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6.2 Data Identified in RFI Responses

Despite many areas are still lacking sufficient data coverage or available data is of coarse resolution or low quality, quite a number of data sets are already available. The following list provides an overview of data sets that have been identified in RFI responses, direct communication with Arctic data experts, de- scribed by external publications, or referenced in literature. In addition, there is a long list of data portals online see Appendix B for details. Others have been assembled by a just recently finished yet unpublished study by EU-PolarNet 2 . Further initiatives have used crawlers to detect standardized Web services that provide Arctic data. The following sections provide an overview in alphabeti- cal order.

6.2.1 Esri

A sample of datasets, developed by Esri andor partner agencies, that could become part of the Arctic SDI include: • Living Atlas: The Living Atlas of the World is a dynamic collection of thousands of maps, data, imagery, tools, and apps produced by ArcGIS users worldwide, as well as by Esri and its partners. It is a curated subset of ArcGIS Online information items contributed and maintained by the ArcGIS community. More than 40 datasets contained in the Atlas cover the Arctic region. • Dynamic Landsat coverage for the Arctic: Esri has access to thousands of Landsat scenes covering the Arctic and plans to make them available for viewing and analysis as part of a forthcoming app developed in coopera- tion with the USGS and the Polar Geospatial Center PGC. • Digital Elevation Models: Esri is working with several partners to deploy a DEM geoprocessing app for the Arctic that leverages a gamut of DEMs from third parties. see Appendix B • Natural Resources Canada has detailed topographic information for the North available for download from the GeoGratis website. Much of this 2 EU-PolarNet is the world’s largest consortium of expertise and infrastructure for polar re- search. Seventeen countries are represented by 22 of Europe’s internationally-respected multi- disciplinary research institutions. Chapter 6. Data 60 data is included in the Esri World Topographic Map via the Canadian Community Map program. • Fisheries and Oceans Canada has bathymetric data available for Arctic areas that is included in the Esri World Bathymetric map via the Canadian Community Map program. • Arctic Ocean Base Map - Beta: The Arctic Ocean Basemap is designed to be used as a base map for the Arctic Ocean by marine GIS professionals and as a reference map by anyone interested in ocean data for the Arctic region.

6.2.2 exactEarth

exactEarth provide access to data and information services through certified Open Geospatial Consortium OGC compliant Web Map Services WMS and Web Feature Services WFS which allow on- demand access to exactAIS˝o data to retrieve vessel position, static, voyage, and historical track and position in- formation. The WMS services generated from exactEarth allow users to get re- quested images of exactAIS˝o data in a variety of formats including PNG, JPEG, KML, etc. The WFS services generated from exactEarth allow users to get fea- tures data in a variety of standard formats including CSV, GML, GeoJSON, and Shapefile. Particularly for predictive analytics, exactEarth explores OGC WPS Web Processing Services as additional options to the current WMSWFS delivery framework. Accessing Web Services : Geospatial Web Service GWS is available from the exactEarth Data Processing Centre DPC. GWS uses HTTPS and user authenti- cation via user token or user name password to access information and is avail- able online . Data Sets : Data sets returned by GWS in response to requests made by end users contain fields in a specific sequential order. Data ingest methods that de- pend on field order, specifically commas separated values .csv format, need to take this into account. Descriptions on data content, including field descrip- tions and schemas are available for each of the three 3 services available; Lat- est Vessel Information, Historical Vessel Tracks, and Historical Vessel Positions. Chapter 6. Data 61

6.2.3 Federal Geospatial Platform Project