00000004074Aditya, T.Kraak, M.-J.2006Cartographica412115-133CartographicaICAN, International Coastal Atlas Network, GDI, GSDI, geoportal, metaphor, atlas, metadata mapping, browsing, searching, interoperability, infrastructureGSDI_portals.pdf references Kuuipo's thesis00000004010Aditya, T.Kraak, M.-J.2007Trans. GIS113413-436Special issueTransactions in GISSearch interfaces for data discovery are essential in the context of a Geospatial Data Infrastructure. This paper discusses the development of a search interface, aimed at effective searches and an integration of a catalogue function and thematic mapping. For this purpose, the Resources Description Framework (RDF) is used to store the summaries of metadata of geospatial contents. These summaries are indexed based on their topics. Their topic categories are expressed using the RDF schema. The RDF queries and the transformation of results play a prominent role in the visualization of search results as a table, a thumbnail, and a bull’s-eye display with possibilities to project footprints of results on top of a basic map and thematic layers. To highlight their matches to the search terms, the Hausdorff distance and the closeness degree were applied respectively to determine the geographic and thematic relevance. Feedback from participants testing the prototype indicated the benefits of the table and thumbnail displays as well as the possibility to combine these displays with metadata and thematic mapping for data discovery. The feedback also confirmed some design challenges in the depictions of relevance and symbolization of metadata.I have the original journal Geospatial_Semantic --> search_interfaces.pdf00000003584Agarwal, P.2005Int. J. Geog. Inf. Sci.195501-536International Journal of Geographical Information Scienceontology, geographic, semantics, concepts, interoperability, MMII have the original journal00000004299Albrecht, J.Derman, B.Ramasubramanian, L.2008Trans. GIS124409-424Transactions in GISspecial GIScience session at 2008 ESRI User Conference; teaching, GEO 580, ModelBuilderNumerous authors have presented ontology building tools that have all been developed as part of academic projects and that are usually adaptations of more generic tools for geo-spatial applications. While we trust that these tools do their job for the special purpose they have been built, the GIScience user community is still a long way away from off-the-shelf ontology builders that can be used by GIS project managers. In this article, we present a comparative study of ontology building tools described in some twenty peer-reviewed GIScience journal articles. We analyze them from the perspective of two application domains, crime analysis and transportation/land use. For the latter, we developed a database schema, which is substantially different from the three main templates commonly used. The crime analysis application uses a rule base for an agent-based model that had no precursor. In both cases, the currently available set of tools cannot replace manual coding of ontologies for use with ESRI-based application software. Based on these experiences, we outline a requirements list of what the tools described in the first part of the article are missing to make them practical from an applications perspective. The result is an R&D agenda for this important aspect of GIScience.I have the original journal geo-ontology.pdf Derman almost came to OSU to be a doctoral student in my lab. Chose UW with Tim Nyerges00000003208Alder, J.Zeller, D.Pitcher, T.Sumaila, R.2002Coastal Mgmt.30121-131Coastal Managementconservation, marine protected areas, MPA, sanctuaries, SSE, habitat classification, mapping, representative, coastal management, management evaluation, performance criteria, modelI have the pdf file - mpa_mgmt.pdf100000003747Allan, J. C.Hart, R.2005Portland, OregonOregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI)Open file report O-05-09Oregon Coastal Atlas, OCA, coastal erosion tool suite00000001010Alleman, P. J.Chance, T. S.Kleiner, A. A.1993Sea Technol.Sea Technology34617-22New coastal, inland water imaging system promises significant increases in productivity with virtual real-time map productionI have the original journal00000004227Alquezzar, R.Boyd, W.2008J. Coastal Conser.11105-119Journal of Coastal Conservation: Planning and Managementcoastal management, conservatin, coral reef classification, field validation, GIS and oceanography, image analysis, rapid assessment, benthic habitat mapping, Great Barrier ReefCoral reefs are highly dynamic and productive marine ecosystems, providing habitat and refuge for an enormous number of species including fish, invertebrates and algae. With increased anthropogenic pressures and global climate change, many coral reefs are rapidly declining. Currently, there is limited knowledge on condition and community assemblage composition of shallow fringing coral reefs along the south-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With increased demand to determine existence of coastal fringing reefs by National Regional Management groups, a rapid cost effective method to determine reef composition and condition was required. The aim of this study was to determine the benthic structure and extent of two small coastal fringing reefs (Hummock Hill Reef and Stringers Reef) along the Southern Great Barrier Reef. Reef substrate assessments were carried out using a rapid assessment technique and a Point Intercept Method (PIM). The data were analysed and classified using a Geographic Information System (GIS). Percent substrate cover was calculated using a visual basic image analysis program. The Point intercept method showed higher accuracy over the rapid assessment technique (up to 15– 40% difference) and was thus deemed a more suitable classification tool for reefs with high structural complexity and heterogeneity. This study focused on piloting a rapid, cost effective Point Intercept Technique using random point count methodology to document coral benthic habitat and extent over a commonly used rapid assessment method as a tool for reef coastal management and conservation. The two techniques were compared and substrate classification success, limitations and errors were discussed.coral_surveys.pdf00000003393Anderson, G.Moreno-Sanchez, R.2003Trans. GIS74447-466Transactions in GISweb GIS, Internet GIS, Oregon Coastal Atlas, OCA. open GISI have the original journal00000002872Andrezej Urbanski, J.1999Int. J. Geogr. Inf. Sci.137723-730International Journal of Geographical Information Science00000003187Arin, T.Kramer, R. A.2002Ocean Coast. Mgmt.452-3171-183Ocean & Coastal Managementcoral reef conservation, sanctuaries, SSEI have the pdf - dive_marinesanctuaries.pdf00000003851Arpinar, I. B.Sheth, A.Ramakrishnan, C.Usery, E. L.Azami, M.Kwan, M.-P.2006Trans. GIS104551-576Transactions in GISOCA, distributed computing, pervasive computing, web GIS, internet GIS, semantic interoperability, ontology, ontologies, IrelandGeospatial ontology development and semantic knowledge discovery addresses the need for modeling, analyzing and visualizing multimodal information, and is unique in offering integrated analytics that encompasses spatial, temporal and thematic dimensions of information and knowledge. The comprehensive ability to provide integrated analysis from multiple forms of information and use of explicit knowledge make this approach unique. This also involves specification of spatiotemporal thematic ontologies and populating such ontologies with high quality knowledge. Such ontologies form the basis for defining the meaning of important relations terms, such as near or surrounded by, and enable computation of spatiotemporal thematic proximity measures we define. SWETO (Semantic Web Technology Evaluation Ontology) and geospatial extension SWETO-GS are examples of these ontologies. The Geospatial Semantics Analytics (GSA) framework incorporates: (1) the ability to automatically and semi-automatically tract metadata from syntactically (including unstructured, semi-structured and structured data) and semantically heterogeneous and multimodal data from diverse sources; and (2) analytical processing that exploits these ontologies and associated knowledge bases, with integral support for what we term spatiotemporal thematic proximity (STTP) reasoning and interactive visualization capabilities. This paper discusses the results of our geospatial ontology development efforts as well as some new semantic analytics methods on this ontology such as STTP.I have the original journal geo_ontology.pdf computer scientists working with geographers00000002903Aston, J.1999Ocean Coast. Mgmt.42483-501Ocean & Coastal ManagementSSEBlue folder, SSE Papers00000004061Aswani, S.Lauer, M.2006Env. Conserv.333263-273Environmental Conservationbenthic mapping, benthic habitat, geographical informationsystems (GIS), indigenous ecological knowledge, marineprotected areas, Oceania, taxa inventoriesGiven the frequent socioeconomic, political and concomitant ecological failures of science-driven marine protected area (MPA) programmes, it is now important to design MPAs by integrating natural and social science research more comprehensively. This study shows how indigenous peoples assisted in the design of MPAs by identifying marine substrates and related resident taxa on aerial photos, information which was then incorporated into a geographical information system (GIS) database, along with dive survey data. Two questions were asked: (1) Is indigenous ecological knowledge accurate enough for mapping the benthos and associated taxa? (2) Is such an approach an appropriate way for assisting in the biological and social design of MPAs in Oceania? Conventional quadrat field dive surveys were used to measure the accuracy of substrate identification by local informants and a visual survey was used to test hypotheses formulated from local knowledge regarding the spatial distribution and relative abundance of non-cryptic species within certain benthic habitats. Equivalence rates between indigenous aerial photo interpretations of dominant benthic substrates and in situ dive surveys were 75–85% for a moderately detailed classification scheme of the benthos, which included nine locally-defined abiotic and biotic benthic classes for the MPA seabed. Similarly, the taxa inventory showed a strong correspondence between the qualitative predictions of local fisherfolk and the quantitative analysis of noncryptic species distribution, including their relative abundance and geophysical locations. Indigenous people’s predictions about the presence or absence of fish in different benthic habitats corresponded77%and 92% of the time (depending on scoring schema) with in situ visual measurements. These results demonstrate how incorporating local knowledge of benthic heterogeneity, existing biological communities, and particular spatio-temporal events of biological significance into a GIS database can corroborate the production of scientifically reliable base resource maps for designing MPAs in an environmentally and culturally sound fashion. This participatory approach was used to design and then establish MPAs in the Roviana and Vonavona region of the Western Solomon Islands. Under appropriate conditions, interdisciplinary work can complement the design of scientific fishery management and biodiversity conservation prescriptions for coastal Oceania.BenthicMap_GISCommunity.pdf00000004362Athanasis, N.Kalabokidis, K.Vaitis, M.Soulakellis, N.in press, 2008Comp. Geosci34doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2008.02.01.014Computers & Geosciencesgeoportal; semantic web; RDF; metadata; navigation, metadata, portals, ICANAs the demand for geospatial data increases, the lack of efficient ways to find suitable information becomes critical. In this paper, a new methodology for knowledge discovery in geographic portals is presented. Based on the Semantic Web, our approach exploits the Resource Description Framework (RDF) in order to describe the geoportal’s information with ontology-based metadata. When users traverse from page to page in the portal, they take advantage of the metadata infrastructure to navigate easily through data of interest. New metadata descriptions are published in the geoportal according to the RDF schemas.semantic_geoportals.pdf00000003537Bacao, F.Lobo, V.Painho, M.2005Comp. Geosci312155-163Computers and Geosciencesspecial issue on AGILE, Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe, GIScience in Europe, Self-Organizing Map; Geo-SOM; SOM variants; Geo-referenced data, coastal atlas, Oregon coastal atlas, OCA, COMCII have the pdf file - AGILE_CompGEosci-->SOM.pdf00000002929Bailey, R. J.1997Ocean Coast. Mgmt.343205-224Ocean & Coastal Managementclearinghouse, coastal management, historyPurple folder, FGDC 200000003906Baine, M.Howard, M.Kerr, S.Edgar, G.Toral, V.2007Ocean Coast. Mgmt.50148-173Ocean & Coastal ManagementTourism and fisheries comprise the economic backbone of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador and the Archipelago of San Andres, Colombia. The health of fishery resources, the environment and their dependant industries is discussed against a background of policy development and user conflicts, supported by a range of technical studies undertaken between 1998 and 2002, setting the scene for an examination of a more participatory and effective role for local stakeholders in the management of their island resources. Local stakeholders have been involved in guiding plans on future management of both islands’ resources including Biosphere Reserve designation of the San Andres Archipelago and the development of a Special Law for Galapagos. Their participation is deemed essential to progress in marine resource management and zoning initiatives within the islands.galagagos_MPA.pdf whole issue is special issue on management of the Galagagos00000003870Baird, A. J.2005Marit. Pol. Mgmt.324383-401Maritime Policy and ManagementThis paper begins by defining the meaning of the term ‘maritime policy’. Since devolution in the UK, the opening of the new Scottish parliament in 1998 and the creation of the Scottish Executive, little effort has been made to establish a distinct maritime policy for Scotland. As was evident prior to devolution, the primary emphasis from any maritime policy perspective has continued to be a focus on lifeline island ferry services. This ignores significant developments in several other key maritime transport sectors, and this paper provides examples of areas that require some form of policy response, including intra-European short sea shipping, UK coastal shipping, urban/river transport and global container shipping. Long-standing institutional bias against maritime transport coupled with subsidy devoted almost entirely to land transport systems has resulted in a quite distorted marketplace. This suggests that a maritime policy is now imperative if maritime transport is to play a more significant role in the overall transport system. Further discussion centres on the need to consider, from a Scottish policy perspective, the role of various state-sponsored maritime service providers and how these bodies might fit better within evolving policy. The conclusion is that formulation of a maritime policy by the Scottish Executive is overdue and that a degree of restructuring of transport responsibilities within the Executive, combined with adequate resource allocation towards the maritime industry, will be necessary in order that market distortions can be overcome, so enabling Scotland to fully exploit the competitive and environmental advantages that maritime transport can provide.maritime_scotland.pdf00000004343Baker, K. S.Chandler, C. L.2008Deep-Sea Res. II55doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.05.009Deep Sea Research Part IIocean informatics, data management, GIS and oceanography, MMI, ICAN, cyberinfrastructureInterdisciplinary global ocean science requires new ways of thinking about data and data management. With new data policies and growing technological capabilities, datasets of increasing variety and complexity are being made available digitally and data management is coming to be recognized as an integral part of scientific research. To meet the changing expectations of scientists collecting data and of data reuse by others, collaborative strategies involving diverse teams of information professionals are developing. These changes are stimulating the growth of information infrastructures that support multi-scale sampling, data repositories, and data integration. Two examples of oceanographic projects incorporating data management in partnership with science programs are discussed: the Palmer Station Long-Term Ecological Research program (Palmer LTER) and the United States Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (US JGOFS). Lessons learned from a decade of data management within these communities provide an experience base from which to develop information management strategies—short-term and long-term. Ocean Informatics provides one example of a conceptual framework for managing the complexities inherent to sharing oceanographic data. Elements are introduced that address the economies-of-scale and the complexities-of-scale pertinent to a broader vision of information management and scientific research.baker_chandler.pdf Extremely important article!!!http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.05.00900000003541Baker, T. R.2005Prof. Geog.57144-50The Professional GeographerGIS Education; Internet-based GIS; K-12 GIS, Oregon coastal atlas, OCA, Samoa, NOAA NESDISInternet-based mapping provides a powerful alternative for successfully establishing GIS technology in the K-12 education community, while simultaneously avoiding the traditional barriers associated with desktop GIS. Internet-based GIS can support standards-based inquiry methods of teaching and learning while providing basic analysis tools for studying and exploring geographic or scientific data in the classroom.I have the original journal00000003867Balaji, R.Sannasiraj, S. A.Sundar, V.2006Mar. Geod.29235-251Marine Geodesytsunami impact, natural disaster, discus data buoy, heave, pitch, solitary wave, cnoidal waveTo plan for proper mitigation measures, one should have an advanced knowledge of the phenomenon of tsunami propagation from the deep ocean to coastal waters. There are a few methods to predict tsunamis in the ocean waters; one method is the effective use of data buoy measurements. Although data buoys have been used along the Indian waters there has been a tremendous growth in the number of buoy deployment recently. Under the National Data Buoy Programme (NDBP) of India, the 2.2 m diameter discus data buoys were deployed along the east and west coasts of India for measuring meteorological and ocean parameters. It would be advantageous if these buoys could be efficiently used to measure rare events such as tsunamis. Understanding the dynamic behavior of the buoy is of prime importance if a tsunami warning system is to be successful. This may be accomplished through experimental or numerical studies. A comprehensive experimental study has been conducted to understand the dynamic behavior of a wave rider buoy exposed to a variety of waves. It is common that tsunami waves are represented in terms of shallow water waves, namely solitary and cnoidal waves. Hence, in the present study, the discus type data buoy is scale modeled and tested under the action of solitary and cnoidal waves in the laboratory. The time histories of wave elevations, as well as heave and pitch motions of the buoy model, were analyzed through a spectral approach as well as through wavelet transformations. The wavelet approach gives more detailed insight into the spectral characteristics of the buoy motion in the time scale. The harmonic analyses were performed for the cnoidal wave elevations and subsequent motion characteristics that give an insight into the energy variations. The details of the model, instrumentation, testing conditions and the results are presented in this paper.tsunami_wave_buoys.pdf00000003161Balgos, M. C.2001Ocean Coast. Mgmt.44561-562Ocean & Coastal ManagementSSEHere is the whole review! This book covers the basic concepts of establishing marine protected areas (MPAs) including the multiple benefits that can be derived from them, the methods and approaches of MPA establishment such as site planning and management, community engagement, selection of sites, and institutional and legal framework This edition of the book, like the first two that have been long out of print, provides examples of strategies and tools, and specific techniques for MPA establishment in different environments including coral reefs, lagoons and estuaries, small islands, and beaches. Highlights of case histories of protected areas in various parts of the world provide variations to the general model of MPAs recommended by the authors. The book aims to encourage people interested in establishing MPAs to take the immediate first steps. The definition of terms embedded in the text is particularly useful for those who are new in the field. The general outline followed in each section (what, why, how, by whom) provides clear guidance on the sequential steps that need to be taken in the process of MPA establishment. However, the hows are limited in some of the sections (e.g., monitoring and evaluation) and practically non-existent on developing alternative livelihood options for fishers and other displaced stakeholders. There is an information gap on the latter topic that has become crucial to the potential effectiveness of MPAs in places where stakeholder groups have been disadvantaged by their establishment, such as fishers in MPAs with no-take fishery reserves. The need for practical approaches to this problem has become particularly important as scientists, decision makers and managers now recognize the need to incorporate no-take fishery reserves into protected area planning and management as a standard practice in the design of MPA sites and networks [1 and 2]. Furthermore, in some sections of the book, the authors tended to be too definite as to the necessity of the item discussed, such as the need for a site manager. In the Philippines, core groups commonly constitute the managers of community-based MPAs [3]. The readers may be led to think that the model being discussed is the only one viable and might get the impression that without all the elements described as required, initiating MPAs would be futile, especially in developing countries where institutional sources of funds and other resources for sustained environmental management are limited. Various guidance documents in establishing MPAs in various levels of specificity and usefulness at the global, regional, national, and sub-national levels provide multiple models of MPA establishment. The incorporation of coastal management approaches in each stage of MPA establishment in the book emphasizes the vital links between MPAs and broader coastal management programs. In particular, the recommendation of the use of issue¯action analysis, which is a common coastal management technique, encourages the adoption of coastal management techniques successfully applied in other types of management projects and points to the need for incorporating MPAs under umbrella coastal management programs for greater assurance of sustainability. There are a few places in the book where the authors could have used more recent references on specific topics discussed (e.g., in p. 21 on preservation of genetic material; in p. 29 on protection of giant clams in the Philippines). Pointing to various references that can provide details on specific techniques including addresses of useful Internet sources would have been very helpful. Still, this book is without a doubt a very good guidance handbook in MPAs for site managers and national policy people, not only to those who are just about to start MPA establishment but also to those in need of a toolkit for trouble-shooting. A companion guide that could augment the thin discussion on monitoring and evaluation, a topic that is very important in implementing major adjustments and refinements in MPA planning and implementation, is the book Evaluating Effectiveness: A Framework for Assessing the Management of Protected Areas [4].00000004097Barbier, E. B.Koch, E. W.Silliman, B. R.Hacker, S. D.Wolanski, E.Primavera, J.Granek, E. F.Polasky, S.Aswani, S.Cramer, L. A.Stoms, D. M.Kennedy, C. J.Bael, D.Kappel, C. V.Perillo, G. M. E.Reed, D. J.2008Science319321-323, doi: 10.1126/science.1150349Sciencecoastal habitat, EBM, ecosystem-based managementA common assumption is that ecosystem services respond linearly to changes in habitat size. This assumption leads frequently to an “all or none” choice of either preserving coastal habitats or converting them to human use. However, our survey of wave attenuation data from field studies of mangroves, salt marshes, seagrass beds, nearshore coral reefs, and sand dunes reveals that these relationships are rarely linear. By incorporating nonlinear wave attenuation in estimating coastal protection values of mangroves in Thailand, we show that the optimal land use option may instead be the integration of development and conservation consistent with ecosystem-based management goals. This result suggests that reconciling competing demands on coastal habitats should not always result in stark preservation-versus-conversion choices.EBM_coastal.pdf30000002541Bartlett, D.1993International Cartographic ConferenceCologne, GermanyInternal Cartographic Conference1539-551GIS and oceanographyBlue folder, Ocean GIS book100000001450Bartlett, D. J.1993National Center for Geographic Information and AnalysisOctober 1993Technical Report93-9NCGIAGIS and coastal oceanographyI have the technical report00000002977Basu, A.1998Surv. Land Inf. Sys.583147-155Surveying and Land Information Systemsmarine and coastal GIS, oceanography and GIS, special issue, Oahu, spatial analysis, three-dimensional ocean floor, 3DCardboard bin, "Reprints c. 1999"00000004096Batcheller, J. K.2008Comp. Geosci34387-398Computers & GeosciencesGeospatial metadata; Metadata authoring; Metadata generation; Data management; Data documentation; MMI; ICAN, International Coastal Atlas NetworkGeospatial metadata have long played an important role in the management of geospatial datasets. Often employed by institutions to organise, maintain and document their geographic resources internally, metadata may also provide a vehicle for exposing marketable data assets externally when contributed to on-line geospatial exchange initiatives. In spite of the numerous benefits it affords, obstacles to the production of such geospatial surrogates are numerous. The current work proposes an approach aimed at reducing the effort associated with geospatial metadata generation through the customisation of a proprietary Geographical Information System (GIS). By coupling data preparation, management and documentation approaches with such a bespoke application, it is intended to mitigate impediments to geospatial metadata generation whilst promoting a system of data administration that safeguards the data it supports. The current prototype, implementing an extended Dublin Core geospatial profile of 23 elements, was capable of generating a total of 20 basic metadata entries. While the findings do not suggest a dispensability of human mediation in the authoring process, they do support the view that a dataset’s ambient computing infrastructure has the potential to play a significant role in automating the creation of geospatial metadata.metadata_generation.pdf90000004197Bechhofer, S.Hauswirth, M.Hoffmann, J.Koubarakis, M.2008Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5021, 5th European SemanticWeb Conference, ESWC 2008, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, June 1-5, 2008, ProceedingsBerlin/HeidelbergSpringer502110.1007/978-3-540-68234-9978-3-540-68233-2semantic web, cyberinfrastructureThis volume contains the papers from the technical programme of the 5th European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2008, that took place during June 1–5, 2008 in Tenerife, Islas Canarias, Spain. ESWC 2008 was the latest in a series of annual, international events focusing on the dissemination and discussion of the latest research and applications of Semantic Web technologies. The call for papers saw over 270 submissions, a comparable figure to the previous year, indicating that the conference series has reached a certain level of maturity. The review process was organized using a two-tiered system. First, each submission was reviewed by at least three members of the Programme Committee. Submissions were also assigned to a Senior Programme Committee member, who led discussions between reviewers and provided a metareview and provisional decision. A physical Programme Committee meeting was then held, where the final decisions were made. Competition was as strong as ever, and the Programme Committee selected 51 papers to be presented at the conference. In addition to the technical research paper track, a system demo track was included, with its own review process. Twenty-five demo papers were selected for publication. System demo authors were given the opportunity to present their work in dedicated sessions during the conference, while an evening reception was also devoted to the presentation of posters and demonstrations of systems. As in past years, ESWC subscribed to the call to “eat our own dog food,” with the publication of a rich set of semantic metadata describing the conference. Three invited talks were given by distinguished scientists: Nigel Shadbolt (Garlik Ltd. and University of Southampton, UK) spoke about the use of Semantic Technology for the consumer; the challenge of Semantic Search was the subject of a talk from Ricardo Baeza-Yates (Yahoo! Research); and Claudio Gutierrez (Universidad de Chile) presented work on the state of the art in RDF Database theory. The conference also included a programme of tutorials and associated workshops, held on the days preceeding the main conference track. A PhD symposium took place immediately before the conference, giving doctoral students within the Semantic Web community an opportunity to showcase their work and obtain valuable feedback from senior members of the community. This year, we also introduced a programme of panel discussions, bringing together experts to debate key issues in the Semantic Web research area.PDF_Journal_articles --> Semantic_Web_eBook00000004201Bekkby, T.Isachsen, P. E.Isaeus, M.Bakkestuen, V.2008Mar. Geod.312117-127Marine GeodesyDepth attenuation, GIS modeling, seabed substrate, wave exposure, GIS and oceanographySeveral studies have documented relationships between wave exposure and distribution, density, and size of marine species. Hence, this factor is at a high level in the hierarchical habitat classification system EUNIS and is one of the Water Framework Directive water typology criteria of coastal waters. Isæus (2004) has developed a continuous simplified wave model (SWM) that has been applied to several Nordic countries.Here we refine this model by introducing depth-attenuation, giving us the advantage of a model for wave exposure as it will actually work at the seabed. The values of the depth-attenuated model SWM(d) are approximately similar to the SWM model in shallow areas but noticeably lower in deep areas. The two models were compared in an analysis of the distribution of seabed substrate in the Stockholm archipelago. Using the depth-attenuated wave exposure instead of the SWM model as predictor in substrate modeling improved these models considerably.wave_exposure_GIS.pdf00000000873Benwell, G. L. Firns, P. G.Sallis, P. J.1991J. Info. Technol.Journal of Information Technology615-25process modelling, petri nets, logical access mapping, GIS, simulation00000003885Berkes, F.Berkes, M. K.Fast, H.2007Coastal Mgmt.35143-162Coastal ManagementArctic, Beaufort Sea, community-based monitoring, Cree, Hudson Bay,integrated management, Inuit, Inuvialuit, traditional ecological knowledge, TEKThe objective of this article is to take stock of integrated management in the Canadian North, assessing its contribution to the advancement of knowledge and practice regarding the role of indigenous knowledge and community-based monitoring. This is done in three steps. (1) The Beaufort Sea, designated a Large Ocean Management Area under Canada’s Oceans Action Plan, is used as an example of a consultative planning process, with special attention to indigenous peoples. (2) How specifically can indigenous knowledge contribute to integrated management? The problem of Arctic marine food web contamination is used to illustrate the strengths and limitations of traditional ecological knowledge and its relationship to science. (3) The discussion of community-based monitoring relies on Voices From The Bay study involving the Inuit and Cree of Hudson and James Bay, and Inuit observations of climate change study in the Canadian western Arctic. The examples together address integrated coastal management and the health of ocean ecosystems, showing how stakeholder participation and knowledge helps widen the range of knowledge to understand and help monitor environmental change.TEK_Canada.pdf00000004009Bilasco, I. M.Gensel, J.Villanova-Oliver, M.Martin, H.2007Trans. GIS113337-354Special issueTransactions in GISThe evolution of the computing power as well as the success of standards such as X3D point to a future omnipresence of 3D in the multimedia world. A broad panoply of tools assisting designers when building realistic 3D scenes exists. In a near future, a new challenge will be to control the quantity of 3D contents that will be available. For instance, large amounts of 2D or 3D geographic data are spread all over the Internet. Nevertheless, appropriate description techniques and tools for the deployment and the retrieval of such data are still lacking. Our global objective is to propose a geographic digital library which can be exploited for describing, annotating and indexing geographic contents using geometric and topologic descriptions, geographic and appearance features, and semantics. Descriptions, annotations, and indexations are then exploited in queries to retrieve contents. The existing 3D scene description languages are generally free of any semantic information which could improve the management of 3D data (and especially research and re-use). In this paper, we propose the construction of geographic 3D data warehouses managed by a semantic digital library 3DSDL (3D Semantic Digital Library). This library, through a standardized communication interface, gives access to all the 3D models indexed in the warehouse and facilitates their exploitation. Each object is characterized by a set of both semantic and geographic annotations and some common features (colour, geometry, and topology).I have the original journal Geospatial_Semantic --> semantic_3D.pdf100000003817Boesch, D.Groat, C.Killeen, T.et al.2006Washington, D.C.American Geophysical Union1-29June 19, 2006hurricanes, storm surge and flooding, subsidence, climate change, hydrology, infrastructure, disaster preparedness and response, decision support, hazards The knowledge available among AGU members provides scientific expertise on nearly all of the physical environment of the dynamic Gulf Coast ecosystem complex. Intelligently rebuilding features such as fisheries, oil fields, seaports, farms, and wetlands after hurricanes Katrina and Rita will require “a well-constructed collaborative effort to maximize the role of science in decisions made about the rebuilding,” wrote Charles Groat, former director of the U.S. Geological Survey, in a news article published in Eos that stimulated an AGU meeting of experts. As a step toward developing a scientific basis for safer communities along the Florida-Alabama-Mississippi-Louisiana-Texas coastline, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) convened an interdisciplinary “Conference of Experts” on 11–12 January 2006 to discuss what we, as Earth and space scientists, know about the present and projected environment in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast areas affected by the hurricanes of 2005. Twenty scientists, all experts in the fields of science relevant to the Gulf Coast, met to consider ideas for a coordinated effort to integrate science into the decision-making processes necessary for the area’s sustainable rebirth. Political, economic, and social issues were intentionally not discussed. Nevertheless, it was recognized that science and these issues are intertwined and of paramount importance. This report contains a summary of the discussion and is intended to be helpful in providing scientific understanding useful in redevelopment of the affected area. The objectives of the meeting were to review and assess the scientific knowledge in the areas most relevant in hurricane protection, to identify gaps in knowledge that could be filled by focused research, and to propose mechanisms to link science to the most effective reconstruction of New Orleans and other coastal areas affected by the recent hurricanes. The meeting attendees considered seven topics addressing the current understanding, near-term needs, and longer-term directions for: hurricanes, storm surge and flooding, subsidence, climate change, hydrology, infrastructure, and disaster preparedness and response.hurricanes_sci_sustainable.pdfhttp://www.agu.org/report/hurricanes/00000004281Brocchini, M.Baldock, T. E.2008Rev. Geophys.46RG3003doi:10.1029/2006RG000215reviewReviews of Geophysicsswash zone, nearshore dynamics; nearshore oceanography; Marine Geology and Geophysics: Marine hydrogeology; 4546 Oceanography: Physical: Nearshore processes; 3285 Mathematical Geophysics: Wave propagationThe role of the swash zone in influencing the whole nearshore dynamics is reviewed with a focus on the interaction between surf and swash zone processes. Local and global hydromorphodynamic phenomena are discussed in detail, and a description of the overall swash zone operation is given. The effects of swash zone boundary conditions are highlighted, together with the importance of surf zone boundary conditions. Major emphasis is placed on illustrating the interactions of various hydrodynamic modes which, in turn, control the swash and surf zone morphology. Finally, methods to account for swash zone processes in coastal models with different temporal and spatial resolutions are proposed.swash_zone.pdf00000004012Brodaric, B.2007Trans. GIS113453-477Special issueTransactions in GISGeo-Pragmatics is introduced here as an enhanced representation for ontologies in which geospatial, geographical and geoscientific concepts are not only defined, but their pragmatic context is also captured and potentially reasoned with. A framework for representing such context is developed using three core aspects: dimensions, agents and roles. Dimensions consist of a concept’s origins, uses and effects; these are generated by the interaction of human, machine and natural agents, and involve entities with roles developed from method-driven perspectives and epistemic-driven versions. The relationship between these core aspects is explored conceptually and implications for geoscientific ontologies are discussed, including identification of a basic ontological type, the situated concept, whose meaning is defined by its geographical-historical context. Geo-pragmatics should help geoscientists evaluate the scientific merit, and fitness for scientific use, of geoscientific ontologies in emerging e-science initiatives.I have the original journal Geospatial_Semantic --> geopragmatics2.pdf00000003684Bruce, E.Eliot, I.2005Coastal Mgmt.34117-38Coastal ManagementGIS and oceanography, legislation; marine management; spatial analysis; zoning marine protected areas, MPA, OCA The complexity of stakeholder interests, governing structures, and biophysical processes often present challenges in adopting multiple-use approaches in the management of large marine areas. Marine zoning plans provide a mechanism for ensuring the realization of conservation objectives under spatially varying levels of resource use. The need for a systematic and transparent approach to zone planning highlights the role of Geographical Information Science (GIS)-based techniques. The spatial analysis capabilities of GIS enable the development of useful tools for decision makers to interactively explore the outcomes of their decisions and evaluate alternatives. The aim of this study is to develop a generic model for Marine Park zoning that translates management policy into zoning plan options. In demonstrating this model an application to the Shark Bay Marine Park in Western Australia is presented. The model incorporates input from different marine park users and accounts for the legislative requirements of relevant government agencies. User groups indicate their preferences by weighting the importance of management policies and selecting the zone type to be assigned to each marine resource. Hypothetical user views were adopted in the Shark Bay Marine Park application to demonstrate the impact of different decision biases. A series of four alternative zoning plans are generated and assessed in terms of their practical implementation. The outcomes of this study highlight the model's ability to present zoning plan alternatives that reflect varying user opinion. This is evident in the contrasting zoning patterns of generated plans. In assessing the effectiveness of each zoning plan for achieving selected management objectives the research also developed mechanisms to evaluate proposed zoning alternatives. Limitations to the model include the influence of policy structure, the need for integration with terrestrial management, and spatial data uncertainty. The model contributes to multiple-use marine park management by providing a method in which planning options are generated based on existing policy frameworks and transparency in the decision-making process is enabled through interactive weighting techniques.  00000004222Buccella, A.Cechich, A.Fillottrani, P.in press, 2008Comp. Geosci34doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2008.02.033Computers & GeosciencesGeographic InformationData integrationHeterogeneous databasesFormal ontologies; PNAS special issue; cyberinfrastructureIntegrating different information sources is a growing research area within different application domains. This is particularly true for the geographic information domain which is facing new challenges because newer and better technologies are capturing large amounts of information about the Earth. This trend can be combined with increases in the distribution of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) on the Web, which is leading to the proliferation of different geospatial information repositories and the subsequent need to integrate information across repositories to get consistent information. To overcome this situation, many proposals use ontologies in the integration process. In this paper we analyze and compare the most widely referred proposals of geographic information integration, focusing on those using ontologies as semantic tools to represent the sources, and to facilitate the integration process.geo-ontology.pdf00000004328Budhathoki, N. R.Bruce, B.Nedovic-Budic, Z.2008GeoJournal72149-160GeoJournalvolunteered geographic information, VGI, Participatory design User Produser Web 2.0, spatial data infrastructure, SDISpatial data infrastructures, which are Internet-based mechanisms for the coordinated production, discovery, and use of geospatial information in the digital environment, have diffused worldwide in the last two decades. Currently, there are about one hundred spatial data infrastructures at the national level and many other at supra- and sub-national levels. These contemporary spatial data infrastructures operate with two main assumptions: formal organizations are the producers and suppliers of geospatial information; users are the passive recipients of information. The recent phenomenon of volunteered geographic information departs from these assumptions. In this paper, we argue that reconceptualizing the user of a spatial data infrastructure can accommodate this new phenomenon. Such a reconceptualization creates a middle ground between spatial data infrastructure and volunteered geographic information, which has important implications for future research.VGI-->VGI_SDI.pdf00000004334Buxton, B.2008Nature4551-3September 4, 2008Naturesemantic web, content management, 3D environmentsTen years ago this month, Google’s first employee turned up at the garage where the search engine was originally housed. What technology at a similar early stage today will have changed our world as much by 2018? Nature asked some researchers and business people to speculate — or lay out their wares. Their responses are wide ranging, but one common theme emerges: the integration of the worlds of matter and information, whether it be by the blurring of boundaries between online and real environments, touchy-feely feedback from a phone or chromosomes tucked away on databases.Big_Data --->big_data_google.pdfhttp://www.nature.com/news/specials/bigdata/index.html00000003849Caldeweyher, D.Zhang, J.Pham, B.2006Int. J. Geog. Inf. Sci.208885-898research articleInternational Journal of Geographical Information Sciencespatial data infrastructures, SDI, web GIS, MapServer, Mapscript, grassroots empowerment, open sourceI have the original journal00000003807Campbell, M. L.Hewitt, C. L.2006Ocean Coast. Mgmt.49133-146Ocean & Coastal Managementmarine conservation, multiple-use zoning, no-take zones, small-scale fisheries, MPA, marine protected areas, stakeholdersThe need to rapidly and accurately identify areas for protection and conservation in the marine environment has been highlighted as of critical importance. Managers require timely and costeffective techniques to obtain biodiversity information at appropriate scales and resolutions aligned with management objectives and stakeholders requirements. In this paper, a two-stage, multi-level data collection framework is presented that will aid managers to focus on what marine biodiversity collection techniques will meet their individual jurisdictional needs. The framework begins with an integrated planning process (objective setting, stakeholder identification, and sensitivity and gap analyses), that leads to a hierarchical approach for selecting biodiversity assessment techniques that will gather required marine biodiversity data. Complexity of scale and resolution increases as one progress’s through the hierarchical levels of Stage II. The utility of using a hierarchical framework is that it surmounts the problem that no single technique can quantify all biological attributes necessary for management outcomes. Also, the user enters the framework at a hierarchical level that meets their requirements thus removing the collection of redundant data. Ultimately, the rapid assessment framework is based on the efficient and sufficient assessment of marine biodiversity.hierarchical_fw.pdf00000003888Canessa, R.Butler, M.Leblanc, C.Stewart, C.Howes, D.2007Coastal Mgmt.35105-142Coastal ManagementCanada, coastal management, spatial information, coastal GIS, coastal atlasAccess to current, comprehensive, and reliable spatial information is necessary for informed decision making in integrated coastal and ocean management. This need is being met through development of a marine spatial information infrastructure that encompasses both technological and institutional responses. This article traces Canada’s experience in developing a marine spatial information infrastructure over the last 30 years starting with the compilation of coastal atlases, through the development of geographic information systems, to remote data acquisition instruments and Web mapping portals. Because of the plethora of initiatives, it has been essential to be selected and limit the number and choice of examples. The institutional response has lagged behind that of technological innovation and hinges on understanding users’ needs and decision support drivers, sustainability of institutional and individual champions, and, above all, cooperation and collaboration among the broad community of practice.SDI_Canada.pdf00000003216Chakraborty, B.Schenke, H. W.Kodagali, V.Hagen, R.2002Mar. Geod.2519-26Marine GeodesyGIS and oceanography, coastal GIS, marine GIS, special issue, multibeam echosounder, angular backscatter, seafloor roughness, composite roughness theory, Southern OceansI have pdf file - seafloor_roughness.pdf00000004123Chan, F.Barth, J. A.Lubchenco, J.Kirincich, A.Weeks, H.Peterson, W. T.Menge, B. A.2008Science3195865920-921Sciencesevere hypoxiaEastern boundary current systems are among the most productive large marine ecosystems in the world. Their productivity arises from wind-driven upwelling of nutrient-rich water into the photic zones of coastal oceans and supports 20% of global fishery yield (1). Upwelling also transports oxygenpoor waters onto productive continental shelves, where respiration can further reduce watercolumn dissolved oxygen (DO) content and thus subject coastal ecosystems to the risk of hypoxia or anoxia.hypoxia.pdf00000004240Chand, S.Rise,L.Bellec, V.Dolan, M.Boe, R.Thorsnes, T.Buhl-Mortensen, P.Buhl-Mortensen, L.2008Eos, Trans. AGU8929261-268Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Unionhydrothermal ventsA combined sediment-sampling, highresolution seismic, multiple echo sounder, and video survey was conducted offshore Vesterålen, northern Norway, in October 2007 as part of the ongoing Marine Area Database for Norwegian Coast and Oceanic Regions ( MAREANO) program. MAREANO is a multidisciplinary seabed mapping program conducting physical, biological, and environmental mapping in the Lofoten/ southern Barents Sea area. Data and analysis arising from this program will provide the basis for ecosystem- based management of Norway’s coastal and offshore regions. The survey used multicorer, box corer, and grab samplers; a TOPAS parametric subbottom profiler; 18-, 38-, 70-, 120-, 200-, and 400- kilohertz echo sounders; and a CAMPOD camera system with two video cameras and lights mounted on an aluminum framenorway_venting.pdf00000003644Christophides, V.Houstis, C.Lalis, S.Tsalapata, H.20051-13unpublished?unpublished manuscriptontology, controlled vocabulary, MMI, marine metadataThere is an increasing need to provide scientists and researchers as well as policy makers and the general public with value-added services integrating information spread over distributed heterogeneous repositories. In order to incorporate available data sets and scientific programs into a powerful information and computational system it is mandatory to identify and exploit their semantic relationship. For this purpose, we advocate an ontological framework that captures these relations and allows the inference of valid combinations of scientific resources for the production of new data. We show how a knowledge base that commits to an ontology can be used to generate workflows on demand for the multiplicity of resources known to the system. To validate our ideas, we are currently developing a prototype for the area of Coastal Zone Management.PDF Journal Articles - ontology.dochttp://www.ics.forth.gr/isl/publications/paperlink/ontology.doc00000003096Cimino, J. P.Pruett, L. T.Palmer, H. D.2000Integ. Coastal Zone Mgmt.1391-97Integrated Coastal Zone Managementmaritime boundaries, GIS and oceanographyI have the pdf file maritime.pdf00000002076Clark, J. R.1996Sea Technology37655, 57, 59Sea TechnologyA worldwide challenge toc omprehend-shorleine and coastal waters as a single unitI have the original journal00000004366Coleman, K.2008Coastal Mgmt.365484-494Coastal ManagementCalifornia Current Large Marine Ecosystem; CCEBM Initiative; ecosystem-based management; Sea Grant; West Coast Governors' Agreement; EBM, marine reserves, marine protected areas, MPA, ecosystem-based management; ICAN, International Coastal Atlas NetworkThe welfare of the marine environment is threatened worldwide. In order to maintain ecosystem services management must shift from single sector to ecosystem approaches. To support this transition in marine management, this article reviews collaborative ecosystem-based management in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem (CCLME), through an overview and comparison of three collaborations on the United States West Coast of California, Oregon, and Washington. The achievements of these collaborations are demonstrated. Networking and extending collaboration throughout the entire region is shown to be essential for environmental conservation and sustainable development in the CCLME.CCLME.pdf See list of references for good leads, background00000003496Comber, A.Fisher, P. and Raper, J.Wadsworth, R.2004Int. J. Geog. Inf. Sci.187691-708International Journal of Geographical Information Scienceontology, controlled vocabulary, Oregon Coastal AtlasSpatially coincident land-cover information frequently varies due to technological and political variations. This is especially problematic for timeseries analyses. We present an approach using expert expressions of how the semantics of different datasets relate to integrating temporal time series landcover information where the classification classes have fundamentally changed. We use land-cover mapping in the UK (LCMGB and LCM2000) as example data sets because of the extensive object-based meta-data in the LCM2000. Inconsistencies between the two datasets can arise from random, gross and systematic error and from an actual change in land cover. Locales of possible land-cover change are inferred by comparing characterizations derived from the semantic relations and meta-data. Field visits showed errors of omission to be 21% and errors of commission to be 28%, despite the accuracy limitations of the land-cover information when compared with the field survey component of the Countryside Survey 2000.I have the pdf file - landcover_ontologies.pdf - in Irish_Fulbright folder00000004242Comber, A. J.Fisher, P. F.Wadsworth, R. A.2008Trans. GIS123287-291editorialTransactions in GISsemantic properties of metadataSemantics is concerned with analysing the meaning encoded in language (Calvani 2004). Within a technical description of data, semantic descriptions ought to be an important adjunct, filling out the labels and codings of classes and providing justification for measurements. Semantics are equally applicable whether applied to single word labels (Building, Tree, etc.), short phrases (coniferous forest, upland moors, etc.), or to longer textual descriptions of a phenomenon. Data semantics also includes the general description of a dataset and its characteristics and limitations. Spatial data and their semantics vary for a variety of reasons that are not to do with differences in the feature being measured. In the creation of any spatial data there are a series of choices about what to map and how to map it which will depend on a range of commissioning and institutional factors. Different choices result in different representations and variation between datasets. The variability between different, but equally valid, mappings of the same real world objects ultimately points to the social construction of spatial data (Harvey and Chrisman 1998). Much valuable geographical information is therefore embedded in its semantics.I have the original journal semantics_metadata.pdf00000003308Cowell, P. J.Zeng, T. Q.2003Mar. Geod.261-25-18Marine GeodesyGIS and oceanography, special issue on marine and coastal GIS, coastal hazard, climate change, uncertainty, random simulation, fuzzy set, differential method, DEM remappingI have the pdf file - uncertainty_coastal_hazard.pdf00000004350Craglia, M.Goodchild, M. F.Annoni, A.Camara, G.Gould, M.Kuhn, W.Mark, D.Masser, I.Maguire, D.Liang, S.Parsons, E.2008International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructures Research3146-167International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructures ResearchDigital Earth, spatial data infrastructures, Earth Observation,GEOSS, geobrowsers, voluntary geographic information, ontology, virtual globe, digital globeThis position paper is the outcome of a joint reflection by a group of international geographic and environmental scientists from government, industry, and academia brought together by the Vespucci Initiative for the Advancement of Geographic Information Science, and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. It argues that the vision of Digital Earth put forward by Vice- President Al Gore 10 years ago needs to be re-evaluated in the light of the many developments in the fields of information technology, data infrastructures, and earth observation that have taken place since. It focuses the vision on the nextgeneration Digital Earth and identifies priority research areas to support this vision. The paper is offered as input for discussion among different stakeholder communities with the aim to shape research and policy over the next 5-10 years.GIScience2008-->Virtual_Globes_Panel-->digital_earth_posn_paper.pdf VERY important paper!http://dx.doi.org/10.2902/1725-0463.2008.03.art900000003685Crawford, B.Kasmidi, M.Korompis, F.Pollnac, R.2005Coastal Mgmt.34139-64Coastal Managementcommunity-based; community organizer; Indonesia; marine protected areas Concerns are being raised about high failure rates of community-based small-scale no-take marine reserves that are proliferating in the Southeast Asian region. Factors hypothesized to influence success include intrinsic community characteristics, project input levels, and change agent characteristics. An empirical analysis of these hypotheses was conducted using a sample of 24 villages in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, where marine reserves were in early phases of establishment. Factors found to influence the rate of progress were village complexity, level of development, project input levels, characteristics of community organizers, and degree of community organizer homophily relative to the community. These findings are important for community-based marine conservation initiatives conducting simultaneous interventions in multiple communities. It provides insights in how project strategies can be adjusted to increase the probability of success, obtain economies of scale, target communities more amenable to community-based interventions and result in a better return on project investments.00000003497Crompvoets, J.Bregt, A.Rajabifard, A.Williamson, I.2004Int. J. Geog. Inf. Sci.187665-689International Journal of Geographical Information Scienceclearinghouses, SDI, Oregon Coastal Atlas, spatial data infrastructureMany countries have spent considerable resources over the past few years debating optimal national spatial data infrastructures. One of the (main) elements of these infrastructures is the national spatial data clearinghouse, which facilitates access to required spatial data and provides complementary services. With this in mind, in April 2000, 2001, 2002 and December 2000, 2001, 2002, a web survey was carried out to assess systematically the developments of these national clearinghouses worldwide. Regarding the development in the number of implementations, it can be considered a worldwide success. However, of concern are the declining trends in use, management and content. One of the main reasons for these negative trends could be the dissatisfaction of the spatial data community with the functional capability of current clearinghouses. The functional capabilities of clearinghouses should likely be changed from a data-oriented to a user and application-oriented focus. This is in accord with the objectives of the second generation of spatial data infrastructures. The main factors, therefore, that will have positive impacts on developments in this field are the inclusion of web services, stability of funding and creation of userfriendly interfaces.I have the pdf file - spatial_data_chouses.pdf - in Irish_Fulbright folder00000003188Crosby, M. P.Brighouse, G.Pichon, M.2002Ocean Coast. Mgmt.452-3121-137Ocean & Coastal Managementcoral reef conservation, sanctuaries, SSE, American Samoa, Participatory Island Ecosystem Management System (PIEMS), case studyI have the pdf - OCM_coral.pdfhttp://dusk.geo.orst.edu/djl/samoa/links.html20000004046Cumming, G. D.2003MAIS-Political Science, Sociology, PhilosophyCorvallis, OROregon State University171Bill LunchMaster ThesisIn 1995, Oregon introduced the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds (formerly the Oregon Coho Salmon Recovery Initiative; OCRSI), a statewide cooperative effort between government and citizens. The Oregon Plan promotes voluntary and locally determined salmonid and watershed restoration initiatives. Watershed councils - groups comprised of citizens, federal and state agencies, local government, industry, advocacy groups, and local business - use cooperation, collaboration, and consensus to develop solutions unique to their salmon and watershed issues. Watershed councils bear much of the responsibility for improving Oregon salmon populations and watershed health. Because salmon and watershed rehabilitation takes place in a complex decision-making environment, watershed councils need to be effective in identifying, developing, implementing, and monitoring multiple rehabilitation projects, at times simultaneously. Watershed council success, in large part, depends on councils having the right human and nonhuman resources available to accomplish salmon and watershed rehabilitation goals. A recent study of 15 coastal Oregon watershed councils revealed interesting dynamics associated with watershed council structure and process differentiated by the physical size of the watershed, watershed landowner dynamics, and watershed population. Observations, interviews, surveys and content analysis reveal that the physical size of a watershed, which is related to landownership, land use, and urban versus rural population distribution dynamics, also has direct impacts on how the watershed council functions. Perhaps, very few watershed council members are aware of the potential limitations or advantages these factors present for individual watershed councils in relationship to salmon and watershed rehabilitation efforts. The authors also found significant differences between large and small watersheds on select factors including member affiliation, membership rules, decision-making authority, member relationships, and watershed council process. These factors show markedly different watershed council characteristics; this may result in equally different approaches to restoration and rehabilitation.PDF_Journal_Articles --> cumming_thesis.pdfhttp://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/dspace/handle/1957/688400000002544D'Avello, T.Windhorn, R.1998Geo Info Systems8416-18Geo Info Systemsbathymetry, shoreline, USGS, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), lakes, coastal, oceanography and GISI have the original journal00000003983D'iorio, M.Jupiter, S. D.Cochran, S. A.Potts, D. C.2007Mar. Geod.30125-144Marine GeodesyGIS and oceanography, AVIRIS, ASTER, aerial photography, habitat mapping, classification accuracy, alien species management, red mangrove, ANOVA, satellite remote sensingIn 1902, the Florida red mangrove, Rhizophora mangle L., was introduced to the island of Molokai, Hawaii, and has since colonized nearly 25% of the south coast shoreline. By classifying three kinds of remote sensing imagery, we compared abilities to detect invasive mangrove distributions and to discriminate mangroves from surrounding terrestrial vegetation. Using three analytical techniques, we compared mangrove mapping accuracy for various sensor-technique combinations. ANOVA of accuracy assessments demonstrated significant differences among techniques, but no significant differences among the three sensors. We summarize advantages and disadvantages of each sensor and technique for mapping mangrove distributions in tropical coastal environments.Marine_Geodesy_MCGIS5/RS_hab_molokai.pdf00000003890Dalton, T. M.2007Coastal Mgmt.35351-367Coastal Managementpublic participation, stakeholder involvement, processIt is generally accepted that stakeholders, including resource users, scientists, conservationists, government and nongovernment organizations, and the general public, can contribute positively to management processes and may even benefit from such processes. However, we continue to struggle with how to design processes that effectively involve these stakeholders. To illuminate potential improvements to traditional processes, this study examines participants’ perceptions of coastal and marine resource management processes. Through semi-structured interviews, respondents describe how they feel about various elements of participatory processes. Responses offer insight into the multiple dimensions of participatory process elements described in the literature, such as influence on decisions, exchange of information, access to the process, transparent decision making, and others. Responses also identify additional elements that have received limited attention in the public-participation literature: hosting meetings at various scales, recognizing differences within interest groups, and considering the context of a process. Results from this study will help to inform the design of participatory coastal and marine resource management processes.participatory_coastal.pdf00000002909Dalzell, D.1998Ocean Coast. Mgmt.40237-252Ocean & Coastal ManagementMelanesiaBlue folder, SSE papers00000002810Dalzell, P.1998Ocean Coastal Mgmt.40237-252Ocean & Coastal Managementmarine resource management, southwest Pacific, MRM, sabbaticalGreen folder - "MRM papers"00000002758Daniels, R. C.1996Prof. Geog.482195-209The Professional Geographershoreline change, coastal GIS, GIS and oceanography, coastal and marine, CoMaI have the original journal00000003171Daniels, R. C.Huxford, R. H.2001J. Coastal Res.173611-619Journal of Coastal ResearchNational Ocean Service, U.S. Coastal & Geodetic Survey, histroical shoreline delineation, shorelines position, mean high water line, Oregon, WashingtonGIS and oceanographyRed folder00000002141Davis, D.Tisdell, C.1995Ocean & Coastal Mgmt.26119-40Ocean and Coastal ManagementI have the original journal00000003620Davisdson, M.Renewable Natural Resources Foundation2005Renewable Res. J.2311-32ocean and coastal management, resource management, understanding coastal problems, national needs for coastal mapping and charting, Congress on Building Capacity for Coastal Solutionscapacity4coastal_solns.pdf00000002138De Fontaubert, C.1994Ocean & Coastal Mgmt.243205-214Ocean and Coastal Management00000003735De Man, W. H. E.2006Int. J. Geog. Inf. Sci.203329-343International Journal of Geographical Information ScienceSDI, spatial data infrastructure, socio-technical systems, actor-network theory, community of practice, complexity, institutionalization, duality of technology, Irish, Ireland; Francis Harvey, Ian MasserI have the original journal00000004008Dean, D. J.2007Trans. GIS113399-412Special issueTransactions in GISDeveloping an ontology that succinctly describes the contents of a spatial database is a very difficult undertaking. Yet most current efforts to develop spatial ontologies remain focused on describing content. Ontologies describing other aspects of spatial databases may prove to be much easier to develop and nearly as useful as content ontologies, and yet these alternative ontologies have received little attention from the research community. This paper explores one such alternative, specifically, an ontology that describes how a spatial database may have been derived. Derivation ontologies are shown to be highly complementary to content ontologies, and in some cases can perform nearly identical tasks. It is also shown that derivation ontologies are much more straightforward to develop than are content ontologies. Finally, we present a genetic programming (GP)-based approach to automatically developing derivation ontologies for existing databases. It is concluded that while derivation ontologies cannot replace content ontologies, they are a useful and practical complement that offer their own unique set of strengths to the problem of semantically characterizing spatial data.I have the original journal Geospatial_Semantic --> content_ontologies.pdf00000004007Delboni, T. M.Borges, K. A. V.Laender, A. H. F.Davis, C. A., Jr.2007Trans. GIS113377-398Special issueTransactions in GISThe need for better Web search tools is getting increasing attention nowadays. About 20% of the queries currently submitted to search engines include geographic references. Thus, it is particularly important to work with the semantics of such queries, both by understanding the terminology and by recognizing geographic references in natural language text. In this paper, we explore the use of natural language expressions, which we call positioning expressions , to perform geographic searches on the Web, without resorting to geocoded data or gazetteers. Such positioning expressions denote the location of a subject of interest with respect to a landmark. Our approach leads to a query expansion technique that can be explored by virtually any keyword-based search engine. Results obtained in our experiments show an expressive improvement over the traditional keyword-based search and a potential path for tackling many kinds of common geographic queries.I have the original journal Geospatial_Semantic --> natural_language.pdf00000003997Deliiska, B.2007Trans. GIS114637-652Transactions in GISICAN, International Coastal Atlas Network, Arctic, semantic, ontology, controlled vocabularyGeoinformatics is a comparatively new interdisciplinary science and as a part of space informatics uses methods and terminology of informatics and many natural sciences. An ontology of geoinformatics is discussed in the paper, especially concerning its structure, relationships with other ontologies, resources for development and utilization. The ontology of geoinformatics is a kind of domain ontology and has a layered structure consisting of syntactic and semantic layers. The corpus of this ontology is an existing multilingual dictionary of geographical information systems (GIS) enriched with terminology from other external sources. The building of the ontology is preceded by the development of a taxonomy and thesaurus of geoinformatics. The thesaurus database is converted into an OWL ontology by a Visual Basic application. The reusing of the ontology is proposed by its transformation in application ontologies for geoinformatics education.I have the original journal ontology_of_geoinformatics.pdf10000002662United Nations Conference on Environment and Development1993New YorkUnited Nations Department of Public Information294HC 79 .E5 U5441 1992ocean GIS, coastal/marine GIS, GIS and oceanography, island GIS, UN, sustainable development00000004309Diaz, R. J.Rosenberg, R.2008Science321926-92915 August 2008Sciencehypoxia, eutrophicationDead zones in the coastal oceans have spread exponentially since the 1960s and have serious consequences for ecosystem functioning. The formation of dead zones has been exacerbated by the increase in primary production and consequent worldwide coastal eutrophication fueled by riverine runoff of fertilizers and the burning of fossil fuels. Enhanced primary production results in an accumulation of particulate organic matter, which encourages microbial activity and the consumption of dissolved oxygen in bottom waters. Dead zones have now been reported from more than 400 systems, affecting a total area of more than 245,000 square kilometers, and are probably a key stressor on marine ecosystems. The visible ecosystem response to eutrophication is the greening of the water column as the algae and vegetation in coastal areas grow in direct response to nutrient enrichment. The most serious threat from eutrophication is the unseen decrease in dissolved oxygen (DO) levels in bottom waters, created as planktonic algae die and add to the flow of organic matter to the seabed to fuel microbial respiration (1). Hypoxia occurs when DO falls below ≤2 ml of O2/liter, at which point benthic fauna show aberrant behavior—for example, abandoning burrows for exposure at the sediment-water interface, culminating in mass mortality when DO declines below 0.5 ml of O2/liter (2). In most cases, hypoxia is associated with a semi-enclosed hydrogeomorphology that, combined with water-column stratification, restricts water exchange. More recently, dead zones have developed in continental seas, such as the Baltic, Kattegat, Black Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and East China Sea, all of which are major fishery areas.dead_zones.pdf00000003266Dobson, J.2002GEOWorld15926-27GEOWorldteaching, GEO 580, GEO 465/565, what is geography, GIS, GPS, cartography, topology, ontologyI have the original journal00000001747Dobson, J. E.1995GIS WorldGIS World8542-43coastal GIS, Darius Bartlett, CoastGIS '95, coastal zone managementI have the original journal00000004337Doctorow, C.2008Nature45516-21September 4, 2008Naturesemantic web, content management, data managementWhat does it take to store bytes by the tens of thousands of trillions? Cory Doctorow meets the people and machines for which it’s all in a day’s work.Big_Data --->big_data_petacenter.pdfhttp://www.nature.com/news/specials/bigdata/index.html00000004387Dodge, R. E.Birkeland, C.Hatziolos, M.Kleypas, J.Palumbi, S. R.Hoegh-Guldberg, O.Van Woesik, R.Ogden, J. C.Aronson, R. B.Causey, B. D.Staub, F.2008Science322189-190LetterSciencecoral reef, conservationAT THE 11TH INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF Symposium (ICRS) held in July in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, midway through the International Year of the Reef, more than 3500 experts from 75 countries assembled to face some hard truths: Coral reefs are teetering on the edge of survival, and it is our fault. High levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can produce a lethal combination of warmer seawater and lower pH. Pervasive overfishing, pollution, coastal development, and physical damage further undermine reef health—and consequently the health of the people and ecosystems depending upon them (1). Only by taking bold and urgent steps now can we hope to ensure that reefs will survive to enrich life on Earth, as they have for millions of years before us. By failing to act, we risk bequeathing an impoverished ocean to our children and future generations (2).coral_call_to_action.pdf00000002588Doyle, E. F.van Dokkum, H. P.Vermulst, C. J. W.Anderson, D. L.Mossa, J.1995J. Environ. Qual.24786-788Journal of Environmental Qualitycore sampling, coastal and marine geographyManilla folder "Mossa"00000003250Ducrotoy, J.-P.Shastri, S.Williams, P.2000Ocean Coast. Mgmt.43427-444Ocean & Coastal Managementeducation, network learning, oceanography, teaching, MRMPile of papers under Snoopy paperweight00000003349Editors2002Ocean Coast. Mgmt.45965-972Ocean & Coastal Managementocean regions, regionalization, regional seas, a regional seas dossierI have the pdf file - regional_seas_acronyms.pdf00000003352Editors2002Ocean Coast. Mgmt.45973-974Ocean & Coastal Managementocean regions, regionalization, regional seas, a regional seas dossierI have the pdf file - regional_seas_web.pdf00000003539Edsel, B. D.Abkowitz, M. D.2005Coastal Mgmt.33153-69Coastal Managementintegrated coastal zone management (ICZM), beach erosion, beach erosionmodels, geographic information systems (GIS), Caribbean small islands (CSI),Southeast Peninsula (SEP). GIS and oceanography, MRM, tsunami?I have the pdf file - caribb_GIS.pdf100000003993Ehler, C.Douvere, F.2007ParisIntergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and Man and the Biosphere Programme, IOC Manual and Guides, 46: ICAM Dossier, 3. Paris: UNESCO84 pp.IOC Manual and Guides, 46: ICAM Dossier, 3ICAN, International Coastal Atlas Network, Arctic, marine spatial planning, ocean planning, GIS and oceanography, workshopmarine_spatial_planning.pdf00000003763Eikaas, H. S.McIntosh, A. R.Kliskey, A. D.2006Trans. GIS103469-484Transactions in GISGIS and oceanography, fisheries GIS, oceanography and GIS, aquaticUnderstanding the factors limiting migratory behaviour is fundamental to conservation of diadromous fish. Applications of indices of habitat suitability are problematic for diadromous fish because fish presence and abundance in relation to habitat quality are confounded by barriers to fish migration. An alternative approach is to assess diadromous fish distributions in proportion to distance inland and altitude above mean sea level, and subsequently generate trajectories for the various species. This approach, however, may be problematic. We show that river distance inland and elevation are only weakly correlated in our study area. Thus, in areas where steep slopes are not encountered, fish migrations to significant elevations and inland distances can be expected. In other areas, coastal cliffs and geologic fault lines provide for steep stream gradients close to the sea, and fish do not migrate far inland. To solve this issue, we developed methods for improving species trajectory approaches to explain the distribution of diadromous fish using a GIS. We adjusted distance and altitude categories so that each stratum was represented by the same number of site records, with flexible intervals for each stratum. For species capable of forming landlocked populations we manipulated input values for elevation and river distance inland to account for migrations from lakes, rather than sea. Additionally, a new GIS derived variable was introduced to better explain the distribution of diadromous fish; the maximum stream slope a fish would encounter during upstream migration. This new slope variable, independent of distance inland and elevation, is likely to be a better predictor of migratory fish occurrences than elevation above mean sea level, as the different species will have different slope-thresholds that they can overcome.I have the original journal diadromous_fish.pdf20000002912Eleveld, M. A.1999Internatinal Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC)Amsterdam, The NetherlandsUniversity of Amsterdam225Ph.D.ISBN 90-6461-166-7coastal GIS, oceanography and GISI have the dissertation00000003387Eleveld, M. A.Schrimpf, W. B. H.Siegert, A. G.2003Ocean Coast. Mgmt.46487-505Ocean & Coastal Managementclearinghouse, Oregon Coastal Atlas, information management, CoastBaseI have the pdf file - Virtual_warehouse.pdf - OCA folder00000004167Elwood, S.2007Int. J. Geog. Inf. Sci.22171-90International Journal of Geographical Information SciencePPGIS; Spatial data infrastructures; Local knowledge; Data sharing, UCGIS virtual seminarThis paper investigates the unique challenges of an expanding group of stakeholders making demands upon shared geospatial data resources: non governmental organisations participating in local governance. In spite of efforts to improve local data integration in spatial data infrastructures and development of strategies from public participation GIS to expand access to geospatial data and technologies, grassroots data users still experience difficulties with the accessibility, quality, and usefulness of local government data resources. Drawing from extended ethnographic research conducted in Chicago, Illinois, I illustrate these problems and how they are shaped by grassroots groups’ resource constraints, knowledge systems, and socio-political positions; and assess the feasibility and impacts of proposed alternatives for better meeting grassroots spatial data needs. I contend that the needs and challenges of these stakeholders are unique from those of other users, but are nonetheless rooted in central dilemmas of spatial data handling, and so might be addressed through stronger engagement with GIScience research in this arena.SDI_stakeholders.pdf and grassroots_GIS.pdf00000003180Fabrikant, S. I.Buttenfield, B. P.2001Annals AAG912263-280Annals of the Association of American Geographersinformation retrieval, geography of Cyberspace, web GIS, semantic information spaces, spatial metaphors, spatialization, visualization, teaching?, GEO 580?I have the original journal70000004316Fenner, D.Speicher, M.Gulick, S.Aeby, G.Aletto, S. C.Anderson, P.Carroll, B.DiDonato, E.DiDonato, G.Farmer, V.Gove, J.Houk, P.Lundblad, E.Nadon, M.Riolo, F.Sabater, M.Schroeder, R.Smith, E.Tuitele, C.Tagarino, A.Vaitautolu, S.Vaoli, E.Vargas-Angel, B.Vroom, P.2008The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2008. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 73.Silver Spring, MDNOAA/NCCOS Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment’s Biogeography Team307-351Waddell, J. E.Clarke, A. M.The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated Statescoral reef, Coral Reef Ecosystem Data-Gathering Activities and Resource Condition Water Quality and Oceanographic Conditions Benthic Habitats Associated Biological Communities Current Conservation Management ActivitiesSamoa_Latest-->Am_Samoa_Corals_NOAAhttp://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/coral2008/landing.html http://www.coralreef.noaa.gov http://www.coris.noaa.gov100000003680Fiez, T.2005Corvallis, ORInstitute for Natural Resources, Oregon State University30February 28, 2005internal project reportNorth Coast ExplorerNorth Coast ExplorerOregon Coastal Atlas, OCA, web mapping, tool suite, coastal GISnorth_coast_explorer.pdfhttp://northcoastexplorer.info00000003988Fletcher, S.2007Coastal Mgmt.354413-417special issueCoastal Managementcoastal policy; coastal practice; geography; integrated coastal management; integrated coastal zone management (ICZM)This article provides a brief introduction to the theme issue on "The role of geography in contemporary coastal management policy and practice." The theme is addressed through a suite of seven articles that collectively consider how geographical understandings and methods relate to contemporary coastal policy and practice. The key theme to emerge from the articles is that geography forms an underlying framework for considering integrated coastal management, largely due to the integrative nature of geography itself.geog_CZM2.pdf00000003991Fletcher, S.Potts, J.2007Coastal Mgmt.354511-524special issueCoastal Managementcitizenship; geography; Integrated Coastal Management; National Maritime Museum; ocean citizenshipOcean citizenship describes a relationship between our everyday lives and the health of the coastal and marine environment. Through our everyday lives we affect, and are affected by, the marine and coastal environment in numerous ways. As such, individuals have a responsibility to make informed lifestyle choices to minimize this impact. In doing so, the actions of individuals can contribute to the amelioration of large-scale and seemingly insurmountable geographical problems. This article outlines the concept of ocean citizenship within the context of the public understanding of marine environmental issues. The article draws heavily on the experience of the National Maritime Museum as an important contributor to the development of ocean citizenship in the United Kingdom. Specifically, the Planet Ocean initiative will be examined, in which the Museum has adopted a multimodal approach to public engagement through exhibitions, educational resources, and specific research publications. The article concludes by highlighting the importance of geography in the development and sustainability of ocean citizenship.ocean_citizenship.pdf00000003987Fletcher, S.Smith, H. D.2007Coastal Mgmt.354419-427special issueCoastal Managementcoast; coastal management; geography; integrated coastal management; integrated coastal zone management (ICZM)This article presents an overview of the relationship between geography and coastal management. It explores the nature of geography as well as the geographical underpinnings of key notions within coastal management, in particular, "coast," "conflict," and "integration." The article considers the integrated coastal management process and tracks the influence of geography on the development of the discipline's theory and practice, as well as its academic infrastructure. The article concludes that although geography both underpins and offers useful insights into coastal management, a challenge remains to explore in greater depth the benefits of applied geographical approaches to the management of coasts.geog_CZM2.pdf00000003097Flood, M.2000Integ. Coastal Zone Mgmt.14179-183Integrated Coastal Zone ManagementLIDAR, GIS and oceanographyI have the pdf file lidar_czm.pdf00000004004Fonseca, F.Rodriguez, A.2007Trans. GIS113313-317guest editorial - special issueTransactions in GISWe currently have a wealth of geographic information on the Web that is available in different forms ranging from images, maps, spatial databases, and tables to simple texts such as informal city guides, description of landscapes, and reports of bird watching activities. One of the most recent initiatives in trying to efficiently index, retrieve, and integrate information on the Web is the Semantic Web (Berners-Lee et al. 2001). Berners- Lee’s initial example shows the relevance of geographic information: “ At the doctor’s office, Lucy instructed her Semantic Web agent through her handheld Web browser. The agent promptly retrieved information about Mom’s prescribed treatment from the doctor’s agent, looked up several lists of providers, and checked for the ones in-plan for Mom’s insurance within a 20-mile radius of her home and with a rating of excellent or very good on trusted rating services. ” This vision will be put in practice with the implementation of software agents that will talk with other agents in order to get the tasks accomplished. For the agents to understand each other it is necessary to have ontologies in place that will define the vocabulary for the agents. For instance, in the example, one agent could have used ‘close to’, ‘near’, or ‘within walking distance’ instead of ‘within a 20 miles radius’, to achieve similar results. Ontologies provide precise definitions and can be linked to different contexts so that these terms have precise meanings that can be handled by the software agents.I have the original journal Geospatial_Semantic --> geopragmatic.pdf00000002975Fowler, C.Schmidt, N.1998Surv. Land Inf. Sys.583135-140Surveying and Land Information Systemsmarine and coastal GIS, oceanography and GIS, special issue, NOAA CSCCardboard bin, "Reprints c. 1999"00000004338Frankel, F.Reid, R.2008Nature45530September 4, 2008Naturesemantic web, content management, data managementBuried in vast streams of data are clues to new science. But we may need to craft new lenses to see them. It is a breathtaking time in science as masses of data pour in, promising new insights. But how can we find meaning in these terabytes? To search successfully for new science in large datasets, we must find unexpected patterns and interpret evidence in ways that frame new questions and suggest further explorations. Old habits of representing data can fail to meet these challenges, preventing us from reaching beyond the familiar questions and answers. To extract new meaning from the sea of data, scientists have begun to embrace the tools of visualization. Yet few appreciate that visual representation is also a form of communication. A rich body of communication expertise holds the potential to greatly improve these tools. We propose that graphic artists, communicators and visualization scientists should be brought into conversation with theorists and experimenters before all the data have been gathered. If we design experiments in ways that offer varied opportunities for representing and communicating data, techniques for extracting new understanding can be made available.Big_Data --->big_data_meaning.pdfhttp://www.nature.com/news/specials/bigdata/index.html00000003302Franklin, E. C.Ault, J. S.Smith, S. G.Luo, J.Meester, G. A.Diaz, G. A.Chiappone, M.Swanson, D. W.Miller, S. L.Bohnsack. J. A.2003Mar. Geod.261-219-34Marine GeodesyGIS and oceanography, special issue on marine and coastal GISI have the pdf file - benthic_hab_tortuga.pdf00000004101Friis-Christensen, A.Lutz, M.Ostländer, N.Bernard, L.2007Trans. GIS116799-818Transactions in GISSDI, coastal atlas, Oregon coastal atlas, OCA, CMRC, NSDI, OGC, WMS, WFS, metadata, forest fire client, DHTMLI have the original journal00000004079Gagnon, P.Scheibling, R. E.Jones, W.Tully, D.2007Int. J. Remote Sensing293879-904International Journal of Remote SensingKyleHyperspectral remote sensing is a proven technology for measurement of coastal ocean colour, including sea-bed mapping in optically shallow waters. Using hyperspectral imagery of shallow (<15 m deep) sea bed acquired with the Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager (CASI-550), we examined how changes in the spatial resolution of bathymetric grids, created from sonar data (echosounding) and input to conventional image classifiers, affected the accuracy of distributional maps of invasive (Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides) and native (kelp) seaweeds off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. The addition of a low-resolution bathymetric grid, interpolated from soundings by the Canadian Hydrographic Service, improved the overall classification accuracies by up to 10%. However, increasing the bathymetric resolution did not increase the accuracy of classification maps produced with the supervised (Maximum Likelihood) classifier as shown by a slightly lower accuracy (2%) when using an intermediate-resolution bathymetric grid interpolated from soundings with a recreational fish finder. Supervised classifications using the first three eigenvectors from a principal-components analysis were consistently more accurate (by at least 27%) than unsupervised (K-means classifier) schemes with similar data compression. With an overall accuracy of 76%, the most reliable scheme was a supervised classification with low-resolution bathymetry. However, the supervised approach was particularly sensitive, and variations in accuracy of 2% resulted in overestimations of up to 53% in the extent of C. fragile and kelp. The use of a passive optical bathymetric algorithm to derive a high-resolution bathymetric grid from the CASI data showed promise, although fundamental differences between this grid and those created with the sonar data limited the conclusions. The bathymetry (at any spatial resolution) appeared to improve the accuracy of the classifications both by reducing the confusion among the spectral classes and by removing noise in the image data. Variations in the accuracy of depth estimates and inescapable positional inaccuracies in the imagery and ground data largely accounted for the observed differences in the classification accuracies. This study provides the first detailed demonstration of the advantages and limitations of integrating digital bathymetry with hyperspectral data for the mapping of benthic assemblages in optically shallow waters.shallow_bathy_marine_veg.pdf00000002140Galdorisi, G.1994Ocean & Coastal Mgmt.252151-154Ocean and Coastal Management70000004212Garcia, R.Tsinaraki, C.Celma, O.Christodoulakis, S.2008Kompatsiaris, Y.Hobson, P.Semantic Multimedia and Ontologies: Theory and ApplicationsBerlinSpringer17-54good introduction to OWL, RDF, ontology vocabulary and other features of the semantic web, ICANThis chapter describes the representation of multimedia content descriptions that are structured according to the MPEG-7 metadata description model and expressed using the Semantic Web languages. The rest of the chapter is structured as follows: Section 2.2 provides an overview of MPEG-7. The general purpose approaches for multimedia content description that are supported by the MPEG-7 standard are presented as well as the limitations of the current MPEG-7 version (mainly a lack of explicit semantics). Section 2.3 presents the existing web ontology languages, while Section 2.4 outlines the efforts made to move the MPEG-7 standard into the Semantic Web. In our case, this is accomplished by interpreting and expressing the informal MPEG-7 semantics using Semantic Web languages. An approach for mapping XML schema (Fallside 2001) constructs to OWL constructs (McGuinness and van Harmelen 2004) is presented in Section 2.5, while Section 2.6 presents two use cases that show the benefits of this approach, including semantic integration and retrieval in the music domain. An integrated ontological infrastructure for the semantic description of multimedia content is presented in Section 2.7. This infrastructure allows for combining the general purpose MPEG-7 constructs with domain and application-specific knowledge through the systematic representation 2 Multimedia Content Description 19 of this knowledge in the form of web ontology language (OWL) domain and application ontologies integrated with the MPEG-7 semantics.semantic_multimedia.pdf00000004347Geller, J.Chun, S. A.Jung, Y.2008Computer41995-97ComputerSemantic Web, deep web, semantic crawlers, DataNet, deep web services, SOA, cyberinfrastructure, semantic deep webThe Semantic Deep Web fuses aspects of the Semantic Web with the use of ontology-aware browsers to extract information from the Deep Web. The Semantic Deep Web integrates Semantic Web components with the employment of ontology-aware browsers to squeeze information out of the Deep Web, which is nonindexable, invisible, and concealed online content that is only accessible via Web services or Web-form interfaces, write New Jersey Institute of Technology professor James Geller and colleagues. "The primary goals of the Semantic Deep Web are to access Deep Web data through various Web technologies and to realize the Semantic Web's vision by enriching ontologies using this data," the authors note. To access the Deep Web with Semantic Web technologies, the Semantic Deep Web utilizes ontology plug-in search, a method for enriching a domain ontology with Deep Web data semantics so that it can be used to refine user search queries processed by a conventional search. Another key Semantic Deep Web process is Deep Web service annotation, in which Deep Web services are annotated with Deep Web data semantics so that they can be searched by a Semantic Web search engine. It is simpler from a semantic perspective to obtain ontologies from Deep Web data sources, especially well-structured relational back-end databases, than from unstructured natural-language text documents. Activities Geller lists as necessary for fusing Semantic Web and Deep Web technologies together include the development of ontology-aware, high-quality Web search engines; construction of large ontologies from Deep Web sites, beginning with all e-commerce subdomains; achieving acceptance of an "open source attitude" in the e-commerce space to simplify the building of Deep Web ontologies by accessing securely locked data sources; creation of libraries of semantic crawlers designed to extract back-end database information; and assembly of comprehensive index structures for Deep Web sites.see also Wright, 2008, searching_deep_web.pdfhttp://www2.computer.org/portal/web/csdl/doi/10.1109/MC.2008.40200000004339Goldston, D.2008Nature45515September 4, 2008Naturesemantic web, content management, data management, CongressCollecting and releasing environmental data have stirred up controversy in Washington, says David Goldston, and will continue to do so. Data sound like a grey, nonpartisan and unemotional topic for political discussion. But decisions on what data to collect and release for use in research or policy- making are hardly neutral in their impact. This may be clearest in the arena of environmental policy, where hard-fought disputes over the collection and dissemination of data frequently break out. Indeed, perhaps the only thing politicians agree on about environmental data is that more data are always better — in theory.Big_Data --->big_data_wrangling.pdfhttp://www.nature.com/news/specials/bigdata/index.html00000004324Goochild, M. F.2008GeoJournal72239-244GeoJournalprivacy, volunteered geographic information, VGIFor the most part, we find our way around the planet by tapping memory, perhaps by recalling past routes, or sometimes by accessing stored mental images that approximate maps. In other cases, however, we must rely on information collected and made available to us by others. People visiting strange cities need street maps to help them find their way around; planners need maps of wetlands and other constraints on development; pilots need air navigation charts; children need atlases and globes to learn about the Earth’s almost infinite variety; and emergency responders need maps to plan systematic recovery efforts. Geographic information, whether in the form of maps, images, driving directions, or guidebooks is increasingly essential to many aspects of human existence.VGI-->VGI_Goodchild.pdf00000002808Graham, T.Idechong, N.1998Ocean Coastal Mgmt.40143-164Ocean & Coastal Managementmarine resource management, southwest Pacific, MRM, sabbaticalGreen folder - "MRM papers"00000000101Grant, J. A.Schreiber, R.1990Mar. Geophys. Res.Marine Geophysical Researches129-19swath sounding, narrow-beam sub-bottom profiling, acoustic surveyingGreen folder, miscellaneous/technical00000003425Grantham, B. A.Chan, F.Nielsen, K. J.Fox, D. S.Barth, J. A.Huyer, A.Lubchenco, J.Menge, B. A.2004Nature429749-754NatureOregon hypoxiaSeasonal development of dissolved-oxygen deficits (hypoxia) represents an acute system-level perturbation to ecological dynamics and fishery sustainability in coastal ecosystems around the globe1–3. Whereas anthropogenic nutrient loading has increased the frequency and severity of hypoxia in estuaries and semi-enclosed seas3,4, the occurrence of hypoxia in opencoast upwelling systems reflects ocean conditions that control the delivery of oxygen-poor and nutrient-rich deep water onto continental shelves1. Upwelling systems support a large proportion of the world’s fisheries5, therefore understanding the links between changes in ocean climate, upwelling-driven hypoxia and ecological perturbations is critical. Here we report on the unprecedented development of severe inner-shelf (<70 m) hypoxia and resultant mass die-offs of fish and invertebrates within the California Current System. In 2002, cross-shelf transects revealed the development of abnormally low dissolvedoxygen levels as a response to anomalously strong flow of subarctic water into the California Current System. Our findings highlight the sensitivity of inner-shelf ecosystems to variation in ocean conditions, and the potential impacts of climate change on marine communities.I have the pdf - oregon_hypoxia.pdf00000004120Gravestock, P.Roberts, C. M.Bailey, A.2008Ocean Coast. Mgmt.513272-283Ocean & Coastal ManagementMPA, marine protected area, marine reserve, impactsGiven the growing impact of human activities on the sea, managers are increasingly turning to marine protected areas (MPAs) to protect marine habitats and species. Many MPAs have been unsuccessful, however, and lack of income has been identified as a primary reason for failure. In this study, data from a global survey of 79 MPAs in 36 countries were analysed and attempts made to construct predictive models to determine the income requirements of any givenMPA. Statistical tests were used to uncover possible patterns and relationships in the data, with two basic approaches. In the first of these, an attempt was made to build an explanatory ‘‘bottomeup’’ model of the cost structures that might be required to pursue various management activities. This proved difficult in practice owing to the very broad range of applicable data, spanning many orders of magnitude. In the second approach, a ‘‘tope down’’ regression model was constructed using logarithms of the base data, in order to address the breadth of the data ranges. This approach suggested that MPA size and visitor numbers together explained 46% of the minimum income requirements (p < 0.001), with area being the slightly more influential factor. The significance of area to income requirements was of little surprise, given its profile in the literature. However, the relationship between visitors and income requirements might go some way to explaining why northern hemisphere MPAs with apparently high incomes still claim to be under-funded. The relationship between running costs and visitor numbers has important implications not only in determining a realistic level of funding for MPAs, but also in assessing from where funding might be obtained. Since a substantial proportion of the income of many MPAs appears to be utilized for amenity purposes, a case may be made for funds to be provided from the typically better resourced government social and educational budgets as well as environmental budgets. Similarly visitor fees, already an important source of funding for some MPAs, might have a broader role to play in how MPAs are financed in the future.MPA_income.pdf00000003634Gregg, W. W.Casey, N. W.McClain, C. R.2005Geophys. Res. Ltr.32L03606doi:10.1029/2004GL021808Geophysical Research LettersA 6-year time series of remotely-sensed global ocean chlorophyll was evaluated using linear regression analysis to assess recent trends. Global ocean chlorophyll has increased 4.1% (P < 0.05). Most of the increase has occurred in coastal regions, defined as bottom depth < 200 m, where an increase of 10.4% was observed. The main contributors to the increase were the Patagonian Shelf, Bering Sea, and the eastern Pacific, southwest African, and Somalian coasts. Although the global open ocean exhibited no significant change, 4 of the 5 mid-ocean gyres (Atlantic and Pacific) showed declines in chlorophyll over the 6 years. In all but the North Atlantic gyre, these were associated with significant increases in sea surface temperature in at least one season. These results suggest that changes are occurring in the biology of the global oceans.global_chlorophyll.pdf00000002963Gregory, M. R.1999Ocean Coast. Mgmt.42603-615Ocean & Coastal ManagementSSE, Pacific islands, plastic litter, quantities, sources, environmental impact, solutionsCardboard bin, "Reprints c. 1999" first page only00000003502Griggs, G. B.Patsch, K.2004Sea Technol.45936-40Sea TechnologyOregon Coastal Atlas, OCA, coastal erosion tool suiteCoast of California caught between increasing numbers of people and ongoing process of shoreline retreatI have the original journal00000004153Grossner, K. E.Goodchild, M. F.Clarke, K. C.2008Trans. GIS121145-160Transactions in GISdigital Earth, 3D, 3-D, grand challengeIn a 1998 speech before the California Science Center in Los Angeles, then US Vice-President Al Gore called for a global undertaking to build a multi-faceted computing system for education and research, which he termed "Digital Earth." The vision was that of a system providing access to what is known about the planet and its inhabitants’ activities – currently and for any time in history – via responses to queries and exploratory tools. Furthermore, it would accommodate modeling extensions for predicting future conditions. Organized efforts towards realizing that vision have diminished significantly since 2001, but progress on key requisites has been made. As the 10 year anniversary of that influential speech approaches, we re-examine it from the perspective of a systematic software design process and find the envisioned system to be in many respects inclusive of concepts of distributed geolibraries and digital atlases. A preliminary definition for a particular digital earth system as: "a comprehensive, distributed geographic information and knowledge organization system," is offered and discussed. We suggest that resumption of earlier design and focused research efforts can and should be undertaken, and may prove a worthwhile "Grand Challenge" for the GIScience community.I have the original journal Digital Earth ---> defining_digital_earth.pdf00000004148Gruen, A.2008Int. J. Digital Earth1188-106International Journal of Digital Earthphotogrammetry; 3D modelling; digital terrain models; 3D citymodelling; cultural heritage; texture mapping; visualisation, 3-D, visualization, geovisualizationDigital Earth essentially consists of 3D and moreD models and attached semantic information (attributes). Techniques for generating such models efficiently are required very urgently. Reality-based 3D modelling using images as prime data source plays an important role in this context. Images contain a wealth of information that can be advantageously used for model generation. Images are increasingly available from satellite, aerial and terrestrial platforms. This contribution briefly describes some of the problems which we encounter if the process of model generation is to be automatised. With the help of some examples from Digital Terrain Model generation, Cultural Heritage and 3D city modelling we show briefly what can be achieved. Special attention is directed towards the use of model helicopters for image data acquisition. Some problems with interactive visualisation are discussed. Also, issues surrounding R&D, professional practice and education are also addressed.Digital Earth --> digital_earth_viz.pdfhttp://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=g790361682~db=all00000003886Guenette, S.Alder, J.2007Coastal Mgmt.3551-78Coastal ManagementCanada oceansAct, integratedmanagement, large ocean management areas,marine protected areasThere is a wave of interest in Marine Protected Areas (MPA) and Integrated Management (IM) as tools for addressing declines in marine environments through ecosystem-based management. Lessons learned from seven MPA and two IM initiatives in Canada show how engaging stakeholders results in: building and maintaining momentum through social capital; using the collective knowledge of stakeholders; consensus through formal and informal rules; and developing leadership capacity. However, as the number of issues or the number of stakeholders increases—especially where fisheries are involved—time, resources, and challenges in gaining support and participation increase. Political and administrative obstacles and resistance to change still constitute much of the challenge. Finally, funding and political commitment must be allocated from the start; otherwise momentum stops and it is hard to regain even when funding becomes available.MPA_initiatives_Canada.pdf70000003742Haddad, T.Wright, D. J.Dailey, M.Klarin, P.Marra, J.Dana, R.Revell, D.2005Wright, D. J.Scholz, A. J.Place Matters: Geospatial Tools for Marine Science, Conservation, and Management in the Pacific NorthwestCorvallis, OROregon State University Pressneed page numbersGIS and oceanographyhttp://www.ecotrust.org/placematters/00000004118Halpern, B. S.McLeod, K. L.Rosenberg, A. A.Crowder, L. B.2008Ocean Coast. Mgmt.513203-211Ocean & Coastal ManagementEBM, marine reserves, marine protected areas, MPA, ecosystem-based managementMultiple activities affect the marine environment in concert, yet current management primarily considers activities in isolation. A shift towards a more comprehensive management of these activities, as with recent emphasis on ecosystem-based approaches to management, requires a means for evaluating their interactive and cumulative impacts. Here we develop a framework for this evaluation, focusing on five core concepts: (1) activities have interactive and cumulative impacts, (2) management decisions require consideration of, and tradeoffs among, all ecosystem services, (3) not all stressors are equal or have impacts that increase linearly, (4) management must account for the different scales of activities and impacts, and (5) some externalities cannot be controlled locally but must be accounted for in marine spatial planning. Comprehensive ocean zoning provides a powerful tool with which these key concepts are collectively addressed.EBM_ocean_zoning.pdf30000003924Halpin, P.Roberts, J.Best, B.2007Proceedings of the 27th Annual ESRI User ConferenceSan Diego, CAESRIPaper xxxxGIS and oceanography Successful implementation of marine ecosystem-based management (M-EBM) practices will require a diverse toolbox of novel, interoperable, and freely exchanged tools for the marine resource management and conservation community. The process of providing information to marine resources managers and conservation decision makers involves work flows that must be supported by tools to process and synthesize oceanographic, socio-economic and biological data, tools to develop statistical and ecological models that convert that data into useful information, decision support tools for managers and stakeholders, and tools to evaluate and monitor ecosystem responses. To move tool development forward, a consortium of M-EBM tool developers has recently formed and has been developing a draft synopsis of interoperability standards and protocols to help guide collaborative development in this area. In this presentation we outline the emerging standards and protocols for marine geospatial data processing and tool development to support M-EBM and coastal management applications.halpin_MEBM.html - no PPT or paper available00000003098Harding, J.MacNab, R.Varma, H.Hart, J.2000Integ. Coastal Zone Mgmt.1271-76Integrated Coastal Zone ManagementHHcode, visualization, bathymetry, gridding and tiling, semantic model, SIM, GIS and oceanographyI have the pdf file hhcode.pdf Also, manilla folder, "Harding et al. 2000"00000003820Harvey, F.Tulloch, D.2006Int. J. Geog. Inf. Sci.207743-768research articleInternational Journal of Geographical Information Sciencespatial data infrastructures, SDI, data sharing, local government, U.S.I have the original journal00000004385Heath, T.2008Internet Computing12588Internet Computingsemantic web, content management, user interface, future of web, web of dataAn evolution of the Web from an information space of linked documents to a Semantic Web of linked, machine-readable data is taking place, and the migration to publishing data for machine consumption creates numerous opportunities and challenges for human-computer interaction, according to Talis Information researcher Tom Heath. "If we're to fully exploit the challenges and opportunities of a Web of data, we need to move beyond the initial [technical infrastructure development] phase and work to understand how this changes the Web's user interaction paradigm," he writes. Heath says it is a mistake to assume that users of the Semantic Web will have any control over the presentation of the data they publish, which represents an opportunity for publishers to liberate themselves from visual design concerns and focus primarily on the publication of relevant, high-quality data. He suggests that homepages be discarded, while browsers for the Web of data "must treat 'things,' in the broadest sense, as first-class citizens of the interface." Semantic Web browsers could potentially facilitate a far greater level of direct manipulation in their interfaces and substantially lower the degree of indirection, Heath says. Interaction widgets in interfaces that people are already familiar with will have to change as well, with Heath reasoning that the back button in a Semantic Web browser should transfer the user to previously viewed things. Managing the assembly of data sources into a coherent whole is a major challenge, Heath notes.semantic_web_future.pdf00000004400Heath, T.2008Internet Computing12588-92Internet Computingsemantic webThe Semantic Web is a global information space of linked data, designed for machine consumption rather than human use. Right? Well, yes and no. It’s true to say that machinereadable data, given explicit semantics and published online, coupled with the ability to link data in distributed data sets, are the Semantic Web’s key selling points. Together, these features allow aggregation and integration of heterogeneous data on an unprecedented scale, and machines will do the grunt work for us. However, without a human somewhere in this process to reap the rewards of these new capabilities, the endeavour is meaningless. Far from removing humans from the equation, a Web of machinereadable data (the Semantic Web; we also call it the “Web of data”) creates significant challenges and opportunities for human-computer interaction. To date, the Semantic Web community has mostly been busy developing the technical infrastructure to make the Web of data feasible in principle and publishing linked data sets to make it a reality. If we’re to fully exploit the challenges and opportunities of a Web of data, we need to move beyond the initial phase and work to understand how this changes the Web’s user interaction paradigm. In this column, I’ll discuss some ways in which our interaction with the Web of data might differ from how we interact with the established Web of documents, and what this might mean for both users and producers of Web content. An evolution of the Web from an information space of linked documents to a Semantic Web of linked, machine-readable data is taking place, and the migration to publishing data for machine consumption creates numerous opportunities and challenges for human-computer interaction, according to Talis Information researcher Tom Heath. "If we're to fully exploit the challenges and opportunities of a Web of data, we need to move beyond the initial [technical infrastructure development] phase and work to understand how this changes the Web's user interaction paradigm," he writes. Heath says it is a mistake to assume that users of the Semantic Web will have any control over the presentation of the data they publish, which represents an opportunity for publishers to liberate themselves from visual design concerns and focus primarily on the publication of relevant, high-quality data. He suggests that homepages be discarded, while browsers for the Web of data "must treat 'things,' in the broadest sense, as first-class citizens of the interface." Semantic Web browsers could potentially facilitate a far greater level of direct manipulation in their interfaces and substantially lower the degree of indirection, Heath says. Interaction widgets in interfaces that people are already familiar with will have to change as well, with Heath reasoning that the back button in a Semantic Web browser should transfer the user to previously viewed things. Managing the assembly of data sources into a coherent whole is a major challenge, Heath notes.semantic_web_future.pdf00000003907Heylings, P.Bravo, M.2007Ocean Coast. Mgmt.50174-208Ocean & Coastal ManagementThe innovative Galapagos Marine Reserve co-management regime has been operating since 1999. International developments call for ways to help managers evaluate governance process and impact. New methodology is applied to the rich store of quantitative and qualitative data that is already available, and shows the richness of analysis and understanding that can be derived. The results of this analysis help explain why the co-management regime performs strongly in terms of strategic vision, participation, empowerment, consensus orientation and resilience and yet less well in terms of responsible representation, equity and credibility.galagagos_MPA_governance.pdf whole issue is special issue on management of the Galagagos00000004205Heyman, W. D.Kjerfve, B.1999Env. Mgmt.242229-245Environmental ManagementEcosystem management; Coastal zone management;Belize; Hydrology, watershed, catchment, ecosystem-based management, EBMThe objectives of this study are to: (1) characterize the meteorology and hydrology of the Maya Mountain– Marine Area Transect in southern Belize, (2) employ a simple water balance model to examine the discharge rates of seven watersheds to Port Honduras, (3) test the validity of the hydrological model, (4) explore the implications of potential landscape and hydrological alterations, and (5) examine the value of protected areas. The southern coastal portion of the study area is classified as wet tropical forest and the remainder as moist tropical forest. Rainfall is 3000–4000 mm annually. Resulting annual freshwater discharge directly into Port Honduras is calculated at 2.5 3 109 m3, a volume equal to the basin. During the rainy season, June–September, 84% of the annual discharge occurs, which causes the bay to become brackish. Port Honduras serves as an important nursery ground for many species of commercially important fish and shellfish. The removal of forest cover in the uplands, as a result of agriculture, aquaculture, and village development, is likely to significantly accelerate erosion. Increased erosion would reduce soil fertility in the uplands and negatively affect mangrove, seagrass, and coral reef productivity in the receiving coastal embayment. Alternatively, the conservation of an existing protected areas corridor, linking the Maya Mountains to the Caribbean Sea, is likely to enhance regional sustainable economic development. This study aims to support environmental management at the scale of the ‘‘ecoscape’’—a sensible ecological unit of linked watersheds and coastal and marine environments.Heyman_Kjerfve.pdf00000002365Hickey, R. J.Bush, D. M.Boulay, R. S.1997GIS World10654-56, 58GIS WorldI have the original journal00000004346Hildreth, R. G.2008Ocean Coast. Mgmt.51659-670Ocean & Coastal Managementmarine reserves, marine sanctuaries, coral reefs, MRM, marine resource management, MPA, marine geography, resilienceMarine protected areas and marine reserves are being established in United States ocean waters under several federal and state laws. Relevant laws include the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, the Magnuson–Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management, the National Monument Act, the federal Submerged Lands Act, and the California Marine Life Protection Act. This article evaluates U.S. placebased ocean management from the perspectives of relevant international law principles and programs and foreign nation experiences relevant to the U.S. It then focuses on the challenges presented in managing multiple uses of U.S. ocean waters in the face of federal and state jurisdictional complexity. Integrating place-based management with fisheries management is given special attention.place_based_ocean_mgmt.pdf00000004119Hoagland, P.Jin, D.2008Ocean Coast. Mgmt.513246-258Ocean & Coastal ManagementWe develop an index that is a measure of the intensity of marine activities in large marine ecosystems (LMEs). We compare this marine activity index with an index of socioeconomic development across ocean regions. This comparison identifies regions that may be capable of achieving the sustainable development of their regional marine environment on their own and those that are less likely to do so. The latter may be candidates for international financial or management assistance. An important next step is to carry out detailed case studies designed to improve our understanding of any specific ocean region.LME_economics.pdf00000003756Hobona, G.James, P.Fairbairn, D.2006Int. J. Geog. Inf. Sci.205469-490International Journal of Geographical Information Sciencegeovisualization, geographic information retrieval, geospatial metadata, ontology, multidimensional visualization, spatialization, geographic information scienceI have the original journal multiD_ontology.pdf00000004266Hopkinson, C. S.Lugo, A. E.Alber, M.Covich, A. P.Van Bloem, S. J.2008Front. Ecol. Environ.65255-263The Ecological Society of AmericaFrontiers in Ecology and the EnvironmentThis Special Issue of Frontiers, on the study of ecology at continental scales, was generously funded by the National Science Foundation, USDA-ARS, and Consortium for Regional Ecological Observatories. Special thanks also to AIBS.ecological networks, ecosystem informatics, ecoinformatics, connectivityWe identify a continental-scale network of sites to evaluate how two aspects of climate change – sea-level rise and intensification of windstorms – will influence the structure, function, and capacity of coastal and inland forest ecosystems to deliver ecosystem services (eg carbon sequestration, storm protection, pollution control, habitat support, food). The network consists of coastal wetland and inland forest sites across the US and is representative of continental-level gradients of precipitation, temperature, vegetation, frequency of occurrence of major windstorms, value of insured properties, tidal range, watershed land use, and sediment availability. The network would provide real-time measurements of the characteristics of sea-level rise and windstorm events and would allow an assessment of the responses of wetlands, streams, and inland forests at spatial and temporal scales associated with sustainability of ecosystem services. We illustrate the potential of this approach with examples of hypotheses that could be tested across the network.Frontiers_Ecology --> hopkinson_sealevel_rise.pdfhttp://www.frontiersinecology.org00000003996Hornsby, K. S.Cole, S.2007Trans. GIS114555-574review articleTransactions in GISdata model, marine GIS, harbor, port, offshore, coastal GIS, GIS and oceanography (in part)I have the original journal90000004166Hornsby, K. S.Yuan, M.2008UCGISBoca Raton, FloridaCRC Press2409781420060348UCGIS research agendaUCGIS workshop, geovisualization, visualization, visual analytics, spatiotemporal analysis and modeling; spatiotemporal visual analytics; spatiotemporal data mining; spatiotemporal reasoning; and spatiotemporal ontologies.Building upon the success of the workshop on Geospatial Data Mining and Visualization held in 2003, the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) is hosting this workshop to bring together leading researchers from multiple disciplines to discuss next-generation computation and visualization models needed for the understanding of dynamics in geographic domains. The workshop is sponsored by geospatial intelligence communities. Participants will be selected from UCGIS member institutions to join representatives from an array of government agencies to discuss visions, challenges, and research needs in the topical area. In addition to plenary sessions, breakout-group meetings, and open-space discussions, the workshop will invite representatives from the intelligence community to demonstrate current uses of spatiotemporal information technologies and elaborate on needs for further developments. The workshop is expected to deliver two books: one on the research and development agenda and another to address broader issues and research challenges on the topical area. Possible topics for consideration at the workshop include (but are not limited to): spatiotemporal analysis and modeling; spatiotemporal visual analytics; spatiotemporal data mining; spatiotemporal reasoning; and spatiotemporal ontologies.Table of Contents Cognitive Aspects, Representation, and Data Models Why Do We Keep Turning Time into Space? C. Ware Representation and Computation of Geographic Dynamics, M.F. Goodchild and A. Glennon Complex Networks for Representation and Analysis of Dynamic Geographies, S.D. Prager Analysis, Computation, and Modeling Exploring the Use of Gazetteers and Geocoders for the Analysis and Interpretation of a Dynamically Changing World, D.W. Goldberg, J.P. Wilson, and C.A. Knoblock Reconstructing Individual-Level Exposure to Environmental Contaminants Using Time-GIS, J.R. Meliker Analysis of Human Space-Time Behavior: Geovisualization and Geocomputational Approaches, M.-P. Kwan and F. Ren Relating Visual Changes in Images with Spatial Metrics, N. Lam, G. Zhou, and W. Ju Visualization and Simulation Spatio-Temporal Visualization of Built Environments, N. Shiode and L. Yin Visual Analysis of Urban Terrain Dynamics, T. Butkiewicz, R. Chang, W. Ribarsky, and Z. Wartell Mobile, Aware, Intelligent Agents (MAIA), D.A. Bennett and W. Tang Comparing the Growth Dynamics of Real and Virtual Cities, N. Shiode and P.M. Torrenshttp://www.ucgis.org/dynamics_workshop/00000004335Howe, D.Rhee, S. Y.2008Nature45547-50September 4, 2008Naturesemantic web, content management, data managementTo thrive, the field that links biologists and their data urgently needs structure, recognition and support. The exponential growth in the amount of biological data means that revolutionary measures are needed for data management, analysis and accessibility. Online databases have become important avenues for publishing biological data. Biocuration, the activity of organizing, representing and making biological information accessible to both humans and computers, has become an essential part of biological discovery and biomedical research. But curation increasingly lags behind data generation in funding, development and recognition. We propose three urgent actions to advance this key field. First, authors, journals and curators should immediately begin to work together to facilitate the exchange of data between journal publications and databases. Second, in the next five years, curators, researchers and university administrations should develop an accepted recognition structure to facilitate community-based curation efforts. Third, curators, researchers, academic institutions and funding agencies should, in the next ten years, increase the visibility and support of scientific curation as a professional career.Big_Data --->big_data_biocuration.pdfhttp://www.nature.com/news/specials/bigdata/index.html00000003411Huettmann, F.2003unpublished manuscript6 pp.data management, GIS and oceanography integration, data model, Oregon Coastal Atlas, wildlife, habitat, ecologyI have the pdf file - fallk_sci_db.pdf00000003423Huettmann, F.2003WSEAS Trans. Biol. Biomed.1182-90WSEAS Transactions on Biology and Biomedicinelarge digital databases, seabird monitoring, public internet, WWW, download marine environmental information system, Northwest Atlantic, GIS and oceanography, Coastal AtlasI have a reprint, OCA file folder00000002677Hughes Clarke, J. E.Mayer, L. A.Wells, D. A.1996Mar. Geophys. Res.186607-629Marine Geophysical Researchesspecial issue, advances in seafloor mapping using sidescan sonar and multibeam bathymetry dataI have the original journal00000003947Hutchinson, D. R.Rowland, R. W.2007EOS, Trans. AGU8822237, 240Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical UnionICAN, International Coastal Atlas Network, Arctic, maritime boundary, Ireland, Australia, bathymetryThe question of the amount of seabed to which a coastal nation is entitled is addressed in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). This treaty, ratified by 153 nations and in force since 1994, specifies national obligations, rights, and jurisdiction in the oceans, and it allows nations a continental shelf out to at least 200 nautical miles or to a maritime boundary. Article 76 (A76) of the convention enables coastal nations to establish their continental shelves beyond 200 nautical miles and therefore to control, among other things, access for scientific research and the use of seabed resources that would otherwise be considered to lie beyond national jurisdiction. To date, seven submissions for extended continental shelves (ECS) have been filed under UNCLOS (Table 1). These submissions have begun to define the ambiguities in A76. How these ambiguities are resolved into final ECS boundaries will probably set important precedents guiding the future delimitation of the ECS by the United States, which has not ratified the convention, and other coastal nations. This report uses examples from the first three submissions—by the Russian Federation, Brazil, and Australia—to identify outstanding issues encountered in applying A76 to ECS delimitation.law_of_the_sea.pdfhttp://www.un.org/Depts/los/clcs_new/clcs_home.htm ttp://www.ga.gov.au/nmd/products/thematic/ambis.jsp00000002809Hviding, E.1998Ocean Coastal Mgmt.40253-269Ocean & Coastal Managementmarine resource management, southwest Pacific, MRM, sabbaticalGreen folder - "MRM papers"00000002738Jackson, S. E.1995Austr. Geog.26187-95Australian Geographersea rights, aboriginal marine management, landscape, cultural geography, coastal zone management, indigenous peoplesProf. Geographer folder00000003306Jacob, A.Hamre, T.Evensen, G.Mughal, K. A.2003Mar. Geod.261-287-106Marine GeodesyGIS and oceanography, special issue on marine and coastal GIS, marine data model, marine information system, object-oriented, design and software reuse, data assimiliation, ocean model, ecosystem modelI have the pdf file - nordicMDM.pdf00000004301Jankowski, P.Zielinska, A.-L.Swobodzinski, M.2008Trans. GIS124541-561Transactions in GISspecial GIScience session at 2008 ESRI User Conference; ICAN, International Coastal Atlas Network; Let's Improve TransportationThis article presents a concept of a Web-based spatial multiple criteria evaluation tool for individual and group use called Choice Modeler (CM). CM was originally conceived as part of a larger Participatory Geographic Information System for Transportation project (PGIST; http://www.pgist.org) aimed at developing and evaluating Internet-hosted capabilities to support participatory decision processes. CM is designed to be either a part of a larger information system such as PGIST or a standalone tool used for evaluation of decision variants. The decision support functions provided by CM aid in reducing the cognitive complexity of the decision space characterized by multiple decision options, evaluation criteria, and criterion weights. This is achieved by incorporating in CM the sensitivity analysis functions for the identification of criteria that do not influence the decision option ranking. Users can remove such criteria from further consideration and thus lessen the cognitive burden of evaluation, which may be essential in multi-stakeholder participatory decision processes. The additional capabilities of CM include a vote aggregation function to collate individual option rankings into a group ranking, and measures of agreement/disagreement to inform the participants about a groupderived desirability of specific decision options. The design of CM was implemented using Web-service architecture. In the article we describe the design of CM and discuss its advantages and limitations.I have the original journal choice-modeler.pdf00000004303Janowicz, K.Keßler, C.2008Int. J. Geog. Inf. Sci.22101129-1157International Journal of Geographical Information ScienceDigital gazetteer; Semantic similarity; Ontology; Gazetteer researchGazetteers are more than basic place name directories containing names and locations for named geographic places. Most of them contain additional information, including a categorization of gazetteer entries using a typing scheme. This paper focuses on the nature of these categorization schemes. We argue that gazetteers can benefit from an ontological approach to typing schemes, providing a formalization that will better support gazetteer applications, maintenance, interoperability, and semi-automatic feature annotation. We discuss the process of developing such an ontology as a modification of an existing feature type thesaurus; the difficulties in mapping from thesauri to ontologies are described in detail. To demonstrate the benefits of a categorization based on ontologies, a new gazetteer Web (and programming) interface is introduced and the impact on gazetteer interoperability is discussed.I have the original journal gazetteer_ontology.pdf00000003300Ji, W.Li, R.2003Mar. Geod.261-21-3Marine GeodesyGIS and oceanography, special issue on marine and coastal GISI have the pdf file - 1-sci_or_tech.pdf00000003217Jilan, S.Bangyan, C.Xianglong, J.2002Mar. Geod.2579-86Marine GeodesyGIS and oceanography, coastal GIS, marine GIS, special issue, submarine survey and mapping, multibeam system, data processing and integration, topographic and geomorphologic mappingI have pdf file - china_seafloor.pdf00000003683Juda, L.2005Coastal Mgmt.3411-16, 10.1080/08920750500364930Coastal Managementecosystem-based management; ocean governance; ocean management; U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, marine protected areas, MPA, OCA In its final report, An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century , the U.S.Commission on Ocean Policy, created by the Oceans Act of 2000, strongly endorsed regional scale, ecosystem-based management of coastal/ocean areas. To advance such an approach the Commission made numerous recommendations, including suggestions for both structural change in government and also for change in policy. As mandated by Congress, the process leading to the ultimate issuance of the Commission's final report specifically allowed for state governors to comment on a preliminary version of that report. The Commission was then to take those comments into account before issuing its final report. Thus, state governors were given a rare opportunity to indicate their preferences and concerns on the totality of U.S. coastal/ocean governance efforts. It is clear that implementation of the Commission's recommendations will require political support from the states, both in terms of encouraging the Administration and Congress to adopt change and in ensuring required federal-state cooperation. Accordingly, it is of great importance to understand the views of the states on the issues addressed by the Commission. This article outlines and examines key concerns raised by the nation's governors on the proposed new approach to coastal/ocean governance.  00000004284Jude, S.2008Coastal Mgmt.364331-349Coastal Managementadaptation; climate change; coastal management; participation; visualizationhe current shift toward “soft” forms of coastal defense as means of adapting to future sea level rise requires careful communication and consultation if they are to gain widespread public acceptance. For this to be achieved then coastal managers must improve the manner in which they communicate with stakeholders and members of the public. One possible solution may be through the application of landscape visualization techniques to illustrate how new policies or management interventions may shape the coast. This article investigates the potential role of such methods in participatory coastal management. Using interviews with coastal managers, the potential application of visualization techniques in coastal management processes are explored in detail. The findings suggest that while a number of possible roles for visualization techniques exist, there is an urgent need for practical testing and evaluation of the technology in participatory decision-making processes.participatory_viz.pdf00000004044Jude, S. R.Jones, A. P.Watkinson, A. R.Brown, I.Gill, J. A.2007Coastal Mgmt.355525-544Coastal Managementcoastal management; decision support; virtual reality; visualization; VRGISAbstract Coastal management information is frequently communicated to stakeholders and the public through complicated management documents and engineering plans. With the recognition that public involvement in coastal decision-making processes should be widened have come calls to develop new techniques to communicate complicated coastal information. Using Virtual Reality Geographical Information Systems and visualization packages, such information may be presented using formats more suitable for public consultation and information dissemination exercises than those currently employed. Using a site on the north Norfolk coast of England, an integrated Geographical Information Systems based methodology is presented that allows the visualization of proposed coastal management interventions. Visualizations have been produced that can be published in traditional paper-based management documents, or electronically. The different visualizations are compared and the technical issues surrounding their use discussed. It is argued that the methodology has clear advantages over traditional communication methods, although further research is necessary to determine how it may be practically employed by coastal managers.viz_ICZM.pdf00000003535Kavouras, M.Kokla, M.Tomai, E.2005Comp. Geosci312145-154Computers and Geosciencesspecial issue on AGILE, Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe, GIScience in EuropeGeographic ontologies; Semantic properties; Semantic relations; Similarity, coastal atlas, Oregon coastal atlas, OCA, CMRCI have the pdf file - AGILE_CompGEosci-->ontology_categories.pdf00000003129Kay, R.Alder, J.Brown, D.Houghton, P.2003Coastal Mgmt.31213-277Coastal Managementcoastal management, communication, Internet, World Wide Web, "dimensional thinking", web GIS, cybergeographyI have the pdf file - cybernetics.pdf00000003355Kay, R.Christie, P.2001Coastal Mgmt.29157-181Coastal Managementcoastal management, communication, Internet, World Wide Web, teachingThe role of the Internet in coastal management practice is analyzed through the Internet’s communication and information access capacity. Primary and secondary impacts of the Internet in coastal management are assessed. A broad research framework is employed, including background on the development and spread of the Internet worldwide; analysis of emerging literature on the societal impact of the Internet; limited existing research on the use of the Internet by environmental management professionals generally and coastal managers in particular; and personal experience of the authors in the development of coastal management Internet sites. This analytical framework is supplemented by the first survey of integrated coastal management (ICM) Internet websites by www.coastalmanagement.com and a case study of the Internet Center for Coastal Management (ICCM) Internet-based communication platform based at the University of Washington. The survey of ICM websites found a total of 77 websites worldwide, with a dominance of sites in English located in the developed world. Assessment of the first year of operation of the ICCM project to facilitate discussion between coastal management practitioners and students in the United States and the Philippines demonstrates the enormous potential of the Internet as a communications tool in coastal management and also reveals the many practical technological and cultural constraints of using the Internet, especially in working on a project between the developed and developing world. Three groups of scenarios of the future use of the Internet in coastal management with decreasing levels of forecast certainty, namely, “probable,” and “possible,” and “potential for” are presented and discussed. Finally, the potential for the Internet to fundamentally transform the practice of coastal management is analyzed. It is concluded that while such a potential exists, there remain significant research questions requiring further analysis before the full transformative potential, and the possible impacts of such a transformation on coastal management, can be fully assessed. This article aims to provide a benchmark against which such future assessments can be made.I have the pdf file - Internet_CZM.pdf00000003887Kearney, J.Berkes, F.Charles, A.Pinkerton, E.Wiber, M.2007Coastal Mgmt.3579-104Coastal Managementcapacity-building, community-based management, cross-scale linkages,integrated management, oceans policy, participatory governanceThere is compelling evidence that participatory governance is crucial for contending with complex problems of managing for multiple values and outcomes to achieve ecological sustainability and economic development. Canada’s Oceans Act, and federal oceans policy provide a strong basis for the participatory governance and communitybased management of coastal and large ocean resources. The implementation of the Oceans Act and oceans policy has resulted in some steps toward participatory governance but has not adequately provided the mechanisms for a strong role for communities in integrated coastal and ocean management (ICOM). In order to strengthen and develop community participation in ICOM, nine initiatives are recommended: (1) shifting paradigms, (2) overcoming ‘turf protection,’ (3) ensuring compatibility of goals, (4) ensuring sufficiency of information, (5) dealing with internal community stratification, (6) creating cross-scale linkages, (7) creating a participatory policy environment, (8) building community capacity, and (9)monitoring and assessment of local-level initiatives.participatory_community_Canada.pdf00000004200Kendall, M. S.Miller, T.2008Mar. Geod.31275-102Marine GeodesyBenthic mapping, coastal management, landscape ecology, resampling, habitat mapping, landscape, seascape, bathymetry, marine geomorphology, GIS and oceanographyFour maps of a reef ecosystem were created using two levels of both spatial and thematic resolution commonly used in science and management applications. Differences among maps were quantified using ecologically meaningful landscape indices. The objective was to inform research and management activities that are based on maps of reef ecosystems. Results indicate that inferences regarding the structure and organization of reef ecosystems are sensitive to changes in resolution of the maps characterizing them. Hard bottom, sand, and patchy features were the most sensitive to change in map resolution whereas continuous seagrass beds and linear reef features were not.resolutions_coral_maps.pdf00000004360Keniron, M.Curran, O.Cunnifee, J.Ryan, J.Ryan, P.Shearer, A.in press, 2008Comp. Geosci.doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2007.05.024Computers and GeosciencesLinear Feature Detection, Lithological Classification, Large data setanalysis, Distributed Workflow, Webcom, ICAN?, Ireland, Irish National Seabed SurveyThe 1999–2007 Irish National Seabed Survey is one of the largest ocean floor mapping projects ever attempted. Its aim is to map the ocean floor of the Irish territorial waters (approximately 525 000 km2). To date, the Geological Survey of Ireland has gathered in excess of four terabytes of multibeam sonar data from the Irish national seabed, and this data set is expected to exceed ten terabytes upon completion. The main challenge that arises from having so much data is how to extract accurate information given the size of the data set. Geological interpretation is carried out by visual inspection of bathymetric patterns. The size of this, and similar, data sets renders the extraction of knowledge by human observers infeasible. Consequently, the focus has turned to using artificial intelligence and computational methods for assistance. The commercial and environmental sensitivity of the data means that secure data processing and transmission are of paramount importance. This has led to the creation of the MarineGrid project within the Grid-Ireland organisation. New methods have been developed for statistical analysis of bathymetric information specifically for automated geological interpretation of rock types on the sea floor and feature extraction from the sea floor. We present a discussion on how to provide Marine and Geological researchers convenient yet secure access to resources that make use of grid technologies including pre-written algorithms in order to exploit the Irish National Seabed Survey data archive.marineGrid_Ireland.pdf00000004102Kiehle, C.Heier, C.Greve, K.2007Trans. GIS116819-834Transactions in GISSDI, coastal atlas, Oregon coastal atlas, OCA, CMRC, NSDI, OGC, WMS, WFS, metadata, forest fire client, DHTMLI have the original journal00000004011Klien, E.2007Trans. GIS113437-452Special issueTransactions in GISThe ability to represent geospatial semantics is of great importance when building geospatial applications for the Web. This ability will enhance discovery, retrieval and translation of geographic information as well as the reuse of geographic information in different contexts. The problem of generating semantic annotations has been recognized as one of the most serious obstacles for realizing the Geospatial Semantic Web vision. We present a rule-based strategy for the semantic annotation of geodata that combines Semantic Web and Geospatial Web Services technology. In our approach, rules are employed to partially automate the annotation process. Rules define conditions for identifying geospatial concepts. Based on these rules, spatial analysis procedures are implemented that allow for inferring whether or not a feature in a dataset represents an instance of a geospatial concept. This automated evaluation of features in the dataset generates valuable information for the creation and refinement of semantic annotations on the concept level. The approach is illustrated by a case study on annotating data sources containing representations of lowlands. The presented strategy lays the foundations for the specification of a semantic annotation tool for geospatial web services that supports data providers in annotating their sources according to multiple domain views.I have the original journal Geospatial_Semantic --> semantic_annotation.pdf00000004374Kraak, M.-J.2006Cartographic J.43182-89The Cartographic Journalgeovisualization, cartography and GIS, geographic information science, what's in a name, history of GIScience, teaching, GEO 465/565This paper presents some thoughts about the role of maps in GIScience and visualization. In particular, it highlights some developments and trends in the discipline that have revived interest in visualisation and increased the importance of maps in GIScience. During the GIScience process, different maps and graphics have their role to play to assist the researcher in understanding the data and to support problem solving. In this process maps retain their traditional roles in enhancing insight in spatial patterns and relationships by symbolizing an abstraction of reality via a cartographic design process. Maps are flexible interfaces to geospatial data and offer interaction with the data behind the representation. Maps are instruments that encourage exploration, because they are there to stimulate thinking, to show the unexpected, to point to the outliers and to demonstrate trends. Maps and graphics cannot do this alone. Different algorithms, models, and other methods and techniques are behind the images, for each of the phases in the GIScience process. In this paper, the impact of some developments and trends have been discussed without pretending to be complete. For instance, the whole field of (visual) data mining has not been discussed, but is an important component of the GIScience process. Maps do much more then just present geographical data. Maps cover the range from presentation all the way to exploration in a connected, dynamic and interactive environment. The keen interest in GIScience goes parallel with a revived interest in visualization in general and maps in particular. Maps do matter.why_maps_matter.pdfurl 1: map definitions http://www.usm.maine.edu/,maps/essays/ andrews.htm url 2: ICA maps http://www.icaci.org/en/strategic.html url 3: John Snow Cholera Map of London http://www.ph.ucla.edu/ epi/snow.html url 4: Minard’s Map of Napoleon in Russia http://www.itc.nl/ personal/kraak/1812 url 5: Thiessen Polygon and Snow’s Map http://www.ncgia.ucsb. edu/pubs/snow/snow.html url 6: US Mortality Atlas http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/ pubd/other/atlas/atlas.htm url 7: Zorgatlas the Netherlands http://www.rivm.nl/vtv/data/ site_atlas/ url 8: Coordinated & Multiple Views in Exploratory Visualization http://www.cvev.org/00000001737Kucera, G. L.1995Mar. Geod.183183-196Marine Geodesymarine GIS, GIS and oceanographyManilla folder, geography/GIS/general oceanography00000003823Kuehl, S.Alexander, C.Carter, L.Gerald, L.Gerber, T.Harris, C.McNinch, J.Orpin, A.Pratson, L.Syvitski, J.Walsh, J.P.2006Eos, Trans. AGU8729281, 286Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Unionseafloor mapping, multibeam bathymetry, EM1002, Kilo Moana, sediment transport A new research program focusing on sediment dispersal across the active margin of the New Zealand east coast has provided the foundation for a holistic understanding of the transport and fate of terrestrial materials in the coastal ocean.sed_transfer.pdf00000003398Kuhn, W.2003Int. J. Geog. Inf. Sci.175405-409International Journal of Geographical Information ScienceMetadata, ontologies, semantic interoperabilityI have the pdf file - semantic_ref.pdf00000003354Kullenberg, G.2002Ocean Coast. Mgmt.45709-718Ocean & Coastal Managementdistance education, education, coastal zone management, ocean law and governance, marine resource management, MRMFor over two decades now, the IOI has conducted an annual intensive training programme, on a global basis comprising 300 classroom hours plus field trips, library research and simulation exercises, for 20–25 mid-career civil servants from developing countries. The programme, one of the oldest, is still being carried out. It is broadly interdisciplinary and holistic. Always led by an outstanding scholar from a developing country, the teaching faculty consists of over 20 lecturers and discussion leaders, partly drawn from the faculty of Dalhousie University, partly from intergovernmental or governmental institutions and the private sector as well as alumni, from all over the world. The programme covers ocean law and governance in the broadest sense and is intended to assist developing countries in the implementation of the whole UNCLOS/UNCED process. Until now the course did not lead to a University degree, even though quite a number of participants went on to obtain a Master’s Degree at Dalhousie University. During the last 5 years, the IOI has developed into a unique network of Operational Centres in all parts of the world. All are located at prestigious institutions, each with its own strength—some in law and policy, some in oceanography or fisheries management, some in technology. The IOI is now integrating all these efforts, and the experiences of two decades, into one innovative initiative; the establishment of the IOI Virtual University. Its Master’s Degree programme will consist of a number of core courses which can be taken on-line and a number of optional courses, presently available at various IOI Centres and their Host institutions, but gradually to be developed for distance learning.I have the pdf file - virtualuniv.pdf00000003204Kumar, K. V.Palit, A.Bhan, S. K.1997Int. J. Remote Sensing18112269-2270International Journal of Remote Sensingspectral reflectance, Indian Remote Sensing LISS, turbidity influence, bathymetry, coastal management, multi-spectral scannerI have the pdf file - india_bathy97.pdf00000003892Kumar, M.2006Eos, Trans. AGU874497-98Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical UnionMMI, ICANTechnological advances in Earth observation and science have enabled the collection of vast quantities of data at multiple spatial and temporal scales. Managing the data and making data sets openly accessible to researchers not only can help to reduce redundancy in data collection and ensure the longevity of existing data, but also can lead to new insights as datasets are compared and interwoven. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Geosciences Network (GEON) co-hosted Geoinformatics 2006, a recent meeting that focused on the need for Earth science data management, discovery, integration, and visualization, which is referred to as ‘geoinformatics.’ This will improve the understanding of the Earth over time and allow more open access to users interested in a wide range of data, explained keynote speaker Linda Gunderson, the USGS acting associate director for geology.geoinformatics06.pdf00000003304Lee, D. S.Shan, J.2003Mar. Geod.261-2117-127Marine GeodesyGIS and oceanography, special issue on marine and coastal GIS, LIDAR, satellite image, classification, coastal mappingI have the pdf file - LIDAR_IKONOS.pdf00000002032Leggett, D. J.Jones, A.1996Int. J. Geographical Info. Sys.101103-116International Journal of Geographical Information Systemscoastal GIS, coastal zone management, coastal hazard, shoreline responseI have the original journal00000003659Lehto, LSarjakoski, L. T.2005Int. J. Geog. Inf. Sci.198-9957-973International Journal of Geographical Information Sciencereal-time generalization, web GIS, OCA, Oregon Coastal Atlas, XML, spatial data, web, mobile devicesI have the original journal00000003301Li, R.Di, K.Ma, R.2003Mar. Geod.261-2107-115Marine GeodesyGIS and oceanography, special issue on marine and coastal GISI have the pdf file - 3Dshoreline_IKONOS.pdf00000002978Li, R.Keong, C. W.Ramcharan, E.Kjerfve, B.Willis, D.1998Surv. Land Inf. Sys.583157-166Surveying and Land Information Systemsmarine and coastal GIS, oceanography and GIS, special issueCardboard bin, "Reprints c. 1999"00000003112Li, R.Liu, J.-K.Felus, Y.2001Mar. Geod.241-12Marine GeodesyGIS and oceanography, change detection, coastal GIS, erosion, shoreline mappingI have the pdf file - shoreline.pdf00000003215Li, R.Ma, R.Kaichang, D.2002Mar. Geod.2527-36Marine GeodesyGIS and oceanography, coastal GIS, marine GIS, special issue, shoreline, tide-coordinated shoreline, coastal terrain model, water surface modelI have pdf file - shoreline.pdf00000003977Li, R.Xutong, N.2007Mar. Geod.301-2editorial, introduction to special issue on marine and coastal GISMarine GeodesyGIS and oceanographyMarine_Geodesy_MCGIS5/intro.pdf00000003536Liang, S. H. L.Croitoru, A.Tao, C. V.2005Comp. Geosci312221-231Computers and Geosciencesspecial issue on AGILE, Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe, GIScience in EuropeWeb GIS; Web services; Sensor Web; GIServices; Sensor network, coastal atlas, Oregon coastal atlas, OCA, CMRC, NANOOS?I have the pdf file - AGILE_CompGEosci-->sensor_web.pdf00000001815Lillycrop, W. J.Estep, L. L.1995Sea Technol.Sea Technology36610-16I have the original journal00000004245Liu, Y.Goodchild, M. F.Guo, Q.Tian, Y.Wu, L.2008Int. J. Geog. Inf. Sci.226-7623-644International Journal of Geographical Information Scienceteaching, GEO 580, General Field model; Order of General Field; Order-increasing operation; Non-order-increasing operation; Geographic Information SystemsGeospatial data modelling is dominated by the distinction between continuous-field and discrete-object conceptualizations. However, the boundary between them is not always clear, and the field view is more fundamental in some respects than the object view. By viewing a set of objects as an object field and unifying it with conventional field models, a new concept, the General Field (G-Field) model, is proposed. In this paper, the properties of G-Field models, including domain, range, and categorization, are discussed. As a summary, a descriptive framework for G-Field models is proposed. Then, some common geospatial operations in geographic information systems are reconsidered from the G-Field perspective. The geospatial operations are classified into order-increasing operations and non-order-increasing operations, depending on changes induced in the G-Field's order. Generally, the order can be viewed as an indicator of the level of information extraction of geospatial data. It is thus possible to integrate the concept of order with a geo-workflow management system to support geographic semantics.I have the original journal general_field_model.pdf00000002974Lockwood, M.1998Surv. Land Inf. Sys.583131-134Surveying and Land Information Systemsmarine and coastal GIS, oceanography and GIS, special issueCardboard bin, "Reprints c. 1999"00000004310Longdill, P. C.Healy, T. R.Black, K. P.2008Ocean Coast. Mgmt.51612-624Ocean & Coastal Managementbenthic habitat mapping, benthic habitat classification, benthic suitability index, GIS and oceanographyWithin New Zealand, growth in the aquaculture industry has led to the diversification of aquaculture sites from more sheltered bays and harbours toward open coast locations. Coastal zone managers, along with the aquaculture industry, aim to ensure the long-term sustainability of any ‘new’ sites selected. Through targeted data collection programmes and the subsequent implementation of Geographic Information System (GIS) based models, the most suitable and sustainable locations for Aquaculture Management Areas (AMAs) can be identified. This approach is applied within the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, with specific reference to suspended mussel (Perna canaliculus) aquaculture. Within the region, areas where maximum sustainability may be achieved make up 18% of the total area considered, with conflicting uses and other constraints accounting for 46%. Whilst further site and development specific studies are required to determine explicit carrying capacities, the effort required has been considerably reduced by eliminating unsuitable locations and identifying those where sustainability can be maximised.GIS_aquaculture.pdf00000003267López, C.2002Int. J. Geog. Inf. Sci.166589-607International Journal of Geographical Information ScienceOregon Coastal Atlas, OCA, RIDGE ISS DMOGathering data accounts for more than 80% of the cost of any GIS project. Fast Internet connections and digital datasets threaten the investments of data producers through data piracy. Outside the GIS community this problem has been known for a long time, and possible solutions exist for digital imagery, formatted text, 3D meshes and so on, showing possible links to typical spatial data. This is largely achieved through embedding hidden information in a dataset without producing perceptible changes in the data, a process known as watermarking. The producer can recover the embedded information on request in order to produce evidence of ownership in a court, so the overall strategy relies on a legal basis rather than technical ones. This paper analyses the state-of-the-art for watermarking protection in digital geographical datasets. Digital imagery is demonstrably a more mature area than geographical information, even with multiple commercial vendors offering watermarking protection. 2D vector and point datasets have received less attention from the research community; however, 3D meshes have been considered by the CAD community and a handful of techniques are available for that case, and they are reviewed here.I have the pdf file - data_watermarking.pdf00000004363Lumb, L. I.Freemantle, J. R.Lederman, J. I.Aldridge, K. D.in press, 2008Comp. Geosci34doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2008.03.009Computers & GeosciencesAnnotationFormal ontologyInformal ontologyOntologySemantic WebXPointerWeb Ontology Language, cyberinfrastructureKnowledge representation is increasingly recognized as an important component of any cyberinfrastructure (CI). In order to expediently address scientific needs, geoscientists continue to leverage the standards and implementations emerging from the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Semantic Web effort. In an ongoing investigation, previous efforts have been aimed towards the development of a semantic framework for the Global Geodynamics Project (GGP). In contrast to other efforts, the approach taken has emphasized the development of informal ontologies, i.e., ontologies that are derived from the successive extraction of Resource Description Framework (RDF) representations from eXtensible Markup Language (XML), and then Web Ontology Language (OWL) from RDF. To better understand the challenges and opportunities for incorporating annotations into the emerging semantic framework, the present effort focuses on knowledge-representation modeling involving formal ontologies. Although OWL’s internal mechanism for annotation is constrained to ensure computational completeness and decidability, externally originating annotations based on the XML Pointer Language (XPointer) can easily violate these constraints. Thus, the effort of modeling with formal ontologies allows for recommendations applicable to the case of incorporating annotations into informal ontologies.informal_formal_ontologies.pdf00000003709Lunn, K. E.Dearden, P.2006Coastal Mgmt.342183-198Coastal Management marine conservation, multiple-use zoning, no-take zones, small-scale fisheries, MPA Conserving marine ecosystems, while ensuring the livelihood needs of communities, is a challenge for protected area managers worldwide. Multiple-use zoning can help to balance human uses with conservation goals. Developing effective zoning plans requires information on the condition and uses of marine resources and the conflicts among them. Through interviews and participant observation, we investigated residents' reliance on nearshore fisheries in Ko Chang Marine National Park, a designated “no-take” area in eastern Thailand. Approximately 25% of households depended on fishing as their main source of income, with boat owners earning average net wages of 7–68 US$/day in small-scale fisheries. Apparently unaware of restrictions on resource use, small-scale fishers reported working in 95% of the park's marine waters. Understanding the needs and usage patterns of small-scale fishers will help to inform management and zoning plans for Ko Chang and provide a valuable example for other parks in the region.00000003732Lutz, M.Klien, E.2006Int. J. Geog. Inf. Sci.203233-260International Journal of Geographical Information Scienceontology, ontologies, spatial data infrastructures, GI discovery, GI retrieval, MMI? controlled vocabulary? catalog, digital libraryI have the original journal00000004005Lutz, M.Kolas, D.2007Trans. GIS113317-336Special issueTransactions in GISAnswering questions based on spatial data is becoming increasingly important in a variety of domains. Often the required data are distributed and heterogeneous, and several data sources need to be combined in order to derive the information required by a user. Spatial data infrastructures (SDIs) are aimed at making the discovery and access to distributed geographic data more efficient. However, the catalogue services currently used in SDIs for discovering geographic data do not allow expressive queries and do not take into account that more than one data source might be required to answer a question. In this paper, we present a methodology that uses rules for both the discovery of data sources and, based on the discovered data, answering user queries in SDIs. We illustrate how this methodology allows inferences that use relationships between individuals and the combination of data from different sources, thus overcoming some of the limitations of other Semantic Web approaches that are based on Description Logics. The approach is illustrated by an example from the domain of disaster management.I have the original journal Geospatial_Semantic --> rule-based.pdf00000004340Lynch, C.2008Nature45528-29September 4, 2008Naturesemantic web, content management, data management, developing infrastructureScientists need to ensure that their results will be managed for the long haul. Maintaining data takes big organization. Data can be ‘big’ in different ways. National and international projects such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Europe’s particlephysics laboratory near Geneva in Switzerland, or the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope planned for northern Chile, are frequently cited for the way they will challenge the state of the art in computation, networking and data storage. But research data can also be big by being of lasting significance — a clinical-trial result, or the observation of a unique event. Data can be big because of descriptive challenges that may require context such as the experimental set-up. Because digital data are so easily shared and replicated and so recombinable, they present tremendous reuse opportunities, accelerating investigations already under way and taking advantage of past investments in science. To enable reuse, data must be well preserved. In some cases the effects of data loss are economic, because experiments have to be re-run. In other cases, data loss represents an opportunity lost forever. Funders now rightly view data as assets that they are underwriting and so seek the greatest pay-off for their investments. They demand that researchers and host institutions document and implement data-management and data-sharing plans that address the full life cycle of data — including what happens after a grant finishes. Host universities thus find themselves with legal and ethical obligations to provide a legacy of faculty data. Publishers must also identify the most effective ways to connect publications with data and preserveBig_Data --->big_data_commentary.pdfhttp://www.nature.com/news/specials/bigdata/index.html30000001875MacDonald, I. R.Best, S. E.Lee, C. S.1992First Thematic Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal EnvironmentsNew Orleans, Louisiana1-7marine GISPurple folder - "MacDonald, I."00000004159Madin, J. S.Bowers, S.Schildhauer, M. P.Jones, M. B.2008Trends Ecol. Evol.233159-168excellent review paperTrends in Ecology & EvolutionMMI, ICAN, cyberinfrastructure, ecosystem informatics, semantic interoperability, semantic web, ecology, ontology, ontologies, NCEASEcology is inherently cross-disciplinary, drawing together many types of information to addressquestionsabout the natural world. Finding and integrating relevant data to assist in these analyses is crucial, but is difficult owing toambiguous terminology and the lack of sufficient information about datasets. Ontologies provide a formal mechanism for defining terms and their relationships, and can improve the location, interpretation and integration of data based on its inherent meaning. Ontologies have assisted other disciplines (e.g. molecular biology) in unifying and enriching descriptions of data, and ecology can benefit from similar approaches. We review ontology efforts in ecology, and describe how these can benefit research by enhancing the location and interpretation of relevant data for confronting crucial ecological questions.ontologies_ecology.pdf00000003209Malakoff, D.2002Science296245-246Scienceconservation, marine protected areas, MPA, sanctuaries, SSE, habitat classification, mapping, representative, coastal management, GIS and oceanography, NCEAS, UCSB, Gulf of CaliforniaI have the pdf file - Perfect Preserve.pdf00000002180Mann, G.Haux, R.1993Computational Stats. Data Analy.1581-108Computational Statistics and Data Analysisdatabase scheme design, clinical studies, relational data model, semantic data models, computational statisticsGreen folder, general geography/GIS00000003781Marks, K. M.Smith, W. H. F.2006Mar. Geophys. Res.2719-34Marine Geophysical Researchesbathymetry, gridding, mapping, satellite, seafloor mapping, world ocean floor, bathymetric grids, bathymetry, Coral Sea, DBDB2, ETOPO2, GEBCO, GINA, satellitebathymetry, Woodlark BasinWe evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of six publicly available global bathymetry grids: DBDB2 (Digital Bathymetric Data Base; an ongoing project of the Naval Research Laboratory), ETOPO2 (Earth Topography; National Geophysical Data Center, 2001, ETOPO2 Global 2’ Elevations [CD-ROM]. Boulder, Colorado, USA: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), GEBCO (General Bathymetric Charts of the Oceans; British Oceanographic Data Centre, 2003, Centenary Edition of the GEBCO Digital Atlas [CD-ROM] Published on behalf of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the International Hydrographic Organization Liverpool, UK), GINA (Geographic Information Network of Alaska; Lindquist et al., 2004), Smith and Sandwell (1997), and S2004 (Smith, unpublished). The Smith and Sandwell grid, derived from satellite altimetry and ship data combined, provides high resolution mapping of the seafloor, even in remote regions. DBDB2, ETOPO2, GINA, and S2004 merge additional datasets with the Smith and Sandwell grid; but moving from a pixel to grid registration attenuates short wavelengths (<20 km) in the ETOPO2 and DBDB2 solutions. Short wavelengths in the GINA grid are also attenuated, but the cause is not known. ETOPO2 anomalies are offset to the northeast, due to a misregistration in both latitude and longitude. The GEBCO grid is interpolated from 500 m contours that were digitized from paper charts at 1:10 million scale, so it is artificially smooth; yet new efforts have captured additional information from shallow water contours on navigational charts. The S2004 grid merges the Smith and Sandwell grid with GEBCO over shallow depths and polar regions, and so is intended to capture the best of both products. Our evaluation makes the choice of which bathymetry grid to use a more informed one.public_bathy.pdf see also sf_mapping_viz_frontiers.pdf see also gebco_centennial.pdf see also Vogt et al., 200000000002911Mascia, M. B.1999Coast. Mgmt.27391-402Coastal Managementgovernance, institutions, institutional arrangements, marine protected areas, marine sanctuaries, stakeholder participationBlue folder, SSE papers00000002816Masser, I.1999Int. J. Geogr. Info. Sci.13167-84International Journal of Geographical Information Scienceclearinghouse, archives, metadata, NSDI, Flewelling and EgenhoferBlue folder00000003989McFadden, L.2007Coastal Mgmt.354429-443special issueCoastal ManagementGovernance; Integrated Coastal Zone Management; SystemScientific knowledge is central to "good" governance of coastal spaces: developing methods through which the complexities of the coastal zone can be understood by stakeholders to improve the sustainable management of coastal systems. Enhancing our knowledge of the range of processes that shape coastal spaces and define the total behavioural environment of the system remains a primary challenge for the coastal research community. However, this article raises the argument that current approaches to Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) - the preferred governing framework for the coastal environment, do not give sufficient emphasis to this fundamental need. Improving the basic scientific knowledge that underpins policymaking at the coast is argued to be urgently needed. Issues such as that of developing a communality of the purpose and approach between stakeholders within the coastal zone (through conflict resolution and access to information, for example) seem to claim the rights of the integrated management research agenda. However, the very nature of ICZM as "worthwhile coastal management" requires that integrated management represents more than a governing framework. Successful integration in coastal management must also be underpinned by knowledge of the integrated behavior of the system. Science has an increasingly marginalized position within ICZM and as a result geographers, contributing knowledge of the patterns and processes of the human and environmental landscapes, are also becoming a disappearing breed in integrated coastal management.science_CZM.pdf00000003727McIntosh, J.Yuan, M.2005Int. J. Geog. Inf. Sci.1910999-1018International Journal of Geographical Information Sciencefield-object representation; spatiotemporal data modeling; spatiotemporal queryI have the original journal00000004254McIntyre, M. L.Naar, D. F.Carder, K. L.Donahue, B. J.Mallinson, D. J.2006Mar. Geophys. Res.27129-136Marine Geophysical Researcheshyperspectral, AVIRIS, shallow bathymetry, optics, coastal terrain model, CTM, compare to IkonosWe present a large-scale quantitative test of a hyperspectral remote-sensing reflectance algorithm. We show that coastal bathymetry can be adequately derived through model inversions using data from the Airborne Visible-Infrared Imaging Spectrometer instrument. Data are analyzed from a shore-perpendicular transect 5 km offshore Sarasota, Florida at water depths ranging from 10 m to 15.5 m. Derived bottom depths are compared to a high-resolution multibeam bathymetry survey. Model-derived depths are biased 4.9% shallower than the mean of the multibeam depths with an RMS error of 7.83%. These results suggest that the model performs well for retrieving bottom depths from hyperspectral data in subtropical coastal areas in water depths ranging from 10 m to 15.5 m.bathy_from_hyperspectral.pdf00000001939McManus, D. A.1995Eos, Trans. AGU7646F55EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical UnionteachingI have the original journal10000000184Rand McNally1990ChicagoRand McNallyDave Siegel20000003854Meprasert, S.2006GeographyCorvallis, OROregon State University300Jim Good, Gordon MatzkePh.D. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami : tourism impacts and recovery progress in Thailand's marine national parksTsunami impact, natural disaster, marine park tourism, vulnerability assessment, hazard mitigation, Delphi technique. Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004, Marine parks and reserves -- Natural disaster effects -- ThailandEmergency management -- ThailandThe 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami raised concern among marine park managers and hazard mitigation professionals about the significant impact of major coastal hazards on marine park natural resources and ecosystems. The main reason for this concern is the strong linkage of marine parks and their rich assortment of ecosystem services to coastal community social and economic well-being, particularly as it relates to park tourism. This relationship was examined for marine national parks (MNPs) along Thailand’s Andaman coast in the aftermath of the devastating 2004 tsunami. Four principal issues were examined: the impacts of the tsunami on marine parks and how they affected the tourism economy; the recovery efforts undertaken and their effectiveness; other actions that, if taken, might have improved preparedness and made recovery efforts more effective; and how marine parks might be made more resilient to natural disasters in the future. The principal method used to address these issues was a Delphi expert opinion process, supplemented by field investigations, interviews, and spatial data collection and analysis. Four specific parks with different degrees of tsunami impacts were selected as a basis for this study. Direct and indirect tsunami impacts to the business community were judged to have the most significant effects on tourism, followed by the direct impacts of the tsunami on the built environment and associated infrastructure. Social, health and safety impacts and impacts to natural resources and ecosystems were of lesser importance to the park tourism. However, recovery actions taken to rebuild infrastructure and park-serving facilities inside and outside park boundaries were judged most effective at helping to get park tourism back on its feet; tourism recovery actions associated with natural resources, the business community, and social services were judged to be only moderately effective. Numerous barriers and constraints to marine park tourism recovery were identified, some natural, but most human-caused. An idealized set of preparedness, response, and recovery actions were also identified and prioritized. These proved useful in designing planning guidelines that will help marine parks evaluate their vulnerability, set priorities for mitigation and preparedness, and become more resilient to hazards in the future.http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/dspace/handle/1957/311200000003770Michener, W. K.2006Ecol. Inform.13-7Ecological InformaticsecoinformaticsEcological databases continue to grow in volume, breadth and complexity. Higher level descriptions of data (i.e., metadata) and information derived from subsequent data processing and analyses (i.e., “meta-information” in the broadest sense) are essential for understanding and using the increasingly complex and voluminous data and information. The concepts of meta-information, in general, and metadata, in particular, have evolved in concert with the increasing needs for functionality by the community. From a scientific perspective, metadata may be characterized as having developed from initially supporting data discovery; to facilitating acquisition, comprehension and utilization of data by humans; and, most recently, to beginning to enable automated data discovery, ingestion, processing and analysis via metadata-enabled scientific workflow systems. The continued conceptual and operational developments in metadata required to support comprehensive automated scientific workflow systems portend many challenges and opportunities. For example, there are significant opportunities for collaboration among ecologists and computer scientists in developing domain-specific controlled vocabularies and ontologies that provide the basis for semantic mediation—the “glue” technologies that enable automated data discovery, ingestion, processing and analysis. Similarly, there are opportunities for computer scientists and engineers to develop new mechanisms that support automated metadata encoding—such as providing the information that would be necessary to understand the end-to-end flow of sensor data from in situ data collection, streaming through quality assurance filtering, aggregation, transformation and additional processing, analysis, and publication of digital products. As the technologies mature, we still have many sociological barriers to overcome including the needs for increased attention to software usability testing and engineering to enhance user-friendliness of metadata management software, new capital investments in ecological data archives, and increasing the metadata management benefit–cost ratio for the average scientist via incentives and enabling tools.Eco_Informatics_J folder00000002709Miglarese, A. H.Sanchez, T.LaVoi, T.Goss, H.1998Geo Info Systems81016-22Geo Info Systemsoceanography and gis, coastal GISTurning the tide: joining forces to combat coastal disasters. Multiple sources exist for hazards-related data and information, but many of these are not easily accessible to, or useable by, coastal managers and local plannersI have the original journal00000003975Miller, P.Mills, J.Edwards, S.Bryan, P.Marsh, S.Hobbs, P.Mitchell, H.2007Mar. Geod.30109-123Marine GeodesyGIS and oceanography, Surface matching, LiDAR, laser scanning, coastal erosionAt the dynamic coastal fringe, numerous processes interact with local morphology. In soft-cliff environments, this can often lead to the occurrence of coastal geohazards. These can pose a major threat to property and cultural heritage, and an effective monitoring strategy is therefore essential. While contemporary monitoring techniques have been applied, these are often unsuitable in isolation. This paper presents an integrated approach, with the development ofweighted surfacematching software enabling reliable dataset fusion and multi-temporal change detection, even where significant surface differences exist. Evaluation of this approach is presented and discussed.Marine_Geodesy_MCGIS5/coastal_geohazards.pdf00000003990Milligan, J. O'riordan, T.2007Coastal Mgmt.354499-509special issueCoastal Managementcoastal governance; coastal policy; shoreline management plans (SMPs); sustainable coastsThe mobile nature of soft coasts means that coastal communities face uncertainty in their property values and peace of mind when the existing coastal defense is lowered or removed. The acceptance by the U.K. government that coastal realignment in areas of low population density and limited ecological value is unavoidable means that the current state of affairs, where coastal residents have broadly come to assume that they will be defended if they make enough fuss, cannot continue. The government is currently unwilling to confront this consternation and continues to refuse to pay compensation for lost property value. This is creating an outcry over loss of fairness of treatment. This dispute raises important questions of governance for coastal change. This participatory research project worked closely with English Nature, North Norfolk District Council, local residents associations, the Environment Agency, and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. What emerged in the analysis were unresolved tensions between national strategic frameworks, emerging planning arrangements, changing economic assessments, and the desirability of delivering, through a number of public and voluntary agencies, local flexibility in participation and in coastal design. This article reports on the research process, the challenges for coastal governance, and the scope for creative partnerships between science, planning, policy delivery, and public acceptance.coastal_governance.pdf70000002954Milliman, J. D.1992Hsü, K. J.Thiede, J.Use and Misuse of the SeafloorNew YorkJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd.213-227SSEBlue folder, SSE Papers90000004131Mimura, N.2008Haq, B. U.Coastal Systems and Continental MarginsSpringerDordrecht, The Netherlands365 pp.Asia-Pacific Coasts and Their Management: States of Environment978-1-4020-3626-2coastal zone management, Asia, Pacific, climate change, sea level rise"This book gives an overview of the state-of-the-art understanding on the drivers, state, and responses to coastal environmental changes in the Asia-Pacific region. It provides excellent perspectives on current and anticipated environmental changes in the region's coastal areas, to researchers, students, policy makers, coastal managers and other stakeholders."I have the book00000002177Miura, T.Moriya, K.1992/93Data Knowl. Eng.919-44Data and Knowledge Engineeringdatabases, data models, data manipulation languages, visual languages, expressive powerGreen folder, general geography/GIS00000004286Morrison, K. K.Snow-Cutter, S.2008Coastal Mgmt.364412-430Coastal Managementgovernance; marine spatial planning; Massachusetts; ocean managementSince 2000, recent proposals for new offshore uses such as wind and wave energy projects and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals have highlighted areas where the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' ocean management process could be improved in order to move away from the first come, first served approach the state has historically taken to a more coordinated ocean governance regime. Massachusetts proposes to convert the largely reactive case-by-case permitting system to a more proactive governance regime. This article will review past efforts under two main regulatory frameworks, the Public Waterfront Act and the Ocean Sanctuaries Act, propose six key components of a planning approach, discuss recent legislative history, and reflect on Massachusetts' experience to date through Cicin-Sain's (1990) “Factors Conducive to Ocean Management Initiatives.” Initially proposed over fifteen years ago, in a review of California's Ocean Management efforts, Cicin-Sain (1990) described “four major variables that influence the likelihood that ocean management initiatives will emerge and be sustained in particular states.” They include: (1) Degree of Severity of Ocean and Coastal Governance Problems and the Role of Focusing Events, (2) Political Readiness, (3) Governmental Readiness, and (4) State Ocean Heritage and Popular Opinion Variables.ocean_governance_MA.pdf00000002964Morrison, R. J.Naqasima, M. R.1999Ocean Coast. Mgmt.42617-636Ocean & Coastal ManagementSSE, baseline survey to match Fagatele BayCardboard bin, "Reprints c. 1999" first page only00000001973Mossa, J.1995Annals AAG854742-743Annals of the Association of American Geographersapplied geography, coastal ecology, coastal geomorphology, coastal management, coastal and marine geographyI have the original journal00000002584Mossa, J.McLean, J.1997Appl. Geog.17143-54Applied Geographychannel planform change, floodplain land cover, fluvial geomorphology, GIS, gravel and sand mining, coastal and marine geographyManilla folder "Mossa"30000002585Mossa, J.Nakashima, L. D.1989Proceedings of Sixth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management/ASCECharleston, SC3723-3737July 11-14, 1989shoreline and beach morphology, coastal and marine geographyManilla folder "Mossa"00000001899Murphy, L. E.Smith, T. G.1995Geo Info Systems51026-33Geo Info Systemscoastal and marine GIS, oceanographic GIS, ArcViewBiscayne and Dry Tortugas National Parks have been the subject of numerous small-area surveys, but have lacked the integrated database needed by resrouce managers and researchers to adequately map the area. Since 1993 the National Park Service has been conducting surveys designed to provide a comprehensive, cumulative natural and cutural-resource inventory accessible through geographic database software. Thse underwater remote-sensing surveys are some of the first to be designed specifically for GIS applications and will be used to help preserve the maritime, cultural, and natural history submerged in the Florida Straits.I have the original journal00000003214Murty, T. S.2002Mar. Geod.251Marine GeodesyGIS and oceanography, coastal GIS, marine GIS, special issueI have pdf file - intro.pdf00000002586Nakashima, L. D.Mossa, J.1991Z. Geomorph. N. F.352239-256Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie N. F.coastal and marine geographyManilla folder "Mossa"00000004056Nitsche, F. O.Jacobs, S. S.Larter, R. D.Gohl, K.2007Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst.810Q10009, doi:10.1029/2007GC001694data briefGeochemistry, Geophysics, GeosystemsJed's thesis, data brief, publication example, Samoa, West Antarctica; continental shelf; bathymetry; seafloor morphologyThe Amundsen Sea continental shelf is one of the most remote areas of coastal Antarctica and was relatively unexplored until the late 1980s. Over the last two decades, increased oceanographic and geological interest has led to several cruises that resulted in sufficient bathymetric data to compile a fairly detailed regional map of the Amundsen continental shelf. We have combined available multibeam and single-beam bathymetry data from various sources and created a new regional bathymetry of the Amundsen Sea continental shelf and margin. Deep trough systems that dominate the inner shelf are aligned with present glaciers and separated by shallower ridges. Shaped by paleo-ice streams, these features merge into a small number of broader troughs on the middle shelf and shoal seaward. They now serve as conduits and reservoirs for relatively warm Circumpolar Deep Water. This new compilation is a major improvement over previously available regional maps and should aid the numerical modeling of ocean circulation, the reconstructions of paleo-ice streams, and the refinement of ice sheet models.data_brief_ex_Amundsen_bathy.pdf00000003534Nogueras-Iso, J.Zarazaga-Soria, F. J.Bejar, R.Alvarez, P. J.Muro-Medrano, P. R.2005Comp. Geosci312199-209Computers and Geosciencesspecial issue on AGILE, Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe, GIScience in EuropeCatalogs; Metadata; Interoperability; Geographic information; OpenGIS; SDI, coastal atlas, Oregon coastal atlas, OCA, CMRCI have the pdf file - AGILE_CompGEosci-->OGC_catalog.pdf00000003976O Tuama, E.Hamre, T.2007Mar. Geod.30145-168Marine GeodesyGIS and oceanography, web GIS, Open Geospatial Consortium, data harmonization, metadata, webmap service, spatial data infrastructure, harmful algal bloom, oil spill, INSPIRE, GMESA web-based distributed system for monitoring and forecasting of the marine environment has been developed in line with INfrastructure for SPatial InfoRmation in Europe (INSPIRE) and Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) recommendations for a European Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI). This system, called DISPRO, enables integration and distribution of multi-source data from satellites, aircraft, and in situ instruments, as well as results from numerical models. Geographic data and metadata are stored on a set of distributed computer nodes and retrieved and integrated by a web GIS client by means of Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Map Server (WMS) technologies. A profile of ISO 19115 was developed for metadata handling, using eXtensible Markup Language (XML) as a platform independent encoding mechanism. DISPRO has been demonstrated in six European coastal zone and ocean regions in the spring and summer of 2005. The overall positive experiences of both service providers and end users indicate that the system should be further developed into an operational GMES service.Marine_Geodesy_MCGIS5/DISPRO2007.pdf peer-reviewed by Dawn30000003100Oertel, G. F.Overman, K.Allen, T. R.Carlson, C. R.Porter, J. H.2000EMRISixth International Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal EnvironmentsCharleston, South Carolina2269-276GIS and oceanography, dGPS, bathymetry, echosoundingOrange folder, "AAG 2001"00000003895Oldow, J. S.Walker, J. D.Aiken, C. L. V.Xu, X.2006Eos, Trans. AGU8735351-352Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical UnionMMI, ICAN, GEON, cyberinfrastructurePerhaps the greatest obstacle to building an integrated Earth science cyberinfrastructure is the disconnect between the collection of field data and the construction of an associated digital database. This was recognized as a major issue by participants of the Integrated Solid Earth Science CyberInfrastructure workshop held at the University of Kansas in 2003, and led to a workshop spanning three days in April 2006, sponsored jointly by the U.S. National Science Foundation and GEON, the Geosciences Network (http://www.geongrid.org). Twenty-eight participants with backgrounds in a broad range of disciplines from institutions in the United States were joined by representatives from Canada, the United Kingdom, and China to explore the motivations and issues surrounding digital acquisition, analysis, and visualization through a series of demonstrations, breakout sessions, and plenary discussions. The workshop participants recognized that acquisition and depiction of field data is the cornerstone of the solid Earth sciences and that these data provide the context for most geologic inquiries. Participants also recognized that the existing propensity to rely on analog technology for field data collection, production of geologic maps, and data analysis presents a barrier to incorporating field observations into integrated scientific inquiry.geon_workshop.pdf see Kumar, 2006, geoinformatics06.pdf00000003303Paul, J. F.Copeland, J. L.Charpentier, M.August, P. V.Hollister, J. W.2003Mar. Geod.261-263-72Marine GeodesyGIS and oceanography, special issue on marine and coastal GISI have the pdf file - estuaryGIS.pdf00000004013Peachavanish, R.Karimi, H. A.2007Trans. GIS111115-130Transactions in GISDespite advancements in geographic information system (GIS) technology, the efficient and effective utilization of GIS to solve geospatial problems is a daunting process requiring specialized knowledge and skills. Two of the most important and burdensome tasks in this process are interpretation of geospatial queries and mapping the interpreted results into geospatial data models and geoprocessing operations. With the current state of GIS, there exists a gap between the knowledge user’s possess and the knowledge and skills they need to utilize GIS for solving problems. Currently, users resort to training and practice on GIS technology or involving GIS experts. Neither of these options is optimal and there is a need for a new approach that automates geoprocessing tasks using GIS technology. This paper presents an ontological engineering methodology that uses multiple ontologies and the mappings among them to automate certain tasks related to interpretation of geospatial queries and mapping the interpreted results into geospatial data models and geoprocessing operations. The presented methodology includes conceptualization of geospatial queries, knowledge representation for queries, techniques for relating elements in different ontologies, and an algorithm that uses ontologies to map queries to geoprocessing operations.I have the original journal Geospatial_Semantic --> ont_engr.pdf00000004110Post, A. L.2008Ocean Coast. Mgmt.512161-179Ocean & Coastal Managementbenthic habitat mapping, benthic habitat classification, seafloor mapping, Samoa, Tonga, NOAA, benthic communities, Australia, marine reserve design, marine protected area design, benthic biota, seabed biota, BTMThe identification of marine habitats based on physical parameters is increasingly important for marine reserve design, allowing characterisation of habitat types over much wider areas than is possible from often patchy biological data. Marine management zones often contain a wide array of physical environments, which may not be captured in the biological sampling effort. The mismatch between biological and physical information leads to uncertainty in the application of bio-physical relationships at the broader management scale. In this study, a case study from northern Australia is used to demonstrate a methodology for defining uncertainties which result from the extrapolation of bio-physical associations across areas where detailed biological data is absent. In addition, uncertainties relating to the interpolation of physical data sets and that resulting from the cluster analysis applied to the physical data are calculated and mapped, providing marine managers with greater robustness in their analysis of habitat distributions.benthic_hab_australia.pdf00000003927Poulter, B.Halpin, P. N.2007Int. J. Geog. Inf. Sci.DOI: 10.1080/136588107013718581-16International Journal of Geographical Information ScienceSea-level rise; Lidar; Horizontal resolution; Connectivity; Coastalflooding; North Carolina; GIS and oceanographyAs rates of sea-level rise continue to increase due to climate change, land planners require accurate spatial analyses on the extent and timing of coastal flooding and associated hazards. Digital elevation data used to evaluate coastal vulnerability to flooding are available at various horizontal and vertical resolutions. However, the quality of digital elevation models (DEM) used in environmental assessment can significantly affect the detection of topographic features and the magnitude of hydrological processes. We used lidar elevation data in coastal North Carolina, USA to investigate the effects of horizontal resolution and connectivity on the extent and timing of flooding from sea-level rise. We found that the rate and extent of inundation were dependent on horizontal resolution and assumptions made on hydrological connectivity. The variation in flood extent was much larger (760km2) at low sea-level projections (,0.4 m) than at high sealevel projections (.,0.9 m, 114km2) due to the effect of hydrological corrections on the coarse-scale DEM and topographic complexity at low elevations. Lidar elevation data provide a significant advance in mapping potential coastal flooding, but the extent and timing of inundation are sensitive to horizontal resolution and the modelling of hydrological connectivity.coastal_flooding.pdf00000002818Pratson, L.Divins, D.Butler, T.Metzger, D.Sharman, G.Steele, M.Berggren, T.Holcombe, T.Ramos, R.1999Eos, Trans. AGU80437, 42Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Unionmarine GIS, oceanography and GIS, coastal GIS, bathymetry, databases, GMT00000004204Prigent, M.Fontenelle, G.Rochet, M.-J.Trenkel, V. M.2008Ocean Coast. Mgmt.516450-462Ocean & Coastal Managementcoastal GIS, traditional ecological knowledge of sortsThis paper presents a survey of French Eastern English Channel fishers’ observations of the past and current state of the marine ecosystem and their wishes for the future, as a first step towards formulating management objectives. Twenty-nine semi-directive interviews were carried out in June 2006 among fishers and shellfish farmers. Cognitive maps proved useful to formalise their experience and knowledge. Most interviewees mentioned a decrease of the resource in recent years and pointed out the presence of several problems, such as pollution, degradation of the ocean floor and harmful impacts of human activities, including fishing. The indicators used by the fishers as the basis to form their opinion were similar to those generally used by scientists for assessing the state of exploited marine populations and communities (average fish length, CPUE, fished biomass.); additional indicators were the timing and duration of fishing seasons.cognitive_maps_fishers.pdf00000004218Proctor, J. D.1998Area3018-18Areaethics and GIS, ethical considerationsGeographers have become increasingly interested in questions of ethics. In this paper, I introduce the scope and major concerns of ethics, briefly reviewing recent literature as a means of situating geography's potential contribution. I then link ethics to the geographical imagination by developing a twofold schema representing geography's ontological project and epistemological process, an approach that unites existing professional and substantive ethical concerns among geographers. Examples of recent work by geographers in these areas are noted. I close with a set of broad questions at the interface of ethics and geography worthy of further reflection.proctor_ethics_geog.pdf70000002793Psuty, N. P.Steinberg, P. E.Wright, D. J.2004Gaile, G. L.Willmott, C. J.Geography in America at the Dawn of the 21st CenturyNew YorkOxford University Press314-32500000003967Purves, R. S.Clough, P.Jones, C. B.Arampatzis, A.Bucher, B.Finch, D.Fu, G.Joho, H.Syed, A. K.Vaid, S.Yang, B.2007Int. J. Geog. Inf. Sci.216-7717-745International Journal of Geographical Information Sciencegeographic information retrieval, geographic ontology, spatial indexing, spatial relevance ranking, information retrieval, ICAN, spatially-aware search, metadata; SPIRIT (Spatially Aware Information Retrievel on the Internet)I have the original journalhttp://www.geo-spirit.org/70000001334Quinton, A.1988Bullock, A., Stallybrass, O., and Trombley, S.The Fontana Dictionary of Modern ThoughtLondonFontana279, 605-606philosophy of science, Geog 22700000003819Rajabifard, A.Binns, A.Masser, I.Williamson, I.2006Int. J. Geog. Inf. Sci.207727-741research articleInternational Journal of Geographical Information Sciencespatial data infrastructures, SDI, sub-national government, private sector, enabling platform, spatial data managementI have the original journal00000002179Ram, S.1995Inf. Mgmt.29191-206Information Managementsemantic modeling, intelligent database design, conceptual modeling, user interface graphical database design, schema integrationGreen folder, general geography/GIS00000004397Richardson, A. J.Poloczanska, E. S.2008Science3201294-1295policy forumScienceocean science, funding, ocean studies board, IPCC, climate changeThe recent IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Fourth Assessment Report (1) noted 28,586 significant biological changes in terrestrial systems but only 85 from marine and freshwater systems. Of these few observations from aquatic systems, 99% were consistent with global warming, which suggests that aquatic systems may be extremely vulnerable to climate change. Here, we argue that the dearth of documented changes from marine systems is an artifact of the distribution of global science funding, the difficulty of disentangling multiple stressors from relatively poorly sampled systems, the disconnect between marine and terrestrial ecology, the way marine ecologists report research findings, and limitations in the existing IPCC process. Marine research is under-resourced compared with that on land. If the number of publications (1996 to 2004, Thomson Scientific ISI) is used as a measure, less than 11% of published papers in each of the fields of ecology, conservation biology, and biodiversity research deal with marine systems (2–4). This bias arises in part because investigating the ocean realm is generally difficult, resourceintensive, and expensive. Observational capacity is also much lower in the oceans than in terrestrial systems. Humans are far removed from much of the ocean expanse, which reduces the likelihood of observing changes there. Research forays into the oceans are transitory and concentrated in coastal waters. Inaccessibility of most marine systems precludes studies by amateur naturalists, who have provided valuable terrestrial data sets on the timing of blossoms or arrival of migratory birds. Satellite observing systems are generally restricted to the sea surface, and even shallow marine ecosystems such as seagrass meadows and coral reefs remain hidden. There are several unique avenues for generating marine time series. Fishery records and fish otoliths (used to estimate fish age and growth, akin to tree rings) provide information over interannual to decadal scales. Reconstructions from sedimentary records and coral cores afford insight over centennial and longer time scales.OceanScience.pdf00000003889Ricketts, P.Harrison, P.2007Coastal Mgmt.355-22Coastal ManagementCanada Oceans Action Plan, integrated coastal and ocean management inCanada, Large Ocean Management AreasIn the years since the first Canadian Special Issue of the then Coastal Zone Management Journal in 1983, the development of Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management in Canada has moved at speeds ranging from glacial to hectic. This article presents an overview of this development, and attempts to tie together the various articles in this Special Issue of the Coastal Management Journal. With the passage of the Canada Oceans Act in 1997, the initiation of an Oceans Strategy in 2002, and the development of Phase I of the Oceans Action Plan in 2005, Canada has finally begun to move into the 21st century with a coherent plan for Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management. Furthermore, with its ocean-to-shore perspective on Integrated Management for Large Ocean Management Areas, Canada has an opportunity to take a leading global role in the implementation of a truly integrated, multistakeholder management strategy.CZM_Canada.pdf10000001900Rickman, T. L.Miller, A. H.1995Madison, WisconsinSea Grant Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison34GIS and coastal oceanography, marine GIS, GIS and oceanography, deepsea GISI have the book - 4 copies00000001513Robinson, G. R.1991Intl. Hydrogr. Rev.International Hydrographic Review6839-51GIS and oceanographyRed folder, geography/GIS/general oceanography00000004279RodrÍguez, R. E.2008J. Env. Mgmt.881151-1160Journal of Environmental ManagementIntegrated coastal management; Marine protected area; Coral reef; Tourism; Mexico, MPAThe case of Puerto Morelos reef marine protected area (MPA) provides an example of a community-based marine conservation initiative to protect a coral reef ecosystem. The establishment and maintenance of this MPA had five stages: (a) identification of community leaders who would participate in the project; (b) generation of consensus on the need to protect the reef through discussions among local stakeholders, NGOs and reef scientists; (c) involvement of government agencies in establishing the status of a MPA; (d) take-over of decision-making by centralized governmental agencies; and (e) continuous problem-solving process between the government and stakeholders. Over a 9-year period, the control of the MPA was taken over by government and stakeholders’ participation downgraded from a decision-making to an advice-giving role. Government shortcomings to manage this MPA could be circumvented via collaborative co-management. Given the small population size of the community and strong sense of ownership, there was a high level of participation in the decision-making processes and scientific advisors are present in the area.community_MPA.pdf00000003264Rodríguez-Martinez, R.Ortíz, L. M.1999Ocean Coast. Mgmt.421061-1068Ocean & Coastal Managementcoral reef conservation, sanctuaries, SSE, educationPile of papers under Snoopy paperweight00000002811Ruddle, K.1998Ocean Coastal Mgmt.40105-126Ocean & Coastal Managementmarine resource management, southwest Pacific, MRM, sabbaticalGreen folder - "MRM papers"00000002812Ruddle, K.1998Ocean Coastal Mgmt.4099-103Ocean & Coastal Managementmarine resource management, southwest Pacific, MRM, sabbaticalGreen folder - "MRM papers"00000004318Sahoo, S. S.Sheth, A.Henson, C.2008IEEE Internet Computing12446-54IEE Internet Computingcyberinfrastructure, eScience, MMI, ICAN, CISG, ACM, metadata, XML, making scientific data sets easier to findProvenance information in eScience is metadata that’s critical to effectively manage the exponentially increasing volumes of scientific data from industrial-scale experiment protocols. Semantic provenance, based on domain-specific provenance ontologies, lets software applications unambiguously interpret data in the correct context. The semantic provenance framework for eScience data comprises expressive provenance information and domain-specific provenance ontologies and applies this information to data management. The authors’ “two degrees of separation” approach advocates the creation of high-quality provenance information using specialized services. In contrast to workflow engines generating provenance information as a core functionality, the specialized provenance services are integrated into a scientific workflow on demand. This article describes an implementation of the semantic provenance framework for glycoproteomics.Semantic_Provenance_for_eScience.pdf00000003830Salas, F.Marcos, C.Neto, J. M.Patricio, J.Perez-Ruzafa, A.Marques, J. C.2006Ocean Coast. Mgmt.49308-331Ocean & Coastal Managementbenthic habitat mapping, benthic habitat classification, seafloor mapping, Samoa, Tonga, NOAA, benthic communities, Portugal, SpainExperience demonstrates that none of the available measures on biological effects of pollution should be considered ideal. The use of a single approach does not seem appropriate due to the complexity inherent in assessing the environmental quality of a system. Rather, this should be evaluated by combining a suite of indices providing complementary information. Having this in mind, a key table is proposed in this work with the aim of helping managers and authorities of coastal areas in selecting the most suitable ecological indicators taking into account the type of disturbance and the data available. Such key includes numerous indices based on benthic invertebrate fauna information, because in the case of coastal and transitional waters ecosystems there is a clear preference for benthic communities, which integrate environmental conditions and changes in an a very effective way if we want to monitor long-term responses and site-specific impacts. The development of this key was based not only on theoretical approaches, but also on results from its application using data bases corresponding to different geographical areas (the Mondego estuary, in the North-Western Coast of Portugal, and Mar Menor coastal lagoon, Escombreras basin, and Cabo Tin˜ oso in the South-Eastern coast of Spain). Some recommendations are provided with regard to the most adequate application of the indices, as for example, in what situations it is not advisable the use of some of them, depending on the type of disturbance or the level of taxonomic identification of the organisms.benthic_ecol_indicators.pdf00000002789Sallenger, A. H., Jr.Krabill, W.Brock, J.Swift, R.Jansen, M.Manizade, S.Richmond, B.Hampton, M.Eslinger, D.1999Eos, Trans. AGU80889, 92-93Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Unionairborne laser, USGS, NOAA, airborne topographic mapper (ATM), coastal clearinghouseI have the original journal See also coastal.er.usgs.gov/response/wa-or/00000003687Salmeron, L.Canas, J. J.Fajardo, I.2005Behav. Info. Tech.246471-475Behaviour & Information Technologyontology, controlled vocabulary, MMI, marine metadata, hypertext search, human computer interactionThe facilitative effect of expertise in hypertext information retrieval (IR) tasks has been widely reported in related literature. However, recent theories of human expertise question the robustness of this result, since previous works have not fully considered the interaction between user and system characteristics. In this study, the constraint attunement hypothesis (CAH) is considered in order to predict that the effect of expertise in IR would appear only when the user and system characteristics can be combined successfully. Results from an experiment revealed that expert users outperformed novice users in IR when the elements of a system interface are organized semantically, but not when organized randomly. Results are discussed in the framework of the CAH supporting the interactive nature of human behaviour in HCI.00000003350Salmona, P.2002Ocean Coast. Mgmt.45935-964Ocean & Coastal Managementocean regions, regionalization, regional seas, a regional seas dossierThis paper is meant as introducing A Regional Seas Dossier by giving a view of how the data bank, which the Dossier was based on, was designed and operated. The breakdown on the regional sea management is concerns 149 States of the existing 156 independent States, and 45 no sovereign territories. It is based on a spectrum of national data, including:(i) the extent of the coastal, island and archipelagic State, and that of the non independent spaces; (ii) the population; (iii) the coast length; (iv) the extent of the exclusive economic zone ; (v) the land coastline pressure indicator; and (vi) the coastal human pressure indicator. It consists in tables, maps, and diagrams. First, the methodological features are concisely discussed, then the individual components of the Dossier are presented, and finally the need to implement the information systems on the regional seas, and on the regional scale of ocean management, is emphasised.I have the pdf file - regional_seas_data.pdf00000004024Schuurman, N.2006AAG Annals964726-739review paperAnnals of the Association of American Geographerscritical GIS, formalization, GIScience, ontology, public participation GIS, PPGIS, data models, ontologies, epistemology, critique of GISI have the original journal00000004151Schwering, A.2008Trans. GIS1215-30Transactions in GISsemantic properties, semantic interoperability, geospatialSemantic similarity is central for the functioning of semantically enabled processing of geospatial data. It is used to measure the degree of potential semantic interoperability between data or different geographic information systems (GIS). Similarity is essential for dealing with vague data queries, vague concepts or natural language and is the basis for semantic information retrieval and integration. The choice of similarity measurement influences strongly the conceptual design and the functionality of a GIS. The goal of this article is to provide a survey presentation on theories of semantic similarity measurement and review how these approaches – originally developed as psychological models to explain human similarity judgment – can be used in geographic information science. According to their knowledge representation and notion of similarity we classify existing similarity measures in geometric, feature, network, alignment and transformational models. The article reviews each of these models and outlines its notion of similarity and metric properties. Afterwards, we evaluate the semantic similarity models with respect to the requirements for semantic similarity measurement between geospatial data. The article concludes by comparing the similarity measures and giving general advice how to choose an appropriate semantic similarity measure. Advantages and disadvantages point to their suitability for different tasks.I have the original journal00000003531Shabica, C.2004Sea Technol.451289Sea Technologysoapbox, Great LakesI have the original journal00000004063Shah, A.Treby, E.May, V.Walsh, P.2007Ocean Coast. Mgmt.50859-871Ocean & Coastal ManagementThis article describes how on the MSc Coastal Zone Management (CZM) course a range of teaching strategies have been used to bridge the gap between academia and practice in order to develop students who are well equipped for the workplace. The content and delivery of the course has been guided by practitioners in the field, including placement host and employers, to ensure that skills development is embedded into the curriculum. Examples of best practices are discussed with the view to providing recommendations for postgraduate level courses requiring a fine balance of academic content and vocational relevance.training_CZmgrs.pdf00000004351Shapshak, M.2008Directions MagazineSeptember 29, 2008online articleDirections Magazinesemantic properties, semantic interoperability, semantic web, ontology, Spain, virtual reality, augmented realityThe CINeSpace project in Spain combines semantic technology with a GIS augmented reality device to immerse tourists in an area's cultural heritage by transporting the user to the past through the use of multimedia archives. A rentable mobile device combines a PDA-type device with a GIS interface displayed on a touch screen to help users navigate and select multimedia content, as well as video binoculars to create the augmented reality effects. GPS is used to establish a user's position within approximately 10 meters. Markerless optical tracking, which uses algorithms to compare reference images of real objects to images captured in real time to produce the current location and orientation, is then used to establish a more defined location. Next, inertial tracking is used by mathematically integrating the equations of motion to find the current position from acceleration data provided by integrated circuit accelerometers. Lastly, additional orientation information from solid state accelerometers measures the direction of the force created by the earth's gravitational field on microscopic cantilevers. An electronic three-dimensional compass provides the orientation of the device relative to the earth's magnetic field. These methods allow the device to provide position and orientation information so historical film clips can be layered over the real world to create an altered reality. A challenge in creating the device is the need to allow the user to access a wide variety of geo-referenced information while making the device small and portable, and allowing the user to annotate information in an efficient manner. To address needs, a novel semantic GIS technology has been developed at Tracasa SA, called GeoConcepts ontology.geosemantic_visualizer.pdfhttp://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2885&trv=100000002976Sharman, G.Metzger, D.Campagnoli, J.Butler, T.Berggren, T.Divins, D.Steele, M.1998Surv. Land Inf. Sys.583141-146Surveying and Land Information Systemsmarine and coastal GIS, oceanography and GIS, special issue, marine geophysics, marine geologyCardboard bin, "Reprints c. 1999"30000002250Sherin, A. G.Edwardson, K. A.1995Third Thematic Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal EnvironmentsSeattle, WashingtonCIS, entity relationship, SPOT satellite imageryRed folder, general GIS00000002741Sherman, D. J.1988Geogr. Rev.782116-118Geographical Reviewcoastal and marine geography, CoMaPurple folder, "Sherman 1988-'95"00000002745Sherman, D. J.1991Nat. Geog. Res. Explor.74442-452National Geographic Research & Explorationcoastal and marine geography, CoMa, gravel beaches, storm and swell, sediment transportPurple folder, "Sherman 1988-'95"00000002742Sherman, D. J.1995Mar. Geol.124339-349Marine Geologycoastal and marine geography, CoMaPurple folder, "Sherman 1988-'95"00000002743Sherman, D. J.Bauer, B. O.1993Geomorph.7225-249Geomorphologycoastal and marine geography, CoMaPurple folder, "Sherman 1988-'95"00000002744Sherman, D. J.Bauer, B. O.1993Prog. Phys. Geog.174413-447Progress in Physical Geographycoastal and marine geography, CoMa, sediment transport, morphodynamics, sediment budget, characteristic formPurple folder, "Sherman 1988-'95"30000002748Sherman, D. J.Bauer, B. O.Carter, R. W. G.Jackson, D.McCloskey, J.Davison-Arnott, R. G. D.Gares, P. A.Jackson, N. L.Nordstrom, K. F.1994COASTAL DYNAMICS '94 ProceedingsBarcelona, SpainWaterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Division/ASCE1476-487coastal and marine geography, CoMaPurple folder, "Sherman 1988-'95"30000002750Sherman, D. J.Bauer, B. O.Gares, P. A.Jackson, D. W. T.1996Coastal Engineering 1996 Proceedings, 25th International ConferenceOrlando, FloridaCoastal Engineering Research Council/ASCEChapter 3264214-4226coastal and marine geography, CoMaPurple folder, "Sherman 1988-'95"00000002747Sherman, D. J.Lyons, W.1994Phys. Geog.154381-395Physical Geographycoastal and marine geography, CoMa, coastal dunes, coastal geomorphology, beach state, beach modelingPurple folder, "Sherman 1988-'95"00000002749Sherman, D. J.Nordstrom, K. F.Jackson, N. L.Allen, J. R.1994J. Coastal Res.102297-305Journal of Coastal Researchcoastal and marine geography, CoMa, micro-tidal beach, estaurine beach, fluorescent-tracer sands, high-energy beaches, wave-based model, cross-shore sediment transport, turbulence, swashPurple folder, "Sherman 1988-'95"00000002746Sherman, D. J.Orford, J. D.Carter, R. W. G.1993Sedimentol.401139-1152Sedimentologycoastal and marine geography, CoMa, beach gravels, sediment transportPurple folder, "Sherman 1988-'95"00000003591Shi, W. Z.Ehlers, M.Molenaar, M.2005Int. J. Remote Sensing26142911-2916International Journal of Remote Sensinguncertainty, teaching, GEO 580, remote sensingSARA Alert as of 9/25/05 This issue contains: Cover p. 2909 URL of article: http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=K750611687357G23 Uncertainties in integrated remote sensing and GIS p. 2911 W. Z. Shi, M. Ehlers, M. Molenaar URL of article: http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=W4L176V4Q7X13609 Multivariate texture-based segmentation of remotely sensed imagery for extraction of objects and their uncertainty p. 2917 Arko Lucieer, Alfred Stein, Peter Fisher URL of article: http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=U577331226251326 Complexity metrics to quantify semantic accuracy in segmented Landsat images p. 2937 Alfred Stein, Kirsten de Beurs URL of article: http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=U38524727L454687 Quality assessment for geo-spatial objects derived from remotely sensed data p. 2953 Qingming Zhan, Martien Molenaar, Klaus Tempfli, Wenzhong Shi URL of article: http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=V6606742K430X030 Landscape structure assessment with image grey-values and object-based classification at three spatial resolutions p. 2975 E. Ivits, B. Koch, T. Blaschke, M. Jochum, P. Adler URL of article: http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=W01624G66L87V05P Estimating and accommodating uncertainty through the soft classification of remote sensing data p. 2995 M. A. Ibrahim, M. K. Arora, S. K. Ghosh URL of article: http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=U6Q33R3QU1090152 Improving land cover change estimates by accounting for classification errors p. 3009 P. A. J. van Oort URL of article: http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=KUJ33402U88L2535 Reasoning about changes of land covers with fuzzy settings p. 3025 X. M. Tang, W. Kainz, Y. Fang URL of article: http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=J91Q58U1278X255T Spatial knowledge databases as applied to the detection of changes in urban land use p. 3047 T. Y. Chou, T. C. Lei, S. Wan, L. S. Yang URL of article: http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=H237H78500R6WP8Q Estimating the propagation error of DEM from higher-order interpolation algorithms p. 3069 W. Z. Shi, Q. Q. Li, C. Q. Zhu URL of article: http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=G762X5563114043P Error propagation analysis of DEM-based drainage basin delineation p. 3085 J. Oksanen, T. Sarjakoski URL of article: http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=W5764766J18652W2 Modelling uncertainties related to movements of objects through signatures p. 3103 E. Besdok, H. M. Palancioglu90000002663Sitarz, D.1994Carbondale, IllinoisEarthPress321HD 75.6 .A37 1994ocean GIS, coastal/marine GIS, GIS and oceanography, island GIS, UN, sustainable development00000002139Smith, A.1994Ocean & Coastal Mgmt.25153-62Ocean and Coastal ManagementSamoa00000003292Smith, C. L.2002Ocean Coast. Mgmt.45357-375Ocean & Coastal ManagementOregon Coastal Atlas, OCA, watersheds, salmon restoration, Clean Water ActInstitutional mapping is a technique that builds on the logic of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). In GIS, coverages placed over a base map show spatial relations. Social institutions are more difficult to ‘‘map’’ physically. Institutional mapping uses three social coverages—scale, power, andcapital. Four sets of institutions affecting watershed management —salmon restoration, water quality improvement, forest management, andland -use planning—illustrate the institutional mapping process. Analysis indicates that water quality institutions under the Clean Water Act (CWA) have a slightly higher ranking on scale, power, andcapital. Based on these rankings, CWA requirements are predictedto have greater potential for improving watershed health in coastal settings than institutions associated with salmon restoration, forest management, or land-use planning. The differences are not large, and overlapping goals for protecting salmon, improving water quality, sustainable forest management, and effective land-use planning institutions offers the strongest prospect for improved watershed health.I have the pdf file - OR_coastmgt.pdf (in NSF-->OCA)00000002142Smith, E. R. A. N.Garcia, S. R.1995Ocean & Coastal Mgmt.26141-56Ocean and Coastal ManagementI have the original journal00000000294Smith, R. C.Bidigare, R. R.Prézelin, B. B.Baker, K. S.Brooks, J. M.1987Mar. Biol.Marine Biology96575-591Light blue binder, Miscellaneous tectonics, computer applications, oceanography00000000187Smith, R. C.Prézelin, B. B.Bidigare, R. R.Baker, K. S.1989Limnol. Oceanogr.Limnology and Oceanography3481524-1544physical/biological oceanographyBrown notebook, Geog. 104 Study Guide Readings, Summer 1991 Light blue binder, Miscellaneous tectonics, computer applications, oceanography00000002901Solomon, S. M.Forbes, D. L.1999Ocean Coast. Mgmt.42523-554Ocean & Coastal ManagementSSEBlue folder, SSE Papers00000002904South, G. R.Veitayaki, J.1998Ocean Coast. Mgmt.41103-113Ocean & Coastal ManagementSSEBlue folder, SSE Papers00000003930Spalding, M. D.Fox, H. E.Allen, G. R.Davidson, N.Ferdana, Z. A.Finlayson, M.Halpern, B. S.Jorge, M. A.Lombana, A.Lourie, S. A.Martin, K. D.McManus, E. Molnar, J.Recchia, C. A.Robertson, J.2007BioScience577573-583BioScienceecoregions, marine biogeography, mapping, marine protected areas, MPA, representative conservation, Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW), Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs)marine_ecoregions.pdfwww.lme.noaa.gov/Portal/00000002377Staff1997ArcNews19115ArcNewsGIS and oceanography, ESRI, Arc/INFO, ArcView, Marine Resource Information System (FMRIS), decision makingI have the original journal00000004183Staub, P.Gnögi, H. R.Morf, A.2008Trans. GIS122193-208Transactions in GISI have the original journal00000003538Steel, B.Lovrich, N.Lach, D.Fomenko, V.2005Coastal Mgmt.33137-51Coastal Managementpublic knowledge, information sources, policy attitudes, Pacific Ocean fisheries, marine resource management, OCA, Pew Oceans CommissionOur findings support the assumption made by the authors of the Pew Oceans Commission report that increasing public awareness and knowledge of highly technical and complex issues such as ocean and coastal ecology will lead to enhanced public support for the efforts needed to restore the biological health of the oceans (Pew Oceans Commission, 2003, 92). The principal finding of this study is that knowledge holding, as measured by both self-assessed familiarity with key terms and concepts involved in ocean and coastal resource management public policy discussions and performance on a “quiz” testing for command of factual information, makes a major difference in the expression of support for ocean and coastal resource protection. The impact of knowledge holding is both direct and independent of sociodemographic characteristics.I have the pdf file - oce_pub_knowl.pdf00000003821Steel, B. S.2006Sea Technol.47745-48Sea TechnologyK-12, literacy, Pew Oceans Commission, terms, surveysThe state of the American public's knowledge on ocean policy issues.I have the original journal00000003800Stegman, P. M.Foley, D. G.King, C.Schwing, F. B.Price, H.Bograd, J.Palacios, D. M.2006Eos, Trans. AGU8714137, 142Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Unionoceanic habitat map, satellites, remote sensing coastal zone management, CZM, oceanic fronts, upwelling, pelagic, biogeographydestinations for tourists as well as for a large population who now reside year-round near coasts and whose size is predicted to grow steadily. Along with rapid growth in recreational and commercial marine activities, this increase in coastal development also brings issues related to urban runoff, water quality, beach access, and marine ecosystem health. All of these factors contribute to an increase in pressure on the living marine biota found in coastal waters. Coastal managers are therefore faced with the dual task of conserving and protecting marine resources as well as allowing for multiple uses within nearshore waters. A beneficial tool that has yet to be routinely integrated in discussions between regional planners and various stakeholders is a data map depicting representative oceanic conditions of coastal and adjacent waters. Classifying the state of the pelagic realm provides much needed information when deliberating such issues as the creation of marine reserves.satellite_CZM_habitat.pdf00000003207Stevens, T.2002Coastal Mgmt.30237-248Coastal Managementconservation, marine protected areas, MPA, sanctuaries, SSE, habitat classification, mapping, representativeI have the pdf file - mpa_design.pdf00000002113Stewart, I.Vita-Finzi, C.1996Geophys. Res. Lett.23141853-1856Geophysical Research LettersfaultsI have the original journal20000003748Stockdon, H. F.2006College of Oceanic & Atmospheric SciencesCorvallis, OROregon State UniversityHolman, R. A.Doctoralnearshore processescoastal changelidarhurricanesrunupsetupswashHurricanesBarrier islandsShorelinesCoast changesGeophysical predictionThe longshore variability of the coastal response to hurricanes may be examined within the framework of a storm-impact scaling model that compares spatially-variable beach morphology and fluid forcing. The relative elevations of dune height and storm-induced water levels are used to define three impact regimes (swash, collision, and overwash), within which the magnitudes and processes of sediment transport are expected to be unique. Maximum total water-levels are modeled as the sum of astronomical tide, storm surge, and wave runup. The 2% exceedence level for runup, the sum of wave setup and swash, is calculated using a parameterization found to be accurate to 38 cm (rms error) based on comparisons to 491 data runs from ten field experiments. Techniques have been developed to extract accurate (15-cm rms) and detailed measures of large-scale coastal morphology and change from high-resolution topographic laser altimetry (lidar) surveys, allowing for quantification of relevant dune heights as well as the magnitudes and patterns of shoreline, dune, beach slope, and beach volume change in response to hurricanes. Based on the relative elevations of modeled hurricane-induced water levels and lidar-derived measures of pre-storm (1997) dune morphology, the potential impact regimes for Hurricanes Bonnie (1998) and Floyd (1999) were defined at 20-m increments along a 70-km stretch of coast in Onslow Bay, North Carolina. Comparisons to the observed impact regime, quantified from calculations of dune erosion and overwash deposition, indicate that the predictive accuracy of the model was 55.4%, an improvement over the 33.3% accuracy associated with random chance. Regime-specific model sensitivity was highest within the overwash regime (86.9%), decreasing to 55.8% and 1.5% in the collision and swash regimes, respectively. Shoreline and beach volume change in response to the storms were spatially-variable: the standard deviation of change was the same order of magnitude as the mean. Magnitudes of coastal change scaled with the observed impact regime. Beach volume change within the overwash and collision regimes was over two times greater than that within the swash regime. Little recovery was observed in overwashed locations where sand was transported inland and removed from the nearshore system. Here, the volume of sand removed from the beach was balanced by that in the overwash deposits.http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/dspace/handle/1957/193000000003812Strain, L.Rajabifard, A.Williamson, I.2006Mar. Pol.30431-441Marine PolicyMarine environment; Spatial data infrastructures; Marine cadastre, MIDA, CMRC, coastal atlas, OCAThis paper reviews the emergence of the spatial dimension of marine and coastal zone administration, and examines several initiatives around the world that contribute to this idea. Spatial data have been recognised as an important resource to improve decision-making and resource management in both the land and marine environments in terms of sustainable development. Many countries are developing Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) to improve access and sharing of spatial data, however, most of these initiatives stop at the coastline. Recently, global and regional activities such as the 3rd United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the Sustainable Development Strategy for the Seas of East Asia (SDS-SEA) have brought to international attention the importance of effective administration of the marine and coastal environments.Strain2006MarinePolicy.pdf00000001369UNOLS Coastal Oceanography Subcommittee1994Sea TechnologySea Technology35621-29Operations more complex, more intense than "blue water" spell need for small, high capability vessels; in U.S., regional differencesI have the original journal00000003178Sui, D. Z.2001Annals AAG914779-780Annals of the Association of American Geographerscoastal management, geographic information science, GISci, representation of space and timeI have the original journal my Annals paper referenced!00000004345Sui, D. Z.2008Comp. Env. Urban Sys.3211-5editorialComputers, Environment and Urban Systemsneogeography, map sharing, VGI, volunteered geographic information, Web 2.0, privacy, GIS, GIScience, geographic information scienceFor better or worse, recent development and applications of geospatial technologies have often been linked to Hollywood celebrities. Regardless of the legal merits, Barbara Streisand’s lawsuit against the director of the California Coastal Records project (www.californiacoastline.org) has helped raise the awareness among the general public about the potential invasion of individual privacies due to the increasing use of high resolution remote sensing imageries and aerial photographs (Sui, 2006). Recent stories involving another Hollywood celebrity – Angelina Jolie – signal a new episode in the development of GIS, which I believe deserves more serious attention by all of us in the geospatial community.wikification_GIS.pdf00000003265Suman, D.Shivlani, M.Milon, J. W.1999Ocean Coast. Mgmt.421019-1040Ocean & Coastal Managementcoral reef conservation, sanctuaries, SSE, marine reserves, MPAs, marine protected areas, zoning, harvest refugia, public outreach, information disseminationPile of papers under Snoopy paperweight00000003353Summerhayes, C.2002Ocean Coast. Mgmt.45777-796Ocean & Coastal Managementocean regions, regionalization, regional seas, a regional seas dossierThe Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) is a system of organization providing a framework for the ocean observing activities of the world and the organizations, programmes and projects that support them. GOOS is a tool designed to provide information required to meet the needs of a wide user community. It may be used to increase the effectiveness of the regional seas programme in meeting its targets, and to help regional fisheries bodies to implement an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management. GOOS will be implemented by national agencies operating individually or with others through regional agreements of various kinds. Several nations with common interests in particular seas have already combined their efforts into regional GOOS bodies. To a large extent these map onto the UNEP regional sea areas, to which they are complementary. GOOS implementation began in 1998, and efforts are underway to make it useful to UNEP’s regional seas programme.I have the pdf file - GOOS.pdf00000002587Suter, J. R. Mossa, J.Penland, S.1989Mar. Geol.9031-37Marine Geologyshoreline erosion, coastal and marine geographyManilla folder "Mossa"00000002353Working Group on Sea Level Rise and Wetland Systems1997Eos, Trans. AGU7825257, 260-261EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical UnionI have the original journal00000004308Takken, R.2008GEOInformatics11554-55GEOInformaticsmashup defined, spatial data infrastructure, SDI, NSDI, Google Earth, INSPIRE, GML, OGCIs there a clear winner between Google Earth mashups and formal SDIs? The consensus for now seems to be that they are complementary. "And when it comes to public sector data, this will only ever be meade available viat the official SDISs, since only the public sector (in the foreseeable future) will have access to their data."I have the original journal in hardcopy and a special pdf (i.e., all articles in same pdf, but with no cutting and pasting allowed)00000004398Thompson, M. H.Dumont, C. P.Gaymer, C. F.2008Ocean Coast. Mgmt.51727-739Ocean & Coastal Managementspatial data infrastructures, SDI, data sharing, marine protected areas, marine reserve, standardsThis paper addresses the current lack of internationally recognized standards for quality management practices in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). The application of the ISO 14001 standard for environmental management systems to MPAs can provide a flexible and adaptive management system that can be integrated with existing MPA management practices as a standardized quality management process designed for the continuous improvement of MPA management. The paper provides a framework for applying ISO 14001 to MPAs and discusses the results of a practical case study in northern Chile wherein ISO 14001 was used as a benchmark for evaluating and improving the proposed management plan for a Chilean marine reserve. This paper attempts to address the current lack of internationally recognized standards for quality management practices for MPAs. It is proposed that because the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a global leader in both quality (ISO 9000) and environmental (ISO 14000) management standards, the application of the ISO 14001 standard for environmental management systems to MPAs can provide a flexible and adaptive management system which can be integrated with existing practices as a standardized quality management process designed for the continuous improvement of MPA management. To build a case for ISO 14001 to be used as a global standard for MPA management, the following examines the adoption of ISO as a global standard, the international collaborative effort that was undertaken to develop the ISO 14001 standard, and its wide range of applications; including an in-depth examination of the standard’s application to terrestrial protected areas management. Subsequently, a theoretical framework is provided for applying ISO 14001 to MPA management by comparing it to and integrating it with existing MPA management guidelines. Finally, the results of a practical case study are presented wherein ISO 14001 was used as a benchmark for evaluating and improving the proposed management plan for a newly created Chilean marine reserve.MPA_ISO.pdf00000003247Thumerer, T.Jones, A. P.Brown, D.2000Int. J. Geog. Inf. Sci.143265-281International Journal of Geographical Information ScienceGIS and oceanography, change detection, coastal GIS, erosion, shoreline mapping, sea level rise, decision support system, Oregon Coastal Atlas (OCA), MRMPile of papers under Snoopy paperweight00000004292Tikunov, V. S.Ormeling, F.Konecny, M.2008Int. J. Digital Earth13279-290International Journal of Digital Earthweb GIS? web atlas, coastal web atlas, CWA, atlas; information system; geographical names; SDI implementation; ICAN, International Coastal Atlas NetworkAbstract National and international programs dealing with spatial data infrastructures (SDI) made it possible to compile a uniform digital base and a universal toolkit for the integrated description of territories on global to national scales. Atlas information systems (AIS) are considered to be an integrating tool for diverse information resources (modelling, visualisation and analysis), as well as for the elaboration of various scenarios and the possible development of alternatives for such complex systems as those of nature-society-economy. As there is an increased use of digital maps at spatial data infrastructures all aspects related to geographical names are of particular importance in this application of AIS to SDI. It is important to realise a toponymic project, dealing with place-names and their variants depending on the language and time period when a specific place-name was used. The layer of geographical names is considered to be one of the three most important data components of AIS.AIS.pdf00000004203Tolvanen, H.Kalliola, R.2008Ocean Coast. Mgmt.516485-494Ocean & Coastal Managementcoastal GIS, ICAN, web atlases, GIS and oceanographyIn coastal areas different views, strategies, policies, practices and technologies about digital spatial data need to be viewed comprehensively. We propose a structured approach to enhance the use of geographical information in coastal applications in three different levels. The building of a Coastal Geographic Information System involves a clear determination of the specific information needs and user groups that correspond to the coastal area in question, and furthermore their evaluation prior to the actual implementation of the system. Second, primary coastal data can be effectively converted into coastal knowledge through enhanced conceptualisation, data combinations and spatial modelling, gaining better spatial data contents to facilitate research, administration and management. Third, Coastal Spatial Data Infrastructures should be promoted to facilitate inter-institutional collaboration and information sharing. The structured approach is presented using the case of the southwest Finnish archipelago coast as an example area.structured_GI_CZM.pdf00000004103Tomai, E.Prastacos, P.Kovouras, M.2007Trans. GIS116873-888Transactions in GISSDI, coastal atlas, Oregon coastal atlas, OCA, CMRC, NSDI, ontology, ontologies, integrating ontologies, population density, thematic mapsI have the original journal00000003831Tran, K. C.2006Ocean Coast. Mgmt.49367-383Ocean & Coastal Managementpublic knowledge, information sources, policy attitudes, public perception, coastal GIS, coastal communities, MexicoMany development projects are undertaken in communities where the local inhabitants have little or no input to the planning and implementation of such projects. Encouraging the active participation of local communities in development projects, through capacity-building and environmental education, has become a major objective of sound development programmes. We have successfully included the local community of Holbox Island, Quintana Roo State, Mexico in our programme for long-term monitoring of coastal pollution in and around their Island. Here we report the progress made by different sectors of the Holbox community over a four-year period during which they have become increasingly responsible for the scientific and technical aspects of assessing water quality. A face-to-face, structured survey was used to evaluate attitudes and perceptions with regard to coastal water pollution and other development issues that concern the Holbox Island community. People in Holbox identified coastal pollution, coastal erosion and garbage dumping as major environmental concerns and have acquired a good level of awareness about the causes and consequences of these issues. Our results also indicate that the public has an improved understanding of the interrelationship between their own behaviour, and that of others, and these environmental issues. Our contribution in the Holbox Island has made a positive step towards providing the local community with essential knowledge regarding environmental, development and social issues, thereby enabling them to become actively involved in the environmental conservation of their island. Continuing efforts in capacity-building and environmental education aim to provide the local community with the knowledge and skills that are necessary for making appropriate choices for the preservation and development of Holbox and the surrounding ecosystems. In the long term, the local community will not only be able to contribute directly to on-going development projects, but will also be in a better position to participate with government agencies in the decision-making process.public_perception_island.pdf00000004258Tripathi, A.Babaie, H. A.2008Comp. Geosci341022-1033Computers & GeosciencesICAN, International Coastal Atlas Network, ontologies, super ontology, upper level ontology, SWEET for hydrogeologyUpper-level ontologies comprise general concepts and properties which need to be extended to include more diverse and specific domain vocabularies. We present the extension of NASA’s Semantic Web for Earth and Environmental Terminology (SWEET) ontologies to include part of the hydrogeology domain. We describe a methodology that can be followed by other allied domain experts who intend to adopt the SWEET ontologies in their own discipline. We have maintained the modular design of the SWEET ontologies for maximum extensibility and reusability of our ontology in other fields, to ensure interdisciplinary knowledge reuse, management, and discovery. The extension of the SWEET ontologies involved identification of the general SWEET concepts (classes) to serve as the super-class of the domain concepts. This was followed by establishing the special inter-relationships between domain concepts (e.g., equivalence for vadose zone and unsaturated zone), and identifying the dependent concepts such as physical properties and units, and their relationship to external concepts. Ontology editing tools such as SWOOP and Prote´ge´ were used to analyze and visualize the structure of the existing OWL files. Domain concepts were introduced either as standalone new classes or as subclasses of existing SWEET ontologies. This involved changing the relationships (properties) and/or adding new relationships based on domain theories. In places, in the Owl files, the entire structure of the existing concepts needed to be changed to represent the domain concept more meaningfully. Throughout this process, the orthogonal structure of SWEET ontologies was maintained and the consistency of the concepts was tested using the Racer reasoner. Individuals were added to the new concepts to test the modified ontologies. Our work shows that SWEET ontologies can successfully be extended and reused in any field without losing their modular or reference structure, or disrupting their URI links.SWEET_ext.pdf00000003203Tripathi, N. K.Rao, A. M.2002Int. J. Remote Sensing2361013-1025International Journal of Remote Sensingspectral reflectance, Indian Remote Sensing satellite LISS, turbidity influence, bathymetry, coastal management, multi-spectral scannerI have the pdf file - india_bathy.pdf00000002900Tsaymenyi, T.1999Ocean Coast. Mgmt.42465-481Ocean & Coastal ManagementSSEBlue folder, SSE Papers00000002718Turner, A. K.1998GeoWorld111134GeoWorldoceanography and GIS, beach mapping with airborne lasers, hurricane observations from satellitesI have the original journal00000003347Tutangata, T.Power, M.2002Ocean Coast. Mgmt.45873-884Ocean & Coastal ManagementAmerican SamoaThe Pacific Islands community is committed to protecting the quality of life of its people and the integrity of the environment with which island life is inextricably intertwined. It would, however, be impossible for Pacific Island Countries to cope individually with the common regional issues and the increased impact of global climate and economic problems. The support of the various regional organisations, strengthened further by inter-agency collaboration under the Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific is critical to success. Use of a regional approach to develop strategic responses to issues has many advantages: sharing of high investment or establishment costs for capital intensive activities; augmenting capacity or capability constraints that arise in small populations, economies of scale in the provision of centralised training services; better formulation of policies or activities that have transboundary ‘‘spill-over’’ or ‘‘mutually reinforcing’’ impacts; and most critically—a stronger voice in global fora.I have the pdf file - pac_isle_govern.pdf00000003841UCa, Z. D.Sunar Erbek, F.Kusak, L.Yasa, F.Oezden, G.2006Int. J. Remote Sensing27173739-??International Journal of Remote SensingCoast changes, coastal geomorphology, coastal remote sensing, OCA, Oregon Coastal Atlas,no pdf at this time, but should in Valley Lib e-holdings00000002973Urbanski, J. A.1999Int. J. Geog. Inf. Sci.137723-730International Journal of Geographical Information Sciencecoastal GIS, oceanography and GIS, teaching, GEO 580Cardboard bin, "Reprints c. 1999"00000003251Vallega, A.2000Ocean Coast. Mgmt.43277-290Ocean & Coastal Managementeducation, network learning, oceanography, teaching, MRMPile of papers under Snoopy paperweight00000003348Vallega, A.2002Ocean Coast. Mgmt.45721-760Ocean & Coastal ManagementregionalizationEssentially, this paper aims at considering how the ocean regionalisation may be implemented focusing on the principle of sustainable development, on the subsequent criteria designed by the inter-governmental organisation framework, and on the approaches from the scientific literature. In this respect, a model is proposed, according to which two main stages are identified: (i) the stage of the modern approach to the ocean, which was operated by the modern society and was supported by the culture of modernity; (ii) the stage of the postmodern approach, which has been triggered by the converging inputs from the changes in society andnature. The watershedbetween these two stages may be locatedin the 1970s. The investigation may be carriedout considering a triangular relationship between (i) the changing ocean reality (ontological dimension), (ii) the representation of this reality (semiological dimension), and (iii) the building up of signified, consisting in theories, meta-theories and values (epistemological and ethical dimensions). In this framework, special relevance is attributedto the interaction between science and policy. Moving from this basis, how ocean regionalisation hadbeen conceivedby oceanography, geography andlaw is consideredfocusing on the implications that have arisen in terms of ocean management. Analysis is essentially focusedon three questions: (i) how much the conceptual implications of the approach to the ocean regional scale have been underestimated, andhow ample the political consequences have been; (ii) why the political designs referring to this spatial scale of the ocean, which have been carrying out since the 1970s, have been marked by a lack of consistency of the legal framework with the prospect of operating sustainable management programmes; (iii) whether, and what kind of, discrepancy has solidified between the legal framework, provided by the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS),I have the pdf file - ocean_regions.pdf00000003351Vallega, A.2002Ocean Coast. Mgmt.45925-934Ocean & Coastal Managementocean regions, regionalization, regional seas, a regional seas dossierThis paper is meant as introducing A Regional Seas Dossier on the regional seas by sketching some cardinal considerations that maybe deduced from the data, maps and diagrams, which the Dossier consists in. First, a stage-based view of the spatial diffusion process triggered bythe ocean management programmes on the regional scale is provided. Shifting from this basis, an essential view of the geographical coverage of the regional programmes is designed, in so paving the wayto consider the human pressure, which the individual regional seas are subject to. Finally, some crucial issues are presented, including the need (i) to integrated the management of the national and international waters covered bythe individual programme, (ii) to optimise the institutional arrangements which the individual programme is based on, (iii) to co-ordinate the regional programmes, particularlywhere there overlap an individual sea; and (iv) to use the individual sea programmes or action plans to co-ordinate coastal management on the regional scale.I have the pdf file - regional_seas.pdf00000003729Van de Vlag, D.Vasseur, B.Stein, A.Jeansoulin, R.2005Int. J. Geog. Inf. Sci.19101057-1072International Journal of Geographical Information Scienceproblem ontology, product ontology, quality issues, fitness for use, accuracy assessment, coastal movement, object determinationI have the original journal00000004088Van Kouwen, F.Dieperink, C.Schot, P.Wassen, M.2008Coastal Mgmt.3619-34Coastal Managementdecision support systems, integrated coastal zone management, knowledgeutilization, policy support, stakeholder participation, tools, NOAA SARPThe use of Decision Support Systems (DSSs) in Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) has declined since the 1990s. In this article we investigate the opportunities for enhancing the applicability of ICZM-DSSs by considering the following research questions: (1) “What DSS functionalities are important for ICZM decision-making?” and (2) “which of these functionalities are part of present-day ICZM-DSS tools?” The first question has been answered by a literature survey. We identified knowledge- and process-related ICZM challenges and DSS functionalities that may help in meeting these challenges. For the second question, a selection of ICZM-DSS tools has been evaluated. The study shows none of the tools have all of the identified functionalities. The tools support either problem structuring/exploration or impact assessment while none of the tools manages to combine these functions. The implications for both DSS users (coastal managers) and DSS developers are discussed.CZM_DSS.pdf90000004386Waddell, J. E.Clarke, A. M.2008Silver Spring, MDNOAA/NCCOS Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment’s Biogeography Team569coral reef, Coral Reef Ecosystem Data-Gathering Activities and Resource Condition Water Quality and Oceanographic Conditions Benthic Habitats Associated Biological Communities Current Conservation Management ActivitiesThis report is the third in an ongoing series of assessments of the condition of coral reef ecosystems in the United States and Pacific Freely Associated states, and the second report to focus specifically on summarizing the results of coral reef ecosystem monitoring activities carried out by federal, state, territorial, commonwealth, private, academic, and non-governmental partners (Figure A). The chapter authors, who are scientists and managers directly involved in local efforts to conserve and monitor coral reef ecosystems, present data describing the status of water quality, benthic habitats, and the coral reef-associated biological communities and evaluate the impacts of thirteen major threats to coral reefs identified in the National Coral Reef Action Strategy (NOAA, 2002). The authors then briefly summarize the current conservation management activities being implemented in the 15 jurisdictions and provide conclusions and recommendations for future action. This edition of the report also contains a chapter describing some of the many National Level Activities that contribute to coral reef conservation and a National Summary chapter that is based on a questionnaire completed by the local report coordinators and/or writing team members. Much of the work presented in this document has been funded by NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP). More information about CRCP activities is available at http://www.coralreef.noaa.gov/. CRCP support complements funding from many of the other federal, state, territorial, commonwealth, and non-governmental partners who participated in this effort. Thus this report has been made possible through the collective efforts of many organizations.Samoa_Latest--> State_of_Corals_Report2008.pdf and Am_Samoa_Corals_NOAA.pdfhttp://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/coral2008/landing.html http://www.coralreef.noaa.gov http://www.coris.noaa.gov00000004336Waldrop, M.2008Nature45522-25September 4, 2008Naturesemantic web, content management, data managementPioneering biologists are trying to use wiki-type web pages to manage and interpret data, reports. But will the wider research community go along with the experiment? Alexander Pico remembers just when the idea hit him. In January 2007, he and his boss, Bruce Conklin, were discussing how to push their software tool for visualizing intracellular signalling pathways to the next level of interactivity — when Pico blurted out, “What we really need is a wiki!”Big_Data --->big_data_wikiomics.pdfhttp://www.nature.com/news/specials/bigdata/index.html00000003305Wang, Y.Bonynge, G.Nugranad, J.Traber, M.Ngusaru, A.Tobey, J.Hale, L.Bowen, R.Makota, V.2003Mar. Geod.261-235-48Marine GeodesyGIS and oceanography, special issue on marine and coastal GIS, LIDAR, satellite image, classification, coastal mappingI have the pdf file - mangroves.pdf00000004285Weible, C. M.2008Coastal Mgmt.364350-373Coastal Managementcoalitions; implementation; Marine Life Protection Act; marine protected areas; marine reserves, marine sanctuaries, coral reefs, larval dispersal, SSEThe first attempt to implement the 1999 California Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) to establish marine protected areas (MPAs) ended contentiously in 2002. The initial MLPA process is examined by a statutory analysis and an analysis of stakeholder network relationships and beliefs. The failure of the initial MLPA process can be understood by a combination of factors: (i) Insufficient financial support from the California State government; (ii) Unclear, unranked and inconsistent statutory objectives; (iii) The application of a science-based process that excluded affected stakeholders; (iv) Implementing officials who lacked expertise in designing and managing political processes; and (v) A community of stakeholders who were polarized into coalitions of proponents and opponents of MPAs. The article concludes by discussing limitations of its methods and analysis and by offering strategies for learning from policy failures.implementing_CA_MPA.pdf70000000743West, N.1989Gaile, G. L.Willmott, C. J.Geography in AmericaColumbus, OhioMerrill Publishing Company141-15400000004006Wiegand, N.Garcia, C.2007Trans. GIS113355-376Special issueTransactions in GISThis paper presents a task-based and Semantic Web approach to find geospatial data. The purpose of the project is to improve data discovery and facilitate automatic retrieval of data sources. The work presented here helps create the beginnings of a Geospatial Semantic Web. The intent is to create a system that provides appropriate results to application users who search for data when facing tasks such as emergency response or planning activities. In our task-based system, we formalize the relationships between types of tasks, including emergency response, and types of data sources needed for those tasks. Domain knowledge, including criteria describing data sources, is recorded in an ontology language. With the ontology, reasoning can be done to infer various types of information including which data sources meet specific criteria for use in particular tasks. The vision presented here is that in an emergency, for example, a user accesses a Web-based application and selects the type of emergency and the geographic area. The application then returns the types and locations (URLs) of the specific geospatial data needed. We explore the abilities and limitations of the OWL Web Ontology Language along with other Semantic Web technologies for this purpose.I have the original journal Geospatial_Semantic --> task-based.pdf00000003307Wilber, P.Iocco, L. A.2003Mar. Geod.261-249-61Marine GeodesyGIS and oceanography, special issue on marine and coastal GIS, sedimentation, bathymetry, dredging, borrow pits, New York harborI have the pdf file - NYharbor_bathy.pdf00000001834Wilson, J. D.1995Earth Observation MagazineEarth Observation Magazine4718-21SDTS, NGDC, NSDI, data management, data copyrightMappers square off in the debate over government dominance of the geospatial data infrastructureBlue folder, geography/GIS00000003466Wilson, N.2004Int. J. Geog. Inf. Sci.184389-416International Journal of Geographical Information Sciencedata fusionI have the original journal00000003426Wood, N. J.Good, J. W.2004Coastal Mgmt.32243-269Coastal Managementearthquake, Cascadia, GIS, hazards, Pacific Northwest, ports, tsunami, coastal hazard GIS, OCAI have the pdf file - coastal_hazard_GIS.pdf00000004352Wright, A.2008Comm. ACM511014-15Communications of the ACM, Association of Computing MachinerySemantic Web, deep web, semantic crawlers, DataNet, deep web services, SOA, cyberinfrastructure, semantic deep webWhile the Semantic Web may be a long time coming, Deep Web search strategies offer the promise of a semantic Web. he Web is bigger than it looks. Beyond the billions of pages that populate the major search engines lies an even vaster, hidden Web of data: classified ads, library catalogs, airline reservation systems, phone books, scientific databases, and all kinds of other information that remains largely concealed from view behind a curtain of query forms. Some estimates have pegged the size of the Deep Web at up to 500 times larger than the Surface Web (also known as the Shallow Web) of static HTML pages. Researchers have been trying to crack the Deep Web for years, but most of those efforts to date have focused on building specialized vertical applications like comparison shopping portals, business intelligence tools, or top-secret national security projects that scour hard-to-crawl overseas data sources. These projects have succeeded largely by targeting narrow domains where a search application can be fine-tuned to query a relatively small number of databases and return highly targeted results. Bringing Deep Web search techniques to bear on the public Web poses a more difficult challenge. While a few high-profile sites like Amazon or You- Tube provide public Web services or custom application programming interfaces that open their databases to search engines, many more sites do not. Multiply that problem by the millions of possible data sources now connected to the Web—all with different form-handling rules, languages, encodings, and an almost infinite array of possible results— and you’re have one tough assignment. “This is the most interesting data integration problem imaginable,” says Alon Halevy, a former University of Washington computer science professor who is now leading a Google team trying to solve the Deep Web search conundrum.searching_deep_web.pdf see also Geller, 200890000002766Wright, D. J.Bartlett, D. J.2000Fisher, P.Raper, J.Research Monographs in Geographical Information SystemsLondonTaylor & Francis320GC10.4.R4 M37 2000GIS and oceanography2nd printinghttp://dusk.geo.orst.edu/book/00000003309Wright, D. J.O'Dea, E.Cushing, J. B.Cuny, J. E.Toomey, D. R.2003Mar. Geod.261-273-86Marine GeodesyGIS and oceanography, special issue on marine and coastal GIS, web GIS, computational environment, mapping and exploration, seafloor-spreading, midocean ridges, interdisciplinary sciencedusk.geo.orst.edu/vrv90000004196Wu, S.Yang, L. T.Li Xu, T.2008Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5036, Third International Conference, GPC 2008, Kunming, China, May 25-28, 2008, ProceedingsBerlin/HeidelbergSpringer503610.1007/978-3-540-68083-3978-3-540-68081-9semantic web, cyberinfrastructure Grid computing presents a new trend in distributed computing for coordinating large-scale heterogeneous resource sharing and problem solving in dynamic, multi-institutional virtual organizations. Grid computing not only can be used for distributed supercomputing massive data processing, but can also be a common platform and way for utility and service computing. It covers mainframes or supercomputers as well as more powerful personal computers and even small and smart devices, ranging from personal digital assistants to unseen chips in our cars, appliances and telephones. Projecting this trend into the future, we envision an explosion of interconnected high-performance computers and smart devices that can make our research and daily lives easier and more productive. Grid and Pervasive Computing (GPC) is an annual international conference on the emerging areas of merging grid computing and pervasive computing. GPC provides a high-profile, leading-edge forum for researchers and engineers alike to present their latest research in the field of grid computing and pervasive computing. This year there were 184 paper submissions from all across the world. All the papers were reviewed by at least two referees from the conference’s Technical Program Committee or by external reviewers. In order to allocate as many papers as possible and keep the high quality of the conference, we finally decided to accept 45 papers, representing an acceptance rate of 24%. We believe that all of these papers and topics not only provided novel ideas, new results, work in progress and state-of-the-art techniques in this field, but also stimulated future research activities in the area of grid and pervasive computing. This conference was a result of the hard work of very many people such as external reviewers, Program and Technical Committee members. We would like to express our sincere thanks to everyone involved. Ultimately, however, the success of the conference will be judged by how well the delegates participated, learnt, interacted and established contacts with other researchers. The committees provided the venue and created the environment to allow these objectives to be achieved, ensuring that the conference was an outstanding success.PDF_Journal_articles --> Grid_Pervasive_Computing_eBook Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Grid and Pervasive Computing (GPC 2008) which was held in Kunming, Yunnan, China, May 25–28, 2008.00000004293Yang, C.Li, W.Xie, J.Zhou, B.2008Int. J. Digital Earth13259-278International Journal of Digital EarthDigital Earth; DGIP; interoperability; cyberinfrastructure; ontology; semantic search; ICAN, International Coastal Atlas Network, prototype, CWA, coastal web atlas?This paper introduces a new concept, distributed geospatial information processing (DGIP), which refers to the process of geospatial information residing on computers geographically dispersed and connected through computer networks, and the contribution of DGIP to Digital Earth (DE). The DGIP plays a critical role in integrating the widely distributed geospatial resources to support the DE envisioned to utilise a wide variety of information. This paper addresses this role from three different aspects: 1) sharing Earth data, information, and services through geospatial interoperability supported by standardisation of contents and interfaces; 2) sharing computing and software resources through a GeoCyberinfrastructure supported by DGIP middleware; and 3) sharing knowledge within and across domains through ontology and semantic searches. Observing the long-term process for the research and development of an operational DE, we discuss and expect some practical contributions of the DGIP to the DE.dgip-ijde folder00000002178Yazici, A.Buckles, B. P.Petry, F. E.1995Int. J. Expert Sys.8177-91International Journal of Expert Systemsdatabases, data models, data manipulation languages, visual languages, expressive powerGreen folder, general geography/GIS30000001736Yuan, M.1995SSD '95 Proceedingsdata model, GIS, knowledge acquistion, semanticsManilla folder, geography/GIS00000001735Yuan, M.submittedInt. J. Geographical Info. Sys.International Journal of Geographical Information Systemsdata model, GIS, knowledge acquistion, semanticsManilla folder, geography/GIS10000004163Yuan, M.Hornsby, K. S.2008UCGISBoca Raton, FloridaCRC Press1121-4200-6032-5UCGIS research agendaUCGIS workshop, geovisualization, visualization, visual analytics, spatiotemporal analysis and modeling; spatiotemporal visual analytics; spatiotemporal data mining; spatiotemporal reasoning; and spatiotemporal ontologies.Building upon the success of the workshop on Geospatial Data Mining and Visualization held in 2003, the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) is hosting this workshop to bring together leading researchers from multiple disciplines to discuss next-generation computation and visualization models needed for the understanding of dynamics in geographic domains. The workshop is sponsored by geospatial intelligence communities. Participants will be selected from UCGIS member institutions to join representatives from an array of government agencies to discuss visions, challenges, and research needs in the topical area. In addition to plenary sessions, breakout-group meetings, and open-space discussions, the workshop will invite representatives from the intelligence community to demonstrate current uses of spatiotemporal information technologies and elaborate on needs for further developments. The workshop is expected to deliver two books: one on the research and development agenda and another to address broader issues and research challenges on the topical area. Possible topics for consideration at the workshop include (but are not limited to): spatiotemporal analysis and modeling; spatiotemporal visual analytics; spatiotemporal data mining; spatiotemporal reasoning; and spatiotemporal ontologies.I have the original bookhttp://www.ucgis.org/dynamics_workshop/30000001734Yuan, M. Mark, D.1994Proceedings of the 14th Annual ESRI User ConferencePalm Springs, CAESRI1179-1191data model, GIS, knowledge acquistion, semanticsManilla folder, geography/GIS00000004278Zagonari, F.2008J. Env. Mgmt.88796-804Journal of Environmental ManagementIntegrated coastal management; Top–down approach; Community-based approach; Dynamic economic model, ICZM, ICANIn this paper, a dynamic model is developed in which coastal quality can be improved, restored, or maintained by two distinct user groups; this is done by identifying a context that ensures an increase (or a greater increase) in coastal quality in terms of specific features that characterise the user groups. The results demonstrate that integrated coastal management is always better than non-integrated management. Moreover, when there is a low degree of interest in maintaining the coastal use over time, only integrated community-based (CB) coastal management will increase the coastal quality. Even when the interest in maintaining the coastal use over time is high, an integrated CB approach is preferred if the willingness to pay for coastal improvements is great and the marginal inefficiency of investments in coastal improvements is low, because the coastal quality improves to a greater extent; if not, only an integrated top–down (TD) approach to coastal management will increase the coastal quality. These results suggest that developing countries should always adopt a CB approach; in contrast, developed countries should adopt a CB approach where local stakeholders attach direct values to the coastal quality, and adopt a TD approach where the general population attaches indirect (option or existence) values to coastal quality.ICZM_community_based.pdf00000002902Zann, L. P.1999Ocean Coast. Mgmt.42569-590Ocean & Coastal ManagementSSEBlue folder, SSE Papers00000004401Zhao, P.Di, L.Yu, G.Yue, P.Wei, Y.Yang, W.2008Comp. Geoscidoi:10.1016/j.cageo.2008.03.013Computers & Geosciencessemantic web, Ontology, Web Service, Service Chain, Scientific WorkflowEarth and space science research and applications typically involve collecting and analyzing large volumes of geospatial data much of which is derived from other existing data by applying a scientific workflow. Such a step-by-step process can be viewed as a process of geospatial knowledge transformation which often involves hypotheses, inferences and integrations to derive user-specific data products from the knowledge of domain experts. Our research is focused on reducing the transformation effort by providing component inference and integration tools. The Semantic Web envisions a new standardized information infrastructure to enable interoperable machine-to-machine interactions and automatic or semi-automatic service chaining for deriving knowledge over networks. This paper describes a generic framework and implementation of how the Semantic Web proceeds through the life cycle of geospatial knowledge transformation, from geospatial modeling (knowledge formalization), through model instantiation (service chain) to model execution (data product). Our approach relies on semantic integrations. A number of ontologies used to capture domain knowledge are introduced in this paper as the basis of knowledge bases for describing and reasoning geospatial data and services. Also, a semantically-enabled geospatial catalog service is described to enable more effective discovery, automation and integration of geospatial data and services.semantic_web_knowl.pdf70000004355Zhao, T.Zhang, C.Wei, M.Peng, Z. R.2008Cova, T. J.Miller, H. J.Beard, K.Frank, A. U.Goodchild, M. F.Geographic Information Science: 5th International Conference, GIScience 2008Berlin and HeidelbergSpringer-VerlagLecture Notes in Computer Science 5266370-392Lecture Notes in Computer ScienceGeographic Information Science: 5th International Conference, GIScience 2008, Park City, UT, USA, September 2008, Proceedings3-540-87472-0ontology, controlled vocabulary, ICAN, transportation90000004198Zhou, Q.Lees, B.Tang, G.2008Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography 5021, 5th European SemanticWeb Conference, ESWC 2008, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, June 1-5, 2008, ProceedingsBerlin/HeidelbergSpringer462 pp.978-3-540-77799-1Digital Terrain Modelling, GIS, Geomorphometry, Hydrologic Modelling, Terrain AnalysisTerrain analysis has been an active study field for years and attracted research studies from geographers, surveyors, engineers and computer scientists. With the rapid growth of Geographical Information System (GIS) technology, particularly the establishment of high resolution Digital Elevation Models (DEM) at national level, the challenge is now focused on delivering justifiable socio-economical and environmental benefits. The contributions in this book represent the state-of-the-art of terrain analysis methods and techniques in areas of digital representation, morphological and hydrological models, uncertainty and applications of terrain analysis.PDF_Journal_articles --> advances_terrain_analysis.pdf00000003794Zibordi, G.Melin, F.Berthon, J.-F.2006Geophys. Res. Ltr.33L06617doi:10.1029/2006GL025778Geophysical Research Lettersremote sensing, ocean color, ocean opticsSeaWiFS, MODIS and MERIS remote sensing radiometric products were assessed using in situ data collected at a coastal site in the northern Adriatic Sea from May 2002 to September 2005. The analysis was restricted to satellite and in situ data taken within one hour interval to minimize the effects of temporal variability of atmosphere and seawater around the measurement site. The comparison of SeaWiFS and MODIS normalized water-leaving radiances with in situ values showed averages of relative percent difference varying from 0% to 9% in the 443–555 nm spectral range. Higher values ranging from +15 to +42% were observed for the MERIS data in the equivalent spectral range (i.e., 443–560 nm).seawifs_modis.pdf