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IRCC6 Paris May 2014
Agenda item 10C
“Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure”
Report from MDSIWG5
Edward Hosken
MSDIWG member
Context
MSDIWG is a working group of HSSC
 MSDIWG5 met in USA in February 2014
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IRCC4/22 - request MSDIWG to develop training
 Task IRCC5/11 - development of MSDI (?)
 RHC standing agenda item (?)
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IHO vision to promote wider use of hydrography
‘Hydrography – much more than just
nautical charts’
Why MSDI?
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Wider use of valuable data assets
Blue Economy; Environmental management;
Disaster planning and Emergency response.
E-Navigation – more than just navigation
What is MSDI?
Policy &
Governance
(People)
Technical
Standards
(Standards)
Information
Systems
(ICT)
Geographic
Content
(Data)
What is MSDI?
Stakeholders
Benefits
Funding
GIS
Internet
Policy &
Governance
(People)
Technical
Standards
(Standards)
Information
Systems
(ICT)
Geographic
Content
(Data)
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S-100
OGC
Data, not
products
Consequences
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Organisational change
Data centric
Enhanced skill sets
Commit funding
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Raised profile
Wider regional role
Improved decision making
Financial benefit
MSDIWG Work Plan
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Promote best practice
Review standards
Develop training syllabus
Maintain reference documents on IHO website
Recommendations
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Participate in active debate on MSDI policy
Engage with government, industry, academia
Determine requirements based on explicit benefits
Invest for future benefit
Share examples of best practice
Build capacity
Proposals
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Decide how to contribute to the
development of MSDI
Decide how to contribute to work of
MSDIWG