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Alison Dickson MAGIC Project Manager Rural Development Service GI Unit

Alison Dickson MAGIC Project Manager Rural Development Service GI Unit alison.dickson@defra.gsi.gov.uk or support.magic@defra.gsi.gov.uk. MAGIC. What is MAGIC? How did MAGIC develop? What datasets does MAGIC hold? What are the plans for the future?. What is MAGIC?. M ulti- A gency…

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Alison Dickson MAGIC Project Manager Rural Development Service GI Unit

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  1. Alison Dickson MAGIC Project Manager Rural Development Service GI Unit alison.dickson@defra.gsi.gov.uk or support.magic@defra.gsi.gov.uk

  2. MAGIC • What is MAGIC? • How did MAGIC develop? • What datasets does MAGIC hold? • What are the plans for the future?

  3. What is MAGIC? • Multi-Agency… • Partnership Project • …Geographic Information… • All data has spatial element • …for the Countryside • All partners concerned with rural policy and services

  4. MAGIC Partners • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) • Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) • Countryside Agency – Landscape, Access & Recreation • English Heritage • English Nature • Environment Agency • Forestry Commission • Rural Development Service

  5. Drivers for MAGIC • Common interest in rural policy and service • Drive for evidence-based policy • Need for joined-up, definitive and consistent information • No established method of data exchange

  6. How is MAGIC delivered? • Delivered via a website: www.magic.gov.uk • Main method of information delivery is via an interactive map • MAGIC initially created for partners, but accessible to all on the Internet • Formal launch – July 2002

  7. Use of MAGIC • Use has steadily risen over time • Average of 350 daily user sessions following launch in 2002 • Risen to an average of 2500 daily user sessions for 2004 • In April 2006, average of 3,402 daily user sessions and more than 24,000 maps are produced each day • Average 250 dataset downloads per month

  8. Data Collation • Data from Partners + other organisations • Metadata required for all datasets • MAGIC Data Standard • Data capture exercise including: • National Parks • Scheduled Monuments • Local Nature Reserves

  9. MAGIC Data • Originally England only, but now some data for marine, Scotland & Wales • Data includes • Designations • Environmental interests • Land Classification • Coastal & Marine Resource Atlas

  10. So what next? • Expansion of scope continues • Development of SPIRE • Review of technology • Conform with e-GIF and OpenGIS • Continue to explore new links with other organisations and facilities

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