1. Reducing Vulnerability in Pacific ACP States
A Collaborative MapServer to drive businesses
Franck Martin

2. Project Background
The project is funded by the European Union and implemented through SOPAC
Has 3 Key Areas of interest
Hazards assessment & mitigation
Aggregates
Water & Sanitation
Must assist ultimately the population at large
Project must be useful – not reside on shelf
Emphasis on the use of Geographic Information Systems and IT

3. The Pacific 8+6 ACP States: Fiji Kiribati Papua New Guinea Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
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Cook Islands
Federated States of Micronesia
Marshal Islands
Nauru
Niue
Palau

4. Integrated Data Sets Many technical projects collect data
How is this data used in making decisions?
Is data available to as broad a group as possible?
Is it in a form understood by as many as possible?
Reducing vulnerability to communities requires that timely and adequate information is given to
Planners, Government, Administration
Developers , Industry
Communities at all levels

5. Example of an Integrated Data Set

6. Elevation and Bathymetry

7. Geology

8. Imagery

9. Seismic Hazard Map

10. Buildings
Buildings

15. A collaborative Tool: Tiki

18. Help to decision making
Provides information
Interactive and dynamic maps
Internet technology used
OpenSource effort
The data is available...
Published data = available data
All stakeholders have access to the data

19. Types of Data Multi-beam survey of offshore to 3500m
Satellite imagery – Ikonos & others
Geological hazards – landslides/seismicity, coastal erosion and processes
Infrastructure (water, utilities)
Resources – aggregates, water
Land use, agriculture, fisheries and forests
Mining and mineral exploration

20. All information has potential value but that value can only be realised if the information is used
Data is not Information, Information is not Knowledge, Knowledge is not Wisdom and all of that is not Action

21. Why Internet? Server on the Internet
Stakeholders connect to the Internet (not project responsibility)
Works Internally or Externally
Data Published = Data Available
The Internet is a collaborative effort so is the MapServer

22. Why Opensource? Sustainability
Licenses (Internet licences are expensives)
Software support
No Black Box
Rely on standards and support many file formats (not vendor dependant)
Reliable
Secure if administrator cares
All software needed for server freely available

23. Help to businesses Fish Aggregating Devices FAD
River gravel extraction
Tourism resources protection
Forest logging
Location of risk areas
Better farming

24. Vinaka Vaka Levu