Coastal Atlases in the Context of Spatial Data Infrastructures

Abstract

This chapter summarizes key projects and initiatives that are being implemented on very large scales (national/international) by national governments and commissions to build coastal spatial data infrastructures (SDIs). These include SDI efforts in the US and Europe that are closely related to ICAN, and as such are of great value to its mission of developing interoperable atlases, providing along the way solutions for the integration of not only technologies, but people, institutions, and institutional objectives.

Potentials and limitations of Coastal Web Atlases

“…ISO 19115, 19139), data view, download and other services (Maelfait and Belpaeme 2009). In the U. S. there are moves towards a national coastal SDI which would potentially see the development of a "Federated Coastal Atlas of the US" (LaVoi et al 2010). …”

“…The Atlas team has also employed ten national and international postgraduate students as trainees for periods varying from 3 to 12 months to contribute to data layer creation and update as well as compilation of information pages. This has given the students hands-on training in spatial data management and the practical issues surrounding CWA development and maintenance (Dwyer et al 2010).…”

Coastal Flood Risk Reduction

“…The advent of web-GIS and related programs provides a prime opportunity to spatially visualize the consequences of living in flood-prone areas. Since 2011, for example, there has been a proliferation of coastal web atlases worldwide (subsequently captured by the International Coastal Atlas Network) in an attempt to better convey the risks of living on the coast (LaVoi et al, 2011;O'Dea, Dwyer, Cummins, & Wright, 2011). Most recently, use of 3D visualizations and augmented reality are being incorporated into GIS web dashboards (Haynes, Hehl-Lange, & Lange, 2018;Kumar, Ledoux, & Stoter, 2018) to provide an immersive user experience.…”

Gerenciamento de dados marinhos no contexto brasileiro

“…Diversos trabalhos têm sido publicados explorando detalhes a respeito da base para o desenvolvimento de IDE (detalhes em Nebert 2001, Granell et al 2007, Janowicz et al 2010, e especificamente para dados marinhos e costeiros Strain 2004, Bartlett et al 2004, Wright 2009, Lavoi et al 2010, Kulawiak et al 2010 entre outros). A estruturação de um catálogo de metadados tem como consequência direta, a identificação de vazios de conhecimento, tanto em termos espaciais quanto em termos conceituais, de modo que, mesmo sem a intenção imediata de construção de um banco de dados, a organização de catálogos de metadados poderia ser utilizada para nortear a temática da pesquisa acadêmica visando o direcionamento de editais de fomento e evitando a coleta de informações redundantes.…”