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ASA developed the CMSP portal using a highly customized ArcGIS viewer with Adobe Flex. The interactive mapping site contains information and tools relevant to coastal and marine decision making. ASA assisted in cartographic presentation of the data layers as well as data development. Physical oceanographic, biological, political, and ocean use data are available in the portal, as well as access to metadata for all datasets. Tools allow for data download, as well as the ability to connect to online data for The Nature Conservancy, NOAA CSC, MassGIS, and NOAA's Ocean Use Atlas. A specialized tool to connect to IOOS data allows the user to also connect to real time data served by NOAA's National Data Buoy Center (NDBC).