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Report on Coastal Mapping and Informatics Trans-Atlantic Workshop 1: Potentials and Limitations of Coastal Web Atlases Report on Coastal Mapping and Informatics Trans-Atlantic Workshop 1: Potentials and Limitations of Coastal Web Atlases 24th - 28th July 2006 University College Cork Cork, IRELAND Co-sponsors: More information can be found on the Workshop web site: http://workshop1.science.oregonstate.edu/home SUGGESTED CITATION O’Dea, L1, Cummins, V1, Wright, D2, Dwyer, N1 and Ameztoy, I1 (2007). Report on Coastal Mapping and Informatics Trans-Atlantic Workshop 1: Potentials and Limitations of Coastal Web Atlases. University College Cork, Ireland <http://workshop1.science.oregonstate.edu/final_rpt>. CONTACT INFORMATION 1. Coastal and Marine Resources Centre 2. Department of Geosciences University College Cork 104 Wilkinson Hall Haulbowline Naval Base Oregon State University Cobh, Co. Cork Corvallis, Oregon IRELAND 97331-5066 Tel: +353 (0)21 4703100 USA Fax: +353 (0)21 4703132 Tel: +1 (541) 7371201 Web: http://cmrc.ucc.ie/ Fax: +1 (541) 7371200 Web: http://www.geo.oregonstate.edu/ This workshop was funded in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation, the Marine Institute of Ireland’s Marine RTDI Networking and Technology Transfer Initiative under the National Development Plan and the Coastal and Marine Resources Centre of University College Cork. i Table of Contents ACRONYMS ..................................................................................................................................III EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...............................................................................................................IV 1. INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................... 1 2. COASTAL WEB ATLAS FEATURES........................................................................................... 3 2.1. MAP AREA ............................................................................................................................. 3 2.2. DATA DISPLAY ....................................................................................................................... 4 2.3. LEGEND/LAYER LIST................................................................................................................ 4 2.4. ATLAS TOOLS......................................................................................................................... 5 2.5. ATTRIBUTE TABLES ................................................................................................................. 5 2.6. METADATA ............................................................................................................................ 6 2.7. INFORMATION/EXTRAS ........................................................................................................... 6 2.8. BEHIND THE SCENES............................................................................................................... 7 3. COASTAL WEB ATLAS CASE STUDIES ................................................................................... 8 3.1. THE UK COASTAL AND MARINE RESOURCE ATLAS................................................................. 9 3.2. DE KUSTATLAS ONLINE, BELGIUM ....................................................................................... 12 3.3. THE MARINE IRISH DIGITAL ATLAS ....................................................................................... 15 3.4. THE OREGON COASTAL ATLAS ............................................................................................ 18 3.5. NORTH COAST EXPLORER, OREGON.................................................................................... 21 3.6. MAPPING TOOLS FOR COASTAL MANAGEMENT, VIRGINIA................................................... 24 4. STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS ANALYSIS.................... 27 4.1. SWOT ANALYSIS................................................................................................................. 27 4.1.1. Atlas Design .............................................................................................................. 27 4.1.2. Atlas Technology ...................................................................................................... 28 4.1.3. Atlas-Related Data and Metadata ........................................................................... 28 4.1.4. Atlas-Related Institutional Capacity ........................................................................ 29 4.2. SYNTHESIS: IDENTIFICATION OF CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES...................................................... 30 4.2.1. Strengths of Existing Coastal Web Atlases .............................................................. 30 4.2.2. Weaknesses of Existing Coastal Web Atlases ......................................................... 30 4.2.3. Threats to Coastal Web Atlases ............................................................................... 31 4.2.4. Opportunities for Improving Coastal Web Atlases ................................................ 31 5. CONSIDERATIONS FOR ATLAS DEVELOPMENT.............................................................. 33 5.1. GETTING STARTED ............................................................................................................... 33 5.2. IMPLEMENTATION ................................................................................................................ 34 5.2.1. Atlas Interface ........................................................................................................... 34 5.2.2. Map Area................................................................................................................... 34 5.2.3. Data Content and Display ....................................................................................... 35 5.2.4. Legend/Layer List ...................................................................................................... 35 5.2.5. Atlas Tools ................................................................................................................. 35 5.2.6. Attribute Tables......................................................................................................... 36 5.2.7. Metadata ................................................................................................................... 37 5.2.8. Information/Extras .................................................................................................... 37 5.2.9. Technology................................................................................................................ 37 5.2.10. User Feedback........................................................................................................ 38 5.2.11. Support and Future Development ........................................................................ 38 Coastal Mapping and Informatics Trans-Atlantic Workshop 1: Potentials and Limitations of Coastal Web Atlases University College Cork, Ireland, 25th to 26th July 2006 ii 6. CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS .......................................................................... 39 REFERENCES.................................................................................................................................. 43 APPENDICES................................................................................................................................. 44 APPENDIX A: PROGRAMME FOR THE WEEK .................................................................................. 44 APPENDIX B: ABSTRACTS ............................................................................................................. 48 APPENDIX C: CHAIR & SPEAKER PROFILES.................................................................................... 57 APPENDIX D: PARTICIPANTS LIST ................................................................................................. 65 APPENDIX E: PHOTOS................................................................................................................. 67 Coastal Mapping and Informatics Trans-Atlantic Workshop 1: Potentials and Limitations of Coastal Web Atlases University College Cork, Ireland, 25th to 26th July 2006 iii Acronyms CAMRA The UK Coastal and Marine Resource Atlas CMRC Coastal and Marine Resources Centre COTS Commercial-Off-the-Shelf CSW Catalogue Services for the Web CWA Coastal Web Atlas DBMS Database Management System DOI Digital Object Identifier FGDC Federal Geospatial Data Consortium geoRSS Geographically Encoded Objects for RSS feeds GIS Geographic Information System GML Geographic Markup Language ICZM Integrated Coastal Zone Management IMF Internet Mapping Framework IPR Intellectual Property Rights ISDE Irish Spatial Data Exchange ISO International Standards Organisation KO De Kustatlas Online, Belgium MIDA The Marine Irish Digital Atlas NCE North Coast Explorer, Oregon NGO Non-Governmental Organisation NSF National Science Foundation OCA The Oregon Coastal Atlas OGC Open Geospatial Consortium OS Open Source PSI Public Sector Information SDI Spatial Data Infrastructure UML Unified Modeling Language VIMS Virginia Institute of Marine Science VMT VIMS Mapping Tools W3C World Wide Web Consortium WFS Web Feature Service WMS Web Map Service XML eXtensible Markup Language Coastal Mapping and Informatics Trans-Atlantic Workshop 1: Potentials and Limitations of Coastal Web Atlases University College Cork, Ireland, 25th to 26th July 2006 iv Executive Summary THE IMPORTANCE OF COASTAL WEB MAPPING Governments, industry sectors, academic institutions and Non-Governmental
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