The International Coastal Atlas Network: An Emerging Spatial Data Infrastructure Initiative

Dawn Wright

Oregon State University

Ned Dwyer, Yassine Lassoued

Coastal & Marine Resources Centre, Ireland

Roger Longhorn

UNESCO IODE

Omar Boucelma

Universite Paul Cezanne, France

INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11, 2009, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

• Outline • Background • Strategic Aims • Membership • Tools • ICAN Future • Conclusion

Outline

• Background • Strategic Aims • Current Membership • “Tools” – Interoperability Prototype – Atlas Assessment Survey • Strategic Directions • Conclusion Jun 2009 INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11 2

• Outline • Background • Strategic Aims • Membership • Tools • ICAN Future • Conclusion

Emergence of “Coastal Web Atlases”

“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 INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11 Jun 2009 3

• Outline • Background • Strategic Aims • Membership • Tools • ICAN Future • Conclusion

Emergence of “Coastal Web Atlases”

Marine Irish Digital Atlas, mida.ucc.ie

Oregon Coastal Atlas, www.coastalatlas.net

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MIDA, Ireland Oregon Coastal Atlas, USA NOAA Digital Coast, USA De Kustatlas, Belgium And many MORE … Magic, UK

• Outline • Background • Strategic Aims • Membership • Tools • ICAN Future • Conclusion

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” Jun 2009 INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11 6

• Outline • Background • Strategic Aims • Membership • Tools • ICAN Future • Conclusion

Workshop 1, 2006 Cork, Ireland

• 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 7

• Outline • Background • Strategic Aims • Membership • Tools • ICAN Future • Conclusion

Workshop 2, 2007 Corvallis, USA

• 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 8

• Outline • Background • Strategic Aims • Membership • Tools • ICAN Future • Conclusion

Workshop 3, 2008 Copenhagen, Denmark

• 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 9

• Outline • Background • Strategic Aims • Membership • Tools • ICAN Future • Conclusion

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 INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11 10 Jun 2009

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• Outline • Background • Strategic Aims • Membership • Tools • ICAN Future • Conclusion Current Membership: 30+ organizations from 14 nations and growing… Jun 2009 INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11 12

Interoperability Prototype

• Outline • Background • Strategic Aims • Membership • Tools • ICAN Future • Conclusion ICAN Ontology Mappings MIDA Ontology OCA Ontology

Mapping Example: MIDA:’Coastline’ is similar to OCA:’Shoreline’

X Ontology Jun 2009 CSW WMS WFS CSW WMS WFS … CSW WMS WFS X INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11 13

• Outline • Background • Strategic Aims • Membership • Workshop 3 • Prototype • ICAN Future • Conclusion

Technical Developments

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Atlas Assessment

• Outline • Background • Strategic Aims • Membership • Tools • ICAN Future • Conclusion

Reach survey from icoastalatlas.net

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Strategic Directions

• Outline • Background • Strategic Aims • Membership • Tools • ICAN Future • Conclusion • 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 Jun 2009 INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11 16

Strategic Directions

• Outline • Background • Strategic Aims • Membership • Tools • ICAN Future • Conclusion • 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 Jun 2009 INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11 17

Acknowledgments

U.S. National Science Foundation Irish National Development Plan Marine Institute (Ireland), Marine RTDI Networking & Technology Transfer Initiative European Environment Agency Jun 2009 NSF OCE-0607372 (MMI) INSPIRE 3/GSDI 11

Oregon Coastal Mgmt Program

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• Outline • Background • Strategic Aims • Membership • Tools • ICAN Future • Conclusion

For More Information…

icoastalatlas.net

or ican.science.oregonstate.edu

Jun 2009 ICAN Interoperability Prototype – ican.ucc.ie

Marine Metadata Interoperability – marinemetadata.org

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