Seamless SDI Design by Using UML Modeling

The integration of marine and land based spatial information will support sustainable management and development of the coastal zone. Therefore, the development of a seamless platform covering the land and marine environments would facilitate more efficient and effective decision-making capabilities for any jurisdiction with land-marine interface. This paper discusses the potential for developing a seamless platform covering the land, marine and coastal environments as part of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) enabling a more integrated and holistic approach to management of the land-marine interface. It addresses the feasibility of seamless platform towards spatially enabled society and government. Further, it provides an insight to the design and development of the Seamless SDI model by introducing Seamless SDI conceptual model. The Seamless SDI class and its inherited characteristics and properties will be discussed. In addition to the conceptual phase, the development of a Seamless SDI model also consists of two more stages: design phase and implementation phase. The Use Case Diagram and Class Diagram of the Enterprise Viewpoint will be developed. Finally, it highlights the importance of the creation of appropriate Seamless SDI governance structures that are both understood and accepted. This would help to develop an extended framework to support a spatially enabled jurisdiction covering the land-marine interface. Ideally this extended framework would result in harmonised and universal access, sharing and integration of coastal, marine and terrestrial spatial datasets across regions and disciplines

Building a seamless SDI model for land and marine environments

© 2010 Dr. Sheelan Sheikheslami VaezWith climate change, rising sea levels pressing harder year on year and the need to manage our resources more carefully in this dynamic environment, the inability to integrate marine and land based spatial information is an increasing problem in many countries. Without spatial data, sustainable development of the coastal zone is difficult, if not impossible. The absence of a seamless spatial information framework prevents the execution of standard practice of locating and referencing spatial information across the land – marine interface where so much pressure and development is taking place. This also inhibits the access and sharing of spatial information leading to data duplication often resulting in a proliferation of discrete data collection projects with the consequences of substantial investments

Seamless platform to facilitate administration across land-sea interface

This is a preprint of a paper from WALIS International Forum 08, 12 - 14 March 2008. http://www.walis.wa.gov.au/forumAs the interface between marine and land environments, coasts have diverse and ever increasing conflicting pressures and demands requiring effective administration and management which is underpinned by the need for access to spatial information. Spatial data is recognised as a critical resource to underpin effective and sustainable management and administration. Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) are developing in many countries to improve coordination and management of spatial data. Until recently SDI concept has largely overlooked the marine and coastal environments, focussing mainly on connecting people with land-related data and information. Some countries have started to develop a Marine SDI but often as a separate initiative from their existing terrestrial SDI. To effectively manage the coastal zone there is a need for access and interoperability with spatial information from both the marine and coastal environments. The extension of a National SDI covering the land and marine environments on a seamless platform would facilitate greater access to more interoperable spatial data and information across the land-sea interface enabling a more integrated and holistic approach to management of the coastal zone. This paper aims to identify and discuss the main characteristics and components for the design of a seamless SDI model. Further it proposes a seamless SDI model using current SDI theory and model that incorporate identified characteristics and components. The ultimate aim will be a refined SDI model that seamlessly covers both land and sea that can be used by jurisdictions to create an enabling platform for the use and delivery of spatial information and services.12 - 14 March 200

Building seamless SDI to facilitate land and marine environments

This is a preprint of a paper from GSDI-10 Conference, 25-29 February 2008. http://www.gsdi.org/gsdiconf/gsdi10/.Due to the high economic value of coastal and marine activities, and to the social value of coastal zones for quality of life, managing the coastal zone is a key component of the socio-economic framework in most nations with coastlines. In recent times several natural disasters hit some part of the coastal areas around the world in particular small islands and archipelagic countries causing hundreds thousands of peoples lost their lives, while those who survived had lost their properties. Learning from such kind of devastating disasters, it is important to have a functioning spatial data infrastructure (SDI) which facilitates discovery, access and sharing accurate, complete and up-to-dated spatial data for better planning and timely disaster management. Sustainable development requires the availability of integrated and comprehensive spatial information throughout the country both land and marine area, that can easily be found and accessed for public. Having said that, however current SDI design is focused mainly on access to and use of land related datasets or marine related datasets, with most SDI initiatives stopping at the land-ward or marine-ward boundary of the coastline, institutionally and/or spatially. Consequently, there is a lack of harmonised and universal access to seamless datasets from marine, coastal and land-based spatial data providers. This leads to the creation of inconsistencies in spatial information policies, data creation, data access, and data integration across the coastal zone. The extension of an SDI covering the land and marine environments on a seamless platform would facilitate greater access to more interoperable spatial data and information across the land-marine interface enabling amore integrated and holistic approach to management of the coastal zone. This paper aims to identify and discuss the main characteristics and criteria for utilisation of a Seamless SDI model and to examine the current barriers against implementation of this model. This would help to develop an extended framework to support a spatially enabled jurisdiction covering the land-sea interface. A Seamless SDI leads to the promotion of data sharing and communication between organisations thus facilitating better decision-making involving marine and coastal spatial information.25-29 Februar

Developing a seamless SDI model across the land-sea interface

This is a preprint of a paper from Coast GIS07, 2007. http://www.gioc.unican.es/CoastGIS07/eng/resumen.html.A more integrated and holistic approach to management of spatial information relating to coastal and marine environments is needed and this can be facilitated by the creation of a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) on a seamless platform. There is a growing and urgent need to create a seamless SDI model that bridges the gap between the terrestrial and marine environments, creating a spatially enabled land-sea interface to more effectively meet sustainable development objectives. This paper discusses the principles and concepts followed by introduction to issues and challenges that must be overcome in developing an overarching architecture for a seamless SDI that allows access to and interoperability of data from marine, coastal and terrestrial environments.8-10 October 200