Ireland’sDigital OceanUnderpinning ‘Blue Growth’and transforming the Irish marine landscape

Ireland’s Exclusive Economic Zone - 220 Million Acres - 90% Marine- one of largest in EU

Harnessing Our Ocean WealthNational Marine Plan1. Thriving Maritime Economy2. Healthy Ecosystems3. Engaging with the Sea

Relevant & Timely Information will be Critical for Sustainable Development & Management

Data Sources

Online Data Access

• The Irish Spatial Data Exchange at www.isde.ie

• Connects federated INSPIRE-compliant catalogues e.g. MI, EPA, DECLG, LA’s

• Government Open Data portal takes a feed

• Content progressing

Find -> ISDE

• MI self-service data portal at http://data.marine.ie

• Open formats

• Allows sub-setting of large datasets

• Seabed data at www.infomar.ie

Access – Marine Data Portal

• Ireland’s Marine Atlas at http://atlas.marine.ie

• Based on data used in the MSFD initial assessment

• Metadata links to describe data used

View

• Services available from multiple platforms e.g. ArcGIS, ERDDAP, THREDDS, ASP.Net and GeoNetworks

• Support OGC standards i.e. WMS, WFS, CSW & REST Interfaces

Access- Data Services

“What’s the point of all that data, anyway?

…it’s to make decisions” 1

1 European Commision, http://www.technologyreview.com/news/523646/the-power-to-decide/

Moving up the Information Value Chain

Outcomes

•Economic

•Environmental•Societal

Innovation

•Commercial Services

•Public Services

Analytics

Integration

Acquisition

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SFPA

SEAI

EI

SmartBayCIL

Marine Institute

Aer Corp DCENR & GSI

NUIG UCC

DECLG

NPWS

EPA

DMRCDAFM

BIM

DCUGMIT

MEOPW

IBM

SAPIWDG NBDC

Enterprise & Industry

Research & Innovation

Public Services

Fragmented Services & Impacts

Weak Linkages

Weak Linkages

Lack of standards & coordination

Ad-hoc data access

Substantial data collection / archives

Mostly single-purpose usage

INS

MarEI

NUIM

Outcomes

•Economic

•Environmental•Societal

Innovation

•Commercial Services

•Public Services

Analytics

Integration

Acquisition

Outcomes

•Economic

•Environmental•Societal

Innovation

•Commercial Services

•Public Services

Analytics

Integration

Acquisition

Outcomes

•Economic

•Environmental•Societal

Innovation

•Commercial Services

•Public Services

Analytics

Integration

Acquisition

From Fragmented to Integrated

Val

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SFPA

SEAI

EI

SmartBay CILMarine Institute

Aer Corp DCENR / GSI

NUIG UCC

DECLG

NPWS

EPA

DMRCDAFM

BIM

DCUGMIT

MEOPW

IBM

SAPIWDG NBDC

Enterprise & Industry

Research & Innovation

Public Services

Fragmented Services & Impacts

Weak Linkages

Weak Linkages

Ad-hoc data access

Shared Ocean Technologies

Data Management & Services

Network Integration

Outcomes

•Economic

•Environmental•Societal

Innovation

•Commercial Services

•Public Services

Analytics

Integration

Acquisition

Outcomes

•Economic

•Environmental•Societal

Innovation

•Commercial Services

•Public Services

Analytics

Integration

Acquisition

Outcomes

•Economic

•Environmental•Societal

Innovation

•Commercial Services

•Public Services

Analytics

Integration

Acquisition

Enterprise & Industry

Research & Innovation

Public Services

Shared Ocean Technologies

Data Management & Services

Network Integration

Val

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Marine Innovation

Sustainable Development

Economic Growth

An Integrated Digital Marine Value Chain….Jobs, GNP Growth, Exports, Infrastructure, …

Irish Digital Ocean - Enabling data-driven Decision-making

Data Acquisition & Access

• Sensor Networks

• Research Vessels

• Underwater Vehicles

• Oceanographic Models

• Remote Sensing

• Data Archives

Data & Information Services

• Government Service Support

• Public Information Services

• Research & Innovation Support

Marine Products & Services

• Planning & Licensing

• Environmental

• Food Production

• Renewable Energy

• Tourism & Leisure

• Transport & Safety

Digital Ocean – supporting Sustainable Development

Data AcquisitionFederated Data

ServicesIntegration &

Analytics / Understanding / Decision Support

Action

Limited online access Limited online access

Aquaculture Foreshore Licensing

• One view of data across teams

• Prevents errors through out-of-date data or competing interests

• Streamlines licensing advice – much faster & more responsive

Ireland’s Marine Atlas

• Developed on behalf of the Dept. of Environment as part of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive initial assessment

• Includes data from a wide range of public bodies

• Provides a rich view of activity in Ireland’s marine area

• Underlying data services a valuable resource

• Ongoing development to maintain and extend the data and functionality

A Federated Approach

• Data is distributed with multiple data owners

• Data from multiple organisation is combined together using common standards

• Coordination by WG meetings, tech transfers, MOU, etc.

• Open interfaces allow multiple end uses –allows reuse and shared ownership

• Easy reuse of digital content e.g. for OE Portal, Marine Atlas, real-time dashboards etc.

Our Digital Ocean

– Relevant & Timely Information will be Critical for the Sustainable Development & Management of the Marine

– The sources, types and volumes of marine data are increasing

– There is an opportunity now to develop an integrated approach, an Integrated Digital Ocean to:

1. Improve access to distributed marine data

2. Reduce costs and increase innovation through shared technology and services

3. Enable better understanding and decision-making

Thank you

Contact eoin.ogrady@marine.ie

Web www.marine.ie

Data http://data.marine.ieMaps http://atlas.marine.ie Discover www.isde.ie

Thank you!

Infrastructure - Observing System

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Some Data Standards• Metadata for Discovery & Evaluation

– Discovery & fitness for purpose e.g. quality, version, format, …

– Standard profiles required for integration

• Data Standards & Approaches

– Vocabularies help avoids errors & integrate from multiple sources e.g. Granny Smyth vs Granny Smith

– Linked data & ontologies includes relationships and programmable inter-operability, but tools difficult to use for domain experts

– Data service approaches include OGC, INSPIRE, REST, …

– Standards need to be coordinated e.g. SeaDataNet, ICES, EIONET (GEMET), EurOBIS, GBIF, …

Integrating Data for Analyses & Reuse

• Common semantics

• Common data structures e.g. INSPIRE, DCF, …

• Middleware to subset large datasets and to access dynamic data

• Standards-based interfaces e.g. CSW, WMS, WFS

• Analyses by Integrated Visualisation -> 4D

Leverage for Multiple Sectors

Marine Applications

Coastal Protection

Marine Renewables

Food Production

Transport & Security

Tourism & Leisure

Biotechnology

Environmental