Environmental Data Solving business problems with environmental data Andy Kirkman, Environmental Science to Service Partnership
The problem
What is the ESSP? Helping to transform world- leading environmental science expertise into products and services for the public and private sectors, to support sustainable economic growth and improve quality of life Working in Partnership to... Improve understanding of Business, Public and Gov’t requirements Bring data, capability and expertise closer to the problem Develop cross-cutting services and solutions to address business problems
The problem
Key issues Access and discoverability Application and interpretation (because Want may not = Need) Interoperability and integration Usage, including IP/ licensing Data System User
Understanding your data needs Type Real or modelled Format Required resolution AccuracyFrequency Delivery mechanism Inter- operability Helping you with Environmental Data
Open data and licensing Open data is a function of: Organisational status Remit and definition of public task Rationale for collection/ production of underlying data, including: Regulatory requirement Public task Research purposes Commercial Involvement of 3 rd parties
Data licensing Data and content may be provided free at the point of use under an open licence e.g. Open Government Licence (OGL) Open Data Data released for academic investigations Research Data licenses granted for specific datasets for defined development ideas and purpose, for a fixed period Developer or ‘Innovation’ Terms and conditions for use may apply for commercial or assured data Managed
EA Specific data enquiries: Environment Agency Data EA data on Data Share
Environmental permitting regulations National Flood Risk Assessment / Spatial Flood Defences Flood Warnings Live Feed Detailed River Network
NERC Data
Data held in data centres Searchable catalogues – details from
NERC Data Data discovery service:
Ordnance Survey Data Open access digital map products Public Service Mapping Agreement Licenced Products Mapping agreement when working with public sector organisations Licenced products can be accessed via OS orders (registration required). These products may be available under Innovation licence.
Strategi ® Example Products OS Street view 1: Scale Colour Raster
Useful source of information UK- Environmental Observation Framework
Links to other data
Datapoint – example products Precipitation Forecast map layer Temperature forecast map layer Cloud Cover forecast map layer Regional extremes (XML) Daily site specific forecast (XML)
How can we help? We’re working on this – if you need our help, please get in touch: Various Helpdesks Environment Agency: Met Office: Natural Environment Research Council: ESSP: We’re looking forwards to working with you