Transcript IPP - Presentation for HOs

Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI)
“Policy, Process and Presentation”
Dr Mike Osborne (SeaZone Solutions)
Mr John Pepper (UKHO)
What is a SDI?
A Spatial Data Infrastructure is a
term used to summarise a range
of concepts, processes,
relationships and physical entities
that, taken together, provide for
integrated management of spatial
data and information.
What does it do?
A spatial and temporal information enabling framework …
• Supports integrated management of spatial data and
information
• Supports interoperability at all levels (process, standards,
technology and policies)
• Requires cooperation across ALL sectors
• Takes a holistic view
• Enables policy and management decision making
• Is about people and commitment
• Is enabled through National legislative / strategic
programmes
What a SDI is not!
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A service
A data solution
A product
A “box of tools”
Limiting in terms of data type and source
Owned by any stakeholder
Built overnight!
Drivers for SDI
• Need for efficiencies in information capture, management
and use
• Need for improved policy & decision making
• Need for improved knowledge of and access to spatial data
• Increased demand for spatial data (especially marine )
• Legislation and International Conventions
• Need for common standards and specifications (e.g.
ISO19XXX; OGC; IHO S100)
• User appetite for information and content
• Macro environmental concerns (e.g. Emergency planning,
climate change)
What constitutes a SDI?
• Policy – national GI strategies/ policies
• Institutional – willingness and practical cooperation
to create, share and use
• Standards – guidance / influence
• Content – application neutral layers of information
• Geodetic Reference System – horizontal & vertical
datum; coordinate transformations
• Reference Information – features/ objects used as
location reference
• Application Information – business orientated
information built on reference information for
analysis
Content elements
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Hydrographic
Topographic (land; air; seabed)
Morphological (texture, characterisation)
Geological (solid; drift)
Biological (benthic)
Transport networks (air, sea and land)
Hydrological (water)
Temporal (weather, tide, current)
Boundaries (EEZ, Baselines, Administrative)
…plus Meta data
What is happening in the UK to
support NSDI?
The UK Digital
National Framework
• Launched in 2000 to support the creation of a National Spatial Data
Infrastructure (NSDI)
• “A permanent, maintained and definitive geographic base to which
information with a geospatial content can be referenced” (source: DNF
– A White Paper, Oct 2004)
• UKHO /SeaZone
providing
geographic base
for the marine
environment
& coastal zone
• Extending DNF offshore
Marine Data & Information
Partnership (MDIP)
• Launched by UK Environment Minister on 1st March
2005
• Developed by the Inter Agency Committee for Marine
Science and Technology (IACMST) facilitated by Defra.
• Consensus achieved on the way ahead via Steering
Group
• Attempts to solve a long-term problem of insufficient
harmonisation between large numbers of diverse data
holdings and an increasingly large number of initiatives
in marine data and information
• Public & private sector involvement (20+ organisations)
• Ambitious goals
UK Marine Data & Information
Partnership
Mission
• To harmonise the stewardship of and access to marine data
and information, thereby facilitating improved management of
the seas around the UK
Objectives
• To provide a framework for the UK marine data community
with respect to data capture (includes ingestion), interoperability, archiving and dissemination.
• To develop, adopt and promote standards, specifications and
procedures in support of the framework.
• To contribute to the marine component of and support for the
geospatial strategy for the UK.
• Delivery through a 2 year sponsored programme (20062008).
• Influence UK policy & legislation.
• To be considered BAU in 5 years time.
Is there a role for HO’s in NSDI?
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Does NSDI allow for marine component (MSDI)?
Does MSDI allow for hydrographic input?
Is HO contributing to NSDI development?
Is HO data suitable to support NSDI?
Does HO collect data for navigation only?
Can data be QA’d for purposes other than
navigation?
• Can HO data be accessed for non-navigational
use?
• Is HO willing to support SDI?
The role of the IHO
Community built on quality & professionalism that…
• Imparts experience & expertise
• Sets standards and imparts guidance
• Shares knowledge sharing
• It’s members ingest, manage and disseminate
spatial data
• Promote hydrographic data as an important
ingredient to SDI’s. It is not just about charting!
• To encourage HO’s to support NSDI’s
Contacts
Mr John Pepper
Head of Geospatial
Information Services
UKHO
Admiralty Way
Taunton
UK
Dr Mike Osborne
Managing Director
SeaZone Solutions Ltd
Red Lion House
Bentley
Hants
UK
Tel:
+44(0)1823 723368
Mobile: +44(0)7747 757613
[email protected]
Tel:
+44 (0) 870 013 0607
Mobile: +44(0) 7714799900
[email protected]
Thank You
Any questions?
Useful websites
www.dnf.org
www.oceannet.org.uk