[Seavox] CoastGIS'07, MOTIIVE Project results and INSPIRE Implementing Rules

[Roger Longhorn]

Note that initial results of the MOTIIVE project will be presented at 
CoastGIS'07 in Santander, Spain, 8-10 October 2007.

Please also note that the conference once again will include papers and 
presentations on advances globally regarding coastal and marine Spatial 
Data Infrastructures.

By the date of the conference, the initial Metadata and Data 
Specifications draft INSPIRE Implementing Rules will be available from 
the European Commission's INSPIRE Drafting Teams. We will take the 
opportunity of CoastGIS'07 to present these drafts and perhaps convene a 
workshop (if there is sufficient interest from participants) to discuss 
the specifications, examine the ramifications of the Implementing Rules 
for those organisations based in EU Members States, and prepare feedback 
to the Commission from the coastal/marine GIS community via EUCC - The 
Coastal Union - who are one of the registered INSPIRE SDICs (Spatial 
Data Interest Communities) in the marine/coastal information arena.

BE WARNED!  According to Article 9 of the INSPIRE Directive, 
Implementing Rules, including those for data and metadata, become 
legally binding on those public organisations based in EU Members 
States, who must legally adopt the rules not later than 2 to 5 years 
following the date the INSPIRE Directive comes into force, which will be 
mid-March 2007. Thus, for 'hydrograhpic' and 'protected areas' datasets 
(Annex I data), this is March 2009 and for bathymetry, coastline (Annex 
II) and all other marine, oceanographic, coastal (including ICZM) data, 
by March 2013. If you or your organisation are unsure what this means in 
practice - and  in law! - be sure to attend CoastGIS'07 to learn more.

Please pass this information on to your colleagues and feel free to post 
to related SDI or marine/coastal information web sites and e-mail lists. 
Thank you in advance for supporting CoastGIS.

Kind regards

Roger Longhorn
ral at alum.mit.edu
CoastGIS Conference Executive Committee
MOTIIVE Project Steering Committee Leader
Information Policy Advisor, Advisory Board, EUCC - The Coastal Union

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COAST GIS 07: GIS TECHNOLOGIES AND SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURES FOR THE
INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF COASTAL ZONES AND THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

The organizing committee invites you to attend CoastGIS 07, the 8th 
International Symposium on GIS and Computer Mapping for Coastal Zone 
Management. The conference will take place in Santander, Spain, between the
8th and the 10th of October, 2007.   

This is the eighth of a series of conferences with an important 
international scope (up to 30 countries from all continents). The CoastGIS
conferences began in 1995, and the last host was the city of Wollongong,
Australia, during which over 80 papers were presented. Other important
venues have been Cork in Ireland, Aberdeen in Scotland, Brest in France,
Halifax in Canada and Genoa in Italy. 

Over 200 professionals from the GIS and/or coastal management fields are 
expected to attend, representing a wide range of academic, governmental and
commercial interests.  The main objective of this conference is to create a
meeting place in which the most relevant issues and the newest breakthroughs
in GIS applications for littoral and marine environments will be tackled by
internationally renowned experts. 

For more information: www.coastgis07.com 

Or contact the organizers at: 

Tel: +34 942 202055 
Fax: +34 942 201860 
garrigamc at unican.es 


 



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