EMODnet for Business workshop: Marine data for coastal tourism

Day one of the workshop gave the opportunity for demonstrating EMODnet services and for cross-sectoral dialogue on in situ marine environmental and human activities data needs and requirements for the coastal tourism value chain. The agenda included presentations from the Secretariat on the latest EMODnet ‘offer’ and many other upgraded functionalities and demonstrations of the latest EMODnet services from Human Activities (COGEA), Geology (Geological Survey of the Netherlands) and Physics (SMHI). Additionally, speakers from SOCIB, TransEurope Marinas, European Topic Centre, University of Malaga, SeaCras and Outdoor Portofino presented use cases of open source EMODnet and other marine data.

The second day focused on data sharing, specifically how the coastal tourism sector can contribute in situ marine environmental measurements to EMODnet databases through its EU EMODnet Data Ingestion service. During the workshop the EMODnet Secretariat and RBINS presented the benefits of data sharing and the EMODnet Data Ingestion as a public service to support data collectors in data management, curation and integration into EMODnet.
 

We currently use EMODnet data to mirror data from our observatory. Having access to harmonize environmental data is very useful. We currently utilize EMODnet data products spanning from physics, human activities, and geology for both marine and coastal areas

 

A public report of the key outcomes of the workshop will become available on the EC Maritime Forum in due course.