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Introducing the International Coastal Atlas Network

Introducing the International Coastal Atlas Network. Dawn Wright Oregon State University ICAN People icoastalatlas.net/ican_people. Liz O’Dea Washington Dept. of Ecology Tanya Haddad Oregon Coastal Management Program. EBM Tools Network Webinar, March 25, 2010. Outline.

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Introducing the International Coastal Atlas Network

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  1. Introducing the International Coastal Atlas Network Dawn Wright Oregon State University ICAN People icoastalatlas.net/ican_people Liz O’Dea Washington Dept. of Ecology Tanya Haddad Oregon Coastal Management Program EBM Tools Network Webinar, March 25, 2010

  2. Outline • Outline • Background • Strategic Aims • Membership • Tools • ICAN Future • Conclusion • Background • Strategic Aims • Current Membership • “Tools” • Interoperability Prototype • Strategic Directions • Conclusion: Transition to Liz & Tanya EBM Tools Network

  3. Emergence of “Coastal Web Atlases” • Outline • Background • Strategic Aims • Membership • Tools • ICAN Future • Conclusion “A collection of digital maps and datasets with supplementary tables, illustrations, and information that systematically illustrate the coast, oftentimes with cartographic and decision support tools, all of which are accessible via the Internet.” (O’Dea et al., 2007) Coastal Zone Management, Governance Governments, NGOs, Citizen Groups EBM Tools Network

  4. Emergence of “Coastal Web Atlases” • Outline • Background • Strategic Aims • Membership • Tools • ICAN Future • Conclusion Marine Irish Digital Atlas, mida.ucc.ie Oregon Coastal Atlas, www.coastalatlas.net EBM Tools Network

  5. Washington Coastal Atlas, USA MarineMap, USA De Kustatlas, Belgium Atlas of the Lagoon, Venice, Italy And many MORE … NOAA Digital Coast, USA

  6. westcoastoceans.gov

  7. Enter ICAN ….Intellectual Merit • Outline • Background • Strategic Aims • Membership • Tools • ICAN Future • Conclusion • 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 • “Semantic interoperability” EBM Tools Network

  8. ICAN Strategic Aims • Outline • Background • Strategic Aims • Membership • Tools • ICAN Future • Conclusion • Share experiences and find common solutions to coastal 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 across several themes: • Marine spatial planning • Climate change - coastal vulnerability • Coastal governance (boundaries, protected areas, etc.) • Coastal hazards • Population pressures • Resource availability and exploitation EBM Tools Network

  9. ICAN Workshops 2006-2009 • Outline • Background • Strategic Aims • Membership • Tools • ICAN Future • Conclusion • ICAN 1 – Cork, Ireland • ICAN 2 – Corvallis, OR • ICAN 3 – Copenhagen • ICAN 4 – Trieste, Italy • Form & expand ICAN community • Interoperability approaches prototype • Strategic directions • Governance structure • Link to relevant initiatives in Europe & US • User/developer perspectives, resources EBM Tools Network

  10. icoastalatlas.net Coastal GeoTools

  11. Current Membership: 30+ organizations from 14 nations and growing… • Outline • Background • Strategic Aims • Membership • Tools • ICAN Future • Conclusion EBM Tools Network

  12. Interoperability Prototype • Outline • Background • Strategic Aims • Membership • Tools • ICAN Future • Conclusion We focus on metadata interoperability “Mapping” of Terms: MIDA: “Coastline” is similar to OCA: “Shoreline” “Coastline” “Shoreline” Atlas X ISO Metadata & MIDA terminology FGDC Metadata & OCA terminology X Standard & X terminology … EBM Tools Network

  13. Strategic Directions • Outline • Background • Strategic Aims • Membership • Tools • ICAN Future • Conclusion • Governance activities • Committee structures • Pathways towards sustainable funding model • Technical project development • Awareness raising and publicity • Outreach and training activities • Documentation of resources, tools, expertise • Further development of ICAN portal • Google Earth/Ocean team? EBM Tools Network

  14. Coastal GeoTools

  15. Strategic Directions • Outline • Background • Strategic Aims • Membership • Tools • ICAN Future • Conclusion • ICAN Americas Workshop • 13-15 September, 2010, Madison, Wisconsin • icoastalatlas.net/ican_americas • Regional Great Lakes outreach • National outreach to isolated CWAs • tie into NOAA Digital Coast • Training elements with tangible products • ICAN business meetings • ICAN Workshop 5 • UNESCO IOC IODE Headquarters, Oostende, Belgium • 31 August-2 Sept, 2011, in advance of CoastGIS 2011 EBM Tools Network

  16. Acknowledgments U.S. National Science Foundation Irish National Development Plan Marine Institute (Ireland), Marine RTDI Networking & Technology Transfer Initiative European Environment Agency Oregon Coastal Mgmt Program NSF OCE-0607372 (MMI) EBM Tools Network

  17. For More Information… • Outline • Background • Strategic Aims • Membership • Tools • ICAN Future • Conclusion icoastalatlas.net Dawn Wright, Oregon State University dawn@dusk.geo.orst.edu Ned Dwyer, Coastal Marine Resources Centre, University College Cork, Ireland n.dwyer@ucc.ie EBM Tools Network

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