CoastGIS’99: geomatics and coastal environment
ensure that they are in a position to take full advantage of the potential
of the Internet as technology advances, by ensuring an integrated and
forward looking approach.
The workshop identified a clear need for change if the UK is not to fall
behind other countries and jeopardise its role as a trading nation. However,
considerable effort has already been invested in addressing many of the
issues that arose as a result of the workshop. There are a number of recent
projects which have proven successful, or provided lessons that can be learnt,
a handful of which have been mentioned in this paper. It is important
to build on the successes of these initiatives, and consider best practice
models from both within the UK and worldwide.
It is encouraging that many of these recommendations confirmed those
identified by national initiatives such as the Greenwich Project, as well
as on a European scale, for example by the EU Demonstration Programme’s Study on Integrated Management in Coastal Zones (Doody
et al., 1998) and by the Info-Coast’99 Symposium. The next step is
to ensure that we begin to address these issues in an integrated, coordinated and proactive manner.
Bibliogaphic references
Doody J.P., Pamplin (i.E, Gilbert C., Bridge L.,1998. European Union
Demonstration Programme on Integrated Management in Coastal
Zones, Thematic Study F - Information required for integrated
coastal zone management. Report to the European Environment
Agency, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Franklin F.L., Hurrell V.L. (Comp.), 1999. Integrated mapping of the
UK marine and coastal zone - the way forward. Report of a MAFFsponsored workshop held at CEFAS Lowestoft Laboratory on June
1999- CEFAS Lowestoft, 56 p.
Heeps C., Willis A. (eds), 1999- CoastNet. The Bulletin of the Coastal
Heritage Network, 4(1), p. 8, Spring.
Info-Coast’99- Report of the I st European Symposium on Knowledge and
Information Management for the Coastal Zone, The Netherlands.
Lee A.J., Ramster J.W. (Comp.), 1981. Atlas of the Sea around the
British Isles. MAFF London, 75 maps (unpaginated).
Millard K., Sayers P., 1999. Maximising the Use and Exchange of
Coastal Data - a guide to best practice. Construction Industry
Research and Information Association (CIRIA), Research Project
RP58 4, Draft, June.
Ordnance Survey and United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, 1993.
Langstone Harbour to Pagham Harbour, The Solent - Sheet 4.
1:25 000 Prototype map.
OST (Office of Science and Technology), 1999- The Greenwich Project
- A Strategy for the Development of the Nation’s Marine Information Industry. Dep. Trade and Industry, London.
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ensure that they are in a position to take full advantage of the potential
of the Internet as technology advances, by ensuring an integrated and
forward looking approach.
The workshop identified a clear need for change if the UK is not to fall
behind other countries and jeopardise its role as a trading nation. However,
considerable effort has already been invested in addressing many of the
issues that arose as a result of the workshop. There are a number of recent
projects which have proven successful, or provided lessons that can be learnt,
a handful of which have been mentioned in this paper. It is important
to build on the successes of these initiatives, and consider best practice
models from both within the UK and worldwide.
It is encouraging that many of these recommendations confirmed those
identified by national initiatives such as the Greenwich Project, as well
as on a European scale, for example by the EU Demonstration Programme’s Study on Integrated Management in Coastal Zones (Doody
et al., 1998) and by the Info-Coast’99 Symposium. The next step is
to ensure that we begin to address these issues in an integrated, coordinated and proactive manner.
Bibliogaphic references
Doody J.P., Pamplin (i.E, Gilbert C., Bridge L.,1998. European Union
Demonstration Programme on Integrated Management in Coastal
Zones, Thematic Study F - Information required for integrated
coastal zone management. Report to the European Environment
Agency, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Franklin F.L., Hurrell V.L. (Comp.), 1999. Integrated mapping of the
UK marine and coastal zone - the way forward. Report of a MAFFsponsored workshop held at CEFAS Lowestoft Laboratory on June
1999- CEFAS Lowestoft, 56 p.
Heeps C., Willis A. (eds), 1999- CoastNet. The Bulletin of the Coastal
Heritage Network, 4(1), p. 8, Spring.
Info-Coast’99- Report of the I st European Symposium on Knowledge and
Information Management for the Coastal Zone, The Netherlands.
Lee A.J., Ramster J.W. (Comp.), 1981. Atlas of the Sea around the
British Isles. MAFF London, 75 maps (unpaginated).
Millard K., Sayers P., 1999. Maximising the Use and Exchange of
Coastal Data - a guide to best practice. Construction Industry
Research and Information Association (CIRIA), Research Project
RP58 4, Draft, June.
Ordnance Survey and United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, 1993.
Langstone Harbour to Pagham Harbour, The Solent - Sheet 4.
1:25 000 Prototype map.
OST (Office of Science and Technology), 1999- The Greenwich Project
- A Strategy for the Development of the Nation’s Marine Information Industry. Dep. Trade and Industry, London.
64