The IODE International Coastal Atlas Network (ICAN) project is a community of practice of organizations with a mission to share experiences and to find common solutions to Coastal Web Atlas (CWA) development. With more than 60 member organizations around the globe, ICAN can harness expertise across a wide range of specialties that include spatial data management, web map services, networking, coastal management, ocean remote sensing, and coastal policy. A major goal of ICAN is to help build a functioning digital atlas of the worldwide coast based on the principle of shared distributed information and global-level operational interoperability. ICAN promotes and encourages an increase in coastal and marine data sharing among policy makers and resource managers through the strategic use of CWAs. Participants seek to play a leadership role in forging international collaborations of value to the participating nations and organizations, thereby optimizing regional governance in coastal zone management. Since 2013 ICAN members have collaborated and shared ideas with the GEOSS in support of the goals of the Coastal Zone Community of Practice.. To foster this and other like-minded global projects, ICAN provides training and software for CWA implementation and serves as host for informed discussion. Among its achievements are a handbook on coastal informatics and CWA development, an interoperability portal, training guides on best practices, and numerous workshops.

1. Greg Reed – Australian Ocean
Data Centre
Marcia Berman – Virginia Institute
of Marine Science (USA)
Ned Dwyer – EurOcean (Europe)
Kathrin Kopke – University
College Cork (Ireland)
International Coastal
Atlas Network

2. The aim is to be a global reference for the
development of coastal/marine web
atlases (CWAs)
ICAN goal is to lead, influence, guide and
inform, in a coherent manner, on matters
related to development and use of
coastal/marine web atlases
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ICAN in a Nutshell

3. “A collection of digital maps and datasets with
supplementary tables, illustrations, and
information that systematically illustrate the
coast, oftentimes with cartographic and
decision support tools, all of which are
accessible via the Internet.”
(O’Dea et al., 2007)
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What is a Coastal Web Atlas?
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Local, National, Regional atlases
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5. Supporting coastal and marine atlas
developers and users
since 2006
~ 70 organisations from 15 + countries
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Extensive Membership
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6. Alaska Coastal Mgmt
NOAA MMC
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A Sample of the Members
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Some Recent Achievements
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8. • Principles of atlas design
• Case Studies around the world
• CWA Management and
Governance issues
http://ican.science.oregonstate.edu/handbook
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Guidelines for Developers
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9. ICAN cookbook series
• Understanding Semantics
• Understanding Metadata
• CSW with GeoNetwork
• Connecting your Atlas
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http://ican.science.oregonstate.edu/en/node/615
Guidelines on Interoperability
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10. • ICAN held several workshops on user
interaction at ICAN 4 2009, ICAN 5 2011 and
ICAN 6 2012
• CWA developers need to know how Atlases will
be used
• Diverse and vast experience with atlas user
communities is dispersed within ICAN
• Aim to pull this knowledge together
Guidelines on User Interaction
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11. • ICAN is developing a User Interaction Guide
• For new Atlas developers and existing Atlas hosts
• To benefit from best practice examples and to
acquire capacity to manage data and information in
a user friendly environment
• For more information contact Kathrin Kopke –
k.kopke@ucc.ie
Guidelines on User Interaction
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12. Newsletters
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13. Connect individual coastal atlases to an
integrated global atlas
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The ICAN Interoperability Portal v3.0
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14. Multilingual
Open Source tools
Complimentary
ArcGIS Online via IODE
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Web Atlas Tools Development and Support
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Training is a key ICAN activity
Ocean Data and Information Networks
• Africa
– African Marine Atlas Workshops
– MSP workshop, Cape Town, 2015
• Latin America
– Caribbean Marine Atlas workshops
– SPINCAM – Southeast Pacific
workshops and exchanges
• Canada
– COINAtlantic, CSW and Ontologies
Workshop, Halifax, 2014
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16. • Cork - 2006
• Corvallis - 2007
• Copenhagen - 2008
• Trieste - 2009
• Ostend -2011
• Victoria - 2013
• Cape Town - 2015
Regular Member Workshops
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Networking and Outreach
Participate in numerous workshops and conferences
• Caribbean Marine Atlas 2, 2013, 2014
• Coastal Zone Community of Practice (CZCP) Core Group
Meeting, USA, 2013
• SciDataCon, India 2014
• ESRI Ocean GIS Forum, USA, 2014
• 2nd International Ocean Research Conference Spain, 2014
• SPINCAM Steering Meeting & workshops, 2013,2014
• Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Stakeholder Engagement
Forum, USA, 2014
Have also engaged with Coastal Zone Community of Practice
(CZCP)
• ICAN attended CZCP Core Group Meeting, USA, 2013
• ICAN has supported CZCP related grant proposals
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18. ICAN enhances collaboration and knowledge sharing
on development and use of web tools to improve coastal
and marine data & information access
http://ican.science.oregonstate.edu/
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Conclusion
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