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Progress Update On Spatial Data Infrastructure
A Regional Geospatial Open Data Repository?
2013 Pacific Islands GIS/RS User Conference18th – 22nd NovemberSuva, Fiji Islands
Sachindra SinghSystems Developer
Data Management SectionAGDT/SPC
Outline
Highlight AGTD/SPC Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) EffortsExplore Previous Implementations
Advice on limitations and issues encountered with implementationsDiscuss Lessons Learnt and Way Forward
SDI Goals and ExpectationsGeonode AdoptionPacGeo Initiative
Ongoing SDI development work
Applied GeoScience and Technology Division, Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Early efforts - Mapserver
2004/2005SOPAC deployed and trained users in 14 Pacific Island Countries on UNM Mapserver as part of EU/EDF Pacific Islands Vulnerability project.
Status: Defunct
Limitations:•Complex to use, need knowledge of HTML/CGI to make useful user interfaces•Need to write comprehensive mapfiles for each layer to style data and expose OGC web services•Doesn’t scale well, suitable for single projects•Performance issues with rendering complex maps (though MapCache etc. helps)•Programming/IT skillsets required to upload and maintain data
Applied GeoScience and Technology Division, Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Early Efforts - Geonetwork
2007 Deployed by Oceans and IslandsProgramme to catalog the Pacific Marine and Oceanographic products collected by our surveyors and from external organizations
Status: Active (widely used)http://geonetwork.sopac.org Pacific Bathymetry Maps, Datasets, Reports, Historical Aerial Photographs, Deep Sea Minerals Sample Information, South Pacific Sea Level and Climate, Monitoring Project Information, Pacific Maritime Boundary Information, Scientific Cruise Reports and Data, Coastal & Terrestrial Geological Maps, Satellite Images, Seismic Shot-points, SOPAC Historical scanned maps and Charts (magnetic anomalies, maps from gravity & electromagnetic surveys)
Limitations:•Only a metadata catalogue for spatially referenced resources•No provision for interactive datasets•No OGC Webservices (only CSW)
Applied GeoScience and Technology Division, Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Early Efforts GeoServer/PostGIS
2009
Common Data PlatformGeoServer web mapping platform and PostGIS Spatial databaseUsed to develop custom project-specific applicationsEg: Kiriwatsan – Kiribati Water Resources Assessment Database
Status: Active
Limitations:•Enterprise-level programming skillsets, •Simple Features SQL knowledge required•Web development knowledge•Reinventing the wheel across each project•Minimum reusability of code and data
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Lessons Learnt – SDI Required
“[Spatial Data Infrastructure] provides a basis for spatial data discovery, evaluation, and application for users and providers within all levels of government, the commercial sector, the non-profit sector, academia and by citizens in general.”
– SDI CookbookA generic and inter-connected set of systems that enables easy management and publication of geospatial data.
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Caveats
SDI adopted should be:
•Evolutionary NOT Revolutionary•Existing investments in previous implementations retained
•Previous efforts should not be undermined (Interoperable)
•Data migration supported
•Disaster Recovery and Redundancy mechanisms provided
Applied GeoScience and Technology Division, Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Geonode Platform
Applied GeoScience and Technology Division, Secretariat of the Pacific Community
GeoNode is a web-based application and platform for developing geospatial information systems (GIS) and for deploying spatial data infrastructures (SDI). It is designed to be extended andmodified, and can be integrated into existing platforms.
Builds upon:GeonetworkGeoServerPostGISGeoTools
PCRAFIPacific Risk Information System
Geonode initially adopted by AGTD/SPC for the Pacific Castrophe Risk Assessment Financing Initiative.
Supported by World Bank, Asian Development, Bank, New Zealand GNS, Pacific Disaster Centre, Government of Japan, and OpenGeo (now BoundlessGeo)
AGTD/SPC was an early adopter. Version 0.7 – 1.0 – 1.2 – 2.0 (development stream). 2nd Public wide-scale Geonode Deployment after haitidata.org
AGTD/SPC contributed some core features, such as photo display, comments and ratings etc.
Applied GeoScience and Technology Division, Secretariat of the Pacific Community
PCRAFIPacific Risk Information System
Applied GeoScience and Technology Division, Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Largest open access geospatial data online in the region
Approx. 500 individual layers, within hundreds of thousands of attributes
Satellite imagery, Topographic maps, Bathymetry maps, Surface geology maps Surface soil maps, Land Cover/Land Use maps, Geodetic and fault data, historical catalogues of tropical cyclones and earthquakes, infrastructure, population
Photographs of buildings, bridges and other infrastructure from 15 Pacific Island Countries
SOPAC Geonode
Different projects, different data, different requirements, different access levels :ONE SOLUTION
Singular Platform
Geonode Platform Version 2 (development stream)
Used internally within the division by allprogrammes
Unified Approach to Cataloguing, Archiving and Exposing Diverse GIS/Spatial Datasets
Zero IT Expertise required to expose, share and geospatial data
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SOPAC Geonode Adoption
Fiji Forestry Department Fiji REDD Plus Website
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PacGeo
Applied GeoScience and Technology Division, Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Initiative to provide an open access geospatial geospatial data repository for the Pacific region
PacGeo started life as the Pacific Island Marine Spatial Information System
Oceans and Islands Programme – as an evolution of Geonetwork
Since inception has broaden it's scope to be an all encompassing geospatial platform to catalogue, administer and expose geophysical, geodetic and specialist marine spatial data.
Completion Timeframe: April, 2014
PacGeo Stakeholders
Applied GeoScience and Technology Division, Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Organisation Developer
SPC Sachindra Singh
GeoScience Australia Steven Ackley
Uni. Sydney Max Kaye
PacGeo Features
Applied GeoScience and Technology Division, Secretariat of the Pacific Community
3D Maps (DTM) on top of Google Earth pluginDocuments and reports tied to layers and mapsVideos and animationsFully OGC Webservices Compliance:WMS, WFS, WCS, WMS-T and CSW
PacGeoFeatures In Development
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Cloud Hosting – Amazon Web Services, Sydney Data CenterAndroid FrontendQuantum GIS Integration Plugin (builds on Geoserver plugin)Federation (other PacGeo deployments, on-site data hosting)Portable/Local Editions (no internet required)
SOPAC-3/CRGA Outcome AdoptedMember Countries Endorsement
The SOPAC Division is also urged to develop an open-access GIS-based regional data repository for the geosciences and other areas related to mineral development and developing a protocol on how the information is managed that ensures the security of Members' intellectual property and could include mechanisms for licensing for access and use. The Division is encouraged to adopt whole-of-Division approaches to information systems and delivery of data and information held. The PACGEO initiative perhaps offers an opportunity to progress this.
Applied GeoScience and Technology Division, Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Free and Open Source System
PacGeo is open source – the software is free and if it proves successful PICT’s can easily and cheaply adopt similar domestic approaches
Low Total Cost of Ownership, No Licensing Fees, No Royalties, No Upgrade Costs
PacGeo is compatible with our existing efforts and many spatial data systems all over the world
Comprehensive and flexible integrated security built in (Group/Individual)
Source code is freely available - https://github.com/sopac/pacgeo
No departmental/organizational IT and programming skill-sets required to use
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ThanksLinks
www.pacgeo.org
geonode.sopac.org
pcrafi.spc.int
geonetwork.sopac.org
Email/Support
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