Awesome Marine Hacking: Curated Resources for Ocean Technology

Curated by hackforthesea and last updated in July 2018, this GitHub repository aggregates resources and datasets for marine-focused hackathons. It functions as a directory of external links, APIs, and tools specifically for oceanography and ocean hacking.

Use Cases

• Identifying external oceanography datasets for hackathon projects
• Finding marine-specific software libraries for data processing
• Locating APIs for real-time ocean data access

Strengths

• Curated specifically for hackathon environments
• Aggregates multiple oceanography-specific data sources in one location
• Includes links to both datasets and software tools

Limitations

• Temporal staleness as it was last updated in 2018
• Does not contain raw data directly
• High probability of link rot given the age of the repository

Provenance

Source

hackforthesea GitHub repository

Collection Method

Manual curation of links and resources

Freshness

The repository has not been updated since July 2018, leading to significant temporal staleness.

Geography

Global