1. Interoperable Data Formats
International Ice Charting Working Group – VI
Ottawa, October 2005

2. Towards a Global Sea Ice Mapping System
International Ice Charting Working Group – V
Hamburg – April 19-23, 2004
Proposal for a Near Term Objective Toward a Global Ice Mapping System
Within the next 2 years, all participating Ice Services agree on one common database schema for their ice mapping systems

3. Action Item 5.6
Clearly define the objective of developing common data base scheme i.e. seamless customer support vs ice service interoperability. Outline a project plan including goals for the first technical workshop on the issue

4. The virtual world ice service

5. Ice Service Interoperability
Ice Services can easily and seamlessly exchange ice chart information
Reduce duplication of effort with simple cut & paste from a neighbouring Service’s chart
With appropriate agreements
Support production of a common global ice analysis
Where every service concentrates on the areas it knows best

6. Seamless Customer Support
A mariner travelling across oceans should be able to access ice information from different local authorities in the same manner and with the same look and feel
Mariners tell us that they do not want to use special systems to get ice information
Electronic Navigation Charts and ECDIS are rapidly becoming the standard for route planning and ship navigation
Ice Services should provide ice chart information in a format compatible with ENCs
Electronic chart version of the ice chart facsimile broadcast standards or GMDSS NAVTEX standards

7. Are not mutually exclusive objectives
Ice Service interoperability - Seamless customer support
Are not mutually exclusive objectives

8. Objectives for Technical Workshop
Education
To understand better what we mean by interoperable data formats
To appreciate the benefits
Decision
Where we want to go with interoperable data formats
What can we achieve within our own organizations and what can we achieve together
Commitment to Action
To develop action plans, that we can all commit to, for going forward 

9. Outline for Technical Workshop
Education
Ice in ECDIS
Tim Evangelatos & Doug O’Brien - Canadian experts on ECDIS and IHO under contract to the Canadian Hydrographic Service
Sea Ice Presentation for ECDIS
Yuri Scherbakov – AARI expert on ECDIS
Interoperable Data Formats in Production Systems
Dave Denault – CIS expert on Geographic Information Systems
Brian Scarlett – ESRI contractor at CIS

10. Outline for Technical Workshop
Decision
Lunchtime discussions
Plenary discussion
Breakout Groups
Operational Ice Information Producers
Standards Enforcers
Commitment to Action
Breakout group reports
Workshop Report

11. Questions?