Presented by Tony Mathys at Northumbria University on 5 May 2011

1. Geospatial Metadata and Spatial Data Workshop Northumbria University School of the Built and Natural Environment

5. Photographic Images copyright: Jupiter Images 2006 and it’s not sun and holiday

6. Represents a documented and ordered summary of information that describes something, in this case, spatial data. Provides the What, Where, When and Why for a spatial dataset. Includes its Ownership and Contact (Who) details and Access and Use conditions. Metadata (data describing data)

7. What are the ingredients? Where were ingredients produced? Who sells the ingredients? What are the brewing steps? When does the fermentation process end? Photographic Images copyright: Jupiter Images 2006 Think of metadata as a recipe for making beer.

8. metadata

9. Think of metadata as food product labelling. What are the ingredients? What is the nutritional value? How many calories and how much fat? When is this product’s expiry date? Where was it produced? Who produced it?

10. metadata

12. What do these polygons represent? What attribute information is associated with these polygons?

13. What do these SOILCLASS values mean? What does this attribute mean?

14. metadata

17. A geoportal enables users to search and discover spatial data via metadata using free text , resource type , geographic location (co-ordinate and placename) and date .

18. Discovering spatial data through metadata offers the prospect of developing new applications

19. Contours Raster Map Draped 3D Model and creating new datasets © Crown Copyright/database right 2008 © Crown Copyright/database right 2008 © Crown Copyright/database right 2008

20. Other benefits: data protection Photographic Images copyright: Jupiter Images 2006

26. Other Content Providers UK Location Programme Network Geo-data Gateway Geoportal portal interoperability and search capabilities across the internet. User Local Go-Geo! database

27. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) National Environment Research Council (NERC) National Soil Resources Institute (NSRI)

29. * An application profile is derived from a standard and represents a reduction of the number of entities and elements. * It should include the core element set of a standard to support interoperability across the wider geospatial community ( Discovery level metadata). * Perhaps include elements for Descriptive level metadata? * A profile can be extended to include elements which are best suited for a working group’s specific applications. Example: The Biological Data Profile (BDP) An approved profile with additional elements to document biological information such as taxonomy , methodology and analytical tools . http://www.flickr.com/photos/f10n4/186861991/

30. Creating application profiles from ISO 19115 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 * INSPIRE Directive Metadata Guidelines * UK GEMINI 2.1 , an INSPIRE compliant geospatial metadata standard for the UK * ANZLIC Metadata Profile * North American Application Profile (NAP), Canada and the US Archaeology Biological Sciences Geo Sciences History Health Informatics

31. 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

34. INSPIRE spatial data themes and deadlines for creating metadata

36. INSPIRE Metadata Editor tool and Geoportal

37. * 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.

38. UK Location Metadata Editor and Catalogue conform to UK GEMINI 2.1

39. http://www.flickr.com/photos/musebrarian/3289649684 /#/

41. UK Academic Geospatial Metadata Application Profile, Version 2.1 (UK AGMAP 2.1) 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.

42. 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

43. UK AGMAP 2.1 profile for Geo-services Contact details: 7 Drop down lists: 6 Red : Mandatory Green : Conditional 22 mandatory 39 elements

44. UK AGMAP 2.1 Guidelines Contain descriptions and examples to assist metadata creators and Go-Geo! portal users from eclectic range of academic disciplines.

45. Most spatial data information is stored in our heads. We need to move it from there to electronic files. Metadata Creation Photographic Images copyright: Jupiter Images 2006

46. Mind reading aliens? Solutions?

47. Spatial data extraction device?

48. Geodoc Metadata Editor Tool

50. Direct links at click of button to metadata guidelines ‘Help’ pages

52. Geodoc coordinate extent 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

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

55. Geodoc exports UK AGMAP 2.1 metadata records in PDF format

56. Publication on open or private (institutional) nodes

57. 1) create and validate record; 2) submit record for review; 3) metadata creator is contacted; and 4) record is published on the Go-Geo! portal. 1 2 3 A few easy steps to publication of a geospatial metadata record 4 Photographic Images copyright: Jupiter Images 2006

58. A simple interface designed for UK academia to run queries to discover metadata for spatial datasets. The portal enables searching by the use of various options including -free text -date -resource type -geographic location www.gogeo.ac.uk Go-Geo! Portal

59. Go-Geo! simple search Placename search using Unlock middleware gazetteer

60. Search results page and extents display

61. Metadata record published on Go-Geo!

62. Links between Go-Geo! portal elements to UK AGMAP 2.1 guidelines

63. Advanced search - Data Type - Location - Text - Date Range *BGS JIDI Photo Collection *COPAC

64. Access to metadata records published on institutional (private) node

66. Geo resource channels over 3,000 resources and daily updates

67. MyGoGeo!: bookmark resources

68. Other geospatial metadata resources

71. Spatial dataset extraction

73. Spatial data submission: simple metadata record form to complete with extents extracted from dataset

74. Ordnance Survey (OS OpenData)

75. ShareGeo Digimap Addresses issues pertaining to spatial data derived from licensed data.

76. Current and future activities

77. Rebuild Go-Geo! portal with GeoNetwork GeoNetwork: A standards based, free and open source catalogue application to manage spatially referenced resources through the web. Provides metadata editing and search functions as well as an embedded interactive web map viewer. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mndrix/4203609704/

78. Offer Go-Geo! resources for local spatial data management -UK AGMAP 2.1 -Guidelines -Geodoc metadata tool -Go-Geo! portal nodes -Workshops -eLearning objects Geography Archaeology Geological Sciences Biological Sciences Research

79. Go-Geo! University A Go-Geo! University B Go-Geo! University C Go-Geo! Open Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for UK academia Other resources and portals Spatial Data Repository Spatial data Metadata Search Data user Metadata UK AGMAP 2 Guidelines Geodoc tadata tool Customised Go-Geo! Portal Nodes Training Geography Archaeology Geological Sciences Biological Sciences Go-Geo! Go-Go! UK AGMAP 2 Guidelines Geodoc metadata tool Customised Go-Geo! Portal Nodes Training Geography Archaeology Geological Sciences Biological Sciences Go-Geo! Go-Go! UK AGMAP 2 Guidelines Geodoc metadata tool Customised Go-Geo! Portal Nodes Training Geography Archaeology Geological Sciences Biological Sciences Go-Geo! Go-Go! UK AGMAP 2 Guidelines Geodoc metadata tool Customised Go-Geo! Portal Nodes Training Geography Archaeology Geological Sciences Biological Sciences Go-Geo! Go-Go! University D

80. Discover Locate Access Use Publish Fit for purpose? Preserve Steps to data immortality

81. Questions?

82. Using the Geodoc Metadata Editor Tool to create a valid geospatial metadata record Practical 1