Arctic The Arctic - A circumpolar initiative - ULI, Uppsala October 4, 2011 www. arctic-sdi.org Owe Palmér Martin Skedsmo Project Management Group Lantmäteriet Norwegian Mapping Authority October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 1
Arctic The Arctic 14.8 million km2 of land 13 million km2 of ocean Vast wilderness areas Unique biological diversity Largest freshwater resources (with Antarctic) Unique and diverse indigenous cultures October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 2
The Arctic Coverage The Arctic is to cover the Arctic regions of the involved participating countries, as defined by the countries themselves. October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 3
Arctic The Arctic - why an Arctic? - video from AC AMAP - October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 4
Background - Arctic Council - The Ottawa Declaration of 1996 formally established the Arctic Council High level intergovernmental forum Foreign Ministers SAO Senior Arctic Officials from the Arctic Countries Consensus based body Promoting cooperation, coordination and interaction among Arctic States Including the involvement of the Arctic Indigenous communities and other Arctic inhabitants 6 Working Groups - CAFF (Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna) representing the working groups. The Chairmanship is rotating every second year Sweden has just taken over the Chairmanship www.arctic-council.org October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 5
Arctic Why Arctic? Wide array of spatial data around the Arctic Datasets are distributed throughout many organisations often not integrated or coordinated Arctic would allow for more robust management and manipulation of data for both research and management purposes. October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 6
Background - where did it all start? - first ideas of an Arctic - GITBarents IPY GeoNorth 2007 (Yellowknife) GeoNorth II 2009 (Fairbanks) Arctic Council paper from CAFF October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 7
Geographic Information Technology within the Barents Region 1998 2008 October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 8
A co-operation project between the Federal & Regional Mapping and Cadastral Authorities within the Region - 4 Countries, 4 Mapping Organisations - EU and national financing October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 9
GIT Within the Barents Region - main goals - Production of homogenous & uniform geographic information within the region development and implementation of internet-based technology for effective access and distribution of geographic information within the region October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 10
The Barents GDB 1:1 000 000 no new mapping efforts have been executed existing national map databases have been used and compiled common feature Catalogue the new database is a homogenous geographic (GIS compatible) map database October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 11
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The experiences gained during the GIT Barents project might be applicable also when building an Arctic! The Barents is up & running www.gitbarents.com October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 13
Background Arctic - Arctic support - Arctic discussions have been ongoing for a number of years. The Arctic initiative received, after a request from the Nordic Mapping Organisations, the formal support of the Arctic Council at its Senior Arctic Officials (SAO) meeting in November 2009 Support of all the eight Arctic Council countries i.e. Canada, Denmark, Faroes, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Russian Federation, Sweden and the United States October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 14
Background - the long and winding road - Arctic road trip 2008 2011 Rotterdam 2009 (G) Fairbanks 2009 (GeoNorth) Copenhagen 2009 (SAO) Concept Paper 2009 (Kiruna) Moscow 2010 (Rosreestr) Reston 2010 (USGS/NRCan) Brussels late 2010 (Kick off) Singapore late 2010 (G) Reykjavik April 2011 (Constitutional meeting) Cambridge conference June 2011 Advisory Group meetings 2011 Moscow September 2011 October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 15
The Arctic - the vision - An Arctic based on sustainable co-operation between mandated national mapping organisations which will provide for access to spatially related reliable information over the Arctic to facilitate monitoring and decision making October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 16
The Arctic Arctic - user driven approach - Four main categories of users identified: The Arctic Council Working Groups (AC WGs). Research groups within the International Polar Year and other scientific communities engaged in Arctic research. Government and governmental authorities involved in decision making processes concerning the Arctic. Media and the public including NGOs. October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 17
Arctic Council Working Groups and other Scientific Communities Governmental Authorities Data Analysis Decision Environmental & other political issues Arctic Media, Public & Education Arctic Portal Thematic data NMA national reference data Arctic October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 18
PROJECT FRAMEWORK - Project phases Arctic Structuring Phase 2010/2011 Establishing Phase 2011/2012 Operational Phase 2012/2013 October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 19
April 6, 2011 Version 1.0 The Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure (Arctic ) Project Plan www. arctic-sdi.org Palmér O, Skedsmo M, Gudmundsson M, Finnbogadóttir E.L., Barry T, Ursin H, Thaulow I., Obinyakov V, Nebert D, O Brien D, Hartmann J.P.W. October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 20
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION...4 1.1. VISION...4 1.2. BACKGROUND...4 1.3. PROJECT AIM...5 1.4. PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT...6 1.5. EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT...6 2. WHY IS AN ARCTIC NEEDED?...7 2.1. MONITORING...8 2.2. ASSESSMENTS...8 2.3. MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES...8 2.4. RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC...8 3. PROJECT FRAMEWORK...9 3.1. PROJECT PHASES...9 3.2. EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC...10 4. DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY...11 4.1. COVERAGE...11 4.2. SCALE...11 4.3. REFERENCE DATA...11 4.4. TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE...12 5. PROJECT ORGANISATION...13 5.1. PROJECT PARTICIPANTS...13 5.2. PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT...13 5.2.1. Project Board...15 5.2.2. Project Steering Committee...15 October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 21
3.1. PROJECT PHASES...9 3.2. EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC...10 Arctic 4. DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY...11 4.1. COVERAGE...11 4.2. SCALE...11 4.3. REFERENCE DATA...11 4.4. TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE...12 5. PROJECT ORGANISATION...13 5.1. PROJECT PARTICIPANTS...13 5.2. PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT...13 5.2.1. Project Board...15 5.2.2. Project Steering Committee...15 6. VISION, STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES...15 6.1. FRAMEWORK...16 6.2. PRINCIPLES...16 6.3. VISION...16 6.4. STRATEGIES...17 6.4.1. Strategy A: Project organisation in function...17 6.4.2. Strategy B: MOUs regulating each participant s involvement and responsibilities within the Arctic project will be elaborated and signed...18 6.4.3. Strategy C: A joint Arctic will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference data and thematic information...19 7. PROJECT FINANCING...21 7.1. FINANCIAL MEANS...21 October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 22
Project Organisation Decision making bodies The Board (NMA s DG or corresponding managerial level) Advisory Group - acknowledged professionals - Steering Committee (NMA s A coordinators) Reference group: Arctic council Liaison CAFF WG Executive bodies Project Management Group NMA Working Group A (Technical) www.arctic-sdi.org Working Group B (Reference and Metadata) Working Group C (Data Access Terms) October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 23
The Board Magnús Guðmundsson; Director General, NLS of Iceland, Chair on behalf of the Nordic NMAs (Denmark (Faeroes), Finland, Greenland Iceland, Norway, Sweden) Canada to be announced Sergej Vasiliev Director General, Rosreestr, The Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Mapping Carl Markon, Deputy Regional Executive Alaska Area, US Geological Survey, USA October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 24
The Advisory Group Fraser Taylor, Distinguished Research Professor, Carleton University, Ottawa Jarmo Ratia, Director General of NLS, Finland Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director European Environment Agency Robert Corell, Principal, Global Environment and Technology Foundation and Chair of GSA Abbas Rajabifard, President G, Associate Professor, University of Melbourne. October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 25
The Reference Group The Arctic Council and its Working Groups, represented by CAFF, are participating in the Arctic project work as Reference Group, representing the user community and thus exercising influence on the project and its results. The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to the Steering Committee as required. October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 27
Working Groups Proposed Working Groups: Working group A will be responsible of design, architecture and standards for development of the Arctic based on use of open source technology. Working group B will be responsible of establishing a catalogue of existing and available reference data, specifications included and metadata. There is a need for Working group C responsible of Data Access Terms. October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 28
Examples: PROJECT FRAMEWORK - Expected results - Access to relevant and updated geographic and thematic information covering the entire circumpolar region Daily use of the project's web map services in schools and universities in the Arctic and elsewhere. Possibilities for media to receive relevant and updated information Possibilities to foster cooperation with industry on Arctic issues October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 29
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Arctic meeting in Moscow 12 13 September, 2011 Thank you www. arctic-sdi.org October 2011 www.arctic-sdi.org 32