Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 1
Arctic SDI
The Arctic SDI
- A circumpolar initiative -
ULI Uppsala October 4 2011
www arctic-sdiorg
Owe Palmeacuter ndash Martin Skedsmo
Project Management Group
Lantmaumlteriet ndash Norwegian Mapping Authority
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 2
The Arctic
148 million km2 of land
13 million km2 of ocean
Vast wilderness areas
Unique biological diversity
Largest freshwater
resources (with Antarctic)
Unique and diverse
indigenous cultures
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 3 3
The Arctic
Coverage
The Arctic SDI is to cover
the Arctic regions of the
involved participating
countries as defined by
the countries themselves
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 4
The Arctic - why an Arctic SDI - video from AC AMAP -
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 5 5
Background - Arctic Council -
The Ottawa Declaration of 1996 formally established the Arctic Council
High level intergovernmental forum ndash Foreign Ministers
SAO ndash Senior Arctic Officials from the Arctic Countries
Consensus based body
Promoting cooperation coordination and interaction among Arctic States
Including the involvement of the Arctic Indigenous communities and other
Arctic inhabitants
6 Working Groups - CAFF (Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna)
representing the working groups
The Chairmanship is rotating ndash every second year
Sweden has just taken over the Chairmanship
wwwarctic-councilorg
5
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 6
Why Arctic SDI
Wide array of spatial data around the Arctic
Datasets are distributed throughout many organisations often not integrated or coordinated
Arctic SDI would allow for more robust management and manipulation of data for both research and management purposes
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 7
Background - where did it all start - first ideas of an Arctic SDI -
GITBarents
IPY GeoNorth 2007 (Yellowknife)
GeoNorth II 2009 (Fairbanks)
Arctic Council ndash paper from CAFF
7
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 8
Geographic Information Technology
within the Barents Region 1998 ndash 2008
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 9
A co-operation project between the Federal amp Regional
Mapping and Cadastral Authorities within the Region
- 4 Countries 4 Mapping Organisations -
EU and national financing
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 10
GIT Within the Barents Region
- main goals -
Production of homogenous amp uniform geographic
information within the region
development and implementation of internet-based
technology for effective access and distribution of
geographic information within the region
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 11
The Barents GDB
11 000 000
no new mapping efforts have been executed
existing national map databases have been used and compiled
common feature Catalogue
the new database is a homogenous geographic (GIS compatible) map database
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 12
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 13
The experiences
gained during the
GIT Barents project
might be applicable
also when building
an Arctic SDI
The Barents SDI is up amp running
wwwgitbarentscom
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 14
Background
- Arctic SDI support -
Arctic SDI discussions have been ongoing for a number of years
The Arctic SDI initiative received after a request from the Nordic
Mapping Organisations the formal support of the Arctic Council
at its Senior Arctic Officials (SAO) meeting in November 2009
Support of all the eight Arctic Council countries ie Canada
Denmark Faroes Finland Greenland Iceland Norway Russian
Federation Sweden and the United States
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 15
Background - the long and winding road -
ldquoArctic SDI road trip 2008 ndash 2011rdquo
Rotterdam 2009 (GSDI)
Fairbanks 2009 (GeoNorth)
Copenhagen 2009 (SAO)
Concept Paper 2009 (Kiruna)
Moscow 2010 (Rosreestr)
Reston 2010 (USGSNRCan)
Brussels late 2010 (Kick off)
Singapore late 2010 (GSDI)
Reykjavik April 2011 (Constitutional meeting)
Cambridge conference June 2011
Advisory Group ndash meetings 2011
Moscow September 2011
15
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 16 16
The Arctic SDI
- the vision -
An Arctic SDI ndash based on sustainable co-operation
between mandated national mapping organisations ndash
which will provide for access to spatially related
reliable information over the Arctic to facilitate
monitoring and decision making
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 17
The Arctic SDI
- user driven approach -
Four main categories of users identified
The Arctic Council Working Groups (AC WGs)
Research groups within the International Polar Year and other
scientific communities engaged in Arctic research
Government and governmental authorities involved in decision
making processes concerning the Arctic
Media and the public including NGOs
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 18 wwwarctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Data
Arctic SDI
Portal
NMA national
reference data
Thematic
data
Media Public amp
Education
Arctic Council Working Groups
and other Scientific Communities
Governmental Authorities
Analysis Decision Environmental
amp other political
issues
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 19 19
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Project phases
Arctic SDI
Structuring
Phase 20102011
Operational
Phase 20122013
Establishing
Phase 20112012
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 20 20 20
The Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure
(Arctic SDI)
ndash Project Plan ndash
www arctic-sdiorg
April 6 2011
Version 10
Palmeacuter O Skedsmo M Gudmundsson M Finnbogadoacutettir EL Barry T Ursin H
Thaulow I Obinyakov V Nebert D OrsquoBrien D Hartmann JPW
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 21 21 21
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 22 22 22
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 23
Project Organisation
wwwarctic-sdiorg
23
Working Group B (Reference and
Metadata)
Steering
Committee (NMArsquos ASDI
coordinators)
Advisory Group - acknowledged
professionals -
The Board (NMArsquos DG or
corresponding
managerial level)
Reference
group
Arctic council
Liaison CAFF WG
Working Group A (Technical)
Project
Management
Group NMA
Decision making
bodies
Executive
bodies
Working Group C (Data Access Terms)
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 24 24
The Board
Magnuacutes Guethmundsson Director General NLS of
Iceland Chair ndash on behalf of the Nordic NMAs (Denmark
(Faeroes) Finland Greenland Iceland Norway
Sweden)
Canada ndash to be announced
Sergej Vasiliev ndash Director General Rosreestr The
Federal Service for State Registration Cadastre and
Mapping
Carl Markon Deputy Regional Executive ndash Alaska Area
US Geological Survey USA
24
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 25 25
The Advisory Group
Fraser Taylor Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University Ottawa
Jarmo Ratia Director General of NLS Finland
Jacqueline McGlade Executive Director European
Environment Agency
Robert Corell Principal Global Environment and
Technology Foundation and Chair of GSA
Abbas Rajabifard President GSDI Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
25
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 27 27
The Reference Group
27
The Arctic Council and its Working Groups
represented by CAFF are participating in the Arctic
SDI project work as Reference Group representing
the user community and thus exercising influence on the
project and its results
The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to
the Steering Committee as required
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 28 28
Working Groups
28
Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 32
Arctic SDI meeting in Moscow 12 ndash 13 September 2011
32
Thank you
www arctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 2
The Arctic
148 million km2 of land
13 million km2 of ocean
Vast wilderness areas
Unique biological diversity
Largest freshwater
resources (with Antarctic)
Unique and diverse
indigenous cultures
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 3 3
The Arctic
Coverage
The Arctic SDI is to cover
the Arctic regions of the
involved participating
countries as defined by
the countries themselves
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 4
The Arctic - why an Arctic SDI - video from AC AMAP -
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 5 5
Background - Arctic Council -
The Ottawa Declaration of 1996 formally established the Arctic Council
High level intergovernmental forum ndash Foreign Ministers
SAO ndash Senior Arctic Officials from the Arctic Countries
Consensus based body
Promoting cooperation coordination and interaction among Arctic States
Including the involvement of the Arctic Indigenous communities and other
Arctic inhabitants
6 Working Groups - CAFF (Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna)
representing the working groups
The Chairmanship is rotating ndash every second year
Sweden has just taken over the Chairmanship
wwwarctic-councilorg
5
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 6
Why Arctic SDI
Wide array of spatial data around the Arctic
Datasets are distributed throughout many organisations often not integrated or coordinated
Arctic SDI would allow for more robust management and manipulation of data for both research and management purposes
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 7
Background - where did it all start - first ideas of an Arctic SDI -
GITBarents
IPY GeoNorth 2007 (Yellowknife)
GeoNorth II 2009 (Fairbanks)
Arctic Council ndash paper from CAFF
7
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 8
Geographic Information Technology
within the Barents Region 1998 ndash 2008
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 9
A co-operation project between the Federal amp Regional
Mapping and Cadastral Authorities within the Region
- 4 Countries 4 Mapping Organisations -
EU and national financing
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 10
GIT Within the Barents Region
- main goals -
Production of homogenous amp uniform geographic
information within the region
development and implementation of internet-based
technology for effective access and distribution of
geographic information within the region
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 11
The Barents GDB
11 000 000
no new mapping efforts have been executed
existing national map databases have been used and compiled
common feature Catalogue
the new database is a homogenous geographic (GIS compatible) map database
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 12
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 13
The experiences
gained during the
GIT Barents project
might be applicable
also when building
an Arctic SDI
The Barents SDI is up amp running
wwwgitbarentscom
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 14
Background
- Arctic SDI support -
Arctic SDI discussions have been ongoing for a number of years
The Arctic SDI initiative received after a request from the Nordic
Mapping Organisations the formal support of the Arctic Council
at its Senior Arctic Officials (SAO) meeting in November 2009
Support of all the eight Arctic Council countries ie Canada
Denmark Faroes Finland Greenland Iceland Norway Russian
Federation Sweden and the United States
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 15
Background - the long and winding road -
ldquoArctic SDI road trip 2008 ndash 2011rdquo
Rotterdam 2009 (GSDI)
Fairbanks 2009 (GeoNorth)
Copenhagen 2009 (SAO)
Concept Paper 2009 (Kiruna)
Moscow 2010 (Rosreestr)
Reston 2010 (USGSNRCan)
Brussels late 2010 (Kick off)
Singapore late 2010 (GSDI)
Reykjavik April 2011 (Constitutional meeting)
Cambridge conference June 2011
Advisory Group ndash meetings 2011
Moscow September 2011
15
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 16 16
The Arctic SDI
- the vision -
An Arctic SDI ndash based on sustainable co-operation
between mandated national mapping organisations ndash
which will provide for access to spatially related
reliable information over the Arctic to facilitate
monitoring and decision making
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 17
The Arctic SDI
- user driven approach -
Four main categories of users identified
The Arctic Council Working Groups (AC WGs)
Research groups within the International Polar Year and other
scientific communities engaged in Arctic research
Government and governmental authorities involved in decision
making processes concerning the Arctic
Media and the public including NGOs
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 18 wwwarctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Data
Arctic SDI
Portal
NMA national
reference data
Thematic
data
Media Public amp
Education
Arctic Council Working Groups
and other Scientific Communities
Governmental Authorities
Analysis Decision Environmental
amp other political
issues
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 19 19
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Project phases
Arctic SDI
Structuring
Phase 20102011
Operational
Phase 20122013
Establishing
Phase 20112012
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 20 20 20
The Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure
(Arctic SDI)
ndash Project Plan ndash
www arctic-sdiorg
April 6 2011
Version 10
Palmeacuter O Skedsmo M Gudmundsson M Finnbogadoacutettir EL Barry T Ursin H
Thaulow I Obinyakov V Nebert D OrsquoBrien D Hartmann JPW
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 21 21 21
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 22 22 22
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 23
Project Organisation
wwwarctic-sdiorg
23
Working Group B (Reference and
Metadata)
Steering
Committee (NMArsquos ASDI
coordinators)
Advisory Group - acknowledged
professionals -
The Board (NMArsquos DG or
corresponding
managerial level)
Reference
group
Arctic council
Liaison CAFF WG
Working Group A (Technical)
Project
Management
Group NMA
Decision making
bodies
Executive
bodies
Working Group C (Data Access Terms)
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 24 24
The Board
Magnuacutes Guethmundsson Director General NLS of
Iceland Chair ndash on behalf of the Nordic NMAs (Denmark
(Faeroes) Finland Greenland Iceland Norway
Sweden)
Canada ndash to be announced
Sergej Vasiliev ndash Director General Rosreestr The
Federal Service for State Registration Cadastre and
Mapping
Carl Markon Deputy Regional Executive ndash Alaska Area
US Geological Survey USA
24
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 25 25
The Advisory Group
Fraser Taylor Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University Ottawa
Jarmo Ratia Director General of NLS Finland
Jacqueline McGlade Executive Director European
Environment Agency
Robert Corell Principal Global Environment and
Technology Foundation and Chair of GSA
Abbas Rajabifard President GSDI Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
25
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 27 27
The Reference Group
27
The Arctic Council and its Working Groups
represented by CAFF are participating in the Arctic
SDI project work as Reference Group representing
the user community and thus exercising influence on the
project and its results
The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to
the Steering Committee as required
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 28 28
Working Groups
28
Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 32
Arctic SDI meeting in Moscow 12 ndash 13 September 2011
32
Thank you
www arctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 3 3
The Arctic
Coverage
The Arctic SDI is to cover
the Arctic regions of the
involved participating
countries as defined by
the countries themselves
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 4
The Arctic - why an Arctic SDI - video from AC AMAP -
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 5 5
Background - Arctic Council -
The Ottawa Declaration of 1996 formally established the Arctic Council
High level intergovernmental forum ndash Foreign Ministers
SAO ndash Senior Arctic Officials from the Arctic Countries
Consensus based body
Promoting cooperation coordination and interaction among Arctic States
Including the involvement of the Arctic Indigenous communities and other
Arctic inhabitants
6 Working Groups - CAFF (Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna)
representing the working groups
The Chairmanship is rotating ndash every second year
Sweden has just taken over the Chairmanship
wwwarctic-councilorg
5
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 6
Why Arctic SDI
Wide array of spatial data around the Arctic
Datasets are distributed throughout many organisations often not integrated or coordinated
Arctic SDI would allow for more robust management and manipulation of data for both research and management purposes
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 7
Background - where did it all start - first ideas of an Arctic SDI -
GITBarents
IPY GeoNorth 2007 (Yellowknife)
GeoNorth II 2009 (Fairbanks)
Arctic Council ndash paper from CAFF
7
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 8
Geographic Information Technology
within the Barents Region 1998 ndash 2008
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 9
A co-operation project between the Federal amp Regional
Mapping and Cadastral Authorities within the Region
- 4 Countries 4 Mapping Organisations -
EU and national financing
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 10
GIT Within the Barents Region
- main goals -
Production of homogenous amp uniform geographic
information within the region
development and implementation of internet-based
technology for effective access and distribution of
geographic information within the region
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 11
The Barents GDB
11 000 000
no new mapping efforts have been executed
existing national map databases have been used and compiled
common feature Catalogue
the new database is a homogenous geographic (GIS compatible) map database
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 12
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 13
The experiences
gained during the
GIT Barents project
might be applicable
also when building
an Arctic SDI
The Barents SDI is up amp running
wwwgitbarentscom
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 14
Background
- Arctic SDI support -
Arctic SDI discussions have been ongoing for a number of years
The Arctic SDI initiative received after a request from the Nordic
Mapping Organisations the formal support of the Arctic Council
at its Senior Arctic Officials (SAO) meeting in November 2009
Support of all the eight Arctic Council countries ie Canada
Denmark Faroes Finland Greenland Iceland Norway Russian
Federation Sweden and the United States
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 15
Background - the long and winding road -
ldquoArctic SDI road trip 2008 ndash 2011rdquo
Rotterdam 2009 (GSDI)
Fairbanks 2009 (GeoNorth)
Copenhagen 2009 (SAO)
Concept Paper 2009 (Kiruna)
Moscow 2010 (Rosreestr)
Reston 2010 (USGSNRCan)
Brussels late 2010 (Kick off)
Singapore late 2010 (GSDI)
Reykjavik April 2011 (Constitutional meeting)
Cambridge conference June 2011
Advisory Group ndash meetings 2011
Moscow September 2011
15
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 16 16
The Arctic SDI
- the vision -
An Arctic SDI ndash based on sustainable co-operation
between mandated national mapping organisations ndash
which will provide for access to spatially related
reliable information over the Arctic to facilitate
monitoring and decision making
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 17
The Arctic SDI
- user driven approach -
Four main categories of users identified
The Arctic Council Working Groups (AC WGs)
Research groups within the International Polar Year and other
scientific communities engaged in Arctic research
Government and governmental authorities involved in decision
making processes concerning the Arctic
Media and the public including NGOs
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 18 wwwarctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Data
Arctic SDI
Portal
NMA national
reference data
Thematic
data
Media Public amp
Education
Arctic Council Working Groups
and other Scientific Communities
Governmental Authorities
Analysis Decision Environmental
amp other political
issues
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 19 19
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Project phases
Arctic SDI
Structuring
Phase 20102011
Operational
Phase 20122013
Establishing
Phase 20112012
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 20 20 20
The Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure
(Arctic SDI)
ndash Project Plan ndash
www arctic-sdiorg
April 6 2011
Version 10
Palmeacuter O Skedsmo M Gudmundsson M Finnbogadoacutettir EL Barry T Ursin H
Thaulow I Obinyakov V Nebert D OrsquoBrien D Hartmann JPW
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 21 21 21
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 22 22 22
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 23
Project Organisation
wwwarctic-sdiorg
23
Working Group B (Reference and
Metadata)
Steering
Committee (NMArsquos ASDI
coordinators)
Advisory Group - acknowledged
professionals -
The Board (NMArsquos DG or
corresponding
managerial level)
Reference
group
Arctic council
Liaison CAFF WG
Working Group A (Technical)
Project
Management
Group NMA
Decision making
bodies
Executive
bodies
Working Group C (Data Access Terms)
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 24 24
The Board
Magnuacutes Guethmundsson Director General NLS of
Iceland Chair ndash on behalf of the Nordic NMAs (Denmark
(Faeroes) Finland Greenland Iceland Norway
Sweden)
Canada ndash to be announced
Sergej Vasiliev ndash Director General Rosreestr The
Federal Service for State Registration Cadastre and
Mapping
Carl Markon Deputy Regional Executive ndash Alaska Area
US Geological Survey USA
24
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 25 25
The Advisory Group
Fraser Taylor Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University Ottawa
Jarmo Ratia Director General of NLS Finland
Jacqueline McGlade Executive Director European
Environment Agency
Robert Corell Principal Global Environment and
Technology Foundation and Chair of GSA
Abbas Rajabifard President GSDI Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
25
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 27 27
The Reference Group
27
The Arctic Council and its Working Groups
represented by CAFF are participating in the Arctic
SDI project work as Reference Group representing
the user community and thus exercising influence on the
project and its results
The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to
the Steering Committee as required
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 28 28
Working Groups
28
Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 32
Arctic SDI meeting in Moscow 12 ndash 13 September 2011
32
Thank you
www arctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 4
The Arctic - why an Arctic SDI - video from AC AMAP -
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 5 5
Background - Arctic Council -
The Ottawa Declaration of 1996 formally established the Arctic Council
High level intergovernmental forum ndash Foreign Ministers
SAO ndash Senior Arctic Officials from the Arctic Countries
Consensus based body
Promoting cooperation coordination and interaction among Arctic States
Including the involvement of the Arctic Indigenous communities and other
Arctic inhabitants
6 Working Groups - CAFF (Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna)
representing the working groups
The Chairmanship is rotating ndash every second year
Sweden has just taken over the Chairmanship
wwwarctic-councilorg
5
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 6
Why Arctic SDI
Wide array of spatial data around the Arctic
Datasets are distributed throughout many organisations often not integrated or coordinated
Arctic SDI would allow for more robust management and manipulation of data for both research and management purposes
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 7
Background - where did it all start - first ideas of an Arctic SDI -
GITBarents
IPY GeoNorth 2007 (Yellowknife)
GeoNorth II 2009 (Fairbanks)
Arctic Council ndash paper from CAFF
7
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 8
Geographic Information Technology
within the Barents Region 1998 ndash 2008
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 9
A co-operation project between the Federal amp Regional
Mapping and Cadastral Authorities within the Region
- 4 Countries 4 Mapping Organisations -
EU and national financing
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 10
GIT Within the Barents Region
- main goals -
Production of homogenous amp uniform geographic
information within the region
development and implementation of internet-based
technology for effective access and distribution of
geographic information within the region
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 11
The Barents GDB
11 000 000
no new mapping efforts have been executed
existing national map databases have been used and compiled
common feature Catalogue
the new database is a homogenous geographic (GIS compatible) map database
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 12
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 13
The experiences
gained during the
GIT Barents project
might be applicable
also when building
an Arctic SDI
The Barents SDI is up amp running
wwwgitbarentscom
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 14
Background
- Arctic SDI support -
Arctic SDI discussions have been ongoing for a number of years
The Arctic SDI initiative received after a request from the Nordic
Mapping Organisations the formal support of the Arctic Council
at its Senior Arctic Officials (SAO) meeting in November 2009
Support of all the eight Arctic Council countries ie Canada
Denmark Faroes Finland Greenland Iceland Norway Russian
Federation Sweden and the United States
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 15
Background - the long and winding road -
ldquoArctic SDI road trip 2008 ndash 2011rdquo
Rotterdam 2009 (GSDI)
Fairbanks 2009 (GeoNorth)
Copenhagen 2009 (SAO)
Concept Paper 2009 (Kiruna)
Moscow 2010 (Rosreestr)
Reston 2010 (USGSNRCan)
Brussels late 2010 (Kick off)
Singapore late 2010 (GSDI)
Reykjavik April 2011 (Constitutional meeting)
Cambridge conference June 2011
Advisory Group ndash meetings 2011
Moscow September 2011
15
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 16 16
The Arctic SDI
- the vision -
An Arctic SDI ndash based on sustainable co-operation
between mandated national mapping organisations ndash
which will provide for access to spatially related
reliable information over the Arctic to facilitate
monitoring and decision making
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 17
The Arctic SDI
- user driven approach -
Four main categories of users identified
The Arctic Council Working Groups (AC WGs)
Research groups within the International Polar Year and other
scientific communities engaged in Arctic research
Government and governmental authorities involved in decision
making processes concerning the Arctic
Media and the public including NGOs
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 18 wwwarctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Data
Arctic SDI
Portal
NMA national
reference data
Thematic
data
Media Public amp
Education
Arctic Council Working Groups
and other Scientific Communities
Governmental Authorities
Analysis Decision Environmental
amp other political
issues
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 19 19
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Project phases
Arctic SDI
Structuring
Phase 20102011
Operational
Phase 20122013
Establishing
Phase 20112012
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 20 20 20
The Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure
(Arctic SDI)
ndash Project Plan ndash
www arctic-sdiorg
April 6 2011
Version 10
Palmeacuter O Skedsmo M Gudmundsson M Finnbogadoacutettir EL Barry T Ursin H
Thaulow I Obinyakov V Nebert D OrsquoBrien D Hartmann JPW
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 21 21 21
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 22 22 22
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 23
Project Organisation
wwwarctic-sdiorg
23
Working Group B (Reference and
Metadata)
Steering
Committee (NMArsquos ASDI
coordinators)
Advisory Group - acknowledged
professionals -
The Board (NMArsquos DG or
corresponding
managerial level)
Reference
group
Arctic council
Liaison CAFF WG
Working Group A (Technical)
Project
Management
Group NMA
Decision making
bodies
Executive
bodies
Working Group C (Data Access Terms)
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 24 24
The Board
Magnuacutes Guethmundsson Director General NLS of
Iceland Chair ndash on behalf of the Nordic NMAs (Denmark
(Faeroes) Finland Greenland Iceland Norway
Sweden)
Canada ndash to be announced
Sergej Vasiliev ndash Director General Rosreestr The
Federal Service for State Registration Cadastre and
Mapping
Carl Markon Deputy Regional Executive ndash Alaska Area
US Geological Survey USA
24
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 25 25
The Advisory Group
Fraser Taylor Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University Ottawa
Jarmo Ratia Director General of NLS Finland
Jacqueline McGlade Executive Director European
Environment Agency
Robert Corell Principal Global Environment and
Technology Foundation and Chair of GSA
Abbas Rajabifard President GSDI Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
25
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 27 27
The Reference Group
27
The Arctic Council and its Working Groups
represented by CAFF are participating in the Arctic
SDI project work as Reference Group representing
the user community and thus exercising influence on the
project and its results
The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to
the Steering Committee as required
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 28 28
Working Groups
28
Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 32
Arctic SDI meeting in Moscow 12 ndash 13 September 2011
32
Thank you
www arctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 5 5
Background - Arctic Council -
The Ottawa Declaration of 1996 formally established the Arctic Council
High level intergovernmental forum ndash Foreign Ministers
SAO ndash Senior Arctic Officials from the Arctic Countries
Consensus based body
Promoting cooperation coordination and interaction among Arctic States
Including the involvement of the Arctic Indigenous communities and other
Arctic inhabitants
6 Working Groups - CAFF (Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna)
representing the working groups
The Chairmanship is rotating ndash every second year
Sweden has just taken over the Chairmanship
wwwarctic-councilorg
5
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 6
Why Arctic SDI
Wide array of spatial data around the Arctic
Datasets are distributed throughout many organisations often not integrated or coordinated
Arctic SDI would allow for more robust management and manipulation of data for both research and management purposes
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 7
Background - where did it all start - first ideas of an Arctic SDI -
GITBarents
IPY GeoNorth 2007 (Yellowknife)
GeoNorth II 2009 (Fairbanks)
Arctic Council ndash paper from CAFF
7
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 8
Geographic Information Technology
within the Barents Region 1998 ndash 2008
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 9
A co-operation project between the Federal amp Regional
Mapping and Cadastral Authorities within the Region
- 4 Countries 4 Mapping Organisations -
EU and national financing
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 10
GIT Within the Barents Region
- main goals -
Production of homogenous amp uniform geographic
information within the region
development and implementation of internet-based
technology for effective access and distribution of
geographic information within the region
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 11
The Barents GDB
11 000 000
no new mapping efforts have been executed
existing national map databases have been used and compiled
common feature Catalogue
the new database is a homogenous geographic (GIS compatible) map database
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 12
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 13
The experiences
gained during the
GIT Barents project
might be applicable
also when building
an Arctic SDI
The Barents SDI is up amp running
wwwgitbarentscom
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 14
Background
- Arctic SDI support -
Arctic SDI discussions have been ongoing for a number of years
The Arctic SDI initiative received after a request from the Nordic
Mapping Organisations the formal support of the Arctic Council
at its Senior Arctic Officials (SAO) meeting in November 2009
Support of all the eight Arctic Council countries ie Canada
Denmark Faroes Finland Greenland Iceland Norway Russian
Federation Sweden and the United States
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 15
Background - the long and winding road -
ldquoArctic SDI road trip 2008 ndash 2011rdquo
Rotterdam 2009 (GSDI)
Fairbanks 2009 (GeoNorth)
Copenhagen 2009 (SAO)
Concept Paper 2009 (Kiruna)
Moscow 2010 (Rosreestr)
Reston 2010 (USGSNRCan)
Brussels late 2010 (Kick off)
Singapore late 2010 (GSDI)
Reykjavik April 2011 (Constitutional meeting)
Cambridge conference June 2011
Advisory Group ndash meetings 2011
Moscow September 2011
15
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 16 16
The Arctic SDI
- the vision -
An Arctic SDI ndash based on sustainable co-operation
between mandated national mapping organisations ndash
which will provide for access to spatially related
reliable information over the Arctic to facilitate
monitoring and decision making
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 17
The Arctic SDI
- user driven approach -
Four main categories of users identified
The Arctic Council Working Groups (AC WGs)
Research groups within the International Polar Year and other
scientific communities engaged in Arctic research
Government and governmental authorities involved in decision
making processes concerning the Arctic
Media and the public including NGOs
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 18 wwwarctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Data
Arctic SDI
Portal
NMA national
reference data
Thematic
data
Media Public amp
Education
Arctic Council Working Groups
and other Scientific Communities
Governmental Authorities
Analysis Decision Environmental
amp other political
issues
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 19 19
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Project phases
Arctic SDI
Structuring
Phase 20102011
Operational
Phase 20122013
Establishing
Phase 20112012
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 20 20 20
The Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure
(Arctic SDI)
ndash Project Plan ndash
www arctic-sdiorg
April 6 2011
Version 10
Palmeacuter O Skedsmo M Gudmundsson M Finnbogadoacutettir EL Barry T Ursin H
Thaulow I Obinyakov V Nebert D OrsquoBrien D Hartmann JPW
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 21 21 21
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 22 22 22
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 23
Project Organisation
wwwarctic-sdiorg
23
Working Group B (Reference and
Metadata)
Steering
Committee (NMArsquos ASDI
coordinators)
Advisory Group - acknowledged
professionals -
The Board (NMArsquos DG or
corresponding
managerial level)
Reference
group
Arctic council
Liaison CAFF WG
Working Group A (Technical)
Project
Management
Group NMA
Decision making
bodies
Executive
bodies
Working Group C (Data Access Terms)
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 24 24
The Board
Magnuacutes Guethmundsson Director General NLS of
Iceland Chair ndash on behalf of the Nordic NMAs (Denmark
(Faeroes) Finland Greenland Iceland Norway
Sweden)
Canada ndash to be announced
Sergej Vasiliev ndash Director General Rosreestr The
Federal Service for State Registration Cadastre and
Mapping
Carl Markon Deputy Regional Executive ndash Alaska Area
US Geological Survey USA
24
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 25 25
The Advisory Group
Fraser Taylor Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University Ottawa
Jarmo Ratia Director General of NLS Finland
Jacqueline McGlade Executive Director European
Environment Agency
Robert Corell Principal Global Environment and
Technology Foundation and Chair of GSA
Abbas Rajabifard President GSDI Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
25
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 27 27
The Reference Group
27
The Arctic Council and its Working Groups
represented by CAFF are participating in the Arctic
SDI project work as Reference Group representing
the user community and thus exercising influence on the
project and its results
The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to
the Steering Committee as required
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 28 28
Working Groups
28
Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 32
Arctic SDI meeting in Moscow 12 ndash 13 September 2011
32
Thank you
www arctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 6
Why Arctic SDI
Wide array of spatial data around the Arctic
Datasets are distributed throughout many organisations often not integrated or coordinated
Arctic SDI would allow for more robust management and manipulation of data for both research and management purposes
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 7
Background - where did it all start - first ideas of an Arctic SDI -
GITBarents
IPY GeoNorth 2007 (Yellowknife)
GeoNorth II 2009 (Fairbanks)
Arctic Council ndash paper from CAFF
7
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 8
Geographic Information Technology
within the Barents Region 1998 ndash 2008
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 9
A co-operation project between the Federal amp Regional
Mapping and Cadastral Authorities within the Region
- 4 Countries 4 Mapping Organisations -
EU and national financing
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 10
GIT Within the Barents Region
- main goals -
Production of homogenous amp uniform geographic
information within the region
development and implementation of internet-based
technology for effective access and distribution of
geographic information within the region
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 11
The Barents GDB
11 000 000
no new mapping efforts have been executed
existing national map databases have been used and compiled
common feature Catalogue
the new database is a homogenous geographic (GIS compatible) map database
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 12
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 13
The experiences
gained during the
GIT Barents project
might be applicable
also when building
an Arctic SDI
The Barents SDI is up amp running
wwwgitbarentscom
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 14
Background
- Arctic SDI support -
Arctic SDI discussions have been ongoing for a number of years
The Arctic SDI initiative received after a request from the Nordic
Mapping Organisations the formal support of the Arctic Council
at its Senior Arctic Officials (SAO) meeting in November 2009
Support of all the eight Arctic Council countries ie Canada
Denmark Faroes Finland Greenland Iceland Norway Russian
Federation Sweden and the United States
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 15
Background - the long and winding road -
ldquoArctic SDI road trip 2008 ndash 2011rdquo
Rotterdam 2009 (GSDI)
Fairbanks 2009 (GeoNorth)
Copenhagen 2009 (SAO)
Concept Paper 2009 (Kiruna)
Moscow 2010 (Rosreestr)
Reston 2010 (USGSNRCan)
Brussels late 2010 (Kick off)
Singapore late 2010 (GSDI)
Reykjavik April 2011 (Constitutional meeting)
Cambridge conference June 2011
Advisory Group ndash meetings 2011
Moscow September 2011
15
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 16 16
The Arctic SDI
- the vision -
An Arctic SDI ndash based on sustainable co-operation
between mandated national mapping organisations ndash
which will provide for access to spatially related
reliable information over the Arctic to facilitate
monitoring and decision making
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 17
The Arctic SDI
- user driven approach -
Four main categories of users identified
The Arctic Council Working Groups (AC WGs)
Research groups within the International Polar Year and other
scientific communities engaged in Arctic research
Government and governmental authorities involved in decision
making processes concerning the Arctic
Media and the public including NGOs
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 18 wwwarctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Data
Arctic SDI
Portal
NMA national
reference data
Thematic
data
Media Public amp
Education
Arctic Council Working Groups
and other Scientific Communities
Governmental Authorities
Analysis Decision Environmental
amp other political
issues
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 19 19
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Project phases
Arctic SDI
Structuring
Phase 20102011
Operational
Phase 20122013
Establishing
Phase 20112012
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 20 20 20
The Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure
(Arctic SDI)
ndash Project Plan ndash
www arctic-sdiorg
April 6 2011
Version 10
Palmeacuter O Skedsmo M Gudmundsson M Finnbogadoacutettir EL Barry T Ursin H
Thaulow I Obinyakov V Nebert D OrsquoBrien D Hartmann JPW
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 21 21 21
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 22 22 22
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 23
Project Organisation
wwwarctic-sdiorg
23
Working Group B (Reference and
Metadata)
Steering
Committee (NMArsquos ASDI
coordinators)
Advisory Group - acknowledged
professionals -
The Board (NMArsquos DG or
corresponding
managerial level)
Reference
group
Arctic council
Liaison CAFF WG
Working Group A (Technical)
Project
Management
Group NMA
Decision making
bodies
Executive
bodies
Working Group C (Data Access Terms)
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 24 24
The Board
Magnuacutes Guethmundsson Director General NLS of
Iceland Chair ndash on behalf of the Nordic NMAs (Denmark
(Faeroes) Finland Greenland Iceland Norway
Sweden)
Canada ndash to be announced
Sergej Vasiliev ndash Director General Rosreestr The
Federal Service for State Registration Cadastre and
Mapping
Carl Markon Deputy Regional Executive ndash Alaska Area
US Geological Survey USA
24
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 25 25
The Advisory Group
Fraser Taylor Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University Ottawa
Jarmo Ratia Director General of NLS Finland
Jacqueline McGlade Executive Director European
Environment Agency
Robert Corell Principal Global Environment and
Technology Foundation and Chair of GSA
Abbas Rajabifard President GSDI Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
25
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 27 27
The Reference Group
27
The Arctic Council and its Working Groups
represented by CAFF are participating in the Arctic
SDI project work as Reference Group representing
the user community and thus exercising influence on the
project and its results
The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to
the Steering Committee as required
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 28 28
Working Groups
28
Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 32
Arctic SDI meeting in Moscow 12 ndash 13 September 2011
32
Thank you
www arctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 7
Background - where did it all start - first ideas of an Arctic SDI -
GITBarents
IPY GeoNorth 2007 (Yellowknife)
GeoNorth II 2009 (Fairbanks)
Arctic Council ndash paper from CAFF
7
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 8
Geographic Information Technology
within the Barents Region 1998 ndash 2008
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 9
A co-operation project between the Federal amp Regional
Mapping and Cadastral Authorities within the Region
- 4 Countries 4 Mapping Organisations -
EU and national financing
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 10
GIT Within the Barents Region
- main goals -
Production of homogenous amp uniform geographic
information within the region
development and implementation of internet-based
technology for effective access and distribution of
geographic information within the region
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 11
The Barents GDB
11 000 000
no new mapping efforts have been executed
existing national map databases have been used and compiled
common feature Catalogue
the new database is a homogenous geographic (GIS compatible) map database
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 12
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 13
The experiences
gained during the
GIT Barents project
might be applicable
also when building
an Arctic SDI
The Barents SDI is up amp running
wwwgitbarentscom
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 14
Background
- Arctic SDI support -
Arctic SDI discussions have been ongoing for a number of years
The Arctic SDI initiative received after a request from the Nordic
Mapping Organisations the formal support of the Arctic Council
at its Senior Arctic Officials (SAO) meeting in November 2009
Support of all the eight Arctic Council countries ie Canada
Denmark Faroes Finland Greenland Iceland Norway Russian
Federation Sweden and the United States
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 15
Background - the long and winding road -
ldquoArctic SDI road trip 2008 ndash 2011rdquo
Rotterdam 2009 (GSDI)
Fairbanks 2009 (GeoNorth)
Copenhagen 2009 (SAO)
Concept Paper 2009 (Kiruna)
Moscow 2010 (Rosreestr)
Reston 2010 (USGSNRCan)
Brussels late 2010 (Kick off)
Singapore late 2010 (GSDI)
Reykjavik April 2011 (Constitutional meeting)
Cambridge conference June 2011
Advisory Group ndash meetings 2011
Moscow September 2011
15
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 16 16
The Arctic SDI
- the vision -
An Arctic SDI ndash based on sustainable co-operation
between mandated national mapping organisations ndash
which will provide for access to spatially related
reliable information over the Arctic to facilitate
monitoring and decision making
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 17
The Arctic SDI
- user driven approach -
Four main categories of users identified
The Arctic Council Working Groups (AC WGs)
Research groups within the International Polar Year and other
scientific communities engaged in Arctic research
Government and governmental authorities involved in decision
making processes concerning the Arctic
Media and the public including NGOs
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 18 wwwarctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Data
Arctic SDI
Portal
NMA national
reference data
Thematic
data
Media Public amp
Education
Arctic Council Working Groups
and other Scientific Communities
Governmental Authorities
Analysis Decision Environmental
amp other political
issues
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 19 19
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Project phases
Arctic SDI
Structuring
Phase 20102011
Operational
Phase 20122013
Establishing
Phase 20112012
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 20 20 20
The Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure
(Arctic SDI)
ndash Project Plan ndash
www arctic-sdiorg
April 6 2011
Version 10
Palmeacuter O Skedsmo M Gudmundsson M Finnbogadoacutettir EL Barry T Ursin H
Thaulow I Obinyakov V Nebert D OrsquoBrien D Hartmann JPW
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 21 21 21
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 22 22 22
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 23
Project Organisation
wwwarctic-sdiorg
23
Working Group B (Reference and
Metadata)
Steering
Committee (NMArsquos ASDI
coordinators)
Advisory Group - acknowledged
professionals -
The Board (NMArsquos DG or
corresponding
managerial level)
Reference
group
Arctic council
Liaison CAFF WG
Working Group A (Technical)
Project
Management
Group NMA
Decision making
bodies
Executive
bodies
Working Group C (Data Access Terms)
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 24 24
The Board
Magnuacutes Guethmundsson Director General NLS of
Iceland Chair ndash on behalf of the Nordic NMAs (Denmark
(Faeroes) Finland Greenland Iceland Norway
Sweden)
Canada ndash to be announced
Sergej Vasiliev ndash Director General Rosreestr The
Federal Service for State Registration Cadastre and
Mapping
Carl Markon Deputy Regional Executive ndash Alaska Area
US Geological Survey USA
24
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 25 25
The Advisory Group
Fraser Taylor Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University Ottawa
Jarmo Ratia Director General of NLS Finland
Jacqueline McGlade Executive Director European
Environment Agency
Robert Corell Principal Global Environment and
Technology Foundation and Chair of GSA
Abbas Rajabifard President GSDI Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
25
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 27 27
The Reference Group
27
The Arctic Council and its Working Groups
represented by CAFF are participating in the Arctic
SDI project work as Reference Group representing
the user community and thus exercising influence on the
project and its results
The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to
the Steering Committee as required
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 28 28
Working Groups
28
Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 32
Arctic SDI meeting in Moscow 12 ndash 13 September 2011
32
Thank you
www arctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 8
Geographic Information Technology
within the Barents Region 1998 ndash 2008
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 9
A co-operation project between the Federal amp Regional
Mapping and Cadastral Authorities within the Region
- 4 Countries 4 Mapping Organisations -
EU and national financing
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 10
GIT Within the Barents Region
- main goals -
Production of homogenous amp uniform geographic
information within the region
development and implementation of internet-based
technology for effective access and distribution of
geographic information within the region
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 11
The Barents GDB
11 000 000
no new mapping efforts have been executed
existing national map databases have been used and compiled
common feature Catalogue
the new database is a homogenous geographic (GIS compatible) map database
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 12
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 13
The experiences
gained during the
GIT Barents project
might be applicable
also when building
an Arctic SDI
The Barents SDI is up amp running
wwwgitbarentscom
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 14
Background
- Arctic SDI support -
Arctic SDI discussions have been ongoing for a number of years
The Arctic SDI initiative received after a request from the Nordic
Mapping Organisations the formal support of the Arctic Council
at its Senior Arctic Officials (SAO) meeting in November 2009
Support of all the eight Arctic Council countries ie Canada
Denmark Faroes Finland Greenland Iceland Norway Russian
Federation Sweden and the United States
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 15
Background - the long and winding road -
ldquoArctic SDI road trip 2008 ndash 2011rdquo
Rotterdam 2009 (GSDI)
Fairbanks 2009 (GeoNorth)
Copenhagen 2009 (SAO)
Concept Paper 2009 (Kiruna)
Moscow 2010 (Rosreestr)
Reston 2010 (USGSNRCan)
Brussels late 2010 (Kick off)
Singapore late 2010 (GSDI)
Reykjavik April 2011 (Constitutional meeting)
Cambridge conference June 2011
Advisory Group ndash meetings 2011
Moscow September 2011
15
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 16 16
The Arctic SDI
- the vision -
An Arctic SDI ndash based on sustainable co-operation
between mandated national mapping organisations ndash
which will provide for access to spatially related
reliable information over the Arctic to facilitate
monitoring and decision making
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 17
The Arctic SDI
- user driven approach -
Four main categories of users identified
The Arctic Council Working Groups (AC WGs)
Research groups within the International Polar Year and other
scientific communities engaged in Arctic research
Government and governmental authorities involved in decision
making processes concerning the Arctic
Media and the public including NGOs
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 18 wwwarctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Data
Arctic SDI
Portal
NMA national
reference data
Thematic
data
Media Public amp
Education
Arctic Council Working Groups
and other Scientific Communities
Governmental Authorities
Analysis Decision Environmental
amp other political
issues
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 19 19
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Project phases
Arctic SDI
Structuring
Phase 20102011
Operational
Phase 20122013
Establishing
Phase 20112012
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 20 20 20
The Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure
(Arctic SDI)
ndash Project Plan ndash
www arctic-sdiorg
April 6 2011
Version 10
Palmeacuter O Skedsmo M Gudmundsson M Finnbogadoacutettir EL Barry T Ursin H
Thaulow I Obinyakov V Nebert D OrsquoBrien D Hartmann JPW
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 21 21 21
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 22 22 22
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 23
Project Organisation
wwwarctic-sdiorg
23
Working Group B (Reference and
Metadata)
Steering
Committee (NMArsquos ASDI
coordinators)
Advisory Group - acknowledged
professionals -
The Board (NMArsquos DG or
corresponding
managerial level)
Reference
group
Arctic council
Liaison CAFF WG
Working Group A (Technical)
Project
Management
Group NMA
Decision making
bodies
Executive
bodies
Working Group C (Data Access Terms)
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 24 24
The Board
Magnuacutes Guethmundsson Director General NLS of
Iceland Chair ndash on behalf of the Nordic NMAs (Denmark
(Faeroes) Finland Greenland Iceland Norway
Sweden)
Canada ndash to be announced
Sergej Vasiliev ndash Director General Rosreestr The
Federal Service for State Registration Cadastre and
Mapping
Carl Markon Deputy Regional Executive ndash Alaska Area
US Geological Survey USA
24
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 25 25
The Advisory Group
Fraser Taylor Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University Ottawa
Jarmo Ratia Director General of NLS Finland
Jacqueline McGlade Executive Director European
Environment Agency
Robert Corell Principal Global Environment and
Technology Foundation and Chair of GSA
Abbas Rajabifard President GSDI Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
25
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 27 27
The Reference Group
27
The Arctic Council and its Working Groups
represented by CAFF are participating in the Arctic
SDI project work as Reference Group representing
the user community and thus exercising influence on the
project and its results
The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to
the Steering Committee as required
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 28 28
Working Groups
28
Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 32
Arctic SDI meeting in Moscow 12 ndash 13 September 2011
32
Thank you
www arctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 9
A co-operation project between the Federal amp Regional
Mapping and Cadastral Authorities within the Region
- 4 Countries 4 Mapping Organisations -
EU and national financing
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 10
GIT Within the Barents Region
- main goals -
Production of homogenous amp uniform geographic
information within the region
development and implementation of internet-based
technology for effective access and distribution of
geographic information within the region
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 11
The Barents GDB
11 000 000
no new mapping efforts have been executed
existing national map databases have been used and compiled
common feature Catalogue
the new database is a homogenous geographic (GIS compatible) map database
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 12
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 13
The experiences
gained during the
GIT Barents project
might be applicable
also when building
an Arctic SDI
The Barents SDI is up amp running
wwwgitbarentscom
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 14
Background
- Arctic SDI support -
Arctic SDI discussions have been ongoing for a number of years
The Arctic SDI initiative received after a request from the Nordic
Mapping Organisations the formal support of the Arctic Council
at its Senior Arctic Officials (SAO) meeting in November 2009
Support of all the eight Arctic Council countries ie Canada
Denmark Faroes Finland Greenland Iceland Norway Russian
Federation Sweden and the United States
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 15
Background - the long and winding road -
ldquoArctic SDI road trip 2008 ndash 2011rdquo
Rotterdam 2009 (GSDI)
Fairbanks 2009 (GeoNorth)
Copenhagen 2009 (SAO)
Concept Paper 2009 (Kiruna)
Moscow 2010 (Rosreestr)
Reston 2010 (USGSNRCan)
Brussels late 2010 (Kick off)
Singapore late 2010 (GSDI)
Reykjavik April 2011 (Constitutional meeting)
Cambridge conference June 2011
Advisory Group ndash meetings 2011
Moscow September 2011
15
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 16 16
The Arctic SDI
- the vision -
An Arctic SDI ndash based on sustainable co-operation
between mandated national mapping organisations ndash
which will provide for access to spatially related
reliable information over the Arctic to facilitate
monitoring and decision making
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 17
The Arctic SDI
- user driven approach -
Four main categories of users identified
The Arctic Council Working Groups (AC WGs)
Research groups within the International Polar Year and other
scientific communities engaged in Arctic research
Government and governmental authorities involved in decision
making processes concerning the Arctic
Media and the public including NGOs
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 18 wwwarctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Data
Arctic SDI
Portal
NMA national
reference data
Thematic
data
Media Public amp
Education
Arctic Council Working Groups
and other Scientific Communities
Governmental Authorities
Analysis Decision Environmental
amp other political
issues
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 19 19
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Project phases
Arctic SDI
Structuring
Phase 20102011
Operational
Phase 20122013
Establishing
Phase 20112012
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 20 20 20
The Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure
(Arctic SDI)
ndash Project Plan ndash
www arctic-sdiorg
April 6 2011
Version 10
Palmeacuter O Skedsmo M Gudmundsson M Finnbogadoacutettir EL Barry T Ursin H
Thaulow I Obinyakov V Nebert D OrsquoBrien D Hartmann JPW
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 21 21 21
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 22 22 22
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 23
Project Organisation
wwwarctic-sdiorg
23
Working Group B (Reference and
Metadata)
Steering
Committee (NMArsquos ASDI
coordinators)
Advisory Group - acknowledged
professionals -
The Board (NMArsquos DG or
corresponding
managerial level)
Reference
group
Arctic council
Liaison CAFF WG
Working Group A (Technical)
Project
Management
Group NMA
Decision making
bodies
Executive
bodies
Working Group C (Data Access Terms)
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 24 24
The Board
Magnuacutes Guethmundsson Director General NLS of
Iceland Chair ndash on behalf of the Nordic NMAs (Denmark
(Faeroes) Finland Greenland Iceland Norway
Sweden)
Canada ndash to be announced
Sergej Vasiliev ndash Director General Rosreestr The
Federal Service for State Registration Cadastre and
Mapping
Carl Markon Deputy Regional Executive ndash Alaska Area
US Geological Survey USA
24
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 25 25
The Advisory Group
Fraser Taylor Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University Ottawa
Jarmo Ratia Director General of NLS Finland
Jacqueline McGlade Executive Director European
Environment Agency
Robert Corell Principal Global Environment and
Technology Foundation and Chair of GSA
Abbas Rajabifard President GSDI Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
25
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 27 27
The Reference Group
27
The Arctic Council and its Working Groups
represented by CAFF are participating in the Arctic
SDI project work as Reference Group representing
the user community and thus exercising influence on the
project and its results
The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to
the Steering Committee as required
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 28 28
Working Groups
28
Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 32
Arctic SDI meeting in Moscow 12 ndash 13 September 2011
32
Thank you
www arctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 10
GIT Within the Barents Region
- main goals -
Production of homogenous amp uniform geographic
information within the region
development and implementation of internet-based
technology for effective access and distribution of
geographic information within the region
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 11
The Barents GDB
11 000 000
no new mapping efforts have been executed
existing national map databases have been used and compiled
common feature Catalogue
the new database is a homogenous geographic (GIS compatible) map database
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 12
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 13
The experiences
gained during the
GIT Barents project
might be applicable
also when building
an Arctic SDI
The Barents SDI is up amp running
wwwgitbarentscom
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 14
Background
- Arctic SDI support -
Arctic SDI discussions have been ongoing for a number of years
The Arctic SDI initiative received after a request from the Nordic
Mapping Organisations the formal support of the Arctic Council
at its Senior Arctic Officials (SAO) meeting in November 2009
Support of all the eight Arctic Council countries ie Canada
Denmark Faroes Finland Greenland Iceland Norway Russian
Federation Sweden and the United States
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 15
Background - the long and winding road -
ldquoArctic SDI road trip 2008 ndash 2011rdquo
Rotterdam 2009 (GSDI)
Fairbanks 2009 (GeoNorth)
Copenhagen 2009 (SAO)
Concept Paper 2009 (Kiruna)
Moscow 2010 (Rosreestr)
Reston 2010 (USGSNRCan)
Brussels late 2010 (Kick off)
Singapore late 2010 (GSDI)
Reykjavik April 2011 (Constitutional meeting)
Cambridge conference June 2011
Advisory Group ndash meetings 2011
Moscow September 2011
15
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 16 16
The Arctic SDI
- the vision -
An Arctic SDI ndash based on sustainable co-operation
between mandated national mapping organisations ndash
which will provide for access to spatially related
reliable information over the Arctic to facilitate
monitoring and decision making
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 17
The Arctic SDI
- user driven approach -
Four main categories of users identified
The Arctic Council Working Groups (AC WGs)
Research groups within the International Polar Year and other
scientific communities engaged in Arctic research
Government and governmental authorities involved in decision
making processes concerning the Arctic
Media and the public including NGOs
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 18 wwwarctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Data
Arctic SDI
Portal
NMA national
reference data
Thematic
data
Media Public amp
Education
Arctic Council Working Groups
and other Scientific Communities
Governmental Authorities
Analysis Decision Environmental
amp other political
issues
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 19 19
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Project phases
Arctic SDI
Structuring
Phase 20102011
Operational
Phase 20122013
Establishing
Phase 20112012
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 20 20 20
The Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure
(Arctic SDI)
ndash Project Plan ndash
www arctic-sdiorg
April 6 2011
Version 10
Palmeacuter O Skedsmo M Gudmundsson M Finnbogadoacutettir EL Barry T Ursin H
Thaulow I Obinyakov V Nebert D OrsquoBrien D Hartmann JPW
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 21 21 21
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 22 22 22
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 23
Project Organisation
wwwarctic-sdiorg
23
Working Group B (Reference and
Metadata)
Steering
Committee (NMArsquos ASDI
coordinators)
Advisory Group - acknowledged
professionals -
The Board (NMArsquos DG or
corresponding
managerial level)
Reference
group
Arctic council
Liaison CAFF WG
Working Group A (Technical)
Project
Management
Group NMA
Decision making
bodies
Executive
bodies
Working Group C (Data Access Terms)
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 24 24
The Board
Magnuacutes Guethmundsson Director General NLS of
Iceland Chair ndash on behalf of the Nordic NMAs (Denmark
(Faeroes) Finland Greenland Iceland Norway
Sweden)
Canada ndash to be announced
Sergej Vasiliev ndash Director General Rosreestr The
Federal Service for State Registration Cadastre and
Mapping
Carl Markon Deputy Regional Executive ndash Alaska Area
US Geological Survey USA
24
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 25 25
The Advisory Group
Fraser Taylor Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University Ottawa
Jarmo Ratia Director General of NLS Finland
Jacqueline McGlade Executive Director European
Environment Agency
Robert Corell Principal Global Environment and
Technology Foundation and Chair of GSA
Abbas Rajabifard President GSDI Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
25
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 27 27
The Reference Group
27
The Arctic Council and its Working Groups
represented by CAFF are participating in the Arctic
SDI project work as Reference Group representing
the user community and thus exercising influence on the
project and its results
The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to
the Steering Committee as required
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 28 28
Working Groups
28
Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 32
Arctic SDI meeting in Moscow 12 ndash 13 September 2011
32
Thank you
www arctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 11
The Barents GDB
11 000 000
no new mapping efforts have been executed
existing national map databases have been used and compiled
common feature Catalogue
the new database is a homogenous geographic (GIS compatible) map database
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 12
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 13
The experiences
gained during the
GIT Barents project
might be applicable
also when building
an Arctic SDI
The Barents SDI is up amp running
wwwgitbarentscom
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 14
Background
- Arctic SDI support -
Arctic SDI discussions have been ongoing for a number of years
The Arctic SDI initiative received after a request from the Nordic
Mapping Organisations the formal support of the Arctic Council
at its Senior Arctic Officials (SAO) meeting in November 2009
Support of all the eight Arctic Council countries ie Canada
Denmark Faroes Finland Greenland Iceland Norway Russian
Federation Sweden and the United States
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 15
Background - the long and winding road -
ldquoArctic SDI road trip 2008 ndash 2011rdquo
Rotterdam 2009 (GSDI)
Fairbanks 2009 (GeoNorth)
Copenhagen 2009 (SAO)
Concept Paper 2009 (Kiruna)
Moscow 2010 (Rosreestr)
Reston 2010 (USGSNRCan)
Brussels late 2010 (Kick off)
Singapore late 2010 (GSDI)
Reykjavik April 2011 (Constitutional meeting)
Cambridge conference June 2011
Advisory Group ndash meetings 2011
Moscow September 2011
15
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 16 16
The Arctic SDI
- the vision -
An Arctic SDI ndash based on sustainable co-operation
between mandated national mapping organisations ndash
which will provide for access to spatially related
reliable information over the Arctic to facilitate
monitoring and decision making
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 17
The Arctic SDI
- user driven approach -
Four main categories of users identified
The Arctic Council Working Groups (AC WGs)
Research groups within the International Polar Year and other
scientific communities engaged in Arctic research
Government and governmental authorities involved in decision
making processes concerning the Arctic
Media and the public including NGOs
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 18 wwwarctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Data
Arctic SDI
Portal
NMA national
reference data
Thematic
data
Media Public amp
Education
Arctic Council Working Groups
and other Scientific Communities
Governmental Authorities
Analysis Decision Environmental
amp other political
issues
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 19 19
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Project phases
Arctic SDI
Structuring
Phase 20102011
Operational
Phase 20122013
Establishing
Phase 20112012
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 20 20 20
The Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure
(Arctic SDI)
ndash Project Plan ndash
www arctic-sdiorg
April 6 2011
Version 10
Palmeacuter O Skedsmo M Gudmundsson M Finnbogadoacutettir EL Barry T Ursin H
Thaulow I Obinyakov V Nebert D OrsquoBrien D Hartmann JPW
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 21 21 21
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 22 22 22
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 23
Project Organisation
wwwarctic-sdiorg
23
Working Group B (Reference and
Metadata)
Steering
Committee (NMArsquos ASDI
coordinators)
Advisory Group - acknowledged
professionals -
The Board (NMArsquos DG or
corresponding
managerial level)
Reference
group
Arctic council
Liaison CAFF WG
Working Group A (Technical)
Project
Management
Group NMA
Decision making
bodies
Executive
bodies
Working Group C (Data Access Terms)
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 24 24
The Board
Magnuacutes Guethmundsson Director General NLS of
Iceland Chair ndash on behalf of the Nordic NMAs (Denmark
(Faeroes) Finland Greenland Iceland Norway
Sweden)
Canada ndash to be announced
Sergej Vasiliev ndash Director General Rosreestr The
Federal Service for State Registration Cadastre and
Mapping
Carl Markon Deputy Regional Executive ndash Alaska Area
US Geological Survey USA
24
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 25 25
The Advisory Group
Fraser Taylor Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University Ottawa
Jarmo Ratia Director General of NLS Finland
Jacqueline McGlade Executive Director European
Environment Agency
Robert Corell Principal Global Environment and
Technology Foundation and Chair of GSA
Abbas Rajabifard President GSDI Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
25
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 27 27
The Reference Group
27
The Arctic Council and its Working Groups
represented by CAFF are participating in the Arctic
SDI project work as Reference Group representing
the user community and thus exercising influence on the
project and its results
The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to
the Steering Committee as required
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 28 28
Working Groups
28
Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 32
Arctic SDI meeting in Moscow 12 ndash 13 September 2011
32
Thank you
www arctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 12
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 13
The experiences
gained during the
GIT Barents project
might be applicable
also when building
an Arctic SDI
The Barents SDI is up amp running
wwwgitbarentscom
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 14
Background
- Arctic SDI support -
Arctic SDI discussions have been ongoing for a number of years
The Arctic SDI initiative received after a request from the Nordic
Mapping Organisations the formal support of the Arctic Council
at its Senior Arctic Officials (SAO) meeting in November 2009
Support of all the eight Arctic Council countries ie Canada
Denmark Faroes Finland Greenland Iceland Norway Russian
Federation Sweden and the United States
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 15
Background - the long and winding road -
ldquoArctic SDI road trip 2008 ndash 2011rdquo
Rotterdam 2009 (GSDI)
Fairbanks 2009 (GeoNorth)
Copenhagen 2009 (SAO)
Concept Paper 2009 (Kiruna)
Moscow 2010 (Rosreestr)
Reston 2010 (USGSNRCan)
Brussels late 2010 (Kick off)
Singapore late 2010 (GSDI)
Reykjavik April 2011 (Constitutional meeting)
Cambridge conference June 2011
Advisory Group ndash meetings 2011
Moscow September 2011
15
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 16 16
The Arctic SDI
- the vision -
An Arctic SDI ndash based on sustainable co-operation
between mandated national mapping organisations ndash
which will provide for access to spatially related
reliable information over the Arctic to facilitate
monitoring and decision making
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 17
The Arctic SDI
- user driven approach -
Four main categories of users identified
The Arctic Council Working Groups (AC WGs)
Research groups within the International Polar Year and other
scientific communities engaged in Arctic research
Government and governmental authorities involved in decision
making processes concerning the Arctic
Media and the public including NGOs
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 18 wwwarctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Data
Arctic SDI
Portal
NMA national
reference data
Thematic
data
Media Public amp
Education
Arctic Council Working Groups
and other Scientific Communities
Governmental Authorities
Analysis Decision Environmental
amp other political
issues
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 19 19
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Project phases
Arctic SDI
Structuring
Phase 20102011
Operational
Phase 20122013
Establishing
Phase 20112012
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 20 20 20
The Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure
(Arctic SDI)
ndash Project Plan ndash
www arctic-sdiorg
April 6 2011
Version 10
Palmeacuter O Skedsmo M Gudmundsson M Finnbogadoacutettir EL Barry T Ursin H
Thaulow I Obinyakov V Nebert D OrsquoBrien D Hartmann JPW
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 21 21 21
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 22 22 22
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 23
Project Organisation
wwwarctic-sdiorg
23
Working Group B (Reference and
Metadata)
Steering
Committee (NMArsquos ASDI
coordinators)
Advisory Group - acknowledged
professionals -
The Board (NMArsquos DG or
corresponding
managerial level)
Reference
group
Arctic council
Liaison CAFF WG
Working Group A (Technical)
Project
Management
Group NMA
Decision making
bodies
Executive
bodies
Working Group C (Data Access Terms)
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 24 24
The Board
Magnuacutes Guethmundsson Director General NLS of
Iceland Chair ndash on behalf of the Nordic NMAs (Denmark
(Faeroes) Finland Greenland Iceland Norway
Sweden)
Canada ndash to be announced
Sergej Vasiliev ndash Director General Rosreestr The
Federal Service for State Registration Cadastre and
Mapping
Carl Markon Deputy Regional Executive ndash Alaska Area
US Geological Survey USA
24
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 25 25
The Advisory Group
Fraser Taylor Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University Ottawa
Jarmo Ratia Director General of NLS Finland
Jacqueline McGlade Executive Director European
Environment Agency
Robert Corell Principal Global Environment and
Technology Foundation and Chair of GSA
Abbas Rajabifard President GSDI Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
25
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 27 27
The Reference Group
27
The Arctic Council and its Working Groups
represented by CAFF are participating in the Arctic
SDI project work as Reference Group representing
the user community and thus exercising influence on the
project and its results
The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to
the Steering Committee as required
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 28 28
Working Groups
28
Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 32
Arctic SDI meeting in Moscow 12 ndash 13 September 2011
32
Thank you
www arctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 13
The experiences
gained during the
GIT Barents project
might be applicable
also when building
an Arctic SDI
The Barents SDI is up amp running
wwwgitbarentscom
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 14
Background
- Arctic SDI support -
Arctic SDI discussions have been ongoing for a number of years
The Arctic SDI initiative received after a request from the Nordic
Mapping Organisations the formal support of the Arctic Council
at its Senior Arctic Officials (SAO) meeting in November 2009
Support of all the eight Arctic Council countries ie Canada
Denmark Faroes Finland Greenland Iceland Norway Russian
Federation Sweden and the United States
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 15
Background - the long and winding road -
ldquoArctic SDI road trip 2008 ndash 2011rdquo
Rotterdam 2009 (GSDI)
Fairbanks 2009 (GeoNorth)
Copenhagen 2009 (SAO)
Concept Paper 2009 (Kiruna)
Moscow 2010 (Rosreestr)
Reston 2010 (USGSNRCan)
Brussels late 2010 (Kick off)
Singapore late 2010 (GSDI)
Reykjavik April 2011 (Constitutional meeting)
Cambridge conference June 2011
Advisory Group ndash meetings 2011
Moscow September 2011
15
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 16 16
The Arctic SDI
- the vision -
An Arctic SDI ndash based on sustainable co-operation
between mandated national mapping organisations ndash
which will provide for access to spatially related
reliable information over the Arctic to facilitate
monitoring and decision making
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 17
The Arctic SDI
- user driven approach -
Four main categories of users identified
The Arctic Council Working Groups (AC WGs)
Research groups within the International Polar Year and other
scientific communities engaged in Arctic research
Government and governmental authorities involved in decision
making processes concerning the Arctic
Media and the public including NGOs
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 18 wwwarctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Data
Arctic SDI
Portal
NMA national
reference data
Thematic
data
Media Public amp
Education
Arctic Council Working Groups
and other Scientific Communities
Governmental Authorities
Analysis Decision Environmental
amp other political
issues
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 19 19
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Project phases
Arctic SDI
Structuring
Phase 20102011
Operational
Phase 20122013
Establishing
Phase 20112012
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 20 20 20
The Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure
(Arctic SDI)
ndash Project Plan ndash
www arctic-sdiorg
April 6 2011
Version 10
Palmeacuter O Skedsmo M Gudmundsson M Finnbogadoacutettir EL Barry T Ursin H
Thaulow I Obinyakov V Nebert D OrsquoBrien D Hartmann JPW
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 21 21 21
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 22 22 22
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 23
Project Organisation
wwwarctic-sdiorg
23
Working Group B (Reference and
Metadata)
Steering
Committee (NMArsquos ASDI
coordinators)
Advisory Group - acknowledged
professionals -
The Board (NMArsquos DG or
corresponding
managerial level)
Reference
group
Arctic council
Liaison CAFF WG
Working Group A (Technical)
Project
Management
Group NMA
Decision making
bodies
Executive
bodies
Working Group C (Data Access Terms)
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 24 24
The Board
Magnuacutes Guethmundsson Director General NLS of
Iceland Chair ndash on behalf of the Nordic NMAs (Denmark
(Faeroes) Finland Greenland Iceland Norway
Sweden)
Canada ndash to be announced
Sergej Vasiliev ndash Director General Rosreestr The
Federal Service for State Registration Cadastre and
Mapping
Carl Markon Deputy Regional Executive ndash Alaska Area
US Geological Survey USA
24
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 25 25
The Advisory Group
Fraser Taylor Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University Ottawa
Jarmo Ratia Director General of NLS Finland
Jacqueline McGlade Executive Director European
Environment Agency
Robert Corell Principal Global Environment and
Technology Foundation and Chair of GSA
Abbas Rajabifard President GSDI Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
25
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 27 27
The Reference Group
27
The Arctic Council and its Working Groups
represented by CAFF are participating in the Arctic
SDI project work as Reference Group representing
the user community and thus exercising influence on the
project and its results
The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to
the Steering Committee as required
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 28 28
Working Groups
28
Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 32
Arctic SDI meeting in Moscow 12 ndash 13 September 2011
32
Thank you
www arctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 14
Background
- Arctic SDI support -
Arctic SDI discussions have been ongoing for a number of years
The Arctic SDI initiative received after a request from the Nordic
Mapping Organisations the formal support of the Arctic Council
at its Senior Arctic Officials (SAO) meeting in November 2009
Support of all the eight Arctic Council countries ie Canada
Denmark Faroes Finland Greenland Iceland Norway Russian
Federation Sweden and the United States
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 15
Background - the long and winding road -
ldquoArctic SDI road trip 2008 ndash 2011rdquo
Rotterdam 2009 (GSDI)
Fairbanks 2009 (GeoNorth)
Copenhagen 2009 (SAO)
Concept Paper 2009 (Kiruna)
Moscow 2010 (Rosreestr)
Reston 2010 (USGSNRCan)
Brussels late 2010 (Kick off)
Singapore late 2010 (GSDI)
Reykjavik April 2011 (Constitutional meeting)
Cambridge conference June 2011
Advisory Group ndash meetings 2011
Moscow September 2011
15
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 16 16
The Arctic SDI
- the vision -
An Arctic SDI ndash based on sustainable co-operation
between mandated national mapping organisations ndash
which will provide for access to spatially related
reliable information over the Arctic to facilitate
monitoring and decision making
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 17
The Arctic SDI
- user driven approach -
Four main categories of users identified
The Arctic Council Working Groups (AC WGs)
Research groups within the International Polar Year and other
scientific communities engaged in Arctic research
Government and governmental authorities involved in decision
making processes concerning the Arctic
Media and the public including NGOs
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 18 wwwarctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Data
Arctic SDI
Portal
NMA national
reference data
Thematic
data
Media Public amp
Education
Arctic Council Working Groups
and other Scientific Communities
Governmental Authorities
Analysis Decision Environmental
amp other political
issues
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 19 19
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Project phases
Arctic SDI
Structuring
Phase 20102011
Operational
Phase 20122013
Establishing
Phase 20112012
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 20 20 20
The Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure
(Arctic SDI)
ndash Project Plan ndash
www arctic-sdiorg
April 6 2011
Version 10
Palmeacuter O Skedsmo M Gudmundsson M Finnbogadoacutettir EL Barry T Ursin H
Thaulow I Obinyakov V Nebert D OrsquoBrien D Hartmann JPW
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 21 21 21
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 22 22 22
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 23
Project Organisation
wwwarctic-sdiorg
23
Working Group B (Reference and
Metadata)
Steering
Committee (NMArsquos ASDI
coordinators)
Advisory Group - acknowledged
professionals -
The Board (NMArsquos DG or
corresponding
managerial level)
Reference
group
Arctic council
Liaison CAFF WG
Working Group A (Technical)
Project
Management
Group NMA
Decision making
bodies
Executive
bodies
Working Group C (Data Access Terms)
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 24 24
The Board
Magnuacutes Guethmundsson Director General NLS of
Iceland Chair ndash on behalf of the Nordic NMAs (Denmark
(Faeroes) Finland Greenland Iceland Norway
Sweden)
Canada ndash to be announced
Sergej Vasiliev ndash Director General Rosreestr The
Federal Service for State Registration Cadastre and
Mapping
Carl Markon Deputy Regional Executive ndash Alaska Area
US Geological Survey USA
24
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 25 25
The Advisory Group
Fraser Taylor Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University Ottawa
Jarmo Ratia Director General of NLS Finland
Jacqueline McGlade Executive Director European
Environment Agency
Robert Corell Principal Global Environment and
Technology Foundation and Chair of GSA
Abbas Rajabifard President GSDI Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
25
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 27 27
The Reference Group
27
The Arctic Council and its Working Groups
represented by CAFF are participating in the Arctic
SDI project work as Reference Group representing
the user community and thus exercising influence on the
project and its results
The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to
the Steering Committee as required
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 28 28
Working Groups
28
Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 32
Arctic SDI meeting in Moscow 12 ndash 13 September 2011
32
Thank you
www arctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 15
Background - the long and winding road -
ldquoArctic SDI road trip 2008 ndash 2011rdquo
Rotterdam 2009 (GSDI)
Fairbanks 2009 (GeoNorth)
Copenhagen 2009 (SAO)
Concept Paper 2009 (Kiruna)
Moscow 2010 (Rosreestr)
Reston 2010 (USGSNRCan)
Brussels late 2010 (Kick off)
Singapore late 2010 (GSDI)
Reykjavik April 2011 (Constitutional meeting)
Cambridge conference June 2011
Advisory Group ndash meetings 2011
Moscow September 2011
15
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 16 16
The Arctic SDI
- the vision -
An Arctic SDI ndash based on sustainable co-operation
between mandated national mapping organisations ndash
which will provide for access to spatially related
reliable information over the Arctic to facilitate
monitoring and decision making
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 17
The Arctic SDI
- user driven approach -
Four main categories of users identified
The Arctic Council Working Groups (AC WGs)
Research groups within the International Polar Year and other
scientific communities engaged in Arctic research
Government and governmental authorities involved in decision
making processes concerning the Arctic
Media and the public including NGOs
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 18 wwwarctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Data
Arctic SDI
Portal
NMA national
reference data
Thematic
data
Media Public amp
Education
Arctic Council Working Groups
and other Scientific Communities
Governmental Authorities
Analysis Decision Environmental
amp other political
issues
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 19 19
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Project phases
Arctic SDI
Structuring
Phase 20102011
Operational
Phase 20122013
Establishing
Phase 20112012
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 20 20 20
The Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure
(Arctic SDI)
ndash Project Plan ndash
www arctic-sdiorg
April 6 2011
Version 10
Palmeacuter O Skedsmo M Gudmundsson M Finnbogadoacutettir EL Barry T Ursin H
Thaulow I Obinyakov V Nebert D OrsquoBrien D Hartmann JPW
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 21 21 21
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 22 22 22
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 23
Project Organisation
wwwarctic-sdiorg
23
Working Group B (Reference and
Metadata)
Steering
Committee (NMArsquos ASDI
coordinators)
Advisory Group - acknowledged
professionals -
The Board (NMArsquos DG or
corresponding
managerial level)
Reference
group
Arctic council
Liaison CAFF WG
Working Group A (Technical)
Project
Management
Group NMA
Decision making
bodies
Executive
bodies
Working Group C (Data Access Terms)
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 24 24
The Board
Magnuacutes Guethmundsson Director General NLS of
Iceland Chair ndash on behalf of the Nordic NMAs (Denmark
(Faeroes) Finland Greenland Iceland Norway
Sweden)
Canada ndash to be announced
Sergej Vasiliev ndash Director General Rosreestr The
Federal Service for State Registration Cadastre and
Mapping
Carl Markon Deputy Regional Executive ndash Alaska Area
US Geological Survey USA
24
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 25 25
The Advisory Group
Fraser Taylor Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University Ottawa
Jarmo Ratia Director General of NLS Finland
Jacqueline McGlade Executive Director European
Environment Agency
Robert Corell Principal Global Environment and
Technology Foundation and Chair of GSA
Abbas Rajabifard President GSDI Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
25
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 27 27
The Reference Group
27
The Arctic Council and its Working Groups
represented by CAFF are participating in the Arctic
SDI project work as Reference Group representing
the user community and thus exercising influence on the
project and its results
The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to
the Steering Committee as required
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 28 28
Working Groups
28
Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 32
Arctic SDI meeting in Moscow 12 ndash 13 September 2011
32
Thank you
www arctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 16 16
The Arctic SDI
- the vision -
An Arctic SDI ndash based on sustainable co-operation
between mandated national mapping organisations ndash
which will provide for access to spatially related
reliable information over the Arctic to facilitate
monitoring and decision making
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 17
The Arctic SDI
- user driven approach -
Four main categories of users identified
The Arctic Council Working Groups (AC WGs)
Research groups within the International Polar Year and other
scientific communities engaged in Arctic research
Government and governmental authorities involved in decision
making processes concerning the Arctic
Media and the public including NGOs
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 18 wwwarctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Data
Arctic SDI
Portal
NMA national
reference data
Thematic
data
Media Public amp
Education
Arctic Council Working Groups
and other Scientific Communities
Governmental Authorities
Analysis Decision Environmental
amp other political
issues
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 19 19
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Project phases
Arctic SDI
Structuring
Phase 20102011
Operational
Phase 20122013
Establishing
Phase 20112012
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 20 20 20
The Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure
(Arctic SDI)
ndash Project Plan ndash
www arctic-sdiorg
April 6 2011
Version 10
Palmeacuter O Skedsmo M Gudmundsson M Finnbogadoacutettir EL Barry T Ursin H
Thaulow I Obinyakov V Nebert D OrsquoBrien D Hartmann JPW
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 21 21 21
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 22 22 22
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 23
Project Organisation
wwwarctic-sdiorg
23
Working Group B (Reference and
Metadata)
Steering
Committee (NMArsquos ASDI
coordinators)
Advisory Group - acknowledged
professionals -
The Board (NMArsquos DG or
corresponding
managerial level)
Reference
group
Arctic council
Liaison CAFF WG
Working Group A (Technical)
Project
Management
Group NMA
Decision making
bodies
Executive
bodies
Working Group C (Data Access Terms)
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 24 24
The Board
Magnuacutes Guethmundsson Director General NLS of
Iceland Chair ndash on behalf of the Nordic NMAs (Denmark
(Faeroes) Finland Greenland Iceland Norway
Sweden)
Canada ndash to be announced
Sergej Vasiliev ndash Director General Rosreestr The
Federal Service for State Registration Cadastre and
Mapping
Carl Markon Deputy Regional Executive ndash Alaska Area
US Geological Survey USA
24
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 25 25
The Advisory Group
Fraser Taylor Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University Ottawa
Jarmo Ratia Director General of NLS Finland
Jacqueline McGlade Executive Director European
Environment Agency
Robert Corell Principal Global Environment and
Technology Foundation and Chair of GSA
Abbas Rajabifard President GSDI Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
25
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 27 27
The Reference Group
27
The Arctic Council and its Working Groups
represented by CAFF are participating in the Arctic
SDI project work as Reference Group representing
the user community and thus exercising influence on the
project and its results
The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to
the Steering Committee as required
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 28 28
Working Groups
28
Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 32
Arctic SDI meeting in Moscow 12 ndash 13 September 2011
32
Thank you
www arctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 17
The Arctic SDI
- user driven approach -
Four main categories of users identified
The Arctic Council Working Groups (AC WGs)
Research groups within the International Polar Year and other
scientific communities engaged in Arctic research
Government and governmental authorities involved in decision
making processes concerning the Arctic
Media and the public including NGOs
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 18 wwwarctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Data
Arctic SDI
Portal
NMA national
reference data
Thematic
data
Media Public amp
Education
Arctic Council Working Groups
and other Scientific Communities
Governmental Authorities
Analysis Decision Environmental
amp other political
issues
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 19 19
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Project phases
Arctic SDI
Structuring
Phase 20102011
Operational
Phase 20122013
Establishing
Phase 20112012
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 20 20 20
The Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure
(Arctic SDI)
ndash Project Plan ndash
www arctic-sdiorg
April 6 2011
Version 10
Palmeacuter O Skedsmo M Gudmundsson M Finnbogadoacutettir EL Barry T Ursin H
Thaulow I Obinyakov V Nebert D OrsquoBrien D Hartmann JPW
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 21 21 21
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 22 22 22
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 23
Project Organisation
wwwarctic-sdiorg
23
Working Group B (Reference and
Metadata)
Steering
Committee (NMArsquos ASDI
coordinators)
Advisory Group - acknowledged
professionals -
The Board (NMArsquos DG or
corresponding
managerial level)
Reference
group
Arctic council
Liaison CAFF WG
Working Group A (Technical)
Project
Management
Group NMA
Decision making
bodies
Executive
bodies
Working Group C (Data Access Terms)
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 24 24
The Board
Magnuacutes Guethmundsson Director General NLS of
Iceland Chair ndash on behalf of the Nordic NMAs (Denmark
(Faeroes) Finland Greenland Iceland Norway
Sweden)
Canada ndash to be announced
Sergej Vasiliev ndash Director General Rosreestr The
Federal Service for State Registration Cadastre and
Mapping
Carl Markon Deputy Regional Executive ndash Alaska Area
US Geological Survey USA
24
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 25 25
The Advisory Group
Fraser Taylor Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University Ottawa
Jarmo Ratia Director General of NLS Finland
Jacqueline McGlade Executive Director European
Environment Agency
Robert Corell Principal Global Environment and
Technology Foundation and Chair of GSA
Abbas Rajabifard President GSDI Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
25
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 27 27
The Reference Group
27
The Arctic Council and its Working Groups
represented by CAFF are participating in the Arctic
SDI project work as Reference Group representing
the user community and thus exercising influence on the
project and its results
The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to
the Steering Committee as required
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 28 28
Working Groups
28
Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 32
Arctic SDI meeting in Moscow 12 ndash 13 September 2011
32
Thank you
www arctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 18 wwwarctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Data
Arctic SDI
Portal
NMA national
reference data
Thematic
data
Media Public amp
Education
Arctic Council Working Groups
and other Scientific Communities
Governmental Authorities
Analysis Decision Environmental
amp other political
issues
Arctic SDI
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 19 19
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Project phases
Arctic SDI
Structuring
Phase 20102011
Operational
Phase 20122013
Establishing
Phase 20112012
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 20 20 20
The Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure
(Arctic SDI)
ndash Project Plan ndash
www arctic-sdiorg
April 6 2011
Version 10
Palmeacuter O Skedsmo M Gudmundsson M Finnbogadoacutettir EL Barry T Ursin H
Thaulow I Obinyakov V Nebert D OrsquoBrien D Hartmann JPW
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 21 21 21
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 22 22 22
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 23
Project Organisation
wwwarctic-sdiorg
23
Working Group B (Reference and
Metadata)
Steering
Committee (NMArsquos ASDI
coordinators)
Advisory Group - acknowledged
professionals -
The Board (NMArsquos DG or
corresponding
managerial level)
Reference
group
Arctic council
Liaison CAFF WG
Working Group A (Technical)
Project
Management
Group NMA
Decision making
bodies
Executive
bodies
Working Group C (Data Access Terms)
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 24 24
The Board
Magnuacutes Guethmundsson Director General NLS of
Iceland Chair ndash on behalf of the Nordic NMAs (Denmark
(Faeroes) Finland Greenland Iceland Norway
Sweden)
Canada ndash to be announced
Sergej Vasiliev ndash Director General Rosreestr The
Federal Service for State Registration Cadastre and
Mapping
Carl Markon Deputy Regional Executive ndash Alaska Area
US Geological Survey USA
24
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 25 25
The Advisory Group
Fraser Taylor Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University Ottawa
Jarmo Ratia Director General of NLS Finland
Jacqueline McGlade Executive Director European
Environment Agency
Robert Corell Principal Global Environment and
Technology Foundation and Chair of GSA
Abbas Rajabifard President GSDI Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
25
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 27 27
The Reference Group
27
The Arctic Council and its Working Groups
represented by CAFF are participating in the Arctic
SDI project work as Reference Group representing
the user community and thus exercising influence on the
project and its results
The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to
the Steering Committee as required
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 28 28
Working Groups
28
Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 32
Arctic SDI meeting in Moscow 12 ndash 13 September 2011
32
Thank you
www arctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 19 19
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Project phases
Arctic SDI
Structuring
Phase 20102011
Operational
Phase 20122013
Establishing
Phase 20112012
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 20 20 20
The Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure
(Arctic SDI)
ndash Project Plan ndash
www arctic-sdiorg
April 6 2011
Version 10
Palmeacuter O Skedsmo M Gudmundsson M Finnbogadoacutettir EL Barry T Ursin H
Thaulow I Obinyakov V Nebert D OrsquoBrien D Hartmann JPW
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 21 21 21
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 22 22 22
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 23
Project Organisation
wwwarctic-sdiorg
23
Working Group B (Reference and
Metadata)
Steering
Committee (NMArsquos ASDI
coordinators)
Advisory Group - acknowledged
professionals -
The Board (NMArsquos DG or
corresponding
managerial level)
Reference
group
Arctic council
Liaison CAFF WG
Working Group A (Technical)
Project
Management
Group NMA
Decision making
bodies
Executive
bodies
Working Group C (Data Access Terms)
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 24 24
The Board
Magnuacutes Guethmundsson Director General NLS of
Iceland Chair ndash on behalf of the Nordic NMAs (Denmark
(Faeroes) Finland Greenland Iceland Norway
Sweden)
Canada ndash to be announced
Sergej Vasiliev ndash Director General Rosreestr The
Federal Service for State Registration Cadastre and
Mapping
Carl Markon Deputy Regional Executive ndash Alaska Area
US Geological Survey USA
24
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 25 25
The Advisory Group
Fraser Taylor Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University Ottawa
Jarmo Ratia Director General of NLS Finland
Jacqueline McGlade Executive Director European
Environment Agency
Robert Corell Principal Global Environment and
Technology Foundation and Chair of GSA
Abbas Rajabifard President GSDI Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
25
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 27 27
The Reference Group
27
The Arctic Council and its Working Groups
represented by CAFF are participating in the Arctic
SDI project work as Reference Group representing
the user community and thus exercising influence on the
project and its results
The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to
the Steering Committee as required
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 28 28
Working Groups
28
Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 32
Arctic SDI meeting in Moscow 12 ndash 13 September 2011
32
Thank you
www arctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 20 20 20
The Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure
(Arctic SDI)
ndash Project Plan ndash
www arctic-sdiorg
April 6 2011
Version 10
Palmeacuter O Skedsmo M Gudmundsson M Finnbogadoacutettir EL Barry T Ursin H
Thaulow I Obinyakov V Nebert D OrsquoBrien D Hartmann JPW
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 21 21 21
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 22 22 22
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 23
Project Organisation
wwwarctic-sdiorg
23
Working Group B (Reference and
Metadata)
Steering
Committee (NMArsquos ASDI
coordinators)
Advisory Group - acknowledged
professionals -
The Board (NMArsquos DG or
corresponding
managerial level)
Reference
group
Arctic council
Liaison CAFF WG
Working Group A (Technical)
Project
Management
Group NMA
Decision making
bodies
Executive
bodies
Working Group C (Data Access Terms)
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 24 24
The Board
Magnuacutes Guethmundsson Director General NLS of
Iceland Chair ndash on behalf of the Nordic NMAs (Denmark
(Faeroes) Finland Greenland Iceland Norway
Sweden)
Canada ndash to be announced
Sergej Vasiliev ndash Director General Rosreestr The
Federal Service for State Registration Cadastre and
Mapping
Carl Markon Deputy Regional Executive ndash Alaska Area
US Geological Survey USA
24
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 25 25
The Advisory Group
Fraser Taylor Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University Ottawa
Jarmo Ratia Director General of NLS Finland
Jacqueline McGlade Executive Director European
Environment Agency
Robert Corell Principal Global Environment and
Technology Foundation and Chair of GSA
Abbas Rajabifard President GSDI Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
25
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 27 27
The Reference Group
27
The Arctic Council and its Working Groups
represented by CAFF are participating in the Arctic
SDI project work as Reference Group representing
the user community and thus exercising influence on the
project and its results
The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to
the Steering Committee as required
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 28 28
Working Groups
28
Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 32
Arctic SDI meeting in Moscow 12 ndash 13 September 2011
32
Thank you
www arctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 21 21 21
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 22 22 22
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 23
Project Organisation
wwwarctic-sdiorg
23
Working Group B (Reference and
Metadata)
Steering
Committee (NMArsquos ASDI
coordinators)
Advisory Group - acknowledged
professionals -
The Board (NMArsquos DG or
corresponding
managerial level)
Reference
group
Arctic council
Liaison CAFF WG
Working Group A (Technical)
Project
Management
Group NMA
Decision making
bodies
Executive
bodies
Working Group C (Data Access Terms)
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 24 24
The Board
Magnuacutes Guethmundsson Director General NLS of
Iceland Chair ndash on behalf of the Nordic NMAs (Denmark
(Faeroes) Finland Greenland Iceland Norway
Sweden)
Canada ndash to be announced
Sergej Vasiliev ndash Director General Rosreestr The
Federal Service for State Registration Cadastre and
Mapping
Carl Markon Deputy Regional Executive ndash Alaska Area
US Geological Survey USA
24
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 25 25
The Advisory Group
Fraser Taylor Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University Ottawa
Jarmo Ratia Director General of NLS Finland
Jacqueline McGlade Executive Director European
Environment Agency
Robert Corell Principal Global Environment and
Technology Foundation and Chair of GSA
Abbas Rajabifard President GSDI Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
25
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 27 27
The Reference Group
27
The Arctic Council and its Working Groups
represented by CAFF are participating in the Arctic
SDI project work as Reference Group representing
the user community and thus exercising influence on the
project and its results
The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to
the Steering Committee as required
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 28 28
Working Groups
28
Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 32
Arctic SDI meeting in Moscow 12 ndash 13 September 2011
32
Thank you
www arctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 22 22 22
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
11 VISION 4 12 BACKGROUND4 13 PROJECT AIM 5 14 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT6 15 EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT 6
2 WHY IS AN ARCTIC SDI NEEDED7
21 MONITORING 8 22 ASSESSMENTS 8 23 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 8 24 RELEVANCE TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC8
3 PROJECT FRAMEWORK 9
31 PROJECT PHASES 9 32 EXPECTED BENEFITS OF ARCTIC SDI 10
4 DATA DESCRIPTION AND TECHNOLOGY11
41 COVERAGE11 42 SCALE 11 43 REFERENCE DATA 11 44 TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE 12
5 PROJECT ORGANISATION13
51 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 13 52 PROJECT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 13
521 Project Board 15 522 Project Steering Committee15
6 VISION STRATEGIES AND WORKPACKAGES15
61 FRAMEWORK 16 62 PRINCIPLES 16 63 VISION 16 64 STRATEGIES 17
641 Strategy A Project organisation in function17 642 Strategy B MOUs regulating each participantrsquos involvement and responsibilities within the
Arctic SDI project will be elaborated and signed 18 643 Strategy C A joint Arctic SDI will be elaborated - combining into one view national reference
data and thematic information19
7 PROJECT FINANCING 21
71 FINANCIAL MEANS 21
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 23
Project Organisation
wwwarctic-sdiorg
23
Working Group B (Reference and
Metadata)
Steering
Committee (NMArsquos ASDI
coordinators)
Advisory Group - acknowledged
professionals -
The Board (NMArsquos DG or
corresponding
managerial level)
Reference
group
Arctic council
Liaison CAFF WG
Working Group A (Technical)
Project
Management
Group NMA
Decision making
bodies
Executive
bodies
Working Group C (Data Access Terms)
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 24 24
The Board
Magnuacutes Guethmundsson Director General NLS of
Iceland Chair ndash on behalf of the Nordic NMAs (Denmark
(Faeroes) Finland Greenland Iceland Norway
Sweden)
Canada ndash to be announced
Sergej Vasiliev ndash Director General Rosreestr The
Federal Service for State Registration Cadastre and
Mapping
Carl Markon Deputy Regional Executive ndash Alaska Area
US Geological Survey USA
24
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 25 25
The Advisory Group
Fraser Taylor Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University Ottawa
Jarmo Ratia Director General of NLS Finland
Jacqueline McGlade Executive Director European
Environment Agency
Robert Corell Principal Global Environment and
Technology Foundation and Chair of GSA
Abbas Rajabifard President GSDI Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
25
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 27 27
The Reference Group
27
The Arctic Council and its Working Groups
represented by CAFF are participating in the Arctic
SDI project work as Reference Group representing
the user community and thus exercising influence on the
project and its results
The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to
the Steering Committee as required
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 28 28
Working Groups
28
Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 32
Arctic SDI meeting in Moscow 12 ndash 13 September 2011
32
Thank you
www arctic-sdiorg
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 23
Project Organisation
wwwarctic-sdiorg
23
Working Group B (Reference and
Metadata)
Steering
Committee (NMArsquos ASDI
coordinators)
Advisory Group - acknowledged
professionals -
The Board (NMArsquos DG or
corresponding
managerial level)
Reference
group
Arctic council
Liaison CAFF WG
Working Group A (Technical)
Project
Management
Group NMA
Decision making
bodies
Executive
bodies
Working Group C (Data Access Terms)
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 24 24
The Board
Magnuacutes Guethmundsson Director General NLS of
Iceland Chair ndash on behalf of the Nordic NMAs (Denmark
(Faeroes) Finland Greenland Iceland Norway
Sweden)
Canada ndash to be announced
Sergej Vasiliev ndash Director General Rosreestr The
Federal Service for State Registration Cadastre and
Mapping
Carl Markon Deputy Regional Executive ndash Alaska Area
US Geological Survey USA
24
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 25 25
The Advisory Group
Fraser Taylor Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University Ottawa
Jarmo Ratia Director General of NLS Finland
Jacqueline McGlade Executive Director European
Environment Agency
Robert Corell Principal Global Environment and
Technology Foundation and Chair of GSA
Abbas Rajabifard President GSDI Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
25
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 27 27
The Reference Group
27
The Arctic Council and its Working Groups
represented by CAFF are participating in the Arctic
SDI project work as Reference Group representing
the user community and thus exercising influence on the
project and its results
The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to
the Steering Committee as required
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Working Groups
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Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
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PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
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The Board
Magnuacutes Guethmundsson Director General NLS of
Iceland Chair ndash on behalf of the Nordic NMAs (Denmark
(Faeroes) Finland Greenland Iceland Norway
Sweden)
Canada ndash to be announced
Sergej Vasiliev ndash Director General Rosreestr The
Federal Service for State Registration Cadastre and
Mapping
Carl Markon Deputy Regional Executive ndash Alaska Area
US Geological Survey USA
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The Advisory Group
Fraser Taylor Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University Ottawa
Jarmo Ratia Director General of NLS Finland
Jacqueline McGlade Executive Director European
Environment Agency
Robert Corell Principal Global Environment and
Technology Foundation and Chair of GSA
Abbas Rajabifard President GSDI Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
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The Reference Group
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The Arctic Council and its Working Groups
represented by CAFF are participating in the Arctic
SDI project work as Reference Group representing
the user community and thus exercising influence on the
project and its results
The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to
the Steering Committee as required
Arctic SDI
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Working Groups
28
Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
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The Advisory Group
Fraser Taylor Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University Ottawa
Jarmo Ratia Director General of NLS Finland
Jacqueline McGlade Executive Director European
Environment Agency
Robert Corell Principal Global Environment and
Technology Foundation and Chair of GSA
Abbas Rajabifard President GSDI Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
25
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
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The Reference Group
27
The Arctic Council and its Working Groups
represented by CAFF are participating in the Arctic
SDI project work as Reference Group representing
the user community and thus exercising influence on the
project and its results
The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to
the Steering Committee as required
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 28 28
Working Groups
28
Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
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The Reference Group
27
The Arctic Council and its Working Groups
represented by CAFF are participating in the Arctic
SDI project work as Reference Group representing
the user community and thus exercising influence on the
project and its results
The Reference Group representative can be co-opted to
the Steering Committee as required
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 28 28
Working Groups
28
Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
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Working Groups
28
Proposed Working Groups
Working group A will be responsible of design
architecture and standards for development of the Arctic
SDI based on use of open source technology
Working group B will be responsible of establishing a
catalogue of existing and available reference data
specifications included and metadata
There is a need for Working group C responsible of
Data Access Terms
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 32
Arctic SDI meeting in Moscow 12 ndash 13 September 2011
32
Thank you
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Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 29 29
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
- Expected results - Examples
Access to relevant and updated
geographic and thematic information
covering the entire circumpolar region
Daily use of the projects web map
services in schools and universities in
the Arctic and elsewhere
Possibilities for media to receive
relevant and updated information
Possibilities to foster cooperation with
industry on Arctic issues
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
October 2011 wwwarctic-sdiorg 31 31
Arctic SDI
Palmeacuter and Skedsmo
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Arctic SDI meeting in Moscow 12 ndash 13 September 2011
32
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Arctic SDI
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Arctic SDI meeting in Moscow 12 ndash 13 September 2011
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