marine digimap: welcome… to the wet-side

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Marine Digimap:Marine Digimap:

Welcome…Welcome…

to the wet-sideto the wet-side

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Marine Digimap

• Why do we need marine data?

• What data will be available?

• What will the Service look like?– Online mapping– data download

• How much does it cost?

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Why do we need marine Why do we need marine data?data?

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A new collection in Digimap…

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Source: National Oceanography Centre, Southampton

But why do we need Marine data?

The Earth and human activity on it do not stop at the coastline on an Ordnance Survey map!

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Marine Community defining Features?

SciencePhysicalChemical

Biological

Navigation

Dredging & Extraction

FisheriesAquaculture

Water Quality

Conservation

Energy

=Meteorology

The marine community is broad…

Leisure, recreation and tourism

Slide adapted from Millard K., Woolf A. & Tandy J. AGI Marine and Coastal SIG 22nd March 2006 .

But why do we need Marine data?

these groups need information about the activities of the others and standard base data.

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But why do we need Marine data…

Source: Dr David Cotton, MDIP

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But why do we need marine data…

Now, for the first time, key marine base mapping and thematic data will be available direct to users within Higher and Further Education….

Via institutional subscription and user registration to Marine Digimap…

Due to a licence agreed between JISC Collections and SeaZone Solutions Ltd.

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What data will be What data will be available?available?

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Who supplies the data?

• Data provided by SeaZone Solutions Ltd (http://www.seazone.com)

• wholly-owned by Admiralty Holdings Ltd (AHL), one of many companies wholly owned by Government.

• At the cutting edge of development and supply of quality data about the marine environment.

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Hydrospatial – “Marine Mastermap”

• Value added marine GI, derived from electronic navigation charts (S57) and other sources (SNH, EH, BGS etc)

• Cookie cut to 2 degree tiles, so no overlaps

• Mapinfo TAB and ESRI Shapefile format

• Also gridded bathymetry in ASCII Grid and ArcInfo Grid formats

• 7 “topic” layers, each containing several “theme” layers

• Not all 2 degree tiles contain all “theme” layers

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Hydrospatial: Bathymetry & Elevation

The nature and shape of the Earth’s surface on land (elevation) and under the sea (bathymetry).

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Hydrospatial: Natural and Physical Features

The natural topography of the coastal and marine environment including the biological, physical and chemical features within it.

Themes include • Land Cover, • Fauna & Flora, • Geology, • Hydrology, • Sea Cover.

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Hydrospatial: Structures & Obstructions

Human, physical structures and obstructions.

Themes include: • Wrecks, • Offshore Installations,• Shoreline Constructions,• Navigational Aids,• Obstructions.

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Hydrospatial: Socio Economic and Marine Use

Specified areas where one or more activities have been designated, are known to occur or are restricted.

Themes include • Admin & Regulation,• Activity & Licence Areas, • Aquaculture & Fisheries, • National Limits,• Transportation and Routes.

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SeaZone Hydrospatial: Conservation & Environmental Protection

Designated boundaries for the purposes of conservation and environmental protection of natural and cultural heritage.

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SeaZone Hydrospatial: Climate & Oceanography

Climate and weather information, tides and currents or locations where measurement and monitoring is or has been know to occur.

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SeaZone Hydrospatial: Metafeatures & Cartography

Spatial metadata, including information on: • survey extents, • non-surveyed areas,• quality of data, • survey reliability • etc.

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Charted Raster…

NOT TO BE USED FOR

NOT TO BE USED FOR

NAVIGATION

NAVIGATION

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Charted Raster: Many scales, many extents, many overlaps

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Overview (1:1,500,000 to 1:300,000)

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“General”1:200,000 to 1:150,000

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“Coastal”

1:100,000 to 1:50,000

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“Approach”

1:50,000 to 1:20,000

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“Harbour”

1:25,000 to 1:2,500

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What will the Service look What will the Service look like?like?

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The Marine Digimap applications…

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What will the Service look What will the Service look like? like?

Hydrospatial Data DownloadHydrospatial Data Download

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Hydrospatial Data Download…

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Hydrospatial Data Download…

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What will the Service look What will the Service look like? like?

Charted Raster Data Charted Raster Data DownloadDownload

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Charted Raster Download…

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What will the Service look What will the Service look like?like?

Charted Raster Map ViewerCharted Raster Map Viewer

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Marine Map Viewer

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How much will it cost?How much will it cost?

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Subscription Fees

JISC BANDS Period 109/07- 07/08

Period 208/08- 07/09

Period 308/09- 07/10

A – B

£2,900 £3,103 £3,320

C - D

£1,900 £2,033 £2,175

E - F

£800 £856 £916

G - J

£600 £642 £687

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