How a seed became a tree

Slide 1 of 64: How a seed became a tree Or how we built a system based on an MSDI to access MSP data Manuel Frias- HELCOM Secretariat

Slide 2 of 64: You have seen maps about a lot of uses: wind farms, shipping, environment... Now, what do we need to make all those maps?

Slide 3 of 64: Data, of course. The problem is...

Slide 4 of 64: ...data is always very difficult to get.

Slide 5 of 64: That’s why the Maritime Spatial Planning community in the Baltic Sea planted a seed seven years ago.

Slide 6 of 64: Seven years ago, a project called BaltSeaPlan acknowledged the problem and recommended to build a...

Slide 7 of 64: ...hold on tight to your seats...

Slide 8 of 64: ...system to access Maritime Spatial Planning data based on a Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure (MSDI) from which users can view and download data and metad…

Slide 9 of 64: A system to access Maritime Spatial Planning data based on a Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure (MSDI) from which users can view and download data and metada…

Slide 10 of 64: I guess some of you, are thinking “wow, that sounds so exciting”.

Slide 11 of 64: But I am afraid many of you are thinking “what the hell is this guy talking about?”

Slide 12 of 64: Let me explain in plain English...

Slide 13 of 64: We have developed a system (think of Google Maps for MSP) that potentially:

Slide 14 of 64: We have developed a system (think of Google Maps for MSP) that potentially: Can make the work of MSP planers more effective

Slide 15 of 64: We have developed a system (think of Google Maps for MSP) that potentially: Can make the work Will help make of MSP planers coherent plans more effective acr…

Slide 16 of 64: We have developed a system (think of Google Maps for MSP) that potentially: Can make the work Will help make Will contribute to a of MSP planers coherent pla…

Slide 17 of 64: It all started with this seed. HELCOM have been watering the seed for three years with much love and care.

Slide 18 of 64: We were not alone. We had the support of the Aalborg University and the Finnish Environment Institute.

Slide 19 of 64: And this would have not been possible without the support of all the wonderful people in the BalticLINes project.

Slide 20 of 64: Do you want to see the result?

Slide 21 of 64: Before that, let me explain WHY we did it.

Slide 22 of 64: As I said, it’s very difficult to get data. But it’s even more difficult to get up-to-date data from your neighbours.

Slide 23 of 64: Why is it important to work with up-to-date data from your neighbours? Let me give you an example.

Slide 24 of 64: Imagine you are an MSP planner in this country.

Slide 25 of 64: Not this one!

Slide 26 of 64: But this one...

Slide 27 of 64: Imagine you are planning an offshore wind farm here.

Slide 28 of 64: Getting data from your country is relatively easy.

Slide 29 of 64: You know where the ferry lines and the Marine Protected Areas are.

Slide 30 of 64: But that’s not enough! You need to know what your neighbour is planning.

Slide 31 of 64: ? Where do you get data from your neighbour?

Slide 32 of 64: Before the BaltcLINes project planners had 1 option

Slide 33 of 64: A centralized database. How does it work?

Slide 34 of 64: You connect to a database.

Slide 35 of 64: This database is fed by many databases.

Slide 36 of 64: Imagine those databases are in each Baltic Sea country.

Slide 37 of 64: And they are all sending an MPA dataset to the central database.

Slide 38 of 64: Someone in the central database harmonizes all datasets.

Slide 39 of 64: So that you can see a single MPA dataset in English and with the same symbology.

Slide 40 of 64: So the HELCOM MADS works as well as EMODNET. HELCOM Map and Data Service

Slide 41 of 64: It’s a great system to get huge amount of data from your own country and your neighbour. HELCOM Map and Data Service

Slide 42 of 64: But what if you wanted up- to-date data? Maybe not the best place. Perhaps the MPA dataset is updated annually!

Slide 43 of 64: And that’s why now MSP planners have a... 2 option nd

Slide 44 of 64: Use a tool to access decentralized data. How does that work?

Slide 45 of 64: There is no central database.

Slide 46 of 64: So how do you access those databases?

Slide 47 of 64: Shall we build another one? Shall we merge all?

Slide 48 of 64: No! The answer is simpler than that!

Slide 49 of 64: You access them directly!

Slide 50 of 64: You are sure the data is up to date—it’s maintained and published by the data providers.

Slide 51 of 64: They only need to publish them in open standards.

Slide 52 of 64: This is what HELCOM has built...

Slide 53 of 64: This is what HELCOM has built... The first time MSP planners can search data from the original source...

Slide 54 of 64: ...and it’s called...

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Slide 57 of 64: Let me finish with the seed.

Slide 58 of 64: We have been nurturing it for three years.

Slide 59 of 64: And we got a nice tree.

Slide 60 of 64: Now it’s the turn of the MSP community to take care of it.

Slide 61 of 64: How? By publishing data in open standards

Slide 62 of 64: Please, don&#x27;t let the tree die!

Slide 63 of 64: Data providers: publish data in open standards!

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