[Geography] [Geomatics] [Marine environment]

Services and expertise in geography and geomatics specialised in maritime spatial planning.

About Us

Geomatics

Geo4Seas is a design office specialised in the production, analysis, modelling and representation of geographic information for the sustainable development of territories and resources.

With more than 14 years of experience, we have developed a solid expertise in geomatics and geography, enabling us to provide solutions to industrials, public operators (managers of sensitive natural spaces, local authorities, government services), professional organisations and environmental consultancies.

Maritime Planning and Management

Describing, analysing and understanding the complex interactions between human activities and ecosystems are major challenges for maritime and coastal areas planning and management.

Geo4Seas offers a range of geomatics solutions that provide a realistic and dynamic knowledge of the spatio-temporal distribution of maritime activities, their potential interactions with each other and their multiple effects on the environment.

In partnership with the research community, Geo4Seas contributes to the modelling of the marine and coastal socio-system in order to assist in planning and management.

We assist you within your geomatics projects.

Geo4Seas provides operational solutions covering the acquisition, analysis and representation of geographic information.

Data acquisition and processing

Data acquisition from surveys.
Acquisition and pre-processing of AIS data (Big Data).
Acquisition of data related to maritime leisure activities.

Spatio-temporal and multicriteria analyses for the production of indicators

Human activities dynamics.
Interactions between activities / Use conflicts for space.
Interactions between activities and the environment (cumulative pressures/effects).

Mapping and interactive (Geo)visualizations

Mapping on multiple informative levels.
Dynamic and temporal mapping.

Listening to your needs

We are engaged in committed quality services

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Our Services

Maritime transportation

Spatial and temporal characterisation of maritime transportation (cargo, tanker and passenger) based on archived AIS (Automatic Identification System) data analysis.

Professionnal fishing

Identification of fishing zones and characterisation of the fishing intensity based on heterogeneous data (regulatory zoning, key-informants’data, AIS, landings data, etc…).

Leisure activities

Spatialization and quantification of leisure activities distibution in the coastal zone based on heterogeneous data (regulatory zoning, key-informants’data, count data, etc…).

Uses conflicts

Characterization of uses conflicts related to space by taking acount spatio-temporal interactions between activities.

Cumulative impacts

Assessment of pressures and cumulative impacts induced by human activities on natural marine and coastal environments.

Marxan Analysis

Spatial optimization analyses in the framework of Systematic Conservation Planning (SCP).

Offshore Wind Farms

Identification of potential facility sites that minimize interactions with other activities and pressures on ecosystem components (R&D).

R & D

Modelling of the marine and coastal socio-system using a geomatics approach. Collaboration with multidisciplinary research teams.

Teaching

Courses (beginner and advanced levels) in GIS and cartography, programming with R, statistical and spatio-temporal analysis, uses conflicts and MSP.

We are skilled in a wide range of tools dedicated to geomatics and specific to human geography.

We favour a reproducible approach by privileging the use of free and open source softwares. Depending on your needs, we also propose solutions via proprietary software.