSB, for an in-depth look at CSB tools and best practices. Gain insight on how to set up a CSB effort, manage data, and create valuable products.
This two-day workshop is focussed on the CSB Manual being developed by the CSB Working Group, and will consist of a mixture of lab-based presentations on aspects of setting up a CSB effort, collecting data, quality assurance, crowd-recruitment, and product creation (agenda), and hands-on experimentation and demonstration, including logger installation and data collection on the water.
Co-sponsored by the IHO and the Centre for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Centre, the workshop will be held in conjunction with the International Hydrographic Organisation's CSB Working Group meeting (CSBWG17) at the Chase Ocean Engineering Lab on the University of New Hampshire's Durham Campus, 2-3 March 2026.
If you can't join us in person, you can still participate online! We welcome virtual participation.
To register for the workshop and/or working group meeting, first register on the IHO Portal, then go to the workshop page or the WG meeting page.
For more details, please visit: https://csbtools.ccom.unh.edu/
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