First stakeholder input session prompts

Crowdsourced Bathymetry (CSB) in Tampa Bay/Florida
Developing a Stakeholder-Driven Process
Stakeholder Input Session #1: Awareness and use of bathymetric information
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Do you currently use seafloor mapping information? If so, what are your sources of information?
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Do current seafloor mapping products meet your needs?
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Can you provide an example of personal and/or professional benefit that might result from participating in CSB data collection and/or using information generated from CSB activities?
Stakeholder Input Session #2: Acquiring CSB Information
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What features would you want to see on a data logging system, from set-up to use?
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Do you have current capabilities that would allow you to participate in CSB with minimal adjustments to your activities/operations?
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What are the major internal and external barriers to CSB participation (e.g., logistics, resources to purchase loggers, instrument and data sharing knowledge and use, long-term leadership of CSB program; see pipeline reference)
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Is remaining an anonymous data provider important to you/your organization?
Stakeholder Input Session #3: Sustaining CSB Data Collection
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What types of incentivization could encourage participation in CSB data collection?
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How should or could CSB data be used to ensure we’re not “collecting data for data’s sake”?
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What assurances would you need to confidently use CSB data? (e.g., concern about liability for data you provide and/or accuracy of data you use)