1 Introduction

Development note: As of 2021-03-11 this tutorial is under active development. Make a bookmark and check back often for additional materials and improvements to contents.

This set of instructions is designed help the R user begin to use the National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges. This is a work in progress and we invite collaboration! Please help us evolve this code-base to be easier, faster, and do more things! If you would like to reach out directly please email or call 843-460-9696. For further information about deep sea corals, please visit DeepSeaCoralData.NOAA.gov

Check out this GitHub repository to collaborate directly. All of the code used in the project is available in the ‘code’ folder at that repository. This tutorial will eventually expand to cover most of the functionality present in that code folder.

If you would rather download data using point and click in a web browser and work with these data in ArcGIS Pro, take a look at this tutorial instead. LINK

1.1 License

Software code created by U.S. Government employees is not subject to copyright in the United States (17 U.S.C.§105). The United States/Department of Commerce reserve all rights to seek and obtain copyright protection in countries other than the United States for Software authored in its entirety by the Department of Commerce. To this end, the Department of Commerce hereby grants to Recipient a royalty-free, nonexclusive license to use,copy, and create derivative works of the Software outside of the United States.

1.2 Disclaimer

This repository is a scientific product and is not official communication of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or the United States Department of Commerce. All NOAA GitHub project code is provided on an ‘as is’ basis and the user assumes responsibility for its use. Any claims against the Department of Commerce or Department of Commerce bureaus stemming from the use of this GitHub project will be governed by all applicable Federal law. Any reference to specific commercial products, processes, or services by service mark, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply their endorsement, recommendation or favoring by the Department of Commerce. The Department of Commerce seal and logo, or the seal and logo of a DOC bureau, shall not be used in any manner to imply endorsement of any commercial product or activity by DOC or the United States Government.