The document discusses the history and development of the HELCOM data sharing system, highlighting its evolution from its inception in 1974 to current initiatives aimed at ensuring open access to environmental and traffic data. It emphasizes the importance of collaboration with European data institutions and the need for user-friendly systems to facilitate data accessibility and visualization. Overall, the document captures the vision of a regional data infrastructure that supports transparent planning processes.

1. PartiSEApate Spatial Data Infrastructure and
Network Building for MSP
Manuel Frias
Hamburg, 15th October 2013
HELCOM Data
Present and future
David.Asch

2. HELCOM Data sharing system
is very young
Victor Frias Ahlbäck

3. 2002
Baltic Atlas
1995
HELCOM starts
showing maps:
Grid Arendal
2004
HELCOM Data and
Information Strategy
2004
MARIS
2005
Nutrient
2006
COMBINE
2008
Finally a
download
option!
2010
Updated
version
HELCOM Data
brief history
Helsinki
convention
signed
1974 2013

4. What HELCOM Data?
Dave Herholz

5. Environmental data

6. Traffic
Data relevant
for MSP?
(and more...)

7. Underwater
archeology
(And more...)

8. Main target resolution:
REGIONAL

9. HELCOM collaborates with other
European data institutions

11. MSFD Data and Information
Knowledge Exchange
Libertic

12. HELCOM Data’s
Philosophy
Ed Menendez

13. OPEN AND FREE
HELCOM Data’s mantra
Brittney Bush Bollay

14. WHY?
“All HELCOM monitoring data should be openly accessible…”
HELCOM Data and Information Strategy (2004)
”Planning processes should be open and transparent”
”Data should be openly accessible”
HELCOM-VASAB MSP principles (2010)

18. Challenges
Mooi Hsieh

19. Those time consuming
data flows
Brenda Anderson

20. We need user-friendly systems
And better access to data
Paul Inkles

21. Data visualization –
room for improvement

22. We have
a dream
UIC Digital Collections

23. A world where all
data is compatible
Kyknoord

24. A painless downloading
and uploading
John Trainor

25. Data can be
viewed in all
devices
Clemens Löcker

26. You
I would like a regional data
system to be ____________
To be continued...
VASAB