MARINE SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE : SOPAC GEONETWORK

1. PACIFC ISLAND COUNTRIES GIS / RS USER CONFERENCE MARINE SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE : SOPAC GEONETWORK Keleni Raqisia

2. INTRODUCTION • Geoscientific Geospatial data is the foundation to analyzing and understanding natural resources, environment processes, impacts, hazards and stress such as climate change. • Disparate efforts in the region: -large amounts of geoscience research and data -priceless -adequately digitized , catalogued or duplicated -seldom in cooperated into GIS system • OIP uses an array of GIS tools to produce digital geospatial systems and maps • SOPAC OIP now has an ongoing committment to data rescue, collation, storage, data cataloguing and digitisation.

3. KEY PRINCIPLES OF DATA RESCUE • Data to be stored as image files into medias, that can regularly renewed to prevent subsequent loss of data due to deterioration of medium. • Data already on computer compatible media should be routinely migrated to storage facilities that conform to changing technologies and enable easy access; and • Data should be key-entered in a form that can be use for analyses

4. SITUATION: • HARD COPY • MAGNETIC TAPE • SERVERS • STAFF COMPUTER

5. OBJECTIVES: • System that assists in the management , preservation/ archiving SOPAC's Marine and Oceanographic data and its metadata. • System that gives a public presence of SOPAC Marine data and promote SOPAC OIP products and work • System that allows the sharing of information between different organisation for better decision making in the region

6. STANDARD • ISO 19115 - International Geospatial Metadata standard (Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Content, Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM), officially, known as FGDC-STD-001-1998 or The Dublin Core Metadata Element) • What Does Metadata Do? An important reason for creating descriptive metadata is to facilitate discovery of relevant information. In addition to resource discovery, metadata can help organize electronic resources, facilitate interoperability and legacy resource integration, provide digital, identification, and support archiving and preservation. Metadata is key to ensuring that resources will survive and continue to be accessible into the future.

7. http//geonetwork.sopac.org Create Geonetwork Metadata (Cataloguing)‏ Non-Spatial SORT Spatial COLLECT Source Project Metadata BACKUP -Export to standard formats -Store in correct repository location Figure out projection – ask staff, review technical reports, Horizontal and vertical, Hypac config file Import GIS System - Confirm Projection Confirm Georeferenced Image Google earth (KML)

8. METADATA STANDARD : ISO 19115 DESCRIPTIVE METADATA Describes a resource for the purposes such as discovery and identification. It can include elements such as tittle, abstrct , author and keywords

9. METADATA STANDARD : ISO 19115 Structural metadata: Indicates how compound objects are put together, for example, how pages are ordered to form chapter or how it was digitised and reformed to usable formats. Metadata identifier

10. METADATA STANDARD : ISO 19115 Administrative metadata provides information to help manage a resource, such as when and how it was created, filet ype and other technical information, and who can access it. There are several subsets of administrative data; two that sometimes are listed as separate metadata types are: − Rights management meta-data, which deals with intellectual property rights, and − Preservation metadata, which contains information needed to archive and preserve a resource.

11. METADATA STANDARD : ISO 19115 Points of Contact Information

12. CATEGORIES:

13. SEARCH FACILITY:

14. SEARCH FACILITY: Search by Keywords PDF Compiler Search results can be compiled in PDF and submitted to your boss

15. OTHER FEATURES: HARVESTING – Z39.50 protocol, data sharing, METADATA OWERSHIP – ACCESS POLICY, PRIVLEDGES, GROUP MANAGEMENT

16. INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM the SOPAC GEONETWORK: • Coastal Geological Maps • Single Beam and Multibeam Bathymetry Maps • South Pacific Sea Level and Climate Monitoring Project Information • Maritime Boundaries Information • Satellite Images, • Historical Aerial Photographs • Deepsea Mineral Resources Survey Reports, Datasets and Atlases • Scientific Cruise Reports and Data

17. SAMPLE REQUESTS: • Bathymetry for Marshall Islands – Fish Farming purposes (New business venture)‏ • Bathymetry for Solomon Islands – Gizo Earthquake (University research)‏ • Bathymetry for Niue – Yacht mooring • Petroleum databank (reports) – Marine mineral exploration (Resource Company)‏ • Tuvalu Aerial Photographs – Coastal Change (University research)‏

18. MONITORING OF THE SOPAC GEONETWORK

19. SUMMARY SOPAC GEONETWORK is an online catalogue of marine scientific information and associated information Information collected from surveys and ocean observations conducted in the Pacific Region BENEFITS – public presence of Scientist work, use of simple visuals to coomunicate information, e quick reference for more detailed enquiry, Wider stakeholders know of marine data existence, (Dataset and metadata) archived and preserved , provides a focal point for marine data request in the region.

20. http:// geonetwork.sopac.org THANKYOU TO THE DEVELOPERS OF GEONETWORK and THE USERS OF THE SOPAC GEONETWORK