Manuel Frias

The struggle to get MSP data

2019 · 72 slides · HELCOM data & GIS

How HELCOM built a spatial data infrastructure so planners can find, view and download Maritime Spatial Planning data.

Slide 1 of 72: The struggle to get MSP data Manuel Frias, HELCOM Secretariat 2nd International MSP Forum La Reunion (FR) 26-29 March 2019
Slide 2 of 72: Three years ago HELCOM started the development of a system to access data, a system to...
Slide 3 of 72: ...access Maritime Spatial Planning data based on a Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure (MSDI) from which users can view and download data and metadata in Ope…
Slide 4 of 72: ...access Maritime Spatial Planning data based on a Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure (MSDI) from which users can view and download data and metadata in Ope…
Slide 5 of 72: Let me explain in plain English...
Slide 6 of 72: We have developed a system that potentially: Can make the work of MSP planers more effective
Slide 7 of 72: We have developed a system that potentially: Can make the work Will help make of MSP planers coherent plans more effective across borders
Slide 8 of 72: We have developed a system that potentially: Can make the work Will help make Will contribute to a of MSP planers coherent plans better environment more effe…
Slide 9 of 72: But first let me introduce the Baltic Sea
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Slide 12 of 72: Low levels of salt
Slide 13 of 72: Low levels of salt Shallow waters
Slide 14 of 72: Low levels of salt Shallow waters 85 millions population
Slide 15 of 72: Low levels of salt Shallow waters 85 millions population Very small
Slide 16 of 72: Low levels of salt Shallow waters 85 millions population Very small
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Slide 18 of 72: We are in La Reunion So small you can barely see it
Slide 19 of 72: This is the area of the Nairobi Convention
Slide 20 of 72: How many Baltic Seas fit in here?
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Slide 23 of 72: 13 Very small Low levels of salt Shallow waters 85 millions population
Slide 24 of 72: 13 These characteristics make the Baltic Sea FRAGILE
Slide 25 of 72: 13 The state of the Baltic Sea was worsening dramatically in the 60’s and 70’s
Slide 26 of 72: In 1974 countries signed the Helsinki Convention to restore its health
Slide 27 of 72: We came to La Reunion to talk about maritime spatial planning (MSP). What is the role of HELCOM in MSP?
Slide 28 of 72: We need to talk about VASAB, another intergovernmental organization
Slide 29 of 72: VASAB was created after the collapse of the Soviet Union to increase the territorial coherence of the Baltic Sea countries
Slide 30 of 72: Planning
Slide 31 of 72: Environment Planning
Slide 32 of 72: Environment Planning They thought it was a good match! A new group was created almost ten years ago
Slide 33 of 72: HELCOM-VASAB MSP Work Group
Slide 34 of 72: HELCOM-VASAB MSP Work Group Its objective is to ensure that plans are coherent across borders
Slide 35 of 72: In other words: all pieces (the plans) must fit together
Slide 36 of 72: To do plans countries need data. Getting data is a difficult task. But it’s even more difficult to get up-to- date data from your neighbours.
Slide 37 of 72: Why is it important to work with up-to-date data from your neighbours? Let me give you an example.
Slide 38 of 72: Imagine you are an MSP planner in this country.
Slide 39 of 72: Not this one!
Slide 40 of 72: But this one...
Slide 41 of 72: Imagine you are planning an offshore wind farm here.
Slide 42 of 72: Getting data from your country is relatively easy.
Slide 43 of 72: You know where the ferry lines and the Marine Protected Areas are.
Slide 44 of 72: But that’s not enough! You need to know what your neighbour is planning.
Slide 45 of 72: ? Where do you get data from your neighbour?
Slide 46 of 72: Before the BaltcLINes project planners had 1 option
Slide 47 of 72: A centralized database. How does it work?
Slide 48 of 72: You connect to a database.
Slide 49 of 72: This database is fed by many databases.
Slide 50 of 72: Imagine those databases are in each Baltic Sea country.
Slide 51 of 72: Imagine they are all sending an MPA dataset to the central database.
Slide 52 of 72: Someone in the central database harmonizes all datasets...
Slide 53 of 72: ...so that you can see a single MPA dataset in English, with the same structure and symbology.
Slide 54 of 72: So the HELCOM MADS works as well as EMODNET. HELCOM Map and Data Service
Slide 55 of 72: It’s a great system to get huge amount of data from your own country and your neighbour. HELCOM Map and Data Service
Slide 56 of 72: But what if you wanted up-to- date data? Maybe not the best place. Perhaps the MPA dataset is updated annually!
Slide 57 of 72: And that’s why now MSP planners have a... 2 option nd
Slide 58 of 72: A tool to access decentralized data. How does that work?
Slide 59 of 72: There is no central database.
Slide 60 of 72: So how do you access those databases?
Slide 61 of 72: Shall we build another one? Shall we merge all?
Slide 62 of 72: No! The answer is simpler than that!
Slide 63 of 72: You access them directly!
Slide 64 of 72: You are sure the data is up to date—it’s maintained and published by the data providers.
Slide 65 of 72: They only need to publish them in open standards.
Slide 66 of 72: This is what HELCOM has built...
Slide 67 of 72: This is what HELCOM has built... The first time MSP planners can search data from the original source...
Slide 68 of 72: ...and it’s called...
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Slide 71 of 72: https://basemaps.helcom.fi/ View data (WMS, ArcGIS REST services) View metadata View MSP plans (in development) Download data (WFS, download services) Data p…
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