Introducing the International Coastal Atlas Network ICAN Coastal

Introducing the International Coastal Atlas Network (ICAN) Coastal Zone 2009 – Boston, Massachusetts ICAN and the Digital Coast Initiative National Coastal Atlas Perspective Tony La. Voi NOAA Coastal Services Center

Overview National Coastal Atlas Current State Enablers Digital Coast – Use Case

Federal Landscape • Numerous Federal ‘national’ atlas projects • DOI – National Map, National Atlas of the U. S. , Geospatial One-Stop • USACE – e. Coastal • EPA – e-Estuary • NOAA – Multipurpose Marine Cadastre (MMS), Legislative Atlas, now. Coast, Electronic Nautical Charts • No comprehensive, authoritative national coastal atlas

State Landscape – July 2007 • 34 states/territories with CZM programs • 21 have some type of “atlas” product • Various levels products and technology • • • Download data only Static maps only IMS only Comprehensive atlas / IMS products wide range of analysis tools and other widgets • No comprehensive, authoritative national coastal atlas

National Coastal Atlas Enablers Issues Policies Technologies

Enablers - Issues A national coastal atlas could assist in addressing critical coastal management issues… • • Regional Ocean Governance Marine Spatial Planning Ecosystem Based Management Climate Impacts

Enablers - Policies and governance activities currently underway could provide foundational support for a national coastal atlas… • Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration Act (H. R. 146) • “A bill to establish a coordinated and comprehensive Federal ocean and coastal mapping program/plan” • Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) and National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) • Reviewing core components of National Spatial Data Infrastructure and developing national geospatial strategy • CZMA Reauthorization

Enablers - Technologies Substantial progress in technologies and standards to implement national coastal atlas… • Open standards and open source tools • Web map services • Metadata/ontologies - federated access and searching of distributed catalogs • Neographies / mashups

Building the Digital Coast

Vision Easy access to data and tools Coastal organizations come together to address coastal issues

Partnership Group • Association of State Floodplain Managers • Coastal States Organization • National Association of Counties • National States Geographic Information Council • The Nature Conservancy

Priority Issues • Land use planning • Hazards and community resilience • Water quality • Habitat conservation • Marine spatial planning and ocean governance • Climate change

Recap Current State Enablers Digital Coast – Use Case

Tony La. Voi NOAA Coastal Services Center Tony. La. Voi@noaa. gov