Case Study: Submarine Crashes into Uncharted Seamount

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Case Study Submarine Crashes into Uncharted
Seamount

• Relevant GISCI Rule of Conduct
• Section I, Number 5 We shall not knowingly
  perpetuate bad or outdated data. We shall include
  all disclaimers (where applicable) about the
  current condition of the data at the time of
  creation and/or the original intent of the data.

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USS San Francisco crashed into2-km tall
uncharted seamount

• Los Angeles class nuclear submarine ran aground
  enroute from Guam to Brisbane, Australia - 8
  January, 2005
• One sailor killed, 115 injured
• 30-hour trip back to Guam, crew managed to keep
  the sub from sinking

Courtesy of Dave Sandwell, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography
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exact crash site
Courtesy of Dave Sandwell, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography
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Courtesy of Dave Sandwell, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography
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Case Study Caribou Migration Routes

• Relevant GISCI Rule of Conduct
• Section I, Number 12 We, speaking in our
  professional capacity, shall not knowingly make
  false statements of material fact, nor shall we
  omit material facts.

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(from Yildirim et al., 2007)
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(Porcupine Caribou Management Board of the
Canadian Yukon, 2002)