The Current Status and Development Direction of the Trinidad and Tobago National Spatial Data Infrastructure (TTNSDI)
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1 The Current Status and Development Direction of the Trinidad and Tobago National Spatial Data Infrastructure (TTNSDI) Carlene Boodoo, Rehanna Jadoo, Lisa Ramoutar Masters Candidates, Department of Surveying and Land Information. The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad, W.I. Abstract Trinidad and Tobago today is poised on the brink of a Spatial Data Sharing revolution. The data resources, technology, analytical and technical skills required for successful data sharing are available in the Twin Islands. However, views on this issue are segregated as data producers are not yet convinced as to how sharing data would benefit themselves, their organizations, and the country as a whole. Therefore data production continues to be done in isolation with a great potential for data duplication and repetition of errors. Some of the major challenges faced by the spatial community in Trinidad and Tobago today are as follows: limited, incomplete and/or dated spatial data; lack of spatial data availability; lack of data standards; ownership, law and policy issues; and the reluctance to share data. The authors address these issues by extensively reviewing NSDI literature, by looking at the NSDI implementation experiences of other countries regionally, by attempting to assess the current status and development direction of the TTNSDI and by determining what is preventing the TTNSDI from moving forward. Key Words: National Spatial Data Infrastructures, Trinidad and Tobago, Development Direction, Spatial Data Sharing 1. INTRODUCTION Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) today is poised on the brink of a Spatial Data Sharing revolution. The data resources, technology, analytical and technical skills required for successful data sharing is available on the Twin Islands, but are segregated as data producers are not yet convinced how sharing data would benefit themselves, their organizations, and the country as a whole. Hence the country is faced with three major challenges that are obstacles on the electronic path to spatial data sharing: 1. A lack of spatial data availability in some disciplines. 2. The reluctance and fragmented approach to sharing data, among organizations and government ministries/agencies that house integral spatial data sets.
2 3. The use of in-house standards, formats, coordinate systems and projections, and technology to produce and store spatial data, which differ from organization to organization and across Government ministries and agencies. This paper seeks to address these issues by extensively reviewing NSDI literature, by looking at the NSDI implementation experiences of other countries regionally, specifically Jamaica and Cuba, by attempting to assess the current status and development direction of the TTNSDI and by determining what is preventing the TTNSDI from moving forward. 2. OBJECTIVES The objectives of this paper are to: Investigate the current status and development direction of the NSDI initiative by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT). Highlight the benefits and challenges of implementing a TTNSDI. Provide recommendations for the way forward. 3. METHODS The methods used in this report are as follows: Research of current local, regional and international literature. Exploration of progressive regional NSDIs. Data collection through the development of questionnaires. Analysis of findings. 4. STUDY AREA The Twin Island State of T&T are the southernmost islands in the Caribbean archipelago and is located just about 11 km (7 miles) off the northeastern coast of Venezuela (Fig. 1). The geographic coordinates are approximately; latitude: 11º 00' north of the Equator and longitude: 61º 00' West of Greenwich (Fig. 2). Trinidad is the larger island and has an approximate area of 4,768 km² (1,864 square miles). Tobago, the smaller of the two with an approximate area of 300 km² (115 square miles), lies 30 km (20 miles) to the northeast of Trinidad. The population of T&T, taken from the last Census in 2000, was 1,262,366 persons. T&T's economy is primarily industrial-based, with an emphasis on petroleum and petrochemicals.
3 Figure 1: Map of Caribbean Source: Figure 2: Map of Trinidad and Tobago Source:
4 5. THE IMPORTANCE OF AN NSDI IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO T&T, as a Small Island Developing State (SIDS), has limited natural resources, which include wetlands, watersheds, land and coastal land as well as petroleum, natural gas and asphalt, and their by-products. Some of the natural resource management issues facing the country are: environmental management; hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation; coastal and marine resource management and international marine boundaries (Opadeyi, 2002). The management of these resources are further exacerbated by climate change, sea level rise and natural and environmental disasters. Another major resource management issue that is often overlooked is the human capital aspect that manifests itself as the brain drain of the country where qualified, skilled and educated nationals migrate to other countries seeking better standards of living with respect to basic amenities and career options. The previous are examples of just a few resource management issues. Other resources that need to be properly managed are summarised in Table 1 which is based on the SIDS/POA for T&T. It is critical that these resources be managed efficiently and effectively especially in the context of achieving sustainable development. Data for each issue mentioned exists in disparate spatial databases in organizations, and government agencies in the country and efforts are being made to build infrastructures to access, analyse, and share these data sets to facilitate better management of limited resources. Table 1: The 14 Priority Areas in the SIDS/POA for Trinidad and Tobago. Rated with Respect to National and Regional/International Levels of Implementation (UNECLAC, 1998) Priority Areas by SIDS/POA National Regional/International Climate Change and Sea Level Rise High Very High Natural and Environmental Disasters Medium Management of Waste High High Coastal and Marine Resources Medium Very High Freshwater Resources High Land Resources Medium Low High Energy Resources Low Low Tourism Resources High High Biodiversity Resources High High National Institutions and Administrative Low Medium Capacity Regional Institutions and Technical Medium Medium Cooperation Transport and Communication High High Science and Technology Low Low Human Resource Development Medium Medium
5 6. THE STATUS AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTION OF NSDI IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Two questionnaires were created and circulated to get an update of the status of the TTNSDI. The first, was intended to obtain an expert opinion on the current status of the TTNSDI, was sent to a lecturer at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine, Trinidad. The other questionnaire was based on the Readiness Index developed by Fernandez et al. 2005, and was sent to Government agencies involved in the initiative. The response to the second questionnaire was quite reflective of the absence of SDI culture within the agencies involved in the initiative as the information was not forthcoming. This therefore limited the ability of the authors to analyse the current status of the initiative in the country. The following was established based on the information obtained from the first questionnaire; the GOTT took the initiative to establish an NSDI in November The objective of the initiative is to create an infrastructure to support decision making throughout Government. The Central Statistical Office (CSO), of the Ministry of Planning, Housing and the Environment, are the leaders of this initiative and are earmarked to create an NSDI unit. Currently, preliminary work is being undertaken to initiate the NSDI development process but there are many hurdles. Major obstacles include a lack of understanding by Government officials of what an NSDI is and how it should actually be developed. Also, the implications and costs associated with an NSDI have not been well articulated and therefore there is a lack of appreciation of what needs to be done to ensure success. A possible solution to these challenges is for the GOTT to rethink the entire strategy presently adopted. It is difficult to estimate a time of completion for establishing an NSDI in Trinidad and Tobago; it could possibly be done in 10 years. 7. CASE STUDIES In 2008 an assessment of the SDI readiness of eleven Caribbean countries was carried out (Delgado Fernandez and Crompvoets, 2008). Jamaica ranked second highest in terms of its readiness behind Cuba who ranked first in the assessment. The purpose of doing case studies of both of these Island Nations based on the results of the Readiness Index was to highlight the similarities in the roadmap of their progress, yardsticks by which Trinidad and Tobago can measure its NSDI progress Cuba The SDI readiness assessment indicated that Cuba s national initiative to establish an SDI began in 2001 with the main objectives at that time being capacity building and increasing the Government s awareness of SDI culture and its integral role in managing the country s resources. Subsequently, in 2005 a National Commission of the SDI of the Republic of Cuba (CIDERC) was officially
6 established, through government approval, thereby designating a single agency responsible for Cuba s NSDI. The CIDERC act as an umbrella agency for all the stakeholders involved from all the main sectors of the country, and provides a legal framework to which the NSDI can adhere. Cuba, very much like Jamaica, opted to start with education with respect to SDI culture and the value and role of spatial information. This endeavour included offering seminars, workshops and courses. Even more important was the choice to form associations with universities in Cuba which resulted in the establishment of SDI specialisations being available to students pursuing GIS programmes. This ensures an increase in the number of individuals with skills necessary to comprehend and support the infrastructure, which is critical to the success of the NSDI. In 2004 Cuba launched, as an experiment, a National Geospatial Portal which is now up and running and offering various services as well as access to fundamental data sets. A major limitation of the website is the lack of an option to be navigated in languages other than Spanish. Cuba has also sought to adopt standards with respect to their data. They currently observe the ISO TC 211 which provides standardisations for digital geographic information. Funding for the NSDI initiative has been mainly governmental but they have received some external funding from UN agencies, and countries such as the Netherlands, Australia and Canada have assisted in the educational aspect of the initiative Jamaica In 1991, with great foresight, Jamaica established the Land Information Council of Jamaica (LICJ), part of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, with the aim of fostering a national networked GIS for their country. The LICJ is made up of several sub-committees, with representation from both the government and private sectors, each playing a role in developing and implementing GIS in the decision-making processes of the country. The LICJ was then handed the role of undertaking an NSDI initiative which stemmed from a clear recognition of the benefits of creating, maintaining and improving the availability and accessibility of geospatial data, products and services. The long-term vision also included the relevance and importance of utilising geospatial data in achieving sustainable development and improved natural disaster management. The LICJ has been involved in GIS training and education, which appears to have been successful in attracting stakeholders and subsequent funding for the development of the NSDI. Participating organisations, both governmental and private, make up the following groups (LICJ, 2008): 1. Land Management Group.
7 2. Planning and Environment Resource Group. 3. Development, Demography and Social Economic Group. 4. Utilities Group. 5. Security Group. The LICJ website currently provides information on NSDI metadata implementation, and technology and architecture. However, it does not yet provide any information on NSDI policy, standards and legislation. It has been indicated that the current phase of development involves the establishment of a Geospatial Web Portal. This is to take place in four phases, and according to the LICJ (2007), the first has been completed and the second and third are underway. The four phases are (LICJ, 2007): 1. The installation and configuration of computer components that allow geospatial data to be published to the internet. 2. Commencing initiatives centred on obtaining and collecting geospatial datasets inclusive of their related metadata for several aspects of the country. 3. The design of the actual portal which will allow the end user to search a database for a dataset that is of interest. 4. The final phase will involve the integration of the local portal with other portals around the globe. This will allow global data sharing to become a reality. In the Caribbean Jamaica has, so far, been a major leader in the development and implementation of GIS in the management of their country s resources. They have accomplished the major task of attracting participation from both government and private sector agencies. The key to their success thus far may be in the integral role that education and training has had in the process. Jamaica has recognised that GIS technology must become part of their education system. In September 2001 ESRI donated US$1 million in GIS Software and training material to the Government of Jamaica in aid of their GIS in Schools Education Programme (GISSEP) (MOEYC, 2004). GISSEP was officially launched in 2002 and so students of primary and secondary institutions in Jamaica are currently being trained and educated in GIS and GIS software. In November 2004, Mona GeoInformatics (MonaGIS), UWI, Jamaica established a new strategic direction providing services to the campus, as well as the public and private sectors. The services includes delivering training courses, among them, GIS modules for undergraduates in Geography and postgraduates in Life Sciences, as well as specialized training for UWI staff and the general public, environmental modeling for insurance, telecommunications and bauxite companies, three dimensional rendering of architectural plans, and mapping and consulting services to different public sector agencies. (Principal s Report 2006, UWI Mona Campus, Jamaica). 8. DISCUSSION AND RECCOMMENDATIONS
8 T&T ranked seventh among the nine countries that were ultimately ranked according to a composite readiness index (Delgado Fernandez and Crompvoets, 2008). The country lags behind other countries in the region in terms of its progress with establishing an NSDI. Based on the experiences of those countries and the literature reviewed the authors propose the following steps for the successful implementation and establishment of a TTNSDI (Fig. 3). It is apparent that the first step that the GOTT should take is to establish a GIS agency that is solely responsible for fostering GIS in the country. This agency should first and foremost begin with capacity building and GIS education with the aim of increasing SDI culture and attracting funding and participation from all sectors of society. Once this has been accomplished the next step is to establish spatial data standards and legislation to ensure consistency, integrity and transparency. This paves the way for the assessment of the existence and availability of core datasets held by data producers and users participating in the NSDI process. These steps create the foundation upon which the geoportal will be based. The geoportal is a significant component to the NSDI as it is the first glimpse that the user and data producer has into the world of the NSDI and therefore must be constructed carefully and intuitively, with both the user and data producer needs in mind. These are the key steps in establishing an NSDI, however; one must take into consideration the time frame in which it can be accomplished, as experience has shown that even with the availability of the required resources it can take up to or more than ten years.
9 Figure 3: NSDI Roadmap
10 9. CONCLUSION Lack of spatial data availability, data standards and reluctance to share data are the three major challenges faced by T&T in terms of sharing spatial data. It is the view of the authors that the development and maintenance of an accessible and useable TTNSDI can overcome some of these challenges by facilitating the proper management of limited resources using GIS application tools and the internet. The GOTT has recognised the need for an NSDI in T&T which is now in its foetal stages. However, it is clear that there are uncertainties and lack of understanding among those involved in the initiative resulting in a failure to progress beyond the planning stages. In order to move forward, the authors have proposed the following steps as the roadmap to initiating and establishing a successful TTNSDI: 1. Establish a GIS Association that is not a unit of a Ministry but comprises experts from all sectors of society. This will ensure accountability, transparency, and responsibility. 2. Capacity building and Education. 3. Create/adopt spatial data standards, and establish legislation to govern the creation and storage of spatial data and metadata. 4. Assess the existence and availability of core datasets to ensure that standards are adopted and legislation observed. 5. Develop a network of spatial databases that adhered to number 3 & 4 above and develop a geoportal that will complete the Nation Spatial Data Infrastructure. The authors also believe that GIS education is the key to an NSDI success. It shouldn t only be a top down approach but also a bottom up approach. GIS education need to be introduced at the primary and secondary educational level. This is however beyond the scope of this paper but there is room for further research into this aspect of setting up an NSDI. REFERENCES Crompvoets, J., F. de Bree, P. van Oort, A. Bregt, M. Wachowicz, A. Rajabifard and I. Williamson (2007). Worldwide Impact Assessment of Spatial Data Clearinghouses. URISA Journal, 19(1): Delgado Fernandez, T. and J. Crompvoets (2008). Evaluating Spatial Data Infrastructures in the Caribbean for Sustainable Development, GSDI 10 Conference Proceedings, Feb , at [accessed 19 February 2009]. LICJ (2007). The Land Information Council of Jamaica, at
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