Resources collected for the College of Exploration and CoExploration Limited online workshop October 2017 and Global Ocean Science Workshop, Washingotn DC November 2019.
Vice Admiral (ret) Shin Tani, co-organiser of the Forum for Future Ocean Floor Mapping, in Monaco, from 15 to 17 June 2016 on the Importance of Mapping the Ocean Floor
Shin Tani: Understanding the oceans is much more than an academic exercise
This is a Science on a Sphere treatment that contains a segment on mapping the ocean and some of the reasons why we do it. The first link takes you to the description of the SOS resource, and the second link takes you to the flat-screen visual treatment. Be sure to view in full screen view, and for the best view, go see it on a Science on a Sphere near you!