1. Friendly Sailors Ana M. Velez

2. Problem  The data about marine turtles nesting sites and migration paths is disperse and published in many different formats.  There is little access to old and recent findings about turtles sightings.  The community of marine turtles researchers meets once a year to show the last findings in research and conservation. Many researchers cannot be present due to high costs of traveling and hotel.

3. Solution  A Web site that shows an interactive map where users can find paths of marine turtles around the world.  The website will be accessible to all people interested in the geography of marine turtles.  The website will serve as a main center for the communication of the researchers.  The website will publish the latest journals and publications.  The website will publish the results of the annual International Seminar of Marine Turtles.

4. Concept: users  Researchers that want to publish and compare data.  Students that want to use data.  People interested in marine turtles tracking  Tourists, naturalists.  Fishermen and egg collectors.  Other:  Hotels, tourist guides, cruises.  Writers, journalists.  Souvenirs and hand craft makers.

5. Main page Input Data See Map Download Data Other Select options See map Log In Upload file Approval Publish Data Log In Approval Download Data Contact page Approval Get info

6. Main page Do you want to see the map? Do you want to get access to the data? Other? Do you want to select options? Select options See map Receive reply message View contact information Do you want to write a message? Input data and message Submit info Data verification Download data Input data Do you have an account? Create account Submit info Approval Log In Are you authorized to input data? yes no yes no yes no yes no yes no yes no

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