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The Galician startup Sherpa do Mar creates BIMA, the Google Maps of the marine sector

Is born BIMAthe Google Maps of the marine sector. The project has been accelerated in the Sherpa do Mar Sherpa Journeys program for entrepreneurs and consists of crossing databases related to the marine sector and convert them into cartographic information thanks to Geographic Information Systems (GIS). In short, it is an innovative digital cadastre of the sea.

Through various filters, this new tool allows you to draw a marine map for a specific use. “We are collectors of information, especially public information, the Google Maps of the sea”, sums up Iván García (La Coruña, 1993), a nautical engineer. Together with the marine biologist Hugo Regalado (Badajoz, 1995) they are the creators of this startup that offers personalized technological solutions and facilitates analysis and decision-making.

BIMA is born from the “need to digitize and exploit information in an effective way helping environmental, social and economic sustainability” and is focused on fishing, port operations, maritime transport or energy.

Heritage management or mapping of military zones are other uses that yield new data. “We have hit a moment in which better management is beginning to be proposed” of the marine territory, and this ranges from waste to geographical limits. A perspective that has given them more than one surprise: “There are interesting things, such as historical-military residues, you can even see World War II bombs; there is a lot of unknown heritage”they conclude.

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This pioneering program, which condenses a huge amount of data into a single panel, is a “central dates” that allows from finding the best position to place a wind farm or a raft to drawing a historical pattern of fishing routes (a tool for optimizing catches and saving fuel). “We put some conditions and you filter until you reach the ideal area, and everything visually”they explain.

New markets thanks to Sherpa do Mar

BIMA is part of the Sherpa Journeys accompaniment program, an experience that “helps us to lay down the foundations of the project a little more and open up a perspective of new markets that we can enter”, such as the north of Portugal.

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