Enhancing coastal & maritime governance,

operations and development with webGIS applications

Coastal Ocean Connections 2015:

Sharing Coastal & Ocean Data

Clovelly Golf Club, St. Johns, NL, March 11th, 2015 Rory Scarrott (UCC-Beaufort)

- BSc. in Applied Ecology

- Joint MSc. in Remote Sensing, GIS,

Environmental Modelling &

Environmental Management

- Started in UCC’s Coastal & Marine

Research Centre 5+ years ago.

-Now working in UCC-Beaufort as a

Research Assistant in the Applied Remote

Sensing & GIS group

My background

National OceanTest Facility

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National OceanTest Facility

BeaufortBuilding

National OceanTest Facility

BeaufortBuilding

National OceanTest Facility

BeaufortBuilding

• Hub for UCC research in marine, energy and

renewables

• Keystone of IMERC Campus

• Occupancy in early Summer 2015

• 110 UCC researchers to move in

• Incubation for spin-out and spin-in companies

Beaufort Building (Opening July 2015)

• Cluster of key academic (6) and industry (45+) partners

Dedicated to solving main challenges related to Marine Renewable Energy (MRE)

Centred in flagship ‘ Beaufort’ Building (July 2015 onwards)

MaREI Research Centre

• €15.2 million investment

• 4,500m2 Research Space

Inc. National Ocean Test Facility

• Access to FDI and Incubation Space Companies (IMERC)

‘Beaufort’ Building

MaREI Facilities• National Ocean Energy Test Basin

• Structural Testing Facility (NUIG)

• Tidal Test Tank (NUIG)

• Coastal Radar System (NUIG)

• Foundation Test Facility (UCD)

• ROV Latis Equipment (UL)

• Galway Bay Quarter-Scale Test Site

• Belmullet Full-Scale Test Site

Enabling Information & Data Discovery

http://mida.ucc.iehttp://ican.science.oregonstate.edu/

• Clear, concise & standardised Metadata!• International Coastal Atlas Network (ICAN)

Supporting DevelopmentAt Community & Regional Levels

e.g. http://secad.ie/trails/

Folks do not need to knowGIS is being used!

Supporting Development

Supporting ourAquaculture & FisheriesIndustries

e.g. www.safiservices.eu

Supporting Operations

e.g. Irish CoastguardswebGIS information portal

Supporting Data discovery and innovation

e.g. www.storm-surge.info

e.g. www.storm-surge.info

Supporting Data discovery and innovation

- Provide people the Opportunity to discover,explore, and create

Information Discovery

Key Take Home

• Applying a webGIS can significantly enhance your efforts to inform(people don’t need to know they’re interacting with a “WebGIS”!)

• You need to think about what you want the webGIS to achieve, and your audience, then tailor accordingly.

• Use standards, particularly with regard to metadata(tip: Don’t call it “metadata” most of the time!)

• If EVER you have a location linked to some information, consider using a webGIS to convey it.

• Opportunities with the rapid expansion of global EO networks (NASA-EOS & ESA-Sentinels under EU Copernicus)

r.scarrott@ucc.ie