Transboundary data interoperability for Maritime Spatial Planning Yuji KATO
CONTEXT THE MARITIME SPATIAL PLANNING DIRECTIVE DIRECTIVE 2014/89/EU establishing a framework for Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) Article 10 Data use and sharing Member States shall organise the use of the best available data, and decide how to organise the sharing of information, necessary for maritime spatial plans. Article 11 Cooperation among Member States As part of the planning and management process, Member States bordering marine waters shall cooperate with the aim of ensuring that maritime spatial plans are coherent and coordinated across the marine region concerned. Such cooperation shall take into account, in particular, issues of a transnational nature. European commission helps MS in MSP Directive implementation through transboundary projects
MSP EUROPEAN PROJECTS Shom is involved in 4 MSP European projects: SIMCelt December 2015 March 2018 Lead on data work package SIMNORAT January 2017 December 2018 General coordination and lead on data work package SIMWESTMED* January 2017 December 2018 General coordination and lead on data work package SEANSE February 2018 January 2020 Lead on data work package * The project area representation of SIMWESTMED on the Western Mediterranean is indicative and represented without prejudice to maritime claims of sovereignty or jurisdiction of the countries
DATA AND INFORMATION IN SUPPORT OF MSP TRANSBOUNDARY DATA INTEROPERABILITY Data interoperability in Europe at a transboundary scale: A common framework: the INSPIRE directive But a great diversity of: Topics Data types Data formats Scales Symbologies Experimentation tools: data portal demonstrators
DATA AND INFORMATION IN SUPPORT OF MSP DATA PORTAL DEMONSTRATORS Metadata Catalogue Geospatial data server http://data.simcelt.eu WPS Server CSW WxS http://data.simwestmed.eu
DATA FOR MSP: BENEFITS FROM INSPIRE DIRECTIVE Common standards across Europe for: Metadata Data exchange Symbology Possibility to handle multilingual information Avoid data multiple storage Ensure accessing to the most up-to-date data
DATA FOR MSP: ENCOUNTERED GAPS TECHNICAL GAPS Web services instability Temporary unavailability Permanent unavailability Interoperability Between Software solutions Between protocols Few technical documentation
DATA FOR MSP: ENCOUNTERED GAPS ORGANISATIONAL GAPS Uneven INSPIRE directive state of application between MS / Organisms Metadata unvailable Data not available in web services Data unavailable in web services but not INSPIRE-compatible Data Licencing No licence policy available Many existing licences
DATA FOR MSP: ENCOUNTERED GAPS DATA-RELATED GAPS Data portrayals diversity Example: Maritime boundaries Official sources not matching Displaying non-geographical information
DATA FOR MSP: POSSIBLE ACTIONS TO ADDRESS DATA GAPS Support to partners on INSPIRE compliancy Assistance in metadata implementation Technical support for setting up spatial data infrastructures Giving access to the tools deployed for publishing data and metadata Production of technical documentation among the projects deliverables
CONCLUSION Assessing transboundary data interoperability for MSP Incontestable impact of INSPIRE Directive Many locks still existing Next steps Connection with other European projects (e.g. EMODnet) Complete the picture
Yuji KATO Data work package Responsible SEANSE project Yuji.kato@shom.fr SIMCelt Analysis of Data Needs and Gaps http://www.simcelt.eu/wp-content/uploads/d4_d5_data- Gaps-Transboundary.pdf SIMCelt Data Management Guidance Document http://www.simcelt.eu/wp-content/uploads/d7_data- Management.pdf