― What is the MSP Challenge? ―
Human activities at sea such as offshore wind farming, shipping and fishing, easily get into each others way. And they have a long term impact on the marine environment. Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) Challenge has been designed to help decision-makers, stakeholders and students understand and manage the maritime (blue) economy and marine environment.
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In the interactive simulation, country planners and stakeholders see the entire sea region and review many different data layers to make an assessment of the current status. They develop plans for future uses of sea space, over a period of several decades. The consequences of decisions for energy, shipping and the marine environment are simulated and visualized in indicators and heat maps.
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MSP Challenge integrates best available geo, maritime and marine data with simulation models for ecology, shipping and energy production. Using advanced game technology and game thinking, MSP Challenge is designed to engage and immerse users, making it a perfect environment for stakeholder engagement, planning through co-design, learning and education.
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― Our Vision ―
We see a need to innovate the way we talk, discuss, learn, make plans and take decisions about our seas and oceans. We have to look at the sea from a broader and longer term perspective. Learning to go beyond self- and short-term interests. We think that planning and decision-making about the maritime economy and marine ecosystems can become more intelligent, interactive and immersive.
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By making use of emerging digital technologies, such as games and virtual reality, we can connect geo, maritime and marine data, with eco modelling and maritime simulations. The MSP Challenge is a community-based, open source and non-profit initiative, since 2011. Thousands of people around the world have experienced the MSP Challenge simulation platform and board games.
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The use of the MSP Challenge simulation platform is open source and free of charge. Anyone can use, or play, online via our servers. Or install your own server. An edition of the MSP Challenge board game can be purchased at a realistic price. VR and AR applications are under development.