1. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Ned Dwyer The Marine Irish Digital Atlas

2. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Core MIDA Team Ned Dwyer Liz O’ Dea Val Cummins Juan Arévalo Iban Ameztoy Ciara Herron

3. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Contributors (Past & Present) and others……. Dídac Perales Kristell Coutel Declan Dunne Josu Ramirez Kathrin Kopke Carlo Brondi

4. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC MIDA Vision MIDA should become a key on-line resource for all who are interested in coastal and marine information and data for Ireland

5. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Coastal and Marine Information Access

6. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC The MIDA Solution MIDA

7. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC An Island Wide Atlas Cross Border Collaboration – Funding – Development – Data – Information Cork Coleraine

8. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC The MIDA Audience Government Agencies Local Authorities Commercial Education/Research Tourism NGO Public

9. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Information General Specialised Searchable Metadata Searchable Metadata Data Archive Spatial Data MIDA Web GIS Atlas Structure

10. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Interactive MapLayers Information

11. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Data Collection and Management

12. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Data Model and Categories Management Physical Environment Biological Environment Economic Activity Protected areas Boundaries Heritage Ramsar SPA SAC Hierarchical tree model

13. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Data Collection Approach Identify Priority layers Identify Data Holders Determine spatial data exists Acquire/create data layer

14. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Data Agreements Data Supplier Conditions Display in the atlas Copyright Download Etc. Memorandum of Understanding CMRC Conditions No third party use Restrict access to attributes Costs of licensing, purchase Etc.

15. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Data Quality Variability in quality –Data presented as owner provides it –Atlas presentation issues Metadata –Difficulty acquiring adequate metadata –Data compromised if MD insufficient

16. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Time Consuming because: Data in many organisations Lack of data catalogues Providing data seen as low priority Limited GIS ready data Variable data quality Poor/non-existent metadata Data Collection Challenges

17. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Robust data model Huge time investment Poor data documentation Intellectual property rights Expensive base data Data Collection Lessons

18. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Technology

19. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Technology: Software Used Open Source Solution Linux Apache Server Minnesota Map Server PostgreS Database

20. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Technology: System overview

21. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Technology: Database Driven Optimises data management Permits efficient searching Facilitates catalogue sharing Data files are not in a database

22. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Technology lessons Open source allows flexibility Requires programming capability DB management system vital

23. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Metadata

24. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC MIDA review of existing standards – Dominant standards – Review of each standard – Metadata sharing considerations – Future trends in standardisation Metadata Review

25. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Among reviewed: – FGDC (USA) – ANZLIC (Australia) – NGDF (UK) – ISO 19115 – CEN (Europe) Metadata Standards

26. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Currently no national standard Organisations choose own standard –If metadata exists! –Marine Institute, EPA, GSI  ISO 19115 ISDI in development –For governmental organisations –Led by Dept. of the Environment –Meet ISO 19115 standards Metadata: Irish Situation

27. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Metadata in MIDA Discovery –Core database –Subset / Profile of ISO 19115 –55 elements –ISO XML tags Abstract –Initial metadata access –Taken from Discovery DB Full –As data owner supplies it

28. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Discovery Metadata Entry Custom-built wizard Web-accessible Basic error checking XML output

29. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Metadata for Data Management MIDA data management ArcCatalog FGDC Saved with archived data

30. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Metadata Lessons Poor metadata availability Creation time consuming Appreciated by users ISO 19115 has facilitated catalogue sharing

31. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Atlas Functionality

32. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Atlas Functionality Map tools Data layers Metadata Information

33. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Functionality: Map Tools

34. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Functionality: Map Tools

35. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Functionality: Data Layers Main Categories Subcategories Layers

36. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Functionality: Data Layers- Search special

37. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Functionality: Data Layers

38. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Functionality: Metadata

39. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Functionality: Information

40. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Functionality: Information

41. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Atlas Data and Information Status > 30 organisations > 115 data layers 22 of 84 topics written

42. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Atlas Usage Prototype live May 2005 Low level publicity –Conferences –Specialist articles Testing and populating –User workshops –Adding layers and information –Bug fixing

43. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Atlas Usage More than 7200 visitors since May 2005

44. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Current Atlas Development Node in Irish Spatial Data Exchange (ISDE) –Shares metadata across distributed network Maintenance and update of data & info. –New layers & information pages

45. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC What’s Next with MIDA? Improve efficiency of data management Design & presentation Regional datasets Additional tools Educational modules Will collectively address issues this week

46. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC MIDA is a key part of marine infrastructure in Ireland MIDA is a successful cross-border collaborative effort MIDA is the only Irish web GIS to bring together spatial data from so many organisations MIDA is a flagship project of the CMRC and will be maintained into the future

47. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC http://mida.ucc.ie/

48. Coastal Atlases Workshop July 25 th, 2006Ned Dwyer, CMRC Official MIDA Launch Aula Maxima: 5:30pm today