Transcript The Potentials and Limitations of Coastal Web Atlases

The Potentials and Limitations of Coastal Web Atlases
Valerie Cummins, Director
Coastal Zone ‘07, Oregon
Background to the first workshop
• Access to geospatial data
• Background to the Marine Irish Digital Atlas (MIDA)
Background to the first workshop
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Access to geospatial data
Background to the Marine Irish Digital Atlas (MIDA)
Corresponding international atlas development projects
Collaboration needed to add value to existing projects
(initial phase focused on trans-Atlantic cooperation)
• Coastal Web Atlas definition: A collection of digital maps
and datasets with supplementary tables, illustrations and
information that systematically illustrate the coast,
oftentimes with cartographic and decision support tools,
all of which are accessible via the Internet.
Workshop 1 Participants
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CMRC, University College Cork
Co-ordination Centre for ICZM,
Belgium
Environment & Heritage Service,
Northern Ireland
Maritime & Coastguard Agency, UK
University Paul Cezanne, France
Marine Institute, Ireland
University of Ulster, Northern
Ireland
British Oceanographic Data Centre
Strangford Lough Management
Committee, Northern Ireland
Department of Marine, Ireland
Ulster Museum, Northern Ireland
Geological Survey of Ireland
European Environment Agency,
Denmark
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Geosciences Department, Oregon
State University, USA
Virginia Institute of Marine Science,
USA
Scripps Institute if Oceanography,
USA
San Diego Supercomputer Centre,
USA
NOAA Coastal Services Centre,
USA
Institute for Natural Resources,
Oregon State University
Oregon Ocean-Coastal
Management Programme, USA
Memorial University Newfoundland,
Canada
Aims of the first workshop
• To create and strengthen
relationships between
experts in the field in marine
and coastal mapping in North
America and Europe
• To identify state of the art
approaches to coastal
mapping and informatics
De Kustas, Belgium
Magic UK
North Coast
Explorer, US
Oregon Coastal
Atlas, US
MIDA, Ireland
Atlas Characteristics
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Atlas purpose
Distinguishing features
Target audience
Atlas support (financial/institutional)
Atlas design & useability
Technology used
Functionality/Tools available
Thematic areas covered
Institutional Capacity, Technology, Data, Design
Unique challenges + Common challenges
Key workshop 1 report recommendations
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Consult with the user community
Support dissemination of knowledge and experience
Provide input to policy development
Devote resources to proper cataloguing – use data standards
and specifications
Seek to maintain & update systems
Employ efficient, flexible and easy to use data management
systems
Implement ontologies to improve data discovery, sharing &
integration
Evaluate atlas impact
Offer analysis tools
Be innovative in approaches to funding
Acknowledge the importance of ongoing promotion
Build on lessons learned and implement best practice
Post workshop outcomes
• International coastal atlas network (ICAN)
– Trans-Atlantic Workshops web resource
– Workshop 1 report published
– Response to the EU Commissions consultation on
the Green paper on a Maritime Policy for Europe
– Formal project collaboration (BIDI project and
desktop study on data mining techniques)
– Informal collaboration (email queries and support
network)
– Conference papers e.g. Coastal Zone 07; CoastGIS
07
– OSU workshop July 07 on semantic interoperability