Groundwater Resources GovernanceKalahari Karoo / Stampriet Transboundary Aquifer

Groundwater Information Management SystemLaura del Val Alonso & Geert-Jan Nijsten Windhoek, October 2013

• Why an Information Management System?• What is it not going to be?• Data flow and the GGIS• GGIS functionalities• GGIS for other projects

Layout of presentation

But it can be an information management system for interpreted data and documents

to support transboundary management

What will the GGIS NOT be?

Why an Information Management System?

• Collect, store, visualise and share information

in order to:• Support transboundary

groundwater governance• Allow replication of the assessment

• Indicators• Parameters• Thematic maps• Background maps• DocumentsAnd:• Meta information

Projections(WaterGap)

What types of information?

Data collection

Data Handling Database Output

Global Groundwater Information System

(GGIS)

Protocols and Questionnaires

Data flow and the GGIS

Data flow and the GGIS

National Expert 1

National Expert 2

National Expert n

GGISMaintenance

mode

GGISPublic view

GGISData base

General public

Stake holders

National Expert

Regional coordinators

IGRAC

GGIS Functionalities

Public ViewOverlay layers of information

• Point data

• Vectors

• Polygon data

• TIFF imagines

GGIS Functionalities

Public View

Data query

• Search by indicator value

• Analyse results from assessment

• Combine datasets

GGIS Functionalities

Public View

• Track back source of information

• Check relevant details about map elements

Metadata of each map

feature

Graphical User Interface

GGIS Functionalities

How it could look

Data flow and the GGIS

National Expert 1

National Expert 2

National Expert n

GGISMaintenance

mode

GGISPublic view

GGISData base

General public

Stake holders

National Expert

Regional coordinators

IGRAC

GGIS Functionalities

Maintenance modePassword

protected access

• Access to GGIS part dedicated to an specific country

GGIS Functionalities

National experts can upload information about the national segments of the TBAs in their territory:

• Maps: point, line, polygon data• Documents

Maintenance modeUpload

information

GGIS Functionalities

Maintenance mode

Information updates alert

National experts will receive an e-mail alerting from any update done on any of their TBAs by other national experts.

GGIS Functionalities

System Administrator

• Create/edit/delete input parameters/variables and indicators

• Upload geo-referenced images and shape files

• Manage user account with flexibility in setting permissions

• Full access to database

• Flexibility to modify data input forms

Maintenance mode

Data exchange

GGIS Functionalities

Extend Web-based services:

Automatic data exchange between databases

GGIS

Local Information Systems

GGIS for other projects

GGIS

Kalahari Karoo Stampriet TrifinioPretashkent

TWAP

Global Groundwater Monitoring Network

(GGMN)

Global Overview

Actors and their roles

Groundwater Information Management System

National Experts (NTTG)

Regional Coordination Focal Point

IGRAC - UNESCO

• Data collection, processing, harmonisation and aggregation

• Coordinate & assist NTTG

• Facilitate transboundary cooperation & data harmonisation and aggregation

• Creation of data collection protocols

• Technical assistance to NTTG

• IMS development and maintenance

Management tool for:• Consultative

body• Assessment

updates

Back to the bigger picture

Data collection(mainly existing)

Data harmonisation

TBAAssessment

Proposal for harmonised monitoring

Multi CountryConsultative

Body

Sustainable management

of TBA

Information ManagementSystem

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