This document describes a proposed web-based marine use management system for small communities. [1] The system would allow First Nations bands and government proponents to enter marine planning proposal data and map their locations. [2] It would generate automated reports by querying internal and external spatial datasets. [3] The reports would include maps and tables to help local managers with marine planning and decision making. The goal is to provide access to up-to-date geospatial data while keeping local traditional knowledge securely within communities.

1. A WEB-BASED, FEDERATED,
WEB- FEDERATED,
MARINE USE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
FOR SMALL COMMUNITIES
Charles Burnett1,3, Dan Cardinall2, Rosaline Canessa3,
Craig Outhet4, Patrick Hayes1
[1]Geomemes, [2]Coastal First Nations,
[1]Geomemes, 53° 25 27.85" N 129° 15' 02" W
Hartley Bay, Gitga’at First Nation Territory
[3]UVic CORAL and [4]NCSFNSS
[3]UVic http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1335165

2. 1. Referrals: a catch all term for engagement
between BC First Nations and government
(consultation/ accommodation)
2. e-Referrals: emailed PDFs… database access?
3. Consultation Protocols: being signed…
Wawa
4. Local Knowledge: TEK, TUS, Arch, Toponyms,
L/MUP Zones & Policies, CED, photos, m-media,…
5. GeoBC: BC Government storehouse and server for
spatial data
6. Federated: connected system of equals, e.g. servers
7. CMS: Content Management System
8. Drupal: A versatile web-based CMS
9. WFS: Web Feature Service – an Open Geospatial
Consortium map layer sharing standard
10.CIS: Community Information System

3. Band Chief Councillor: Referrals Manager: School Teacher:
“I need CED “I need a pay-per- “I need access to Fisheries Officer:
(“referrals”) reports consultation system the maps and “I need a
3 with summary, maps,
and to track staff multimedia files to (spatialized)
analysis, communications time spent on each teach our culture.” system to record
highlights.” proposal/project.” environmental
data.”
Teenager:
“I want to access to Cultural Expert:
GIS Technician: some community data, “I need a better way
CED Staffer: “I’m swamped and calendars, blogs, job of doing interviews
“I need a better way to need help, but we lists and our elections and for digitizing our
track consultation. Data have no $$ for information.” TUS/TEK/Arch data.”
entry tasks are rotten!” training.”

4. Information Flow 1. Proponents/government enter proposal (referrals) data
2. Proponents/government map proposal (web-map or
Shapefile upload), …submits
3. System send email with account information (Proponent may
edit)
4. Local manager reviews “information package”, …requests
more information, system sends email
5. Proponent edits proposal form, …re-submits
6. Local manager reviews and accepts data and sends form
letter: “12 business days”
7. Local manager generates report…
1. System asks other systems for map data
2. Runs queries against internal and external data
3. Generates maps and tables
8. Local manager emails report to decision-makers
X. Proposal moves towards “active engagement” (consultation)
System harvests/stores emails

5. 5

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7. PRJ Proponent/government uploads
Shapefile
Reports
Federated CIS
System calculates bounding box
and sends for data layers
Gets vector data and attributes
from GeoBC, CORAL (e.g. Oil
Spill Dataset), NCSFNSS
Gets vector data and attributes
from local layers (Arch, TUS)
Many spatial queries
Report = maps
and tables

8. 1. Local Knowledge stays securely in the community
2. Up-to-date and detailed base map layers come
from outside sources
Summary
3. Basic reports generated automatically
4. Map layers available to community’s full GIS
5. CIS created using Linux, Drupal, Open Layers,
PostGIS, etc. (key = open standards)
Future…
1. What are the key spatial datasets for marine
planning?
2. …for day-to-day marine (co-)management?
3. GeoBC ready for WFS and DB access?
4. Live data feeds… Field staff uploads…

9. Plugs
Workshop: “Mapping for Health Research”
Monday 15 March 2010 in Port Hardy with
Fiona Lawson, VIHA
http://mapping4health.eventbrite.com/
Workshop: “Drupal & Mapping” ICT Summit
Also: Referrals systems comparison
http://www.ictsummit.ca/
Coastal Guardian Watchmen Network
http://www.coastalguardianwatchmen.ca/

10. 10
Now to the ...Demo!
Slides PDF Available:
http://www.slideshare.net/cnburnett/a-webbased-
federated-marine-use-management-system-for-small-
communities
www.geomemes.com
(rhymes with “geo themes”)
Presented 10 February 2010 at the 1st Barkley Sound Knowledge Symposium