ICAN 7: Cape Town, South Africa

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Details: Published: 01 December 2015 01 December 2015

The 7th workshop for the International Coastal Atlas Network was held in Cape Town, South Africa on 19-20 April 2015. The focus was presentations on the theme Coastal Web Atlases – Supporting Ecosystem Based Management with a special emphasis on ICAN activities in Africa.

**Participants at ICAN 7 in Cape Town, South Africa**

Two mini-workshops were also held:

Connecting Atlases – Implementing Semantic Interoperability and Data Accessibility Self-Assessment, and
Interacting with Users

The 2nd Session of the ICAN Steering Group for IODE was held after the workshop. The final report from ICAN 7 will appear in the next issue of this newsletter.

**A view of Cape Town looking south across Table Bay. Photo: A. Sherin**

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Membership in ICAN is open to all interested parties who agree to the mission and objectives of ICAN, including organizations with an operational coastal web atlas, as well as individuals or organizations hoping to design and build a coastal web atlas in the future.