MGDI A Marine Geospatial Data Infrastructure for the Maritime Community

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MGDI- A Marine Geospatial Data Infrastructure for
the Maritime Community
Dave Pugh Geospatial Projects Integration Office
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Topics

• Socioeconomic environment
• Genesis of MGDI
• The MGDI concept
• User groups and needs analysis
• Current status of MGDI
• Issues
• Action Plan 2002-2003
• The Future

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Marine Socioeconomic Environment

• Shipping fleet carries over 95 of world trade
  by tonnage
• Shipbuilding worth US 32B/Annum
• Offshore oil production US 300B/Annum
• Submarine cables now huge business
• In Canada, ocean based activities generate more
  than 20B/Annum
• Ocean industries include aquaculture, ecotourism,
  offshore oil and gas. recreational fishing,
  cruise shipping and recreational boating.

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Why MGDI

• Geospatial data prevalent throughout the marine
  community
• No single Geospatial Information System (GIS)
  answers all needs
• Facilitates sharing with OGDs and external
  partners
• Reduces costs of converting and storing data by
  leaving data at source
• Provides for integrated management and
  decision-making
• Provides opportunities for new services
  (location-based)

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Genesis of MGDI

• MGDI had its beginnings in 1999
• 60M approved for GeoConnections, led By NRCan,
  to
• coordinate Canadas numerous geographic databases
  and make them accessible through a common window
  on the Internet and
• MGDI formed as the marine (salt and fresh water)
  component of GeoConnections
• MAC co-chaired DFO and CCMC

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GeoConnections Program Structure
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The MGDI Concept

• A spatial and temporal data infrastructure
• A system of data and enabling policies and
  technologies
• Critical to sustainable development, management
  and control of national marine, coastal and
  freshwater areas.
• Includes the water column, the non-renewable
  resources, the seafloor and the underlying
  sediments. 

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Characteristics of Information Infrastructure
Embodied in MGDI

• Based on common standards
• Wide area networking
• Invisible to user
• Simple third party access (Interoperability)
• Affordable
• Flexible, fast, easy to use

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Integrated View of MGDI
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User Groups

• Marine Transportation
• Marine Habitat Management
• Integrated Coastal Zone Management
• Renewable Resources and Biodiversity
• Non-renewable Resources
• Sovereignty and Defence
• Disaster Management/emergency Response
• Ocean Research
• Recreation and Tourism
• Freshwater Resource Management
• Marine Engineering and Works

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User Needs From Workshops

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• Information not data
• One stop shopping or single portal availability
• A two-way infrastructure
• Basic framework data requirements
• Policy issues, e.g., pricing, cost recovery to be
  resolved
• Standardized formats needed. Interoperability is
  critical
• Sound metadata protocols, e.g., data quality
• A seamless land and water DEM

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Current Status of MGDI

• DFO and CCMC active in coordinating work
• Bathymetric Framework (250K)
• Seamless DEM
• Policy, i.e. licensing, pricing
• Phase one of single portal, i.e. GeoPortal
  project See Poster Session for more details
• Capacity building in standards
• Thematic layers, i.e. chart products, fisheries
  and habitat
• Business cases and data sharing agreements

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• Marine Protected Areas
• Marine Environmental Quality
  Projects
• Integrated Management Projects

Science Data
DFO Geospatial Services Infrastructure
GeoPortal Browser
Waterways Management
CHS Print-on-Demand Browser
Web Map Service
Catalog Service
GeoPortal Phase 1 Delivery
Download Service
Connected In discussion
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The Future

• Geospatial infrastructure supported by a sound
• business model
• Will assist in facing resource challenges
• Acquire once and share datasets
• Geospatial information is our future
• Horizontal integration of vertically insular
  marine information
• Moving forward is key to survival

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Source Data Mgmt
Product Data Mgmt
Info/Product Access Distribution
MetaData
Source Acquisition
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