HydroSpatial II Practical application of INSPIRE in Marine Mapping Data INSPIRE Conference 30 th June 2011 Carlos Berná Esteban, GIS Analyst, SeaZone carlos.berna-esteban@seazone.com
Overview HydroSpatial II Marine Base reference Flexible Product packaging HydroSpatial II Data Specification INSPIRE Specification INSPIRE Mapping to HydroSpatial II Conclusion
SeaZone HydroSpatial II - Marine Base Map Definitive single source marine reference base Specially design for Marine & Coastal planning applications and decision making processes Offers best available & authoritative marine geographic information for all users not requiring navigation data
SeaZone HydroSpatial II - Marine Base Map Navigational charts traditionally used for marine planning not best practice as underlying Features designed for navigation and not suitable to all marine planning purposes Data tailored for navigation safety purpose Products cartographically designed to aid navigation Marine planners need an accurate picture of reality - a marine base Hydrospatial is designed for multi-purpose use within marine environment.
HydroSpatial Product Offering Climate Conservation Marine Planning HydroSpatial I Wrecks Bathymetry
HydroSpatial II: More data themes adaptable Currents & Waves Climate Conservation Marine Planning Species Wrecks Bathymetry Service Feed Habitats Sediments Heritage Customisation Location Based Services Legal Hazards Recreation
HydroSpatial II: Flexible Content for Marine Planning Conservation Habitats Wrecks Heritage Your content your way
HydroSpatial II Data Specification Complex and informative data product >500 marine feature types across topics: Bathymetry Hydrology and Geology Habitats, Heritage and Environmental protection Infrastructures and Marine use Others Design to meet SDI requirements Implement the INSPIRE Directive and Implementing Rules in their marine data use Marine reference base for BLAST (Bringing Land and Sea Together)
INSPIRE Specification INSPIRE need to be a balance not too complex to be adopted not too simple to be valid specification To achieve this balance INSPIRE typically less complex than a topic data specification (e.g. full data specification for marine planning) HydroSpatial II designed to be a flexible superset of marine spatial data Can deliver marine data product that meet INSPIRE And more precise domain products beyond INSPIRE scope. HydroSpatial is designed to be international and therefore needs to address non-eu approaches
INSPIRE mapping to HydroSpatial II 1 st stage Understanding & assessing INSPIRE specification SeaZone experts on INSPIRE for marine applications Working closely with Sea Regions theme WG SeaZone Feature to INSPIRE Feature mapping User can query feature based on INSPIRE
INSPIRE mappings Sea Regions Oceanographic geographical features Hydrography Transport Networks Production and industrial facilities Protected Sites Land Use Human health and safety Administrative Units Species distribution Habitats and biotopes Buildings Agricultural and aquaculture facilities Geology Elevation Natural Risk Zones Land Cover Area management/restriction/r egulation zones and reporting units 524 Feature types assessed Not all fit cleanly into INSPIRE
Some Features we have examined Wrecks Def: Ship or aircraft lying on the seabed Has navigation, construction, recreation and heritage use case Does not seem to fit in any of the Inspire themes Suggestions welcome Hulk Def: Permanently berthed ship Has recreational, heritage and residential use case, e.g. HMSBelfast near Tower Bridge in London Closest match is ShorelineConstruction in HY Theme ShoreLineConstruction has no attributes so information that is a hulk is lost. Seabed Features Def: The covering of the seabed, e.g. sand, rock, sand waves Has navigation, recreation, construction and biotope use case Not part of Land Cover or Geology Added to SR as part of V2.0 revision Possible move to BiologicalGeographicalRegions?
INSPIRE mappings: Feature no match Themes published Themes not published Utility and governmental services Production and industrial facilities Hydrography Sea Regions Transport Networks Natural Risk Zones Land Cover Species distribution Land Use Human health and safety Habitats and biotopes Buildings Area management/restriction/ regulation zones and reporting units Geology Agricultural and aquaculture facilities Elevation 524 Feature types assessed 267 Feature types No match
INSPIRE mapping to HydroSpatial II 2 nd Stage SeaZone Attribute to INSPIRE Attribute HydroSpatial II can then: Contain complex data specification with a linkage to INSPIRE specification (e.g. Themes, features, attributes) Or INSPIRE constraint data specification (e.g. Fully compliant)
Input Source - Licence DATA LOSS INSPIRE Specification LICENCE?? DATA LOSS Output extraction INSPIRE Marine Application
Input Source - Licence Harmonise data HydroSpatial and Specification data licence!! Output extraction INSPIRE Marine Application Marine Application 1 Marine Application 2 Marine Application 3
Conclusion HydroSpatial marine base reference - best practice Best available data and licence in one package Working closely with the INSPIRE drafting teams to ensure marine features are not orphaned HydroSpatial II is a flexible marine data product Design for Marine applications Capable to deliver to the INSPIRE specification Adaptable to evolve with INSPIRE
Thank you
HydroSpatial II Practical application of INSPIRE in Marine Mapping Data INSPIRE Conference, 30 th June 2011 Carlos Berná Esteban, GIS Analyst, SeaZone carlos.berna-esteban@seazone.com