Dawn WrightDept. of GeosciencesOregon State UniversityNetworking of CoastalWeb Atlases and OtherGIScience in Action atOSUWestern Oregon University, January 31, 20112ICAN Strategic AimsSept 2010ICAN Great Lakes3Emergence of“Coastal Web Atlases”“A collection of digital maps anddatasets with supplementary tables,illustrations, and information thatsystematically illustrate the coast,oftentimes with cartographic anddecision support tools, all of which areaccessible via the Internet.”(O’Dea et al., 2007)Coastal Zone Management, GovernanceGovernments, NGOs, Citizen Groups4Emergence of“Coastal Web Atlases”Marine Irish Digital Atlas, mida.ucc.ieOregon Coastal Atlas,www.coastalatlas.netAtlas of theLagoon, Venice, ItalyMarineMap, USADe Kustatlas,BelgiumAfrican Marine AtlasWashington CoastalAtlas, USAAnd manyMORE …6International Coastal Atlas Network• Share experiences and find common solutions tocoastal 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 acrossseveral themes:• Coastal/marine spatial planning• Coastal governance (boundaries, protected areas, etc.)• Climate change - coastal vulnerability• Coastal hazards• Population pressures• Resource availability and exploitation7Coastal Atlases:Intellectual Merit• Significant capacity, varying approaches• Regional governance, coordination• Best practices?• Widespread solutions needed– Access to and documentation of data– Integration of tools– Decision support for coastal mgmt via atlases– Sharing of catalogs of metadata pointing to data,tools, rich contentOregon Coastal Atlaswww.coastalatlas.netNorth Coast Exploreroregonexplorer.info/northcoastWashington Coastal Atlas                                           California:marinemap.orgwww.mpa.gov/dataanalysis/atlas12Coastal Atlases:Intellectual Merit• Significant capacity, varyingapproaches• Regional governance, coordination• Widespread solutions needed– Access to and documentation of data– Integration of tools– Decision support for coastal mgmt via atlases– Sharing of catalogs of metadata pointing to data,tools, rich content– “Semantic interoperability”MappingsCSW WMS WFS WFS WFSMIDA Ontology OCA Ontology X OntologyICAN OntologyCSW CSWWMS WMS…Atlas XISO Metadata&MIDA terminologyFGDC Metadata&OCA terminologyX Standard&X terminology“Mapping” of Terms:MIDA: “Coastline”is similar toOCA: “Shoreline”OGC Catalog Services for the WebCSW“Coastline”CSWWMS“Shoreline”14Technical Developments• Outline• Background• Strategic Aims• Membership• Workshop 3• Prototype• ICAN Future• Conclusion15ICAN Strategic AimsSept 2010ICAN Great Lakeswestcoastoceans.govWest CoastCoastal AtlasCoordinationWest Coast Coastal Atlas Workshop April 23-24, 2009 Seattle, WAUSAMar 2009Coastal GeoTools18icoastalatlas.netNew Handbook, published 2010icoastalatlas.net/handbook20For More Information…icoastalatlas.net/westcoastorican.science.oregonstate.eduICAN Interoperability Prototype– ican.ucc.ieINDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS, INCORPORATEDDatasets Include…INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS, INCORPORATEDINDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS, INCORPORATEDUS Coast Guard Ship Traffic DataINDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS, INCORPORATEDWave Energy Test Bed & Nautical ChartsINDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS, INCORPORATEDExample MapsINDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS, INCORPORATEDOcean Thematic LayersGraphic courtesy of Christina Massel, Steve Miller, Scripps Institution of OceanographyOnly 5-10% of global seafloor charted with ships - “we need~125 more years!” **Sandwell et al., 2003, Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical UnionINDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS, INCORPORATEDdepth soundings - South PacificSlide courtesy of Dave Sandwell, Scripps Institution of OceanographyINDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS, INCORPORATEDDeeper Bathy CompilationJed Roberts, OrSt M.S. ThesisWright et al., in press, 2011INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS, INCORPORATEDFBNMS, Initial BathymetryINDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS, INCORPORATEDGIS Terrain Analysis & ClassificationEmily Lundblad, OrSt ThesisINDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS, INCORPORATEDEmily Lundblad, OrSt ThesisINDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS, INCORPORATEDhttp://dusk.geo.orst.edu/djl/samoaBenthic Terrain ModelerINDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS, INCORPORATEDFor More InformationDawn WrightMain Web: http://dusk.geo.orst.eduLab Web: http://dusk.geo.orst.edu/djlEmail: