Marine Data and Information Partnership (MDIP)

A partnership of public and private sector organisations working to provide harmonised stewardship and access to marine data and information, and so facilitate improved management of the seas around the UK. MDIP is part of OceanNET and is operated by the Inter-Agency Committee on Marine Science and Technology (IACMST)

 

Forum on Data and Information Issues in Maritime Heritage

Thursday 12th July at IMAREST, 80 Coleman St, London EC2R 5BJ


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Meeting Background
National  (e.g. Heritage Protection Review White Paper in England and Wales), European (e.g. EU Maritime Policy Green Paper) and other international actions directed at delivering and improving marine environmental management serve to focus attention on how historic environment interests are included within spatial data systems.  Obligations already exist for analysis of the historic environment (palaeo-environmental characteristics and wrecks of boats, ships and aircraft) within EU Directives for Strategic Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Assessments, but broader scale analysis of what constitutes the historic environment will be necessary to inform marine spatial planning as may be provided through the Marine Bill White Paper.

This forum aims to consider these issues and also to hold a wider discussion how historic environment information is captured and presented as spatial data and the associated co-ordination and qualification of records between holders of data e.g. the UK Hydrographic Office, Maritime and Coastguard Agency (e.g. navigational hazards), the national historic environment records maintained by respective UK heritage bodies and other charting organisations.

Forum agenda

Morning Session

Meeting Background and Objectives

 Chris Pater (English Heritage)pdf
Working to Improve Access to Marine Data and Information: The work of MEDAG and MDIP

Lesley Rickards and David Cotton (MEDAG and MDIP) MEDAG presentation pdf MDIP presentationpdf
Reconciling inconsistencies between maritime National Monuments Record (NMR) and the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) datasets Vir Dellino-Musgrave  and  Gareth Watkins (English Heritage) presentation pdf abstract pdf
Integration of historic environment data and AML data Anthony Firth (Wessex Archaeology) presentation pdf abstract pdf
Marine Environmental Assessment on the site of the Royal Anne Galley designated wreck site Jon Rees (CEFAS) pdf
Data archiving practice in the Maritime Heritage sector Stuart Jeffrey  (Archaeological Data Services) pdf
The Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF) project Vir Dellino-Musgrave  and  Gareth Watkins (English Heritage) presentation pdf abstract pdf
Afternoon  Session  

Fulfilling Royal Warrants to record Maritime Heritage

Deanna Groom (Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales) presentationpdf abstract pdf
Data management and availability of Channel Coastal Observatory Data

Travis Mason (Channel Coast Observatory) pdf

Afternoon Breakout Discussions
Topics for discussion included:

  1. The relevance of historic environment data gathering to general approaches to delivering marine environmental management.
  2. What data gathering is done at present and how can system be optimised to derive most benefit.
  3. What are current practices in Maritime Heritage Sector with regard to data management, data policy, and generating metadata data? Is there scope / resources to bring them into line with MDIP recommendations?
  4. Are there common needs for spatial data layers?
  5. The INSPIRE Directive: What are the implications for the way that information about the historic environment is made available?

Summary of discussions and forum recommendations