Presentation 22/02/2001 Lerici, Matthias Menger MELS

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Presentation 22/02/2001 Lerici, Matthias Menger
MELS
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Overview

• general project information
• system design
• general architecture
• 3 main components
• scenarios
• outlook

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Framework

• 5th Framework Programme RD project
• total budget 2.2 Million EURO
• 50 funding DG Information Society (EU)
• duration 2 years (2000/2001)
• 11 European partners

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COASTBASE Consortium
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Main Goals

• Facilitate European assessment of marine and
  coastal environment
• through
• creation innovative IT architecture
• central to find, dispose and aggregation of
  information
• use existing (meta-) information
• communication ... Feedback improvement
• leave information at original location
• open structure for providers and end-users
• standardisation Metadata EU, thesaurus, exchange
  formats etc.

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One Virtual Door to Various Information Resources
administrators, scientists, institutions, general
public
CoastBase client
data search access
feedback process
CoastBase server
distributed coastal marine information sources
...
provider B
provider C
provider ...
provider A
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Design

• 3 main functional units

• catalogue searching, locating distributed data
• data access manipulation tools for data
  retrieval, visualisation and aggregation
• feedback commenting on and uploading of
  aggregated data

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System
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General Architecture
Registration Authorisation
GIS functions
Metadata search
Conversion Manipulation Aggregation
Log files Comments Uploading
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Catalogue System

• query specification using (multiple) forms
• preselections on user/user group basis
• map-based selection for geographical coordinates
• Multilingual form
• distributed search to all connected sources
• Metadata model compliant with EDMED and GELOS
• result presentation
• First with short descriptions
• Second in detail
• possibility to store objects and queries

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Catalogue Search
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Feedback System

• logging
• accesses are logged at the Coastbase server and
  sent to the provider (via e-mail)
• commenting
• users can comment on downloaded products
• users providers can consult comments
• uploading
• both CoastBase generated and externally created
  products
• uploading can be limited to users with a certain
  privilege level
• uploaded product is stored at the local
  inventory/repository

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Data Access and Manipulation System

• Data Server
• visualization according to the type of the
  product
• download of the product in the desired format
• conversion of the requested data
• conversion of format, units
• open for future extensions to other conversion
  routines
• provides access to aggregation and manipulation
  functions
• production of maps, trends
• statistical analysis

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Data Access and Manipulation System

• Map Server
• allows the visualization of geo-referenced data
  (rasters, vectors) on a map
• performs conversion between different coordinate
  systems
• Geodetic and geocentric coordinates
• Geodetic datums
• supports standard map projections
• implements basic GIS functionality
• overlay, panning, zooming.

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Manipulation of geo-referenced data
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Scenarios

• scenarios of the prototype shows that the system
• saves time / resources to locate data and
  information,
• prevents duplication of efforts,
• promotes the integrated view on problems and
  solutions
• 3 scenarios
• accessing data to assess eutrophication / North
  Sea (scientist working on indicators
  measurements satellite imagery raw data)
• assessing the impact of an artificial island /
  North Sea (PM co-ordinating pre-feasibility
  airport study reports)
• Planning-Scenario integrated planning of
  Strymonikos Bay / Mediterranean (consultant
  decision taker interpreting own results (meta)
  information about reports)

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Scenario 1

• Assessing the impact of an artificial island
• developing a strategy to assess the environmental
  and socio-economic impacts of building a new
  international airport on an artificial island off
  the Dutch shore
• CoastBase will guide the user towards the main
  issues to be looked at, e.g. changes in sediment
  and nutrient flow
• CoastBase prototype will provide metadata
  describing availability and accessibility of data
  and information
• CoastBase reposatory stores documents frequently
  needed
• Some aggregated data accessible via links to data
  holding centres

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Scenarios 2

• Integrated planning of Strymonikos Bay / Greece
• supporting the planning process for sustainable
  management by integrating nature conservation and
  economic activities such as gold mining, tourism
  development and fisheries on various levels of
  government
• Potential users consultants to the local
  authorities of Strymonikos, local decision takers
  and their close advisors, or applied scientists
• focus on metadata showing which information is
  available and how to access it

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Data Use

• types of data use
• scientist
• search access (raw) data to create
  reports, processed data (e.g. map measurements)
• policy advisor / PM
• search access reports, processed data to
  create aggregated information
• decision maker
• search access (aggregated) (meta)
  information in distributed catalogues

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Data Types
Remote sense Aggregated Info.
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Outlook

• first prototype in May 2001
• internal testing (appraisal groups)
• external testing (appraisal groups)
• improvements
• presentation on international workshops
• InfoCoast 2001October 2001, Noordwijkerhout
  (NL)integrated CoastBase workshop
• 1st International Congress of Seas and
  OceansSeptember 17-22, 2001, Szczecin and
  Miedzyzdroje (PL)plenary session, prototype
  presentation

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http//www.coastbase.org
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WP 1 Project Management
Continous interaction with all WPs
WP 1 Dissemination
Project driven
WP 3 Evaluation and Feedback
WP 4 Information Definition and User Requirements
User driven
WP 5 System Specifications
WP 6 System Development
Evaluation User Requirements
Developer driven, user oriented and communicated
WP 7System Improvement
Comments
User driven and presented
WP 8 Presentation and Exploitation
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Current Situation

• finalised the User Requirements
• finalised the System specification based on user
  requirements
• actually developing first prototype (deadline
  June)
• then system improvement phase
• broad demonstration CoastBase on 2 International
  workshops !

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• Data server use case

• Map server use case