1. Using Coastal Web Atlases to Communicate Data and Information to Support Coastal Resources Management
Marcia R. Berman
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
College of William and Mary
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2. Outline Examples of Coastal Web Atlases Engaging stakeholders
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SPINCAM Meeting 3-5 December 2014

3. Why develop a Coastal Web Atlas?
Enhance capacity to make decisions
Improve access to tools and products
Enhance access to geospatial data
Increase efficiency in data transfers

4. Illustrations Search Engines Maps Coastal Web Atlas ICZM Guidance
Tools
Charts and Tables
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6. Marine Irish Digital Atlas (MIDA)

7. Virginia Coastal Atlas – Coastal GEMS
from Price, 2007

8. Maryland Coastal Atlas
From Maryland Coastal Atlas

9. Belgium Coastal Atlas
From Belgium Coastal Atlas

10. Washington State Coastal Atlas

11. Santos Web Atlas - Brazil

12. Content

13. Maps
RML in the screen shot means “Rapidly Moving Landslides”

14. Search

15. Tools

16. Data summaries

17. Themes

18. Biological Inventories

19. Tourism
From Oregon Coastal Atlas

20. Energy Exploration

21. Coastal Hazards Planning

22. Real Time Monitoring Stations

23. Stakeholder Engagement
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24. Communicate with Stakeholders
Generate interest
Understand limitations: sharing, access, security, staff commitment and turnover
Data mining: contributions
Assess in-house capabilities: training needs, resources
Basic and detailed programmatic needs
Design to specifications and formats: maps vs viewers; local vs. regional scales
Long-term maintenance and ownership
Product promotion
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25. Lessons learned from CMA1
Stakeholder buy-in was not strong
Conflicts with priorities
Limitations with data exchange/sharing
Technology challenges
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26. ICAN Observations
Engaging stakeholders early in the process can yield positive outcomes
Stakeholder motivated by need and access to data and information
Stakeholder are inhibited by political bureaucracy, resource limitations, priority settings
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27. Effective ways to learn more about the target audience
Workshops with facilitated discussion and games
Workshops that include on site surveys
Interviews: face to face; telephone
Web-based surveys: survey monkey
Self-administered mail surveys
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28. Query stakeholders for input Identify common threads across organizations Leverage where possible
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30. Please rate the type of marine data, information, and products in which you are interested?

31. CMA2 Survey for Stakeholder Input
English:
Spanish:
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32. Coming soon from ICAN …. User Guide for Best Practices