Dawn Wright Oregon State University Ned Dwyer Coastal & Marine Resources Centre, Ireland The International Coastal Atlas Network (ICAN) FGDC Marine & Coastal Spatial Data Subcommittee Meeting, Oct 8, 2008

Oct 2008 FGDC Marine & Coastal Spatial Data Subcommittee 2 Outline Background Strategic Aims Current Membership ICAN Workshop 3 Interoperability Prototype Strategic Directions Conclusion Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Workshop 3 Prototype ICAN Future Conclusion

Oct 2008 FGDC Marine & Coastal Spatial Data Subcommittee 3 Background: Intellectual Merit Issues of regional governance, coordination Significant capacity, varying approaches Best practices? Widespread solutions needed –Access to and documentation of data –Integration of tools –Decision support for coastal mgmt via atlases –“Semantic interoperability” Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Workshop 3 Prototype ICAN Future Conclusion

Oct 2008 FGDC Marine & Coastal Spatial Data Subcommittee 4 Emergence of “Coastal Web Atlases” Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Workshop 3 Prototype ICAN Future Conclusion “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

Oct 2008 FGDC Marine & Coastal Spatial Data Subcommittee 5 Emergence of “Coastal Web Atlases” Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Workshop 3 Prototype ICAN Future Conclusion Marine Irish Digital Atlas, mida.ucc.ie Oregon Coastal Atlas,

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

Oct 2008 FGDC Marine & Coastal Spatial Data Subcommittee 7 Background: Workshop 1, Cork, Ireland Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Workshop 3 Prototype ICAN Future Conclusion 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

Oct 2008 FGDC Marine & Coastal Spatial Data Subcommittee 8 Background: Workshop 2, Corvallis, USA Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Workshop 3 Prototype ICAN Future Conclusion Improve searches between atlases –metadata to ontologies –Marine Metadata Interoperabilty Semantic interoperability Linkages to use cases, communities Proof-of-concept ontologies & interoperability prototype Large, collaborative funding proposals

Oct 2008 FGDC Marine & Coastal Spatial Data Subcommittee 9 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 Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Workshop 3 Prototype ICAN Future Conclusion

Oct 2008 FGDC Marine & Coastal Spatial Data Subcommittee 10 Current Membership Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Workshop 3 Prototype ICAN Future Conclusion

Oct 2008 FGDC Marine & Coastal Spatial Data Subcommittee 11 Workshop 3, Copenhagen, July 2008 Advance actions in: –Technical developments Review of interoperability prototype –Strategic directions –Governance structure Welcome new members Link to European relevant activities Full proceedings at ican.science.oregonstate.edu Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Workshop 3 Prototype ICAN Future Conclusion

Oct 2008 FGDC Marine & Coastal Spatial Data Subcommittee 12 Interoperability Prototype Integrate and facilitate access to several distributed & heterogeneous coastal atlases Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Workshop 3 Prototype ICAN Future Conclusion … Global atlas Local atlases

Oct 2008 FGDC Marine & Coastal Spatial Data Subcommittee 13 Technical Developments Focus on coastal erosion as a use-case –Overarching view : vulnerability of coastal communities to climate change Key Future work on prototype –At least 6 new nodes –Implement OGC WMS on all –Implement WFS on advanced subset Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Workshop 3 Prototype ICAN Future Conclusion

Oct 2008 FGDC Marine & Coastal Spatial Data Subcommittee 14 Strategic Directions Clarified vision and goals of ICAN Identified a range of key activities in following areas: –Technical project development –Awareness raising and publicity –Outreach and training activities –Documentation of resources, tools, expertise –Development of ICAN portal Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Workshop 3 ICAN Future Conclusion

Oct 2008 FGDC Marine & Coastal Spatial Data Subcommittee 15 Governance Structure Generated Document outlining: –Committee structure –Governance activities –Pathway towards a sustainable funding model Develop a transition plan from ad-hoc steering to formalized governance Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Workshop 3 ICAN Future Conclusion

Oct 2008 FGDC Marine & Coastal Spatial Data Subcommittee 16 ICAN Workshop 4 UNESCO University Trieste, Italy Autumn 2009 Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Workshop 3 Prototype ICAN Future Conclusion

Oct 2008 FGDC Marine & Coastal Spatial Data Subcommittee 17 For More Information… Workshop 1 in Cork, Workshop 2 in Corvallis –workshop1.science.oregonstate.edu Workshop 3 in Copenhagen –ican.science.oregonstate.edu ICAN Interoperability Prototype –ican.ucc.ie Outline Background Strategic Aims Membership Workshop 3 Prototype ICAN Future Conclusion

Oct 2008 FGDC Marine & Coastal Spatial Data Subcommittee 18 Acknowledgments U.S. National Science Foundation Irish National Development Plan Marine Institute (Ireland), Marine RTDI Networking & Technology Transfer Initiative European Environment Agency Oregon Coastal Mgmt Program