MAPPPD

One of our flagship programs is the Antarctic continent-wide penguin database MAPPPD (Mapping Application for Penguin Populations and Projected Dynamics), which has become the ‘go to’ repository for all Antarctic penguin data (ours and other researchers’) that every Antarctic stakeholder relies upon — from governments to tour operators to krill fishers and NGOs. It is a fully open access decision support tool developed in partnership with the Lynch Lab at Stony Brook University and funded by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

MAPPPD’s mission is to integrate expert biological field surveys, satellite and drone imagery analyses, and citizen science to provide the most comprehensive, publicly available database regarding the distribution and abundance of Antarctic penguin populations.

Oceanites is responsible for maintaining MAPPPD and it is the reference for our regular State of Antarctic Penguins (SOAP) reports.