Welcome to Geospatial resources use in tertiary education - ‘Shaping the Future’

1. Welcome toGeospatial resources use in tertiary education -‘Shaping the Future’ 15th May 2007

3. Welcome

4. Everyone is different but we share something in common We recognise the importance of space and place!

5. Aims of the workshop • To establish the future requirements of those who use geospatial resources within UK tertiary education • The focus is very much on the 'what','who', 'where' and 'when' • what will we want to be doing in 5 years time • what sorts of data, services and tools will we need • how will people want to access and use the data • who will we be working with • how do we want to exploit the new types of geospatial technologies, etc. • To identify the roles & responsibilities of ALL interested parties • To identify the next steps and actions

6. What are geospatial resources? • Data • Services • Tools • Teaching material • Other types of content… but geographically referenced • full text, images, primary research material, sound and film • “information that has been geographically organised” • Support (people, training, manuals) • (Social) Networks

7. Why now?

8. Geospatial information – it’s increasingly ubiquitous • 3 billion Number people now with access to high resolution images • 400million Number of Google Earth users • 42.85 Tb Virtual Earth imagery update per month • (1m Estimate of no. of Google servers (Gartner 2007)) • 140K • No. data files download from Digimap in Nov 2007 "The next web will be about place and time.“ Marc Davis, Yahoo's Social Media Guru @ Web 2.0 2008

9. Use of geospatial data in research & teaching growing

10. New initiatives, policies, behaviours & opportunities • Research councils increasingly focusing on infrastructures (research, scientific, data) • INSPIRE Directive • GEOSS, GMES • GI Strategy for the UK • Community generated content • 10m maps in Google’s My Maps • JISC funded activity • Re-engineering of Digimap • New content e.g. MIMA and GB Aerial Photography

11. Web 2.0 Geoweb, GeoRSS, GYM Mobile applications Standards (ISO, OGC, W3C, OASIS) Infrastructures SDIs, GRID, Networks Real time data feeds from Sensors http://transport.wspgroup.fi/hklkartta/ Open source tools Technologies are maturing

12. Case Study - Geology

13. Your involvement is important Think widely Think creatively The Art of the Possible

15. Facilitator’s Intro Slides

16. High Level Agenda of the Day Sponsor Address Future Opportunities & Challenges How we will work? The future GI world The Enablers? Roles & Responsibilities Making it happen! Sponsor Close

17. 10 min 10 min Give a 5 minute report back of your top 5 key messages to all delegates in the plenary area. 5 min Opportunities/Challenges in the Future World • In your group, brainstorm the opportunities/challenges that will face us in the future for ONE of the following areas: • Research environment – GROUP 1 • Teaching environment – GROUP 2 • Technology environment – GROUP 3 • Social/Political/Economic environment – GROUP 4 Brainstorm high level thoughts using Post-it notes provided. Sort your ideas into broad categories & capture your key findings on the flipchart paper provided.

18. 15 min 10 min 5 min/ group 10 min How will we work in this future world? • Each group will be given a role (or ‘persona’) to work with. • For this persona, & using your own experiences, identify how they would need to work in the future world discussed in the previous session: • key activities • resources required to support these activities Read through the persona provided & write the activities, resources & any other key information on the flip chart paper provided. Add any further information to your ideas based on your own experience in that role/similar role. Select one group member to remain with your output, the rest of the group will move round looking at the other groups’ output – ask questions/seek clarification/ add any missing key information. Return to your original group to review any amendments. Review GRAB A COFFEE DURING THIS ACTIVITY

19. Team Splits • Group 3: Research • Phil James • Duncan Smith • Mike Smith • Claire Jarvis • Dave Martin • Audrey Martin • Group 4: Support • Amanda Russell • Alison Turner (Support) • Anna Clough (support) • Peter Halls (support) • William Kilbride (if present) • Kamie Kitmitto Group 1: Research Neale Blair Ian Gregory Humphrey Southall Andy Turner Lucy Bastin Tim Fearnside Group 2: Teaching Douglas Cawthorne Alastair Geddes Tim le Bas William Mackaness Stuart Nicol Nick Tate

20. 20 min 15 min What will the future GI world look like? Using the prediction provided, look at the statements within it and assess to what extent you believe that this ‘landscape’ will support the opportunities/challenges/key activities identified in the previous sessions. In your group, identify any additions/amendments/deletions – annotate the statements. N.B. the focus should be on the essence of the statements, not ‘word-smithing’. Plenary discussion to agree the key themes.

21. Prediction • It is 2010 and geographic information (GI) is everywhere. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) interoperability has revolutionised the way we deliver GI solutions. • GI is embedded in a very wide range of information systems and decision support products. • They all rely on a common global spatial data infrastructure that provides scale-independent data constantly updated. GI is available whenever and wherever it is needed. GIS have become so thoroughly interoperable that they have all but disappeared as distinct products…… • GI education requires a wide diversity of courses; each targeted upon the needs of differing groups of students and of employers. • For most students the focus of their learning is upon the use of digital geographic information, not upon the technologies which deliver this information. • The ubiquity of digital geographic information and the extreme ease of use of geo-processing tools have allowed geographical analysis to spread way beyond its traditional confines within the spatial sciences.

22. Lunch

23. Energiser

24. How well do you know your standards? General • ISO 216 • ISO 3750 • IEEE 802.11 • BS 1363 • ISO 3103 • BS EN 1866 Geography related • ISO 3166 • ISO 19115 • BS 7666-5:2006 Lastly • BS 0

25. How well do you know your standards? - Clues General • ISO 216 – ‘Save the trees!’ • ISO 3750 – ‘Always read the label…’ • IEEE 802.11 – ‘Say no to cables.’ • BS 1363 - ‘Power point.’ • ISO 3103 – ‘Milk and 2 sugars, please.’ • BS EN 1866 – ‘Use in case of emergency.’ Geography related • ISO 3166 – ‘Abbreviated nations.’ • ISO 19115 – • BS 7666-5:2006 ‘Of utmost importance to your postman’ Lastly • BS 0 – ‘One standard to rule them all and in the darkness bind them…’

26. Answers General • ISO 216 - International paper sizes (A4, A5 etc) • ISO 3750 - Laundry Care Symbols • IEEE 802.11 - A set of standards for wireless computer communication • BS 1363 - Mains Power plugs and sockets • ISO 3103 - A standardised method for brewing tea • BS EN 1866 - Mobile fire extinguishers Geography related • ISO 3166 - Codes for countries and subdivisions e.g. CA Canada • ISO 19115 - How to describe geographic metadata (data and services) • BS 7666-5:2006 - a method of referencing delivery points by means of unique references and descriptive delivery addresses i.e. Addresses Lastly • BS 0 - The Standard that governs the way BSI standards are produced.

27. Standards – why they are important? • Lots of reasons e.g. • They inform us about the reliability and fitness for purpose of the goods and services we buy and use • They enable us to use more things more widely giving us greater choice • Standards are extremely important in the computer industry because they allow the synergy or interoperability of tools and data enabling the creation of more customizable, advanced and powerful systems. • BUT most people shouldn’t need to know the specifics of standards just that they exist.

29. 20 min 5 min 5 min/ group 10 min What are the ‘Enablers’? Each group will be given one of the following categories: Data/Content;Tools/Technology; Skills/Knowledge/People; Legal/Policy; Social/Institutional/Economic For your category, identify all the elements within that ‘Enabler’ which will need to be in place in order for people to operate as effectively as possible in the future landscape – capture this on the flipchart paper provided. Prepare a short report-back of your key findings. Each group to report back their findings to the rest of the delegates. Open discussion

30. Short Coffee and Comfort Break

31. Roles and Responsibilities

32. Worked Example • Name: • Data Centre • Role: • provision of quality services by which users access geospatial resources which support other services (infrastructure) • curation of data • provider of technical support & training to institutional support staff and experts • Responsibilities: • Meet standards for good practice • Meet Service Level Agreements • Comply with funder/institutional data policies • Comply with funder/ industry/community standards • Promoting the use of data and service • Maintaining & publishing up-to-date information on data holdings

33. Worked Example • Act as a gateway to other data, services and resources • Stay abreast of technical developments and ensure services meet user needs as they mature • Represent the interests of it’s uses nationally and internationally • Relationships with: • With user (researcher, scientist, student) as “client” • With user communities • With institution through support and expert staff • With funder(s) of service(s) • With other service providers within tertiary education • With service providers within research councils • With data/content providers

34. Template Name: Role: Responsibilities: Relationships with:

35. How do we make this happen? Discussion

36. Close

37. Where next… • This event has been funded by JISC –e-Framework programme • The e-Framework has been established to help the education and research worlds to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the service oriented approach and web services • Members: JISC (UK) and DEST (Aus), New Zealand's Ministry of Education and SURF (NL) • A workpackage of the JISC funded SEE-GEO project • Outcomes of today also of interest to JISC, JISC Collections Company and its’ geospatial working group.

38. Deliverables and timetable • A documented set of key ideas about the Landscape • A documented set of high level requirements for the Landscape • A documented set of proposed roles and responsibilities • A documented set of agreed next steps and actions • Deadline for a first draft is soon … why?...

39. Next Steps (1) • Because the document(s) will feed into a second workshop next month • This has the goal of defining a technical roadmap for an UK Academic SDI • We will circulate a copy of the document produced for comment • Final copies will be deposited with e-Framework Programme Manager, JISC Collections and JISC GWG • Copy available on EDINA web site

40. Next Steps (2) • <<key ideas/activities from the ‘How do make this happen’ discussion>>

41. Thank you To you To our sponsors To the workshop team Have a safe journey home