Connect Your Data
Join the community of dozens of other observers already sharing their data with the region via GLOS.
We serve real-time, historical, and predictive observing data from the five Great Lakes, and into the watershed.
GLOS supports:
🌊 Physical data about the wind, waves, underwater environment, and more
🧪 Biogeochemical data like chlorophyll, oxygen, and toxins
🐟 Biological and ecosystem data about fish, algae, and beyond
Data sources include:
- Buoys and Moorings
- Shore-based systems
- Uncrewed Systems
- Vessels of Opportunity
- High-frequency Radar
- Satellites
- Scientific Models
We will work with you to connect your device or data stream.
Connecting is simple and free. It usually works like this:
- Submit the quick form below.
- Work closely with GLOS staff on a data-sharing agreement. See the data management plan.
- When the data starts flowing, and everything looks good, it will go live on Seagull.
GLOS partners with dozens of organizations to maintain the observing network, share data, advance technology, and more.
Make a direct impact in your community.
Tens of Thousands of Yearly Users
Hundreds of Thousands of Yearly Web Hits
Reach Boaters, Researchers, and Water Managers
Curious about connecting data? Start here.
The Seagull Connection:
Contribute data and discover information
Seagull features simple data onboarding, cloud-powered processing, and on-demand information.
Simple Data Onboarding
Easily connect your observing device or other data source to Seagull and see it live. Share it with thousands of people around the Great Lakes.
Getting data from devices and servers to you should be easy.
Seagull streamlines the process of connecting a data source so you can visualize it, learn from it, and share it. Monitor a whole fleet of observing assets and track their health, position, data streams, and hardware.
Beyond buoys and weather stations, the platform will also support forecast and predictive models, bathymetric surfaces, streaming internet of things (IoT) data, and a variety of other data formats, sources and metadata.
Your public content will be shared with thousands of end-users including researchers, water utilities and boaters. And Seagull’s standardized, accurate metadata makes it easy for others to search and discover your data, devices, and research, creating opportunities to connect and collaborate.
Want to connect your platform to Seagull? It’s easy and free.
Features:
- Device registration
- Metadata capture
- 24/7 data harvesting
- Fleet monitoring
- Application Programming Interface (API) inputs (What is an API?)
Cloud-Powered
Keep an eye on your devices or datasets, leveraging automated processing and alerts to stay on top of what’s going on in the water.
Manage your data, enrich your research, and make better decisions with Seagull’s cloud-powered processing capabilities.
Secure data management, automatic processing, the ability to combine or reference other related data streams, and more, makes your data more powerful when uploaded to Seagull.
Want to know when conditions are ripe for an algal bloom? Set an alert and get notified on your smartphone the next time conditions are met.
Features:
- Advanced data management
- Uses secure, stable, and scalable infrastructure
- Automated processing
- Smart notifications and alerts
- Encrypted user authentication
Information on Demand: Discoverable and Accessible
Understand the data and make smart decisions. Observers can easily search, navigate the map, select and query data, visualize results, and share findings. If you want to connect another app to Seagull, the flexible API lets you do that, giving you access to all the datasets through a simple connection point.
Data isn’t useful until it becomes information in the hands of someone who needs it.
Seagull will transform data to information and make discovering and accessing that information easier and faster.
Features:
- Visualization and analysis
- Search and discover
- Access via API and download
- Apps and maps
- Sharing