Canada’s Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure Canadian Hydrographic Conference May 2016 Dr. Kian Fadaie/Dr. Claude Guay
What are the Pillars of the SDI Data and Metadata: comprise the information to be made accessible Information System/Technology: which encompasses the hardware, software and system component. Standards: which emphasizes the “unlocking” of geospatial data. Policy and Governance: which dictates the structural relationships of all those involved. 2
Data in a Marine Environment Renewable Recreation Energy Shipping Oil and Gas Aquaculture Fishing Zone Marine Cables and Protected Pipelines Areas Ocean Disposal Heritage Protection 3
Marine Spatial Data 606 Acts and 1434 Identified in Shaping Infrastructure Terms Policies Regulations and Orders • Canada Marine Act • Aquaculture Activities • Aquaculture Regulations • Canada National Parks • Baselines Act • Bowie Seamount • Coastal Marine Protected Area • Canada Shipping Act • Coastline/Shoreline Regulations • Criminal Code • Contiguous Zone • Charts and Nautical • Fisheries Act • Continental Shelf Publications • Marine Liability Act • Exclusive Economic Regulations • Oceans Act Zone • Fishery (General) • Species at Risk Act Regulations • Fisheries • Yukon Act • Foreign Vessel Fishing • Marine Environment • 597 Additional Acts, Regulations • Marine Protected which contain key • Small Vessel Areas terms… Regulations • Marine Navigation • 1428 Additional • Maritime Collisions Regulations which • Maritime Salvage contain key terms… • Oceans • Shipping • Sea • Territorial Sea/Waters • Waters Establishing
Land vs Marine SDI Information Data / Policies / system- Standards: Pillars Metadata: Governance: Technology: Land SDI Land SDI Land SDI Common to both SDI • Roads • Metadata standards: • Sovereignty/Security • Land cadastre ISO 19115, HNAP2 • Land Transport • Data base • Utilities • Data standards: • Land based natural ressource • Infrastructure • Toponymies ISO 19152, … • Environmental Management Land SDI • Delivery methods • Boundaries • … • Communications means • Elevations Marine SDI Marine SDI Marine SDI • Traffic separation schemes/ • Metadata standards: • Sovereignty/Security Shipping Lanes ISO 19115, HNAP2 • Safe Navigation • Marine cadastre • Data standards: • Maritime Transportation Marine SDI • Bathymetry • ISO 19152, • Marine Protected Areas • Guides to navigation • IHO S-57, S-100, S-121 • Fishing rights • Time series datasets • Oil and mining • Dynamic products • … 5
Harnessing Data (Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure MSDI) Application Themes Initiatives Targeted Ocean Mapping Business, Industries, Tourism • Oil, Gas, Mineral Exploration • Marine Geoscience and Bathymetric data Defence and Marine Cadastre Intelligence • Taxation & Ownership & Property Rights and Usages Education Law of the Sea Data Architecture Government • Official Maritime limits and Boundaries, Treaties, Agreement, etc. Navigation Safety + Security Environment • Marine transportation corridors (Hydrographic Data) search and rescue Fisheries Risk & Emergency Management Natural Resources • Tsunami early warning system Fisheries + Marine Ecosystem Management Public Safety • Ecosystem Science Information Transportation • Sustainable fisheries • Aquaculture Utilities and International Councils Communication • (ICES) International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
Status of MSDI’s Around the World • Canada led a study on the status of MSDI around the world. • Web Mapping Service is planned or offered by most nations, all ISO compliant. • Access to Feature Data: 7 operational and 4 planned. • Web Coverage Data: 4 operational and 4 planned. • Web Processing Service: 4 operational and 3 planned. 7
Status of MSDI in Canada • CHS commissioned three pilot projects to demonstrate the feasibility of a Canadian MSDI. • These three pilot projects use standards and methods that were put in place by the Federal Geospatial Platform (FGP). • The pilot sites were the Bay of Fundy (Atlantic), the Dixon Entrance (Pacific) and the Beaufort Sea (Arctic). • Data was gathered from various sources. 8
CHS Pilot Project Locations Location: Dixon Entrance Coast: West Area: 10,000 sq.Km Location: Bay of Fundy Coast: East Area: 19,000 sq.Km 9
CHS Pilot Project – Extended to the Arctic Location: Beaufort Sea Coast: Artic Area: 19,000 sq.Km The main objective of this work is to: • Develop and integrate marine cadastre data (S-121 / ISO 19152). • Implement a more sophisticated infrastructure (WMS/WFS), tying in data seamlessly from various government databases. 10
Challenges of Implementation For Canadian MSDI Pilot Projects There were several challenges which were encountered throughout this project. The main challenges were: • Capturing Consistent Metadata • Data Formats and Content • Data Visualization 11
Key findings: • Providing access to the data is not sufficient. The information needs to be live and easy to understand and easy to integrate. • Providing data access to source data is key, but it is only useful to those with the capabilities to use it. • As with many online services, the upper layers that are readily available are predigested information organised by themes. What you need is what you can use! • The focus is simplicity of understanding and improved user experience. • A successful MSDI should not increase pressure on IHO or data provider. • It should not create more questions, but rather should focus on providing more answers. 12
Canadian Example Demonstration 13
Next Steps Canada • Continue development in pilot areas • Develop applications to support different uses. For example MPA and Marine Cadastre. • Link the MSDI project to the Federal Geospatial Platform. • Continue to work with partners both international (IHO, IMO, IHO member nations) and domestically (SLGO, Federal Departments, DFO Science) 31
Next Steps International • IHO Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure Working Group is heavily involved in development of standards to support MSDI projects. • Working Group consists of 26 member states, with diverse participants. • Significant work towards construction of an MSDI has been completed by some member states, for example: Australia – AMSIS 1. Germany – INSPIRE 2. Greece – HNHS Geo-Portal 3. Japan – CiesNet and Marine Cadastre 4. Netherlands – Geonovum 5. UK – MEDIN, Bathymetry DAC 6. USA – FGDC, NOAA’s NCEI 7. 32
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