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Distributing Data Ownership: The Northwestern Geospatial Data Network. Don Morgan Ministry of Forests Todd Glover Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks. ___________________________________________________________________________________

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  1. Distributing Data Ownership: The Northwestern Geospatial Data Network Don Morgan Ministry of Forests Todd Glover Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  2. Distributing Data Ownership: The Northwestern Geospatial Information Network Don Morgan Ministry of Forests Todd Glover Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  3. Distributed Data RTE ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  4. Distributed Ownership ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  5. Land Based Decision Making • Property Ownership • Resource Extraction • Land Claims • Tax Assessment • Economic Investment • Biological Conservation • Community Water Supply • Risk from Fire ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  6. Data about the Land • Custodial Data - Corporate Data - Local Data • Who has the DATA: • Government agencies - • Forests - forest cover • Environment, Lands and Parks - terrain data • Surveyor General - cadastral data • Mines - mineral tenures • Federal Gov - forest insect distributions • First Nations - land use data • Forest Companies - development plans • Mining companies, Environmental groups, …………. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  7. What happens in this arrow?? Make a Decision??? Data Data Data Data Data Data ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  8. Data Data Data Data Data Data Make a Decision??? Knowledge Information ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  9. Information Forest Health Fire Hazard Timber Harvesting Land Base Wildlife Habitat ……... ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  10. Knowledge Uncertainty of Fire & Insects Forest Harvest Levels Species at Risk Silvicultural Investment ……. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  11. US and THEM US Them ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  12. THEM and US US Them ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  13. WE US US ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  14. Geospatial Information Network Data Distribution & Information Distribution Where we are! How to Evolve? ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  15. Where we are! MoF Northwest Data Centre: Don Morgan Technical manager Ruth Edwards Administrative manager GIS group: Ken Bush, Loretta Kent, Tiemin Sheng, Cheryl MacMillan, Wren Gilgan MELP Skeena Region GIS: Johanna Pfalz GIS and Data Coordinator GIS Group: William Elliott, Trisha Jarrett, James Warren • Location: • Regional Headquarters in Smithers. • Combined geographic extent of Skeena Environment Region and Prince Rupert Forest Region: 1/3 of province’s land base. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

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  17. Multi-Agency Land Management • Agency specific decision making • Both agencies require the same data for making decisions: • e.g. Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification • MELP - wildlife habitat zones • MoF - forest yield projections • Shared decision making • Legislated cooperation - Forest Practices Code • Land & Resource Management Plans • Forest Development Planning • Landscape Unit Planning • Timber Supply Review ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  18. Data Warehousing • Data Warehouse: • Information repository of published data, distributed through an organization: • Organizes information • Collects (publishes) data from variety of sources, including online operational systems • Distributes information • Data has custodianship • Data is stored non-redundantly ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  19. Data Warehousing • Data Warehouse: • Information repository of published data, distributed through an organization: • Organizes information • Collects (publishes) data from variety of sources, including online operational systems • Distributes information • Data has custodianship • Data is stored non-redundantly ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  20. Data Warehousing MoF Data Forest Cover Inventory Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification Forest Roads Timber Supply Areas Forest Districts Landscape Unit Boundaries Terrain, Slope Stability MELP Data NTS/TRIM Basemapping Wildlife Habitat data Guide Outfitter Areas Trapline Areas Water License Locations, Dams Crown Cadaster Parks & Protected Areas Hazardous Waste Sites Environmental Monitoring Sites Wildlife Management Units Inhabited Floodplains Rare & Endangered Ecosystems Water precincts, Snow Courses Stream Networks, Fish Habitats Animal Telemetry Wildlife Special Management Zones Other Agency Data (Warehoused by MELP) Mineral Occurrences Mineral Tenure Geographic Names Orthoimage and Satellite Imagery LRMP Boundaries ...and so on... ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  21. Data Warehousing MoF Data Forest Cover Inventory Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification Forest Roads Timber Supply Areas Forest Districts Landscape Unit Boundaries Terrain, Slope Stability MELP Data NTS/TRIM Basemapping Wildlife Habitat data Guide Outfitter Areas Trapline Areas Water License Locations, Dams Crown Cadaster Parks & Protected Areas Hazardous Waste Sites Environmental Monitoring Sites Wildlife Management Units Inhabited Floodplains Rare & Endangered Ecosystems Water precincts, Snow Courses Stream Networks, Fish Habitats Animal Telemetry Wildlife Special Management Zones Other Agency Data (Warehoused by MELP) Mineral Occurrences Mineral Tenure Geographic Names Orthoimage and Satellite Imagery LRMP Boundaries ...and so on... ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  22. BCE Data Providers Victoria Master Data Warehouse Server NFS Master Warehouse HP-UNIX ARC/INFO Oracle Server Samba Server Nightly replication of warehouse data to regions Branch Data HP-UNIX ARC/INFO Oracle Server Samba Server copy Spatial and Attribute Data managed Provincially firewall NFS External Data Providers automated copy X, SQLnet, Samba copy LUCO CDMS FISH MOF Parks etc. X FTP/WWW Server firewall Data Manipulator (NT, X Emulation, Oracle tools) HP-UNIX Oracle Server Samba Server Apache Server • Public • Data data live link data use data store data copy Data Warehousing at MELP: Victoria Headquarters ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  23. Regional Data Server Data Manipulators Plotting (Unix Queues) RAID arrays Nightly synchronization from master warehouse HP-UNIX ARC/INFO Oracle Server Samba Server Apache Server read-only replicated data Regional Data Printer/Plotter Browser Plotting (Novell Queues) Samba, ODBC X, SQLnet, Samba Arcview/GOAT Oracle Reports Oracle Discoverer NT Terminal Server ICA X Data Manipulator (NT, X Emulation, Oracle tools) General User (NT, ICA Client) Data Warehousing at MELP: Regions ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  24. Data Warehousing at Ministry of Forests • The Data Service Centre(DSC) Project • DSC project started in 1997, scheduled for completion by March 2001. • MoF Business problems: • Decisions across a variety of administrative boundaries, • complexity of decision making environment, • recruitment of skilled staff, • high cost of information technology, • government downsizing, and • inconsistencies in organizational structure. • Solution: • consolidate skilled staff, • consolidate data storage, and • consolidate infrastructure. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  25. Data Warehousing at Ministry of Forests • The Data Service Centre(DSC) Project - cont’d • Data management services organized into “Working Groups” • WG1 - working group 1: • central warehoused data • high end analysis. • WG2 - working group 2: • data capture and update • desk top analysis. • WG3 - working group 3: • desk top analysis. • Prince Rupert Forest Region Implementation: • WG1 - MoF Regional office in Smithers. • WG2 - Forest District offices. • WG3 - N/A. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

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  27. Data Warehousing at Ministry of Forests • The Data Service Centre(DSC) Project - cont’d • Information Technology at MoF • Desktop GIS and MS Access • Microsoft’s terminal server or “MUNT” - multi-user NT. • Centrally located infrastructure in Victoria • Analysts and warehouse managers remotely access resources • MoF in Northwestern BC • Expand MELP UNIX network to accommodate MoF users and data. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  28. Data Warehousing at Ministry of Forests ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  29. Multi-Agency Data Warehousing • Infrastructure: • MoF and MELP are in the same building • Two LANs, connected by a high-speed (ATM) bridge • UNIX servers: • MELP HP-UX data and processing server • ARC/INFO, Oracle, Samba (to allow NT file access) • 0.5 TB online storage for user space and warehousing • MoF SUN research and development server, • Drives are NFS cross-mounted to MELP data server • Security: • Through standardized UNIX file permissions and associated Oracle permissions. • Warehouse Integrity: • Meta files associated with coverages. • Data is created or modified in individual workspaces, then published into warehouse once it meets spatial data integrity and meta-content standards. • Warehouse Tracking: • Database of meta-content files in Oracle. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  30. Multi-Agency Data Warehousing MOF Research MOF Staff in District Offices Solaris ARC/INFO Oracle MOF Prince Rupert LAN RAID arrays ? read-only replicated data Regional Data User/manipulator (NT) High speed bridge (ATM) MELP Regional Data Server MELP Staff in District Offices using Wide Area Network or remote locations via ISP HP-UNIX ARC/INFO Oracle Server Samba Server Apache Server Arcview/GOAT Oracle Reports Oracle Discoverer NT Terminal Server X X Data Manipulators (NT, X Emulation, Oracle tools) Data Manipulator (NT, X Emulation, Oracle tools) Remote Users (NT, ICA Client) General Users (NT, ICA Client) MELP Skeena LAN ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  31. How Data is Distributed • MELP/MoF Regional Office • Fiber optic cable • MELP Field Staff • GIS Oracle Access Tool (GOAT) through NT Terminal Server • MoF Field Staff • CDs • Other Clients • CDs ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  32. MELP/MoF Information Network - Reasons for Success • Data Standards, especially common projection and format. • Management support. • A local vision of data management. • Creative MoF/MELP team with a shared vision. • Culture of cooperative innovation. • Physical and network proximity • Open communication between managers, developers and end users. • Flexible OS environment (UNIX) under control of data management staff • Focus on data management rather than technology ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  33. How to Evolve? • How to integrate INFORMATION with other land management agencies? • Industry - Canfor, Houston Forest Products. • Environmental groups - Sierra Club • First Nations - Wet’suwet’en • Consultants - McGregor Analysis Group • ……. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  34. Information Delivery on CD’s is not cutting it!! ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  35. Decision!! Habitat Designation AAC Knowledge Wildlife Habitat Area TSR Data Set Published Information Habitat Map THLB Working Information TRIM FC1/FIP Cost Recovery Data Landuse Boundaries BGC Free Data ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  36. Enabling Technology Published Reports / WWW Knowledge GOAT / ARC IMS Published Information Regional GIS/Data Service Centres Working Information Victoria Based Data Warehouses Cost Recovery Data Mountable FTP drives Free Data ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  37. How to integrate DATA with other land management agencies? • Custodial data through: • GeoData BC • MoF Resouce Inventory Branch • INCOSADA ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  38. How to integrate INFORMATION with other land management agencies? MELP Regional GIS/MoF Data Service Centres • Currently: • FTP • CDs Future?: Internet - ARC IMS Shared Server ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  39. Distributed Ownership ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  40. Decisions Knowledge Information Data Data Data Data Data Data ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

  41. Decisions Knowledge Information Data ___________________________________________________________________________________ Northwest Data Centre February 20, 2001 Skeena Region GIS

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