Reducing Vulnerability in Pacific ACP States

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Reducing Vulnerability in Pacific ACP States

• A Collaborative MapServer to drive businesses
• http//map.sopac.org/
• Franck Martin
• franck_at_sopac.org

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Project Background

• The project is funded by the European Union and
  implemented through SOPAC
• Has 3 Key Areas of interest
• Hazards assessment mitigation
• Aggregates
• Water Sanitation
• Must assist ultimately the population at large
• Project must be useful not reside on shelf
• Emphasis on the use of Geographic Information
  Systems and IT

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The Pacific
86 ACP States Fiji Kiribati Papua New
Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
--- Cook Islands Federated States of
Micronesia Marshal Islands Nauru Niue Palau
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Integrated Data Sets

• Many technical projects collect data
• How is this data used in making decisions?
• Is data available to as broad a group as
  possible?
• Is it in a form understood by as many as
  possible?
• Reducing vulnerability to communities requires
  that timely and adequate information is given to
• Planners, Government, Administration
• Developers , Industry
• Communities at all levels

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Example of an Integrated Data Set
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Elevation and Bathymetry
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Geology
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Imagery
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Seismic Hazard Map
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Buildings
Buildings
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A collaborative Tool Tiki
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Help to decision making

• Provides information
• Interactive and dynamic maps
• Internet technology used
• OpenSource effort
• The data is available...
• Published data available data
• All stakeholders have access to the data

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Types of Data

• Multi-beam survey of offshore to 3500m
• Satellite imagery Ikonos others
• Geological hazards landslides/seismicity,
  coastal erosion and processes
• Infrastructure (water, utilities)
• Resources aggregates, water
• Land use, agriculture, fisheries and forests
• Mining and mineral exploration

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All information has potential value but that
value can only be realised if the information is
used Data is not Information, Information is not
Knowledge, Knowledge is not Wisdom and all of
that is not Action
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Why Internet?

• Server on the Internet
• Stakeholders connect to the Internet (not project
  responsibility)
• Works Internally or Externally
• Data Published Data Available
• The Internet is a collaborative effort so is the
  MapServer

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Why Opensource?

• Sustainability
• Licenses (Internet licences are expensives)
• Software support
• No Black Box
• Rely on standards and support many file formats
  (not vendor dependant)
• Reliable
• Secure if administrator cares
• All software needed for server freely available

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Help to businesses

• Fish Aggregating Devices FAD
• River gravel extraction
• Tourism resources protection
• Forest logging
• Location of risk areas
• Better farming

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Vinaka Vaka Levu

• Http//map.sopac.org/