Abstract
The increasing availability of geospatial marine data provides an opportunity for hydrographic offices to contribute to the identification of “Potentially Polluting Marine Sites” (PPMS). These include shipwrecks, oil rigs, pipelines, and dumping areas. To adequately assess the environmental risk of these sites, relevant information must be collected and converted into a multi-scale geodatabase suitable for site inventory and geo-spatial analysis. In addition, a Risk Index – representing an assessment of the magnitude of risk associated with any site – can be derived to determine the potential impacts of these PPMS. However, the successful collection and integration of PPMS information requires some effort to ‘normalize’ and standardize the data based on recognized international standards. In particular, there is benefit in structuring the data in conformance with the Universal Hydrographic Data Model (IHO S-100) recently adopted by the International Hydrographic Organization. In this paper, an S-100 compliant product specification for a PPMS geo-spatial database and associated Marine Site Risk Index is proposed which can be used by national hydrographic offices and marine protection agencies.
Department
Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping
Publication Date
5-2012
Journal Title
Canadian Hydrographic Conference
Conference Date
May 15 - May 17, 2012
Publisher Place
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Publisher
Canadian Hydrographic Association
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Recommended Citation
Masetti, Giuseppe; Calder, Brian R.; and Alexander, Lee, "Developing a GIS-Database and Risk Index for Potentially Polluting Marine Sites" (2012). Canadian Hydrographic Conference. 825.
https://scholars.unh.edu/ccom/825