THE USE OF OPEN GEOSPATIAL SOFTWARE IN SOPAC FOR DIGITAL

ACHIVING OF MARINE INFORMATION

The Late Brian Bishop- Project InitiatorKeleni Raqisia – Geonetwork Administrator and Content Manager

Sachindra Singh – System Support and Development

Secretariat of the Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission.

• Independent ,Intergovernmental , Regional Organization

• 12 Member Countries

• 3 Programmes

- Ocean and Island

- Community Risk

- Community Lifelines

PROBLEM: THE SITUATION

Large collection of Spatial Information

Valuable regional resource

Largely unknown outside SOPAC and known to few speacilist within SOPAC

Inadequate storage

INDENTIFY : INFORMATION MANAGEMENT NEED

- Improve Information Management

- Publicize Work to the Region

- Web based Visual Communication Medium

- A referenced for more detailed enquiry

- Address Risk Management Issues

- Low cost

SOLUTION: GEONETWORK

- Open source ,web geographic metadata catalogue

- System implements the ISO 19115/19139,Geographic metadata, Z39.50, CSW 2.0 and OGC- WMS standards among others

- Custom Interface

- Effective and efficient search facility

PRESENT SITUATION: SOPAC GEONETWORK

2 years old

Geonetwork version 2.2

Country Categorized- search by country

Promotes Data sharing

Data Protection

SEARCH FACILITY

countries

Keyword

DATA PROTECTION

PROCESS:INFORMATION MANAGEMENT:

- Backroom Workflow

- Information Rescue

- Open Formats

BACKROOM WORKFLOW:

Thumbnails Representation Using QGIS

PRESENT SITUATION: SOPAC GEONETWORK

Spatial Data available on Geonetwork -Bathymetry -South Pacific Sea Level Data -Marine Minerals -Scientific Cruises -Maritime Boundaries – Pacific Countries EEZ -Satellite Images, Aerial Photographs

Proposed -Ocean Measurements, etc

SAMPLE REQUEST:

Bathymetry for Marshal Islands – Fish Farming (New business venture)

Bathymetry for Solomon Islands – Gizo Earthquake (University research)

Bathymetry for Niue – Yacht mooring for race participants. (Yacht race organisers)

Petroleum databank – Marine mineral exploration (Resource Company)

EFFECTS :SOPAC GEONETWORK

ON SCIENTIFIC STAFF AT SOPAC:

-SOPAC Geonetwork gives a public presence for their work-The use of simple visuals to communicate information- A reference for more detailed enquiry

ON THE COMMUNITY:

-New Business venture, government orgarnisation – national , provisional and local level , consultants and NGO's-Google search returned “ SOPAC GEONETWORK”

FUTURE:GEONETWORK IN SOPAC

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Interactive Maps

Repository Mirror

FTP Server

Expand knowledge of Open Source Geospatial Tools

THANK YOU

QUESTIONS?

http://geonetwork@sopac.org