{"projectrec":{"ProID":2701,"StandardTitle":"The Marine Irish Digital Atlas","OrigTitle":null,"Acronym":null,"AbstractEnglish":"Atlas Purpose\r\n\r\n- Provide a professional and public resource for coastal and inshore marine areas for Ireland;\r\n
- Make available maps, data and information on coastal themes;\r\n
- Assist professionals in identifying sources of data, information and expertise on the marine environment;\r\n
- Offer accessibility to GIS data in the form of searchable metadata and a web GIS;\r\n
- Encourage a greater appreciation of Ireland's coastal regions.\r\n
\r\nDistinguishing Features\r\n\r\n- Island-wide, covering the Republic and Northern Ireland;\r\n
- Uses Open Source software;\r\n
- Single main atlas page is sectioned into panels (map, layers and information);\r\n
- Includes spatial data from over 35 organisations.\r\n
\r\nTarget Audience\r\n\r\n- General Public;\r\n
- Tourists;\r\n
- Students;\r\n
- Researchers/Scientists;\r\n
- NGOs;\r\n
- Government/Public Bodies;\r\n
- Commercial/Industry;\r\n
- Consultancies;\r\n
- Coastal/Environmental Managers;\r\n
- Decision Makers;\r\n
\r\nAtlas Design and Usability\r\n\r\n- Focus:\r\n\r\n
- Design:\r\n\t
\r\n\t- Clear navigation and instruction;\r\n\t
- Involved user feedback;\r\n\t
- Access text from maps/maps from text;\r\n\t
- Multiple point(s) of access to map/data;\r\n\t\t
\r\n - Map Page:\r\n\t\t
\r\n\t\t- View unlimited layers\r\n\t\t
- View data independently/by theme;.\r\n\t\t
- Combined legend & layer lists\r\n\t\t
- Links to internal/external pages\r\n\t\t
\r\n - Documentation:\r\n\t\t
\r\n\t\t- Thematic text;\r\n\t\t
- Metadata:\r\n\t\t\t
\r\n\t\t\t- Database\r\n\t\t\t
- Multiple format(s);\r\n\t\t\t
\r\n\t\t - Illustrations, images and charts\r\n\t\t
- Help page(s);\r\n\t\t
- Tutorial;\r\n\t
\r\n - Standards:\r\n\t\t
\r\n\t\t- Metadata standards: ISO 19xxx;\r\n\t\t
\r\n - Other:\r\n\t\t
\r\n\t\t- Three tiers of metadata\r\n\t\t
\r\n
\r\nTechnology Used\r\n\r\n- Mapping Software:\r\n\t\r\n
- Data Storage:\r\n\t
\r\n\t- Locally: Flat files;\r\n\t
\r\n - Database Management System:\r\n\t
\r\n\t- Yes: PostgreSQL;\r\n\t
\r\n - Server Operating System\r\n\t
\r\n\t- Red Hat Linux Apache Web Server\r\n\t
\r\n - Other\r\n\t
\r\n\t- Apache Web Server;\r\n\t
- ArcGIS 9 used for data processing\r\n\t
\r\n
\r\nFunctionality/Tools Available\r\n\r\n- Level:\r\n\t\r\n
- Search Capability:\r\n\t
\r\n\t- Search for data\r\n\t
\r\n - Other:\r\n\t
\r\n\t- Advanced metadata search;\r\n\t
- MIDA InfoPort: a comprehensive guide to information on coastal and \tmarine themes and issues;\r\n\t
- PDF/Printable maps not possible due to data licensing issues..\r\n\t
\r\n - Mapping Tools:\r\n\t
\r\n\t- Zoom, recentre and full extent;\r\n\t
- Identify features;\r\n\t
- Layer list control;\r\n\t
- View by theme;\r\n\t
- Download geospatial data;\r\n\t
\r\n
\r\nData/Cartographic Information Included\r\n\r\n- Geographic Area: Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (UK)\r\n
- Number of Datasets: >140\r\n
- Topics:\r\n\t
\r\n\t- Physical Environment;\r\n\t
- Coastal Habitats;\r\n\t
- Imagery;\r\n\t
- Biology;\r\n\t
- Management;\r\n\t
- Human Impact;\r\n\t
- Conservation;\r\n\t
- Environmental Monitoring;\r\n\t
- Infrastructure;\r\n\t
- Industry;\r\n\t
- Culture & Heritage;\r\n\t
- Natural Resources;\r\n\t
- Fisheries, Aquaculture & Agriculture;\r\n\t
- Tourism & Recreation;\r\n\t
\r\n
\r\nData Issues\r\n\r\n- IPR/Cost:\r\n\t
\r\n\t- Cost-prohibitive data (base/other);\r\n\t
- Intellectual Property Rights (IPR);\r\n\t
- Data use restrictions;\r\n\t
\r\n - Accessibility:\r\n\t
\r\n\t- Data sourcing and acquisition;\r\n\t
- Poorly managed, inaccessible data;\r\n\t
- Limited GIS-ready data;\r\n\t
- Distributed network not yet feasible;\r\n\t
- Data retrieval speed;\r\n\t
\r\n - Quality:\r\n\t
\r\n\t- Variable/inconsistent data quality;\r\n\t
- Inappropriate data scales;\r\n\t
- Incomparable regional datasets;\r\n\t
- Poor/non-existent metadata;\r\n\t
\r\n - Management:\r\n\t
\r\n\t- Data management plan development;\r\n\t
- Balance of development and updates;\r\n\t
- Regularity of data updates;\r\n\t
- Manual upload of data to atlas;\r\n\t
- Resources to source/acquire data;\r\n\t
\r\n - Other:\r\n\t
\r\n\t- Time required to source and acquire data;\r\n\t
- Lack of data catalogues;\r\n\t
- Memorandum of Understanding is agreed with each data contributor..\r\n\t
\r\n
\r\nOther Challenges\r\n\r\n- Funding for site maintenance;\r\n
- Designing simple, intuitive and informative web interface;\r\n
- Content balance of science and information;\r\n
- Product promotion;\r\n
- Other:\r\n\t
\r\n\t- Designing the atlas interface to provide access to everything in a \t\t\tsingle window;\r\n\t
- Developing a flexible data model.\r\n\t
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