xyHt’s June issue focuses on hydrography and the importance of our ocean, both mapping the seabed beneath the water and the surface factors that influence everything from commerce to climate change.

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Here are some highlights:

Mapping Our Coastline: The responsibility of mapping the geographic features of our constantly changing 95,000 miles of coastline is a huge task.

Questions and Answers: An accomplished hydrographer, Helen Stewart talks about why mapping the ocean floor is important to all of us and why making the profession of hydrography more diverse is so important.

Cooling Off Los Angeles: Officials in the City of Angels are using geographic information system technology to help residents find places to cool off during increasingly intense heat waves.