1. Infrastructure Programme
MACHC 15
Marine Economic
Infrastructure Programme
Report
MACHC MEIP WG Chair
International Partnering (UKHO)
I would like to take this opportunity to share with you the progress of a project which the UKHO has been involved with through the last year.
This project arose from the 12 Meeting of the MACHC in St Kitts in An important point to note is that the E stands for Economic. The aim of the project is to make the link between hydrography and its economic benefits.
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2. Activity and Progress MEIP meetings since MACHC 14 Participants
Current position
Concept
Terms of Reference
Proposals
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3. Activity 21st Tele- conference held 12th March 2014
Discussions on progress of OECS project and raising levels of understanding regarding MSDI.
Tim Lewis asked for volunteers to take over the role as Chairman of the MEIP WG
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4. Participants Tim Lewis (UKHO) Jane Jones (UKHO)
Nickolas Roscher (Brazil)
Leland Snyder (NOAA)
Juan Carballini (Caris)
Alejandro Gerones (Caris)
Apologies from; Alberto Costa Neves (IHB), Eric Langlois (France), Rafael Ponce (Esri), John Pepper
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5. EIHC Monaco 5th October 2014
Extraordinary MACHC meeting followed by a MICC meeting
Attendees of the MICC meeting from: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, France, Mexico, Netherlands, UK, US and Hypack
I was unable to attend the meeting but was elected as the MEIP WG chairman
No other discussions took place about MEIP
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6. MACHC 15 2 hour open discussion on Wednesday morning
I described the inactivity and my disappointment
I asked for support
Put forward some suggestions
Asked for Direction
Brazil, Colombia, France, Netherlands, Spain, Suriname, UK and US agreed to provide me with their thoughts on what should be included in the MEIP
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7. Outcomes MEIP was needed for the region
Could be linked to other initiatives but this would mean we had failed
We need to work together to make it happen
Caris and Esri agreed that they could work together on this project. They have proved the concept can work
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8. Current position In reality we have not moved forward in the past year
We have seen from the OECS project that in the past year data was required. I feel disappointed that the OECS could not access the data they required from the MEIP
We have also seen from the NOAA and EOMAP presentations that useful data (AIS, port coverage gaps and imagery) is available
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9. Spatial Data Infrastructure
The MEIP concept is based on the Spatial Data Infrastructure, and the key points to note here are:
This allows interoperability and
broadens the scope beyond Safety of Navigation (SoN).
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10. High Level layers identified
Base layers
Regional Hydrographic Commission layers
Economic layers
Legislation
During the initial sessions at MACHC some high level layers were proposed.
The working group has since narrowed these down to the following:
Base layers
RHC layers
Economic layers
Legislation
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11. Sub layers
Base Layers
Port (Location, Importance, Lloyds List Data?) AIS Tracks (Historical and Current) RHC layers
Chart Metadata
RHC layers
Capacity Building (training received, C-55, etc) Hydrographic Survey Metadata / CATZOC
ENC (M_COVR) Metadata
Regional Commission limits Economic layers
Tourist Data (Cruise Ship Calls, Routes, Small Craft Routes)
Met/Oc Data – hurricane prone areas
Resource extraction areas
Maritime Limits/Areas Legislation Limits/areas
Here are some examples of possible sub-layers that the last MACHC identified and the working group further categorised.
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12. Terms of Reference
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13. Uncertainties Which data sets are required (endless potential)
Do those layers exist?
If so, who holds them?
How will liaison with other initiatives take place?
If the aim is to achieve funding – how do we know where money is available and on what criteria?
Uncertainties:
Which data sets are required to provide evidence to attract donor funding. Meeting in Washington DC this week.
Discovery exercise to find layers needs time and resource to be devoted to it.
Are we able to include the layers – copyright / scale / density of data / interoperability with the portal
Are layers ready in the format we need – vector / raster and of good provenance?
How will liaison with other initiatives take place?
How do we tap into funding and make our case. Before we can approach funding for hydrography projects – do we need to source funding and governance for the MEIP? Is there 2 steps to this?
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14. Challenges We need to move forward
We can easily populate the database with a base layer of charted data subject to agreement
There are many datasets available that we can access now
We can encourage members states to add data for their areas
Once started I believe this will grow
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15. Biggest Challenges Funding Data Vice Chairman / Working Group members
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18. PROPOSAL
Request that MACHC members note this report and the associated inactivity
Request that MACHC members to support a CBC bid to cover the funding of the first years running costs of the MEIP database
Request that MACHC members make every effort to include data within the MEIP
MEIP WG to investigate options to ensure sustainable funding is available to support the ongoing costs of MEIP
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19. THANK YOU QUESTIONS?
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