Using Coastal Web Atlases to Communicate Data and Information to Support Coastal Resources Management Marcia R. Berman Virginia Institute of Marine Science College of William and Mary 9/25/2019
Outline Examples of Coastal Web Atlases Engaging stakeholders 9/25/2019 SPINCAM Meeting 3-5 December 2014
Why develop a Coastal Web Atlas? Enhance capacity to make decisions Improve access to tools and products Enhance access to geospatial data Increase efficiency in data transfers
Illustrations Search Engines Maps Coastal Web Atlas ICZM Guidance Tools Charts and Tables 9/25/2019
Marine Irish Digital Atlas (MIDA)
Virginia Coastal Atlas – Coastal GEMS from Price, 2007
Maryland Coastal Atlas From Maryland Coastal Atlas
Belgium Coastal Atlas From Belgium Coastal Atlas
Washington State Coastal Atlas
Santos Web Atlas - Brazil
Content
Maps RML in the screen shot means “Rapidly Moving Landslides”
Search
Tools
Data summaries
Themes
Biological Inventories
Tourism From Oregon Coastal Atlas
Energy Exploration
Coastal Hazards Planning
Real Time Monitoring Stations
Stakeholder Engagement 9/25/2019
Communicate with Stakeholders Generate interest Understand limitations: sharing, access, security, staff commitment and turnover Data mining: contributions Assess in-house capabilities: training needs, resources Basic and detailed programmatic needs Design to specifications and formats: maps vs viewers; local vs. regional scales Long-term maintenance and ownership Product promotion 9/25/2019
Lessons learned from CMA1 Stakeholder buy-in was not strong Conflicts with priorities Limitations with data exchange/sharing Technology challenges 9/25/2019
ICAN Observations Engaging stakeholders early in the process can yield positive outcomes Stakeholder motivated by need and access to data and information Stakeholder are inhibited by political bureaucracy, resource limitations, priority settings 9/25/2019
Effective ways to learn more about the target audience Workshops with facilitated discussion and games Workshops that include on site surveys Interviews: face to face; telephone Web-based surveys: survey monkey Self-administered mail surveys 9/25/2019
Query stakeholders for input Identify common threads across organizations Leverage where possible 9/25/2019
Please rate the type of marine data, information, and products in which you are interested?
CMA2 Survey for Stakeholder Input English: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YXH7SR7 Spanish: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZQV6VKQ 9/25/2019
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