hydrography and marine spatial data infrastructure · - habitats directive - water framework...

UK Hydrographic Society Symposium 27th October 2009

Rear Admiral Ian Moncrieff - UK National Hydrographer

Hydrography and Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure



What is Hydrography?The branch of APPLIED SCIENCE which deals with the

MEASUREMENT and DESCRIPTION of the physical

features of oceans seas, coastal areas, lakes and rivers, as

well as with the PREDICTION of their change over time, for

the primary purpose of SAFETY OF NAVIGATION and in

support of all other marine activities including

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SECURITY AND DEFENCE,

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH & ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION.


Defence Programme AimTo deliver the Hydrographic Services which enable the RN and other UK

defence forces to meet the current and potential operational tasks

National Programme Aim To support UK SOLAS obligations in respect of National Waters

and those for which we hold primary charting authority

Commercial Programme AimTo improve safe navigation of mariners through a worldwide series of hydrographic products and services, while generating a return on capital

employed as a Trading Fund

What does UKHO do?Mission: To meet defence, national & civil requirements for navigational charts, publications & other hydrographic information

All governed by Key Targets reported to Parliament


Recent trends

• Competition for resources

• Exploration of extreme environments

• Climate change and rising sea levels

• Wider marine technology development

• Legislative programmes supporting new uses


Channel and ridge

Analysis of Tsunami epicentre


Surface Model of Eastern Solent based on Digital Survey Bathymetry

Source: SeaZone Solutions: 2006


Technology, Volume & FidelityRapid Ping to Chart


Example Web-Delivered Data Fusion

Move towards service orientated architecture of delivery and display


Civil Hydrographic Programme data Orkney Islands


Drivers for Change – Navigation• IMO Legislation - mandating ECDIS• World Trade patterns• Developing Nations e.g. Vietnam, Venezuela• Improved communications

- speed & cost- Real time information e.g. visualisation

• Environmental impacts of shipping e.g. carbon footprints and avoiding polluting incident • E-Navigation - Berth to Berth support with planning and decision aids - Efficiency of routeing / Marine Super Highways• Defence - Recognised Environmental Picture (REP) and Additional Military Layers (AML)


Drivers for change – non-navigation• UK & EU Legislation

- Marine Bill• Spatial Planning• Commercial Exploitation• Conservation• Marine Management Organisation

- INSPIRE & UK Location Strategy- Habitats Directive- Water Framework Directive- Floods Directive

• Working in partnership• IHO S100 Geospatial Data Standard• Vertical Datum resolution• National Seabed Survey programmes with BGS• Increased Economic Development at Sea


THE IHO Role in GI

“The HO is an important part of the National Geospatial Data Infrastructure and the IHO has an important role to play in coordinating requirements and demands for data collection, interoperability, dissemination, access, standards, security, pricing, policy and funding models for hydrographic data.”

Vice Admiral Maratos: President of the IHB, March 2007.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Inspire details are at www.inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu

http://www.inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/


What is DNF?

“The Digital National Framework (DNF) is an

industry standard for integrating and sharing business and geographicinformation from multiple

sources”


Basic Principles of DNF

• The concept and methods shall be driven by the strategic needs of the wider GI community and the needs of the information industry.

• Data should be collected only once and then re-used.• Reference information/data should be captured at the

highest resolution whenever economically possible.• Such information may then, where appropriate,

subsequently be used to meet analysis and multi- resolution publishing requirements.

• DNF will incorporate and adopt existing de facto and de jure standards, wherever they are proven and robust.


information users

systems suppliers

systems integrators

reference data providers

data creators & maintainersDNF

Highways

Asset Management

Environment

Marine & Hydrographic

Planning

Statistics

Land & Property

& more ………..

UK Stakeholders

http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/

http://www.odpm.gov.uk/index.asp

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/home.htm


Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure

• Information Layers Geo-referenced to foundation base

• Data maintained at source for range of users for different purposes

• Interoperability engineered at source negates need for costly/difficult to maintain ‘data fusion’

• Cross-referencing links to other geographic datasets and business information

Base Mapping

Land Registry

Property Valuation

Local Authority

Environment Agency

Geological Survey

Systems Integrator

Users

Users

analysis

Users define their own “views” & unique identifiers link the views together

Business & Application Data

Associated Data

Reference Data

Geodetic Base


What is the Atlantis Initiative?

“To provide better integrated geographical and environmental information to support decisions on flooding and water-related environmental management.”

• Established over 3 years ago to create the definitive data standards

• Now delivering data and raising awareness


Background

• Flooding of 2007 highlighted need for better integrated

information

• Climate change

• Surface water flooding

• Coastal inundation

• EU Directives


Who is involved?A working collaboration of public sector agencies/bodies


The nature of Atlantis

• Provide ‘plug and play’ datasets

• Datasets are interoperable

• Atlantis is NOT a product

• Members are responsible for their own data

• Vision of using data standards (DNF)

• Collective outputs complement each other

• Transformational government in practice


Minister’s endorsement

Iain Wright MP – Parliamentary under secretary of state for Communities and Local Government stated…

‘Atlantis is an important initiative and I welcome and support the crucial work that is being undertaken by six organisations that have formed Atlantis. I believe your work to be important in helping us to be able to better anticipate and manage flood risk and associated events’


• Improvements in forecasting accuracy

• New mapping techniques for evaluation of modelling flood risks including surface water

• Review welcomes Atlantis - a platform for more accurate modelling & scenario planning

• Atlantis programme - vehicle for improving data interoperability and exchange of information

Images: courtesy Niall Watson (Defra), BBC & Ordnance Survey

Pitt Report RecommendationsChapter 4; Forecasting, modelling & mapping


The risks - coastalShading shows likely extent of flooding from overflowing rivers and exceptionally high seas if there were no flood defences (Environment Agency)

Environment Agency says most flood defences should be able to cope unless they coincide with particularly severe weather but…

Source –Environment Agency


Storm Surge

Prevailing SW winds carry depression to NW Scotland“Mean" current forces surge to right of wind directionIf low also moves east, surge is forced southwards.Shallower seabed means surge elevations higher in southern parts of North Sea


Marine Environmental Data and Information Network

Merger of the Marine Environmental Data Action Group (MEDAG), and the Marine Data and Information Partnership (MDIP).

• A collaborative and open partnership, open to all with an interest in improving our management of marine data and information, and developing better access to our marine data resources.

• Sponsors include Defra, NERC, The Scottish Government, BERR, EA, Met Office, MOD, JNCC, The Crown Estate, UKHO, CCW

• + additional public and private sector involvement ( >30 partners)


B: Quality ControlQC /QAData Management planMetadata Data Tracking

C: Data Storage

D: Dissemination / Access

DiscoveryDownloadsProductsLicencesCost

E: Users




QC /QAData Management planMetadata Data Tracking



Current UK marine data system

Data Archive Centre

Data Archive Centre

Data Archive Centre

Data Archive Centre

Research

Industry

EIAs,SEAs

Education/teaching

Monitoring

Defence

Security

Surveying

?

?

?Local record

centresLocal record

centresLocal record

centres


Marine Planning

Bathymetry (UKHO)

Activities:Fishing, recreation, dredging: local info, councils, port authorities, SEPA

Infrastructure (pipelines, cables, shipping lanes): MCA, UK DEAL, councils,

Wrecks: RCAHMS, MCA, UKHO

Conservation Areas, Species, Habitats:SNH, JNCC, local record centres, SMRU

Tides and currents: Admiralty atlas

SSMEI Shetland sourced 70+ data sets from > 30 different organisations


Land use

TourismOil &Gas

Coastal DefencePorts &

Navigation

Military Activities

Culture

ConservationDredging &

DisposalSubmarine

CablesFishing Renewable

EnergyMarine

RecreationMineral

Extraction

Mariculture

Source: ABPMer - 2005 Economic activity in the Irish Sea and coastal hinterland


Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN)

Working to improve access to and availability of Marine Environmental Data in the UK

International Coordination: links to global databases and initiativesCommunication: Workshops, forums, regular newsletters

Work Streams:

Data Archive Centre (DAC) Network: Framework of marine data archive centres.

Standards: and guidance for data and metadata.

Web Portal: Data search, other services and products

Resource and Application Development: Specify user requirements, identify and

implement solutions


Traditional Sources of Marine Data

Nautical charting:

• Content selected for navigators

• Charts individually compiled - varying scale level and inconsistent content

• Digital charting is for display only

• Depicts abstract of real-world - Only ~5% of known information is used

• Contains generalisations and conservative depths (known as ‘shoal bias’)

• No interoperability with other datasets

Can traditional sources meet these emergent needs?


No! So what is needed?

• A coherent and coordinated approach to marine data acquisition, management and service provision

• Comprehensive and authoritative digital marine base:- Easily accessible and available - Can be used for a wide variety of purposes- Interoperable with digital land mapping- Suitable for use in GIS and Web Services


SeaZone Hydrospatial

• First true authoritative digital marine map of its kind Worldwide

• Existing Users across public and private sectors• Supports a wide range of applications• Covers base reference data identified by MDIP• Includes marine themes from INSPIRE• Maintained and updated - sustainable

• Committed improvement to meet future marine data needs


Uses of SeaZone Hydrospatial• Habitat mapping & heritage assessment

• Conservation assessment & designation

• Site selection and route optimisation

• Vessel location and disposal monitoring

• Homeland security and defence

• Coastal protection & shoreline management

• Licensing & consent evaluation

• Emergency planning & management

• Survey planning & execution

• Fisheries regulation

• Aggregates extraction


SeaZone Hydrospatial: Humber Estuary


Example combined SeaZone – OS Profile Plus DEM Land to Sea

Key deliverable of Atlantis Programme (with Detailed River Network)

THANK YOU

hydrography and marine spatial data infrastructure · - habitats directive - water framework...

Documents