Marispace-X: Digitalizing the Ocean

Authors

  • Daniel Wehner Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • Sergius Dell University of Hamburg
  • Adrian J. Neumann Cranfield University UK
  • Jann Wendt Christian-Albrechts-University

Keywords:

Data Management, Cloud Infrastructure, Maritime Data, Digital Ecosystem, Gaia-X, Decentralization, Open-source, Geoparquet

Abstract

Within the Marispace-X project, a digital maritime data space based on data sovereignty, security, interoperability, and modularity according to the Gaia-X concept should be created. The article provides an overview of the envisioned Marispace-X digital infrastructure, a decentralized maritime data ecosystem, followed by exemplary applications for hydrographic surveys and some of the use cases defined in the Marispace-X project. These exemplary applications are related to data management, sharing and processing services that can be performed on a cloud infrastructure. This digital infrastructure should simplify data handling of all the different data types and formats that exist in the maritime domain.

Author Biographies

Daniel Wehner, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Daniel Wehner received the B.Sc. degree in geoscience in 2012 and the M.Sc. in geophys-ics in 2015 from the Christian-Albrechts University (CAU) of Kiel, Germany. He received a PhD in geophysics in 2019 from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trond-heim, Norway, where his research was focused on marine seismic acquisition and underwater acoustics. He is currently working at north.io on marine geophysical data quality control, data analysis and interpretation with a focus on munitions in the sea. His research interests are geo-physical data acquisition and monitoring techniques. Moreover, he is interested in new sensor technologies.

Sergius Dell, University of Hamburg

Sergius Dell received his diploma (2009) and a Ph.D. (2012) in geophysics from the University of Hamburg. In 2012-2015, he worked at Fugro and CGG (United Kingdom). Afterwards, he had been researching as postdoc at the University of Hamburg, before he joined TrueOcean GmbH in 2020. His main focus is processing of geospatial data in the cloud.

Adrian J. Neumann, Cranfield University UK

Adrian J. Neumann holds a B.A. Hons in European Business from Berlin School of Eco-nomics (2005) and a Master of Science in Strategic Marketing from Cranfield University UK (2006). After several years in the private sector, Adrian joined the Institute for Security Policy’s Center for Maritime Strategy & Security at Kiel University (ISPK), Germany in 2014, focusing on regional maritime security challenges and societal resilience research. Since 2020 Adrian works at the software developer north.io where he helps to take on the global challenge of sea-dumped munitions through digitalization, and where he co-coordinates the Marispace-X project.

Jann Wendt, Christian-Albrechts-University

Jann Wendt received his B.Sc. in environmental geography and management in 2014 from the Christian-Albrechts-University (CAU) of Kiel, Germany. He is CEO and founder of several German based tech companies (north.io GmbH, TrueOcean GmbH and NatureConnect GmbH) that combine digitalization, environmental protection and the fight against climate change. His work is focusing on Spatial Big Data, Cloud Technologies and AI in the domain of environmental protection.

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Published

2022-11-30

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Wehner, D., Dell, S., Neumann, A. J., & Wendt, J. (2022). Marispace-X: Digitalizing the Ocean. The International Hydrographic Review, (28), 76–93. Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/ihr/article/view/33348

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No. 28 (2022)

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