REFLECTING
      ABOUT DATA

                                         Plan Bothnia


Manuel Frias
5th HELCOM-VASAB MSP Workgroup meeting                     DG MARE

14.9.2012                                           www.planbothnia.org
WHAT TO DO WHEN    IDEAS THAT CAN BE   IS IT POSSIBLE TO
THERE IS NO DATA?       EXPORTED         HARMONIZE DATA?




         ?
WHAT TO DO WHEN
THERE IS NO DATA?




                    ?
Where is the shipwreck?
Problem 1: Data does not exist




                                 Maritime Archaeology @ University of Southern DK's
Dick Jensen
IDEAS THAT CAN
 BE EXPORTED
Make it
OPEN
Whenever possible!
Make it
CLEAR
  Think design for
better understanding
IS IT POSSIBLE TO
 HARMONIZE DATA?
Yes, it is!
WHAT TO DO WHEN       IDEAS THAT CAN BE           IS IT POSSIBLE TO
 THERE IS NO DATA?          EXPORTED                 HARMONIZE DATA?




              ?


                      Why not sharing whenever
Data does not exist                              Take into account INSPIRE
                             possible?


          ?


    Data exists                                   Luckily we have HELCOM
                       Design for clarifying
   but not shared

         ©
Thank you!




Manuel Frias
manuel.frias@helcom.fi

Reflections on data collection in Plan Bothnia project