OGC Federated Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure Pilot 2023 - Connecting Land and Sea for Global Awareness: Call for Participation (CFP)

Globally, we are currently facing many rapidly changing environments such as climate, computing, space commercialization, economics, to name a few. One of the significantly important aspects of these environments is our changing oceans and coasts, and correspondingly the diverse data associated with them, such as the sharing and exchange of data between land and sea systems, changing ports and shipping lanes, coastal changes due to storms, sea level rise, and many more. To better understand, adapt, manage, mitigate, and prepare for all these coastal and marine changes, OGC is calling for participation in the Federated Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure (FMSDI) Pilot Project that spans science, economics, logistics, and geospatial solutions while promoting the principles of Finding, Accessing, Interoperating, and Reusing (FAIR).
The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), also supported by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are interested in advancing spatial data integration to create future Digital Twins of Singapore’s coastal and marine environments. One of the compelling challenges of this work is to overcome the disparity between marine and terrestrial data systems and formats to enable interoperable and integrable systems and services towards digital twin development that will enable the creation of what-if scenarios and scientific and societal questions. 30% of Singapore’s land mass is less than 5m above sea level, hence the need for accurate, variational data that can address long and near-term decision making, experimental evaluation using digital twins and across diverse situations. This work will focus on storm surge, coastal flooding, and land areas including port infrastructure anywhere in Singapore. See Section 2.1 Digital Twin of Land and Sea Interfaces - Singapore for further details on this challenge.
Satellite imagery illustrates the dramatic loss of sea ice over the last several decades as air and water temperatures in the Arctic have warmed – one of many documented changes being tracked and reported annually. The loss of sea ice in the Arctic has led to accelerated ocean warming, stronger winds and currents, and accelerated shoreline erosion in Arctic communities (Moon et al. 2019). Ecosystems are adapted to the climate in certain areas, and climate change will therefore influence ecosystems. As an example, marine mammals and other marine species (e.g., Arctic seabirds) rely on the year-round or seasonal presence of sea ice. Other species (e.g., humpback, fin, and gray whales) migrate to the Arctic from more temperate regions to feed during the summer months. These species follow the receding sea ice edge and take advantage of the region’s immense summer biological productivity. This challenge is focused on the Arctic and development of geospatial data integration concepts that form the future of an integrated “Digital Arctic”: an integrated ecosystem allowing access, sharing, and use of any geospatial information set relevant for decision making in the Arctic region. Efforts through this work will contribute to the fundamental understanding of efficient and powerful spatio-temporal data integration and processing platforms through such concepts as Digital Twins, land-sea data integration, and climate change scenarios, among others. Please see Section 2.2 Digital Arctic Connecting Land and Sea for more details on this challenge.
In addition, we are challenging our Participants to demonstrate new uses of navigation data to advance the “Blue Economy”: the sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods and jobs, and ocean ecosystem health. What are the possibilities of fully exploiting land-marine geospatial information and how suitable is navigational data for use with other types of data? Shipping is rapidly adopting and advancing digital innovations, optimizing data solutions, and looking towards the next generation of navigation. What new uses and innovative capabilities could come from integration of all this navigation data and improved connectivity at sea? This challenge will concentrate on a Caribbean-based scenario but can certainly be coordinated with the other scenarios and challenges within this call. Refer to Section 2.3 Various Use Cases to Integrate Land & Sea in the Caribbean for more details.
Note: While this call for participation is separated into three distinct areas of interest we encourage cross-cutting solutions where applicable and desired. The deliverables from cross-cutting solutions would include a single Engineering Report (ER), video, and demo describing the work, not multiples of the deliverables for each study region.

Since the areas of land and water are traditionally separated organizationally, the integration of data for the respective areas or their interface poses a particular challenge. On the one hand, this is due to different areas of responsibility and the resulting different data content and formats. On the other hand, the requirements for the factual characteristics of data and the location concepts on which they are based differ. As an example, while land-based objects are usually modeled using a local spatial reference system to define their height above ground, sea-based objects use both mean sea level and maximum tide height to define dispersion areas. These differences can play an important role in the modeling of floodplains and associated urban and land development.
This initiative is based on the result of the OGC FMSDI Pilot Phase 3 and Phase 1 & 2 which started in September 2021 until January 2023. These pilots again built on the works of prior OGC Collaborative Solutions and Innovation (COSI) Program initiatives, such as the Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure Concept Development Study, the Maritime Limits and Boundaries Pilot, and the Arctic Spatial Data Pilot.

The goal of this Pilot is to advance the FMSDI concept to facilitate improved land-sea data systems, explore Digital Twin concepts related to coastal management, and imagine where interoperable land-sea, coastal, and navigational data can improve: climate change and impact understanding; disaster and storm mitigation and response; economic and land preservation; and might enhance the “Blue Economy”.
The overarching goal of the scenario development and exploration work is both to demonstrate interoperability with state-of-the-art concepts and technologies, and to develop design, setup, and maintenance guidelines for senior decision makers in particular. Demonstrations of information products will be made available persistently and individual components of the demonstration will be made accessible in the form of deployable software containers, as much as possible while respecting data and software licensing requirements.
It is widely recognized that standards play an essential role for data integration and processing. The Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) principles are key to integrate data from multiple sources and owners into analytical environments. This pilot shall explore how we can combine geospatial data at standardized interfaces with tabular data and live spatial data feeds. These data feeds, e.g. ocean monitoring buoys, weather sensors, and land systems represent key dimensions of integrated land-sea systems and related Digital Twins. How can we protect our coastal cities and lands, preserve our coastal food sources and port systems, and track changes over time from the Arctic, to Singapore, to the Caribbean? Vast amounts of data in the marine environment have been produced with navigation as the primary goal. Is that data fit for other purposes, such as search & rescue, environment, economics? What are the new purposes and use cases we can build with the data we have available?
OGC is exploring standards-based software architectures for marine environments as well as the land-marine interface as part of the FMSDI Pilot series. Previous initiatives of the FMSDI series conducted in 2021 and 2022 explored the capabilities of International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and OGC standards for marine data discovery, access, integration, and reuse. The corresponding use cases from the past Pilot series included marine protected areas and vessel routes in the Arctic, the Baltic Sea, and the North Sea.

Digital Twin Challenge: Integration of Land and Marine data for Coastal Protection Planning, Critical Infrastructure Protection, and Resilience.
Geospatial data and interface standards are a foundational element of data integration and analysis.
These standards act as a catalyst toward achieving a Digital Twin of the land-sea interface. Since the areas of land and water are traditionally separated organizationally, the primary objective is to demonstrate how geospatial standards can better support interoperability of land and marine geospatial data. The work shall develop a proof-of-concept design that can be extended to an operational implementation by any jurisdiction. The proof-of-concept shall be structured such that it can be extended in future to cover more diverse scenarios with minimal modification.
This will be achieved through the investigation, development, and implementation of standards that can enable solutions for geospatial information discovery, access, management, sharing, predictive analytics, and use required to support decision making by diverse stakeholders. The project focuses on the use case of coastal vulnerability to storm surges. Both storm surge data and consequences on the harbor and land side will be evaluated. The main focus is on the integrability of data concerning the land as well as the seaside. It will be considered to what extent these data fit together in terms of content, modeling approaches, encoding details, spatial and temporal resolution, and accuracy. The results will serve as the basis for a variety of activities and analyses that require integration of land and ocean geospatial information. The exact characteristics of the use case will be defined within the first month of this project.
This effort will specifically explore the development and use of modern geospatial standards frameworks, such as OGC API, and relevant IHO and ISO standards, to facilitate land and marine geospatial data integration. Work will evaluate if existing modern standards frameworks are sufficient to support Singapore’s requirements related to land-marine geospatial data integration and, if found to be sufficient, demonstrate implementation within the context of the project use case. If current standards approaches are determined to not be sufficient, the project will outline recommended standards-development activities.

Satellite imagery illustrates the dramatic loss of sea ice over the last several decades as air and water temperatures in the Arctic have warmed. The loss of sea ice in the Arctic has led to accelerated ocean warming, stronger winds and currents, and accelerated shoreline erosion in Arctic communities (Moon et al. 2019). Ecosystems are adapted to the climate in certain areas, and climate change will therefore influence ecosystems. As an example, marine mammals and other marine species (e.g., Arctic seabirds) rely on the year-round or seasonal presence of sea ice. Other species (e.g., humpback, fin, and gray whales) migrate to the Arctic from more temperate regions to feed during the summer months. These species follow the receding sea ice edge and take advantage of the region’s immense summer biological productivity.
As the impacts of climate change continue to increase, a multi-dimensional Digital Arctic to address challenges around the integration and use of land and marine geospatial information is critical. This project will explore how geospatial standards can be leveraged to help and eliminate/reduce such challenges and identify potential opportunities for coastal communities, ecosystems, and economic activities in the Arctic environment.
The primary objective is to demonstrate how geospatial standards can better support the interoperability of land and marine geospatial data for a Digital Arctic. The work shall develop a proof-of-concept design that can be extended to an operational implementation by any jurisdiction. The proof-of-concept shall be structured such that it can be extended in future to cover more diverse scenarios with minimal modification.
This will be achieved through the investigation, development, and implementation of standards that can enable solutions for geospatial information discovery, access, management, sharing, predictive analytics, and use required to support decision-making by diverse stakeholders. To limit the scope of this effort the project will focus on a coastal sensitivity to climate change use case in the Arctic; however, outcomes will inform approaches for a variety of activities requiring integration of land and marine geospatial information.
In particular, the development and use of modern geospatial standards, such as OGC API standards, will be explored to facilitate the integration of land and marine geospatial data within the Digital Arctic. Work will evaluate if existing modern standards frameworks are sufficient to support Canada’s requirements related to Digital Arctic geospatial data integration and, if found to be sufficient, demonstrate implementation within the context of the project use case. If current standards approaches are determined to not be sufficient, the project will outline recommended standards-development activities.

To effectively oversee and manage the marine areas (e.g., lakes, rivers, deltas, seas, and oceans) as well as their resources, a federated marine SDI is needed to integrate marine geospatial information into broader digital information systems. This integration is vital for creating evidence-based policies and making informed decisions in various use cases. An integrated and well managed marine SDI will meet the requirements of governance, planning, managing and coordinating resources, transportation, coastal resilience, recreation, and other aspects of the blue economy.
Shipping is making great strides towards a future characterized by digital innovations, improved connectivity at sea, and optimized data solutions. These not only herald the next generation of navigation, but also enable multiple uses of data beyond their original reason for collection through new data integration capabilities. Together with other national hydrographic offices and the IHO, the UKHO works to set and raise global standards of hydrography, cartography and navigation. Current use cases for integrating marine data in the Caribbean include supplying defense and the commercial shipping industry, ensuring Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), protecting the marine environment and supporting the efficiency of global trade using digital charts (e.g., UKHO’s portfolio of ADMIRALTY Standard Nautical Charts (SNCs) and Thematic Charts).
With this in mind, this pilot looks at the use and integration of digital data in various application scenarios that focus on unlocking the value of non-navigational data and information. The pilot aims at integrating marine SDI into the global geospatial information infrastructure ecosystem to find out what pitfalls exist in the use of marine and marine-related data, what integration problems are evident, how they can be solved, and what possible pathways exist to enable a data-driven Blue Economy.
This will be achieved through the investigation, development, and implementation of standards that can enable solutions for geospatial information discovery, access, management, sharing, predictive analytics, and use required to support decision making by diverse stakeholders in the Caribbean. The main focus of the pilot is on the integrability of data. It will be considered to what extent these data fit together in terms of content, modeling approaches, encoding details, spatial and temporal resolution, and accuracy. This effort will specifically explore the development and use of modern geospatial standards frameworks, such as OGC API standards to facilitate oceanographic geospatial data integration. Work will evaluate if existing modern standards frameworks are sufficient to support all requirements related to geospatial data integration and use. If current standards approaches are determined to not be sufficient, the project will outline recommended standards-development activities.

Preferred islands of interest are:

Any of these islands are acceptable as well:

This initiative will be conducted under the following OGC Policies and Procedures.

The roles generally played in any OGC Innovation initiative include Sponsors, Bidders, Participants, Observers, Stakeholders, and the Innovation Team ("COSI Team"). Explanations of the roles are provided in Tips for New Bidders.
The COSI Team for this Initiative will include an Initiative Director and an Initiative Architect. Unless otherwise stated, the Initiative Director will serve as the primary point of contact (POC) for the OGC.
The Initiative Architect will work with Participants and Sponsors to ensure that Initiative activities and deliverables are properly assigned and performed. The Initiative Architect is responsible for scope and schedule control and will provide timely escalation to the Initiative Director regarding any severe issues or risks that happen to arise.

The Kickoff is a meeting (using GoToMeeting) where Participants, guided by the Initiative Architect, will refine the Initiative architecture and settle upon specific use cases and interface models to be used as a baseline for prototype component interoperability. Participants will be required to attend the Kickoff, including breakout sessions, and will be expected to use these breakouts to collaborate with other Participants and confirm Component API agreements in order to facilitate potential data sharing and component interchange.

After the Kickoff, Participants will meet on a frequent basis (weekly) remotely via web meetings and teleconferences.

In the course of Pilot execution, two workshops will be held to foster interchange and collaboration with stakeholders, including Sponsors, supporters, Participants, responsible government agency representatives, and inter- / non-governmental relief organizations. Participants will be required to participate in workshops, in person is compulsory for at least the first workshop.
Each Participant will work with OGC Marketing and Promotions (MAP) and Innovation staff to provide reasonable support for outreach and communication activities such as stakeholder engagements, workshops, webinars, blogs, and social media posts to provide public visibility for Pilot activities and accomplishments.

All activities in this Pilot will result in a Deliverable. These Deliverables can take the form of documents, implementations, demonstrations, and videos, as well as other collaboration and outreach activities.
Each Participant is free to choose the type of software used for data integration, analysis, and visualization. It’s possible to offer a software solution, but delivering a software product will not be necessary. Instead, delivery is provided in the form of live demonstrations of the scenario during video conferences that will be recorded and used for future outreach activities. In total, this pilot is expected to fund a total of ten organizations. Each Participant shall demonstrate a sub-scenario and contribute a dedicated component to the overarching scenario.
Each deliverable shall include the definition and implementation of the scenario; the role it plays as part of the overarching scenario, and the documentation of all results, experiences made, and lessons learned as stated above. The documentation is delivered as a contribution to the initiative results ER.
Demonstration of the Pilot scenario will be delivered in the form of a live demonstration with corresponding screen captured summary video with voice-over, and explanation of value of outcomes. Services and web-based clients implemented during the project will be made available to the Sponsors. For persistent demonstrators, project demonstration components will be maintained on an ongoing basis for one year by the Participant to showcase the concept of Digital Twins and the capability of an integrated - interoperable operational system. This will allow project stakeholders to interact with technical project outcomes over the long-term.
All results will be discussed with OGC working groups to ensure close alignment and continuous information of OGC Domain Working Groups. Standards-related aspects will be introduced to OGC Standard Working Groups for further consideration.
Please Refer to Appendix A for a full deliverables table covering all three topic areas.

Initiative Participant business/contract representatives are required (per the terms in the Participation Agreement contract) to report the progress and status of the Participant’s work. Detailed requirements for this reporting will be provided during contract negotiation. Initiative accounting requirements (e.g., invoicing) will also be described in the contract.
The COSI Team will provide progress reports to Sponsors. Ad hoc notifications may also occasionally be provided for urgent matters. To support this reporting, each Pilot Participant must submit (1) a Technical Progress Report and (2) a Business Progress Report. Both reports shall be delivered every second month by the first working day on or after the 4th of that month. Templates for both of these report types will be provided and must be followed.
The purpose of the Business Progress Report is to provide initiative management with a quick indicator of project health from the perspective of each Pilot Participant. The COSI Team will review action item status on a weekly basis with the Initiative Participants assigned to complete those actions. Initiative Participants must be available for these contacts to be made.

Proposals will be evaluated according to criteria based on three areas: management, technical, and cost. Each review will commence by analyzing the proposed deliverables in the context of the Sponsor priorities, examining viability in light of the requirements and assessing feasibility against the use cases.
The review team will then create a draft Initiative System Architecture from tentatively selected proposals. This architecture will include the proposed components and relate them to available hardware, software, and data. Any candidate interface and protocol specification received from a Bidder will be included.
At the Technical Evaluation Meeting (TEM), the COSI Team will present Sponsors with draft versions of the initiative system architecture and program management approach. The team will also present draft recommendations regarding which parts of which proposals should be offered cost-sharing funding (and at what level). Sponsors will decide whether and how the draft recommendations in all these areas should be modified.
Immediately following TEM, the COSI Team will begin to notify Bidders of their selection to enter negotiations for potentially becoming initiative Participants. The COSI Team will develop for each selected bidder a Participant Agreement (PA) and a Statement of Work (SOW).

This section presents general guidelines for submitting a CFP proposal. Detailed instructions for submitting a response proposal using the Bid Submission Form web page can be found in the Step-by-Step Instructions below.

Proposals must be submitted before the deadline indicated in the Master Schedule, 14 April 2023.

Bidders responding to this CFP must be organizational OGC members familiar with the OGC mission, organization, and process.

Proposals from non-members or individual members will be considered provided that a completed application for organizational membership (or a letter of intent) is submitted prior to or with the proposal.

The following screenshot shows the Organizational Background page:

Information submitted in response to this CFP will be accessible to OGC and Sponsor staff members. This information will remain in the control of these stakeholders and will not be used for other purposes without prior written consent of the Bidder. Once a Bidder has agreed to become a Participant, they will be required to release proposal content (excluding financial information) to all initiative stakeholders. Sensitive information other than labor-hour and cost-share estimates should not be submitted.

Bidders will be selected for cost share funds on the basis of adherence to the CFP requirements and the overall proposal quality. A general initiative objective is to inform future OGC standards development, implementation, and adoption with findings and recommendations. Each proposed deliverable should formulate a path for (1) producing executable interoperable prototype implementations meeting the stated CFP requirements and (2) documenting the associated findings and recommendations. Bidders not selected for cost share funds may still request to participate on a purely in-kind basis.

Bidders should avoid attempts to use the initiative as a platform for introducing new requirements not included in the Technical Architecture. Any additional in-kind scope should be offered outside the formal bidding process, where an independent determination can be made as to whether it should be included in initiative scope or not. Out-of-scope items could potentially be included in another OGC IP initiative.

Each selected Participant (even one not requesting any funding) will be required to enter into a Participation Agreement contract ("PA") with the OGC. The reason this requirement applies to purely in-kind Participants is that other Participants will likely be relying upon their delivery. Each PA will include a Statement of Work ("SOW") identifying specific Participant roles and responsibilities.

Once the original CFP has been published, ongoing updates and answers to questions can be tracked by monitoring the CFP Corrigenda Table and the CFP Clarifications Table

Bidders may submit questions using the Additional Message textbox in the OGC Innovation Program Contact Form. Question submitters will remain anonymous, and answers will be regularly compiled and published in the CFP clarifications.

Two Bidders Q&A Webinars will be held (as listed in the Master Schedule). The webinar is open to the public, but anyone wishing to attend must register using the provided link. Questions will be due prior to the Q&A Webinar.

The process for a Bidder to complete a proposal is essentially embodied in the online Bid Submission Form. Once this site is fully prepared to receive submissions (soon after the CFP release), it will include a series of web forms, one for each deliverable of interest. A summary is provided here for the reader’s convenience.

For any individual who has not used this form in the past, a new account will need to be created first. The user will be taken to a home page indicating the "Status of Your Proposal." If any defects in the form are discovered, this page includes a link for notifying OGC. The user can return to this page at any time by clicking the OGC logo in the upper left corner.

Any submitted bids will be treated as earnest submissions, even those submitted well before the response deadline. Be certain that you intend to submit your proposal before you click the Submit button on the Review page.

The following requirements apply to the proposal development process and activities.

Bidders who are new to OGC initiatives are encouraged to review the following tips:

The ER may include one or more volumes of a project report describing the requirement, planning, execution, and outcomes of the Pilot to be published by OGC at the end of the pilot. The ER (D001) will summarize the FMSDI pilot results and outcomes and if applicable:

Participants will complete an end-to-end demonstration of a proposed application scenario implementation in the area of interest in Singapore. This demonstration will show how geospatial data/information can be used in an operational context satisfying all the requirements in section 2.1.2. Each scenario shall demonstrate what is currently possible and what gaps are experienced with the resources that can be discovered on the Internet. Scenario developments should include various data sources, metadata, access process to the online data, and various standards used for data discovery, access, and processing interfaces. Participants will propose a scenario, data sources and services, and load data to the service instance to make it available in a format supported by the standard client instances. The server shall provide an OGC compliant API that supports discovery and access to marine or land data in the Singapore scenario. The client instance will be delivered in the form of a live demonstration that illustrates all elements of the different scenarios. Ideally, the client shall make use of all Caribbean server instances. Demonstration should cover a wide range of analysis types supported (e.g., statistical, topological, buffering, etc.). Other forms of desired analysis may be identified during pilot completion. Depending on technological developments as well as changes to existing services included in the demonstration, both the nature and scope of the demonstration may need to be adjusted over time. Demonstration of the Pilot scenario will be delivered in the form of a live demonstration with corresponding screen captured video with voice-over. Services and clients implemented during the pilot will be made available, including persistent demonstration capabilities for at least 1 year. Each deliverable shall document the definition and implementation of the scenario; the role it plays, and the documentation of all results, experiences made, and lessons learned as stated above. The documentation is delivered as a contribution to the initiative summary ER (D001).

This deliverable will explore the development and use of geospatial standards-based approaches to create a methodology that will streamline satellite, land/marine sensor, and analytical service discovery and integration. The developed methodology shall support the following:

The thread will support at least three information sources: one declassified satellite imagery dataset, one land/marine-based sensor dataset, and one analytical service. The final selection of the geospatial information types will be completed during the pilot.
This task shall also explore the use of modern geospatial standards approaches to enable the addition of spatial elements to link land and marine data. The goal is to demonstrate how linked data can be spatially enabled and support integration with other forms of geospatial data.
Outcomes from this task shall demonstrate how Canada can design standards-based methods that support discovery and integration of land/marine geospatial information. Outputs from this task will include an application methodology documented in the ER that will be enabled in the next Deliverable.

Leveraging the methodology created in D101, Participants will complete an end-to-end demonstration scenario implementation of the developed methodology. This demonstration will show how geospatial data/information can be used in an operational context within the parameters of the Arctic coastal sensitivity to climate change use case through modern geospatial standards approaches.
This task will leverage Arctic SDI efforts to create a seamless multidimensional “Digital Arctic” that will link the land, atmosphere, and marine Arctic domains within an integrated platform. The concept of a Digital Arctic occurs over multiple dimensions of space and time. The dimensions will comprise location (X, Y, or other coordinates), elevation/bathymetry/altitude, time, and flows to measure pathways and directions (e.g., currents, migration, icebergs, ice flows, etc.). This work relates to other ongoing emerging initiatives (metaverse, digital twin). The Digital Arctic demonstration will include:

Participants will propose a scenario, data sources and services, and load data to the service instance to make it available in a format supported by the standard client instances. The server shall provide an OGC compliant API that supports discovery and access to marine or land data in the Arctic scenario. The client instance will be delivered in the form of a live demonstration that illustrates all elements of the different scenarios. Ideally, the client shall make use of all Arctic server instances.
Demonstration of the Pilot scenario will be delivered in the form of a live demonstration with corresponding screen captured video with voice-over. Services and clients implemented during the pilot will be made available to the Sponsors for at least 1 year. For persistent demonstrators, pilot demonstration components will be maintained on an ongoing basis for one year for deployment in containerized form to a common cloud computing environment for persistent demonstration of a Digital Arctic concept and interchange experiment purposes. This will allow project stakeholders to interact with technical outcomes over the long-term. Depending on technological developments as well as changes to existing services included in the demonstration, both the nature and scope of the demonstration may need to be adjusted over time.
Each deliverable shall document the definition and implementation of the scenario; the role it plays, and the documentation of all results, experiences made, and lessons learned as stated above. The documentation is delivered as a contribution to the initiative results ER.
Demonstration dependencies: The Digital Arctic demonstration will be presented independently from any other activities undertaken to avoid confusion with other initiatives. Specifics regarding permanent aspects of the Digital Arctic demonstration are to be determined by OGC.
Coordination with other OGC activities: The results of this pilot will be coordinated with the activities of the OGC Quality of Service and Experience and Climate Resilience Domain working groups.
The following table lists all the deliverables for this thread. Please refer to Section 4 for more detail on pilot execution or Section 4.6 for output and results of each task.

Participants will complete an end-to-end demonstration of a proposed application scenario implementation in the area of interest in the Caribbean. This demonstration will show how geospatial data/information can be used in an operational context satisfying all the requirements in section 2.3.2.
Scenarios will use at least one of the islands of interest listed.

Preferred islands of interest are:

Any of these islands are acceptable as well:

Each scenario shall demonstrate what is currently possible and what gaps are experienced with the resources that can be discovered on the Internet. Scenario developments should include various data sources, metadata, access process to the online data, and various standards used for data discovery, access, and processing interfaces.
Participants will propose a scenario, data sources and services, and load data to the service instance to make it available in a format supported by the standard client instances. The server shall provide an OGC compliant API that supports discovery and access to marine or land data in the Arctic scenario. The client instance will be delivered in the form of a live demonstration that illustrates all elements of the different scenarios. Ideally, the client shall make use of all Arctic server instances.
Demonstration should cover a wide range of analysis types supported (e.g., statistical, topological, buffering, etc.). Other forms of desired analysis may be identified during pilot completion. Depending on technological developments as well as changes to existing services included in the demonstration, both the nature and scope of the demonstration may need to be adjusted over time.
Demonstration of the Pilot scenario will be delivered in the form of a live demonstration with corresponding screen captured video with voice-over. Services and clients implemented during the pilot will be made available to the Sponsors for at least 1 year.
Each deliverable shall document the definition and implementation of the scenario; the role it plays, and the documentation of all results, experiences made, and lessons learned as stated above. The documentation is delivered as a contribution to the initiative summary ER (D001).

The following table covers all deliverables from each of the threads, Singapore, Canada, & Caribbean.