1. Geoinformatics - Mapping the Research Landscape David Medyckyj-Scott Research and Geo-data Services Manager EDINA National Data Centre 18 January 2006

2. EDINA EDINA – JISC designated National Data Centre Major content provider within academia –OS (current and historic), AgCensus, EuroGlobalMap, (BGS, Seazone) –the ESRC Census Geography Data Unit Highly experienced and skilled team (22) –provides advice nationally and internationally –active in standards development –active in GI community nationally and internationally Substantial experience in handling and delivering key geospatial data and geo-referenced information Strategic focus: core geospatial data sets, high quality online services, interoperability – building the academic SDI Value added component = making data usable Focus is s ervice but also undertake r&D projects

3. The vision - a SDI for the UK academic community © 2004 OpenGIS Consortium, Inc. Data Web Services

4. Current issues - overview OS MasterMap Spatial Data Infrastructures –Portals, feature catalogues, data translation GRID/OGC web services fusion New visualizations Performance, scalability, QoS Mining for information from a spatial perspective –Automatic metadata harvesting –3Gs – (gazetteers, geoparsing, geocoding) –Geotagging Mechanisms for data sharing –Repositories and p2p Curation, preservation and archiving -> DCC Digital rights management (GeoDRM) –Rights, copyright and licence –Access (A&A)

5. Datasets Hydrographic Satellite OS Data Geology ???? Boundaries (GML) What types of services? DRM ? Sustainability Inter- Operating With 3 rd parties (GML) (XMML) (MarineXML) (GML?) Spatial Data Infrastructures JISC Policies/ Programmes PSI ESRC/NERC Dataset Strategies Policy drivers e-Science Desktop Plug-ins Google Earth SOA/Web services GRID Open standards Data harmonisation GPS/’LBS’ Sensor networks Open Source P2P Personal Storage Devices Semantic web Virtual datasets Technology Repositories Other academic Services providers Growth in use and users Changing user needs (& expectations) Users as data generators Users New uses and user types Virtual communities