Spatial Data Infrastructure SDI

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• Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI)
• Policy, Process and Presentation
• Dr Mike Osborne (SeaZone Solutions)
• Mr John Pepper (UKHO)

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What is a SDI?

• A Spatial Data Infrastructure is a term used
  to summarise a range of concepts, processes,
  relationships and physical entities that, taken
  together, provide for integrated management of
  spatial data and information.

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What does it do?

• A spatial and temporal information enabling
  framework
• Supports integrated management of spatial data
  and information
• Supports interoperability at all levels (process,
  standards, technology and policies)
• Requires cooperation across ALL sectors
• Takes a holistic view
• Enables policy and management decision making
• Is about people and commitment
• Is enabled through National legislative /
  strategic programmes

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What a SDI is not!

• A service
• A data solution
• A product
• A box of tools
• Limiting in terms of data type and source
• Owned by any stakeholder
• Built overnight!

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Drivers for SDI

• Need for efficiencies in information capture,
  management and use
• Need for improved policy decision making
• Need for improved knowledge of and access to
  spatial data
• Increased demand for spatial data (especially
  marine )
• Legislation and International Conventions
• Need for common standards and specifications
  (e.g. ISO19XXX OGC IHO S100)
• User appetite for information and content
• Macro environmental concerns (e.g. Emergency
  planning, climate change)

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What constitutes a SDI?

• Policy national GI strategies/ policies
• Institutional willingness and practical
  cooperation to create, share and use
• Standards guidance / influence
• Content application neutral layers of
  information
• Geodetic Reference System horizontal vertical
  datum coordinate transformations
• Reference Information features/ objects used as
  location reference
• Application Information business orientated
  information built on reference information for
  analysis

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Content elements

• Hydrographic
• Topographic (land air seabed)
• Morphological (texture, characterisation)
• Geological (solid drift)
• Biological (benthic)
• Transport networks (air, sea and land)
• Hydrological (water)
• Temporal (weather, tide, current)
• Boundaries (EEZ, Baselines, Administrative)
• plus Meta data

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• What is happening in the UK to support NSDI?

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The UK Digital National Framework

• Launched in 2000 to support the creation of a
  National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)
• A permanent, maintained and definitive
  geographic base to which information with a
  geospatial content can be referenced (source
  DNF A White Paper, Oct 2004)
• UKHO /SeaZone providing geographic basefor
  the marineenvironment coastal zone
• Extending DNF offshore

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Marine Data Information Partnership (MDIP)

• Launched by UK Environment Minister on 1st March
  2005
• Developed by the Inter Agency Committee for
  Marine Science and Technology (IACMST)
  facilitated by Defra.
• Consensus achieved on the way ahead via Steering
  Group
• Attempts to solve a long-term problem of
  insufficient harmonisation between large numbers
  of diverse data holdings and an increasingly
  large number of initiatives in marine data and
  information
• Public private sector involvement (20
  organisations)
• Ambitious goals

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UK Marine Data Information Partnership

• Mission
• To harmonise the stewardship of and access to
  marine data and information, thereby facilitating
  improved management of the seas around the UK
• Objectives
• To provide a framework for the UK marine data
  community with respect to data capture (includes
  ingestion), inter-operability, archiving and
  dissemination.
• To develop, adopt and promote standards,
  specifications and procedures in support of the
  framework.
• To contribute to the marine component of and
  support for the geospatial strategy for the UK.
• Delivery through a 2 year sponsored programme
  (2006-2008).
• Influence UK policy legislation.
• To be considered BAU in 5 years time.

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Is there a role for HOs in NSDI?

• Does NSDI allow for marine component (MSDI)?
• Does MSDI allow for hydrographic input?
• Is HO contributing to NSDI development?
• Is HO data suitable to support NSDI?
• Does HO collect data for navigation only?
• Can data be QAd for purposes other than
  navigation?
• Can HO data be accessed for non-navigational use?
  
• Is HO willing to support SDI?

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The role of the IHO

• Community built on quality professionalism
  that
• Imparts experience expertise
• Sets standards and imparts guidance
• Shares knowledge sharing
• Its members ingest, manage and disseminate
  spatial data
• Promote hydrographic data as an important
  ingredient to SDIs. It is not just about
  charting!
• To encourage HOs to support NSDIs

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Contacts

• Mr John Pepper
• Head of Geospatial
• Information Services
• UKHO
• Admiralty Way
• Taunton
• UK
• Tel [phone]
• Mobile [phone]
• john.pepper_at_ukho.gov.uk

• Dr Mike Osborne
• Managing Director
• SeaZone Solutions Ltd
• Red Lion House
• Bentley
• Hants
• UK
• Tel [phone]
• Mobile [phone]
• Mike.osborne_at_seazone.com

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• Thank You
• Any questions?
• Useful websites
• www.dnf.org
• www.oceannet.org.uk