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EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 1

EuroSpecEuroSpecproviding the foundationsproviding the foundationsto maximise the use of GISto maximise the use of GIS

claude.luzet@eurogeographics.org

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A story of interoperability…A story of interoperability…I can obtain, for a price, data via this media

and according to this model …

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a story …a story …I can obtain, for a price, data via this media

and according to this model …

… but I could read it only in that format …

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a story …a story …Clever I am (I am a developer) I purchased

this extra development kit …

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a story …a story …Clever I am (I am a developer) I purchased

this extra development kit …

… and managed to get the data into my system, but it’s unreliable and there are significant losses in the transfer.

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a story …a story …So I went to a professional consultant, who

sold me sophisticated tools …

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a story …a story …So I went to a professional consultant, who

sold me sophisticated tools …

… as well as he sold me his much needed assembling skills and support service …

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a story …a story …Finally, I got a decent data flow, in a

reasonably safe and professional set-up …

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a story …a story …Finally, I have a decent data flow, in a

reasonably safe and professional set-up …

… but at a significant cost and not readily reusable in a different environment.

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a story …a story …What I would have liked is an immediately

(inter)operable interface …

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a story …a story …What I would have liked is an immediately

(inter)operable interface …

… at low cost, and usable in many different environment.

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EuroGeographics VisionEuroGeographics Vision

Achieve interoperability of European mapping (and other GI) data

within 10 years

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The 12 INSPIRE policy principles (1)The 12 INSPIRE policy principles (1)

The European Spatial Data Infrastructure shall be built upon a network of National Spatial Data Infrastructures;

INSPIRE’s technical architecture shall be designed to meet the needs of all stakeholders;

Datasets made available to harmonised data specifications and to common standards;

Data Quality procedures to ensure fitness for purpose and use;

Discovery metadata will be made available at no charge to help users identify and locate INSPIRE datasets;

Reference data will provide the underpinning framework to which all other INSPIRE data will be referenced.

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The 12 INSPIRE policy principles (2)The 12 INSPIRE policy principles (2)

Thematic data will be made available to common standards;

INSPIRE data shall be made available for access and view without charge and on harmonised terms and conditions throughout the European Union;

Sustainable funding and investment mechanisms shall be put in place and maintained by Member States;

Harmonised licensing framework will optimise sharing and trading of georeferenced thematic information;

Unimpeded flow of data and information at local, regional, national and international;

Management and organisation of INSPIRE shall be based on the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality.

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Include here the vision graphics

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Achieving the vision : metadataAchieving the vision : metadata

The first stepHistory : GDDD since 1996‘modernisation’ in progress, synergies

with INSPIRE portal, and national initiatives

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Achieving the vision : Pricing & LicensingAchieving the vision : Pricing & Licensing Rationale :

– There is no value of the harmonised data if customers are not able access and to use it

Objectives :– Create licensing terms similar enough to remove legal

obstacles to regional/European products– Comparable pricing policy - not similar prices

Issues of data access, usage and dissemination terms are considered on the same priority (if not higher) than the work on the common specifications

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EuroSpec VisionEuroSpec Vision

DB A

DB B

DB C

ISO

EuroSpec Pricing & Licensing policy

EuroMetadata

Users

Legal Framework

EuroReference

Data

Owndata

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EuroSpec objectivesEuroSpec objectives• Develop agreed specifications (data content

and data model ) for common reference data;

• Build a community of key stakeholders (including customers, system and application developers, and other project partners) and involve them in the development and implementation testing of the specifications;

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EuroSpec objectives (cont’d)EuroSpec objectives (cont’d)• Test the feasibility of implementing the

specifications through development of prototypes - “ to learn by doing”; and,

• Develop implementation guidelines for NMAs to ensure national datasets can be transformed to the European specification(s).

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Scope (content)Scope (content)Common Reference Data

– Units of administration– Units of property rights (parcels, buildings)– Addresses– Selected topographic themes (hydrography,

transport, height,…)– Orthoimagery

– Gazetteer – Coordinate systems

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Scope (resolution)Scope (resolution) Feature catalogue

– Scale-less

Data structure, data models– Focus on large scale (1:10.000)– Address other required scale ranges

• Medium : 1:25k ~ 1:50k• Small : 1:100k ~ 1:1M

– Options, issues• Object based, unique identifier• Connected topology, shared topology, • Edge matching• 3D, time stamp

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State of the art (1)State of the art (1)Most reference data components are

available in Europe, provided by an average of 2 organisations per country

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Total of 68 organiza-tions in 26 countries

Producers of reference data sets

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2

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1

1

2

2

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State of the art (2)State of the art (2)Most reference data components are

available in Europe, provided by an average of 2 organisations per country

Most larger scale national ‘topographic’ databases are at scale 1:10.000

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Scale of topographic databasesScale of topographic databases

Note1: Switzerland has also60 % of data in scale 1:1000Note2: GB has several scales (29 % 1:1250, 68 % 1:2500, 3 % 1:10000)

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State of the art (3)State of the art (3)Most reference data components are

available in Europe, provided by an average of 2 organisations per country

Most larger scale national ‘topographic’ databases are at scale 1:10.000

Topographic data is generally not object based, but there is a definite trend to change towards object based structures

National DBs are generally not based on international standards.

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SSeamlesseamless A Administrativedministrative B Boundariesoundaries ofof E Europeurope

– The first European commercial product from NMAs

– It was started in 1992: v1991, v1995, v1997, 2001 Census (released Feb 2003)

– The most detailed admin. units from “official sources”

– Cross-border data with uniform structure and in one reference system

– 32 countries

Early steps : SABEEarly steps : SABE

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Early steps : Early steps : EuroGlobalMapEuroGlobalMap

Global (1:1m) scale Network approach

to creation through regional coordinators

Target for delivery:– June 2003

~ 20 countries– End 2003

~ 30-35 countries

http://www.eurogeographics.org/egm

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Early steps : Early steps : EuroRegionalMapEuroRegionalMap

Regional/national scale (1:250k)

Prototype dataset covering 7 countries

Target for delivery is October 2003

Aim to expand coverage

http://www.eurogeographics.org/erm

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