strathclyde university geospatial metadata workshop 20110531

The word appears to be of Greek and Latin origin……

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and it’s not sun and holiday

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Local Data Management

Contours

Raster Map

Draped 3D Model

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  protects investments of time and cost dedicated to dataset creation and development;

  maintains an inventory of datasets to reduce time required to re-assess existing datasets for new and future applications;

  ensures integrity of existing and new datasets using metadata as a tracking mechanism to monitor changes and edits to datasets;

  reduces and minimises the disruptive effects of staff turnover;

  eliminates or reduces the risk of redundancy in dataset collection;

  saves against accidental deletion of dataset files.

Metadata creation

1.  Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) 2.  residual licensed data rights for derived data 3.  concerns over data quality (data creator and user) 4.  liability fears 5.  privacy and security 6.  time and cost for data delivery 7.  data transformation and harmonisation (scale, positional accuracy

projections, formats) 8.  legacy data 9.  time and cost to anonymise data for release 10.  time and cost for metadata record (descriptive level) updates 11.  infrastructure performance, maintenance & enhancement costs 12.  data and software archiving and warehousing issues 13.  long-term commitment and investment in the infrastructure 14.  revisions to changes in standards 15.  confusion about standards compliance and which standard to use

  Provides precise specifications to enforce and ensure consistency and interoperability.

  Define and describe metadata entities and elements, and classify and group relevant metadata elements with entities.

  Assign structure and conditions (obligations, data type, domain).

Dublin Core: 15 elements to facilitate simple resource discovery in a networked environment (e.g. internet or library).

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- Contributor

- Title

- Date - Description

- Format

- Identifier - Language - Publisher - Rights - Source

- Subject

- Relation

- Coverage - Creator

- Type

Other Content

Providers UK Location Programme

Network

Geo-data Gateway

Local GoGeo database

Geoportal

portal interoperability and search capabilities across the internet.

User

Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH)

National Environment Research Council (NERC)

National Soil Resources Institute (NSRI)

ISO geographic standard has too many elements (300+)

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ISO 19115 Metadata Standard

ISO 19115 Core Element Set

Application Profiles

Academia (43 + 47=90)

Public Sector (43 + 62=105)

Private Sector (43 + 12=55) 300+

elements

43 elements

Environmental Sciences

Specialised APs

Archaeology

Biological Sciences

Geo Sciences

History

Health Informatics

Infrastructure for Spatial Information

in the European Community (INSPIRE)

*European Commission (EC)

*European Environment Agency (EEA)

*Representatives from Member States (Mapping/GIS)

INSPIRE Directive Metadata Guidelines

  Targets electronic spatial data and services for environmental information.

  Aims to create a European Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) based on Member States’ infrastructures, to improve interoperability of spatial information.

  Data and services to be delivered through European initiatives.

  INSPIRE Regulations came into force on 31 December 2009 and applies to England, Northern Ireland and Wales.

  Scotland’s Parliament enacted a complementary regulation on the same date.

  Public authorities obliged to produce and keep ‘metadata’ current for describing datasets, dataset series and geo-services.

  Includes UK academia (Freedom of Information Act, 2000).

INSPIRE spatial data themes and deadlines for creating metadata

INSPIRE Metadata Editor tool and Geoportal

* First released in 2004 to support creation of ISO 19115 and e-GMS compliant metadata - supersedes the National Geospatial Data Framework (NGDF)

* Targeting the UK public sector

* 2010: UK Location Programme (UKLP) revised UK GEMINI 2.1 to meet the requirements of the EU INSPIRE Directive.

UK GEMINI

UK Location Programme (UKLP) is a pan-government

collaborative initiative with the responsibility to develop and implement

the INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/EC and the UK Location Strategy.

UK Location Metadata Editor and Catalogue built with UK GEMINI 2.1

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UK AGMAP 2.1 created to support the specific needs of the UK H&FE communities.

Comprises elements from ISO 19115, UK GEMINI 2.1 and INSPIRE.

Supports documentation of a dataset, dataset series or geo-service for the purpose of discovery and description.

Mapped to Dublin Core, FGDC, INSPIRE, UK GEMINI 2.1 and DDI.

UK AGMAP 2.1 profile for datasets and dataset series

Contact details = 7

Drop down lists = 9

Red: Mandatory

Green: Conditional

29 mandatory

90 elements

UK AGMAP 2.1 profile for

Geo-services

Contact details: 7

Drop down lists: 6

Red: Mandatory Green: Conditional

22 mandatory

39 elements

Contain descriptions and examples to assist metadata creators and GoGeo portal users from eclectic range of academic disciplines.

Most spatial data information is stored in our heads.

We need to move it from there to electronic files.

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Mind reading aliens?

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Metadata extraction device?

Geodoc design and functionality •  Java-built online tool

•  authentication required

•  text fields and drop-down lists for entering information

•  validation (red fields)

access to metadata guidelines and Geodoc reference guide.

Direct links to relevant UK AGMAP guideline pages

MyGoGeo! automation and customisation tool

Map tool captures co-ordinate values for bounding box elements used to define the extent of a dataset’s study area.

Extents for Nations at the click of the mouse

Personal and secure directory for storing, editing and exporting metadata records.

Geodoc exports UK AGMAP 2.1 metadata records in

PDF format

Publication on open or private (Group) nodes

1) create and validate record; 2) submit record for review; 3) metadata creator is contacted; and 4) record is published on the GoGeo portal.

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A simple interface designed for UK academia to run queries to discover metadata for spatial datasets, and to locate geographic resources. The portal enables searching by the use of various options including

- free text - date - resource type - geographic location

GoGeo rebuilt and redesigned.

Launched on 17 May 2011

GoGeo simple search Placename search using Unlock middleware gazetteer

Search results page and extents display

Metadata record published on GoGeo

Advanced search - Map Type - Location - Text -  Date Ranges -  Catalogue -  Category -  INSPIRE

Access to metadata records published on a Group node

  a repository for you to store and manage your metadata thus savings in cost and time;

  use metadata to announce your data and applications;

  advertise (and sell?) your spatial datasets to other interested parties in academia and in the private and public sectors;

  metadata in the portal can be referenced and cited for project proposals;

  could be configured as an internal resource to access and share datasets.

* Cambridge, Edinburgh, Kingston, Leeds, Leicester, Sheffield and Southampton universities have created and published +200 metadata records on GoGeo portal (global and private).

GoGeo resource channels 3,000+ resources with daily updates

MyGoGeo!: bookmark resources

Other geospatial metadata resources

Geospatial Metadata Workshops July 2007 Aberdeen University

Marine/ECO-IMAGINE Geospatial

Technologies Course

2008 Sheffield University

Southampton University

May 2010 Plymouth University

2003 Durham University

City University

2004 University of Essex

York University Strathclyde University

Bradford University Oxford Brookes University

Coventry University Edinburgh University

Oxford University Kingston University

Sheffield University

2006 Aberdeen University

Leeds University Cambridge University

Oxford University Stirling University Glasgow University

Heriot-Watt University Strathclyde University

Kingston University GISRUK Conference

(Nottingham) Edinburgh University

Autumn 2010 Cardiff University

Aberdeen University Lancaster University Glasgow University

Civil Engineering

Biological Sciences

Planning

Environmental Sciences

Architecture

Information Technology

Retailing Climate

Sociology Library Science Landscape Planning

Archaeology Mathematics

Health

Ecology

Geosciences

Computing Spring 2011

Oxford University Northumbria University Cambridge University

Strathclyde University Leeds University

  A repository for deposit and extraction of spatial data.

  Supports access to and sharing of spatial data.

  Holds national and international spatial datasets (raster, vector and tabular).

  Key to delivering a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the UK academic GI community.

  ArcGIS plugin to create metadata to deposit with data.

Search ShareGeo via the GoGeo Portal

Spatial dataset submission

Basic metadata form to complete and extents extracted from dataset.

Ordnance Survey (OS OpenData)

Solution for spatial data derived from licensed data.

-UK AGMAP 2.1 -Guidelines

-Geodoc metadata tool -GoGeo portal nodes

-Workshops -eLearning objects

Geography

Archaeology

Geological Sciences

Biological Sciences

Research

Offer GoGeo resources for local spatial data management

UK AGMAP 2 Guidelines

Geodoc tadata tool Customised GoGeo Portal

Nodes Training

Geography

Archaeology

Geological Sciences

Biological Sciences

University A

UK AGMAP 2 Guidelines

Geodoc metadata tool Customised GoGeo Portal

Nodes Training

Geography

Archaeology

Geological Sciences

Biological Sciences

University B

UK AGMAP 2 Guidelines

Geodoc metadata tool Customised GoGeo Portal

Nodes Training

Geography

Archaeology

Geological Sciences

Biological Sciences

University C

UK AGMAP 2 Guidelines

Geodoc metadata tool Customised GoGeo Portal

Nodes Training

Geography

Archaeology

Geological Sciences

Biological Sciences

University D

Other resources and portals

Spatial data

Metadata

Search

Data user

Metadata

Discover

Locate

Access

Use

Publish

Fit for purpose?

Preserve

Steps to data immortality

Questions?

Using the Geodoc Metadata Editor Tool to create a valid geospatial metadata record

Practical 1

  Access MyGoGeo! to enter contact details.

  Read description of CORONA satellite image dataset.

  Access Geodoc Metadata Editor tool and open reference documents on home page.

  Create and save a valid metadata record referencing the information provided for the CORONA satellite image dataset.

  Export the metadata record into UK AGMAP 2.1 format using XML and PDF output.

  Publish metadata record.

Using the GoGeo portal to access a ShareGeo Open spatial dataset

Practical 2

  Conduct a search using the GoGeo portal.

  Open and read the metadata record.

  Access the ShareGeo Open spatial dataset via link provided in metadata record.