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The International Coastal Atlas Network: An Emerging Spatial Data Infrastructure Initiative Ned Dwyer, Yassine Lassoued Coastal & Marine Resources Centre, Ireland Dawn Wright Oregon State University Omar Boucelma Universite Paul Cezanne, France INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11, 2009, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Roger Longhorn UNESCO IODE
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Jun 2009 INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11 2 Outline Background Strategic Aims Current Membership “Tools” –Interoperability Prototype –Atlas Assessment Survey Strategic Directions Conclusion Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Tools ICAN Future Conclusion
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3 Emergence of “Coastal Web Atlases” Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Tools ICAN Future Conclusion “A collection of digital maps and datasets with supplementary tables, illustrations, and information that systematically illustrate the coast, oftentimes with cartographic and decision support tools, all of which are accessible via the Internet.” (O’Dea et al., 2007) Coastal Zone Management, Governance Governments, NGOs, Citizen Groups Jun 2009 INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11
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4 Emergence of “Coastal Web Atlases” Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Tools ICAN Future Conclusion Marine Irish Digital Atlas, mida.ucc.ie Oregon Coastal Atlas, www.coastalatlas.net Jun 2009 INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11
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Magic, UK Oregon Coastal Atlas, USA De Kustatlas, Belgium NOAA Digital Coast, USA MIDA, Ireland And many MORE …
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6 Enter ICAN …. Intellectual Merit Significant capacity, varying approaches Regional governance, coordination Best practices? Widespread solutions needed –Access to and documentation of data –Integration of tools –Decision support for coastal mgmt via atlases –“Semantic interoperability” Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Tools ICAN Future Conclusion Jun 2009 INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11
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7 Workshop 1, 2006 Cork, Ireland Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Tools ICAN Future Conclusion To create & strengthen relationships between experts in marine & coastal mapping in North America and Europe To identify state of the art approaches to coastal mapping and informatics Jun 2009 INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11
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8 Workshop 2, 2007 Corvallis, USA Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Tools ICAN Future Conclusion Improve searches between atlases –metadata to ontologies –Marine Metadata Interoperability (MMI) Semantic interoperability Linkages to use cases, communities Proof-of-concept ontologies & interoperability prototype Large, collaborative funding proposals Jun 2009 INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11
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9 Workshop 3, 2008 Copenhagen, Denmark Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Tools ICAN Future Conclusion European Environment Agency sponsorship Advance actions in: –Technical developments Review of interoperability prototype –Strategic directions –Governance structure Link to relevant initiatives in Europe Jun 2009 INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11
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10 ICAN Strategic Aims Share experiences and find common solutions to coastal web atlas development –Knowledge portal: Guides, cookbooks, “engines”, discussion boards, code, use cases… Globally integrate and interoperate among locally- maintained atlases Inform regional decision- and policy-making across several themes: Climate change - coastal vulnerability Coastal governance (boundaries, protected areas, etc.) Coastal hazards Population pressures Marine spatial planning Resource availability and exploitation Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Tools ICAN Future Conclusion Jun 2009 INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11
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Mar 2009 Coastal GeoTools 11
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12 Current Membership: 30+ organizations from 14 nations and growing… Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Tools ICAN Future Conclusion Jun 2009 INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11
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13 Interoperability Prototype Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Tools ICAN Future Conclusion Mappings CSW X WMSWFS … MIDA OntologyOCA OntologyX Ontology ICAN Ontology CSW WMS Mapping Example: MIDA:’Coastline’ is similar to OCA:’Shoreline’ Jun 2009 INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11
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14 Technical Developments Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Workshop 3 Prototype ICAN Future Conclusion Jun 2009 INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11
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15 Atlas Assessment Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Tools ICAN Future Conclusion Reach survey from icoastalatlas.net Jun 2009 INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11
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16 Strategic Directions Coastal Zone ‘09 Panel –Boston, USA, 19-23 July CoastGIS ‘09 Workshop –Florianopolis, Brazil, 30 Sept-2 Oct Other smaller, regional meetings ICAN Workshop 4 –UNESCO University, Trieste, Italy –16-20 November 2009 Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Tools ICAN Future Conclusion Jun 2009 INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11
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17 Strategic Directions Governance activities Committee structures Pathways towards sustainable funding model Technical project development Awareness raising and publicity Outreach and training activities Documentation of resources, tools, expertise Further development of ICAN portal Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Tools ICAN Future Conclusion Jun 2009 INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11
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18 Acknowledgments U.S. National Science Foundation Irish National Development Plan Marine Institute (Ireland), Marine RTDI Networking & Technology Transfer Initiative European Environment Agency Oregon Coastal Mgmt Program NSF OCE-0607372 (MMI) Jun 2009 INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11
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19 For More Information… icoastalatlas.net or ican.science.oregonstate.edu ICAN Interoperability Prototype –ican.ucc.ie Marine Metadata Interoperability –marinemetadata.org Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Tools ICAN Future Conclusion Jun 2009 INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11
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