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European Spatial Data Research

EuroSDR – the pan-european network for

mapping agencies and academia

André Streilein, F. Remondino, N. Pfeifer, J.A. Trollvik, J. Stoter, J. Crompvoets, M. Potůčková

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• non-profit organisation

• provides a pan-European network

• brings together mapping / cadastreagencies and academia

• for the purpose– of applied research

– and securing timely, research-based knowledge

• that allows the agencies to play their role as content providers and government competence centres for geographic information and spatial data infrastructures.

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EuroSDR is unique

• Members of EuroSDR are

– National Mapping & Cadastral

Organisations

– Research Institutes

– 2 per country

• Delegates from production

and research working

together

NMCAs Research

Org.+

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Operation

• Delegates meetings

• Workshops

• Research projects

• Publications

• Educational activities

• Technical commissions

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Delegates meetings

• Meet twice per year

• Research planning and

management

• Keynote presentations

• Focussed discussions –

sharing best practise

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Workshops • dialogue-based events

• establishment of state-of-the-art in a particular field

• presentations by experts in the field

• small, focussed groups (usually < 50 participants)

• may result in identification of research topics

• planning and dissemination of information on research activities

• documented and information is available for members

• short term approach (< 6 months from idea to realisation)

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Research projects

• research activities are carried out through projects

• knowledge transfer through active participation of member and

non-member organisations

• projects are executed by EuroSDR alone or in collaboration with

other organisations and companies

• experiments using data acquired/provided by participants

• multi-site approach

• publication of results in official EuroSDR series

• long term approach (typical length: 1-3 years)

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Information dissemination

www.eurosdr.net Officialpublication series

Distance e-learning course

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Six technical commissions

• Data acquisition

• Modelling and processing

• Updating and integration

• Information usage

• Business models and operations

• Knowledge transfer

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Technical Commissions

• The research of EuroSDR

covers the whole

geoinformation management

cyle, ranging from the raw data

acquisition to the end user of

this information.

• The EuroSDR Commissions

serve as a catalyst between

the research projects and the

EuroSDR network.

• The Commissions give a report

on the relevant activities at

every Board of Delegates

meeting.

• Commissons form a network

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European Spatial Data ResearchTC 1: Data Acquisition

Objectives

To explore, test and validate

platforms, sensors and algorithms

to acquire geo-spatial data, with

emphasis on accuracy, reliability

and standardization of data

processing procedures.

Keywords

Platforms, Sensors,

Georeferencing, Positioning,

mobile mapping, point clouds,

RPAS, oblique and nadir imagery,

satellites

Fabio RemondinoBruno Kessler FoundationItaly

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European Spatial Data ResearchActivities

• Digital Airborne Camera Calibration project

• European Digital Camera Calibration

• Medium Format Cameras

• New Platforms for mapping purposes - including RPAS/ UAV

• Radiometric Aspects of Digital Photogrammetric Images

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European Spatial Data ResearchActivities (ongoing)

• Oblique imagery

- investigate their usefulness for NMCAs

- Benchmark on «multiplatform photogrammetry» in collaboration with

ISPRS

www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm1/icwg15b/benchmark_main.html

- Questionnaire among R&D, market and user community to better

understand needs, open issues, directions, etc.

- Various scientific publications: PhoWo, GIM, ISPRS archives, ISPRS

journal, etc.

http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm1/icwg15b/benchmark_main.html

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European Spatial Data ResearchActivities (ongoing)

• High-resolution satellite imagery

- investigate the potential of sub-meter resolution satellite imagery

(Pleiades, WorldView, GeoEye, etc.) for mapping purposes

- Recommendations and best practices

- Cost analyses

- Open issues

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European Spatial Data ResearchTC 2: Modelling and

Processing

Objectives

To contribute to advanced ways of modeling

and processing spatial information by

investigating, demonstrating, evaluating and

documenting new ways of structuring,

maintaining, processing and distributing

spatial information.

Keywords

Data models, information models and data

structures; 3D GIS, also in relation to BIM;

Time; Database management systems;

Multi-scale & generalization; big data;

geoprocessing; cartography (incl. web

cartography); validation of spatial data and

cleaning; high density image matching;

standards; information modelling

Jantien StoterDelft University of TechnologyThe Netherlands

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European Spatial Data ResearchFocus area

• Advanced ways of modelling and processing of 2D and 3D

spatiotemporal data (points clouds, object oriented data

sets, at different levels of detail above and underground)?

• How to structure the data?

• How to maintain and update?

• How to process the 2D/3D data and how to distribute the

2D/3D spatial information via the Web?

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Example activities

• EuroSDR / AGILE / OGC / JRC / ELF workshop

Data modelling and model driven implementation

of data distribution

• January 2015

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Automated map generalisation

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EuroSDR 3D Special interest group

• Identify common research topics to pursue as integrated EuroSDR

research programme

Participants: Switzerland, OSUK, OSI, Kadaster, LM Sweden, IGN Belgium,

LVG Bavaria, Finland, Poland, IGN F, Norway

Collaboration with industry and academia is important

• Specific: countrywide; continuous incremental updating; ensuring

consistency 2D and 3D

• Activities

Working Meetings (2-4 per year)

Workshop series

Publications on state-of-the-art on 3D within NMAs and open issues

Projects (e.g. economic benefits of 3D)

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European Spatial Data ResearchTC 3: Updating and

Integration

Objectives

To contribute to advanced ways of updating

and integration of spatial information by

investigating, demonstrating, evaluating and

documenting. The task of automated

updating and automated integration of

external data sources will become more

important in the future. The focus is moving

from data acquisition to integral data

updating and data integration from various

sources, while maintaining the level of

quality of the data sets.

Keywords

Incremental updating, change detection,

update stream, historical data, archiving,

crowd sourcing, heterogeneous information,

data integration

Norbert PfeiferVienna University of TechnologyAustria

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Sentinel-2 for NMAs Workshops with participants from• NMAs• ESA • national space agencies• other adminstrative bodies• industrydiscussing opportunities and challenges

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• NMCAs have established all digital workflows (3-5 yr)

from aerial image to topographic/cartographic model

• DTM below canopy available in many countries

as artefact or within update cycle

• Dense image matching reliable over green canopy:

summer flights, fails if foliage not developed, may fail on

individual, single tree outside forest, fails on small gaps, …

Dense vs. loose vegegtationDIM vs. ALS

QLT of image matching over forestdepends strongly on foliage density

Properties of ALS and DIM

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From Sensor Data to 3D Models

• Forest area

Consider forest definition

Understand differences

between cartographic

product (map) and

NationalForestInventory-

definition

Assess state of

automation

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Benchmarking: TLS for forest inventories

• Organized by Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI)

• 16 groups worldwide actively participate

• 24 forest plots with diverse forest structures and different

measurement data

• To answer questions such as the impact of forest structure and optimal

data acquisition method

easy difficult

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European Spatial Data ResearchTC 4: Information Usage

Objectives

To explore, demonstrate and contribute to

further increase in access to authorized

geodata. To contribute to the development of

better mechanisms for dissemination of geodata

from database to end user. To investigate,

evaluate and document developments in the

technologies for data integration, service-level

interoperability and delivery of all forms of

geoinformation, data and services.

Keywords

user demand analysis; domain integration;

harmonization; interoperability; NSDI,

geoportals, INSPIRE; distribution and access to

geodata; formats for distribution (Linked data,

GML etc.); services for distribution (WMS, WFS,

WS etc.); geo analysis; visualization; mapping

on demand

Jon Arne TrollvikStatens KartverkNorway

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Activities

• EuroSDR and ISO/OGC Workshop «Geodata on

the Web»

• Amersfoort February 2016

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Activities

• Workshop “Nationwide generation of height data from Airborne laser

scanning and other sources”

• Tønsberg, Norway - January 2016

• Objective:• to discuss different aspects

about laser data and othersources, used for generation ofdetailed height data at a national level.

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European Spatial Data ResearchTC 5: Business Models

and Operation

Objectives

To contribute to the development and

implementation of business models describing

the rationale of how mapping and cadastre

agencies can create, deliver, and capture value,

in economic, legal, social, governance, cultural

or other contexts.

Keywords

Business case analysis; Economic value;

Funding; Geospatial Policies;

Governance/Liability; Ownership; Licensing;

Open data; Partnering modelling; Performance

management; Pricing; Privacy

Joep CrompvoetsKU LeuvenBelgium

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European Spatial Data ResearchObjective

To contribute to the development and implementation of

business models describing the rationale of how mapping and

cadastre agencies can create, deliver, and capture value, in

economic, legal, social, governance contexts.

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EuroSDR/NASA/USGS/OECD Workshop on Cost Benefit

Analysis in the context of Geospatial Information

9 March 2016, Paris, l’Ecole des Mines

Crowdsourcing and National Mapping

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Crowdsourcing and National Mapping

Updating national databases project

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Economic value of 3D data

• Use cases in EuroSDR collaboration with 11 NMCAs:

• GST, Denmark

• OSGB, United Kingdom

• Lantmateriet, Sweden

• Swiss Federal Office of Topography, Switzerland

• OSI, Ireland

• Główny Urząd Geodezji i Kartografii, Poland,

• ICGC, Spain

• IGNB, Belgium

• National Land Survey, Finland

• Kadaster, The Netherlands

• IGNF, France

• EuroSDR

• Better Forestry Management

• Urban Planning

• Asset Management

• Flood management

• Security and Safety

• 3D Cadastre/ 3D valuation

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European Spatial Data ResearchTC 6: Knowlegde Transfer

Objectives

To provide education services in order to

support the transfer of knowledge from

EuroSDR research projects to NMCAs,

academia and industry and to fulfil specific

NMCAs demands for knowledge update, to

collect and disseminate methodologies,

developed tools and other research outcomes in

the form of EuroSDR’s official publications and

via EuroSDR’s homepage, to contribute to

development of curricula in GI.

Keywords

Methodology; Education; Professional

development, lifelong learning; EduServ;

Sharing best practice; Shaping curricula;

Educational requirements; Capacity building;

Official publication; Website

Marketa PotuckovaCharles Univeristy PragueCzech Republic

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European Spatial Data ResearchObjective• To provide education services in order to support the transfer of

knowledge from EuroSDR research projects to NMCAs, academia and

industry,

• to collect and disseminate methodologies, developed tools and other

research outcomes in the form of EuroSDR’s official publications

and via EuroSDR’s homepage,

• to contribute to development of curricula in GI.

Typical workflow of dissemination of knowledge by means of short EuroSDR e-learning courses, EduServ (based on Höhle, 2008)

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Course topic

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EvaluationEduServ AB,

BoD

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Educational Service (EduServ)

• Since 2002

• Annually offers four two-week e-learning courses complemented with

a two-day pre-course seminar

• ~ 40 participants per year from NMCAs & academia

• Recent course topics:

3D city modelling

Synthetic aperture radar for mapping applications

International Standards for Geographic Information

RPAS in land survey – theory and practice

Mapping using high-resolution satellite imagery

Change detection in High-Resolution land use/cover geodatabases

High density image matching

Integrated use of airborne laser scanning and aerial photogrammetry

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Short courses

• New EuroSDR educational activity aiming at updating and

strengthening knowledge of NMCA practitioners in specific

but rather narrow fields

• Opened also for Master/PhD students

• One-week intensive course in Gravity and Height for

National Mapping and Geodetic Surveying

Collaboration of EuroSDR, Lantmäteriet (Sweden), the Dublin

Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS), the Dublin Institute of

Technology (DIT) and Ordnance Survey Ireland

Organized by DIT in February 2015

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European Spatial Data ResearchEuroSDR Official Publications

• Series of reports from EuroSDR research projects and workshops

• Since 1964, 65 publications

• No. 58 – 65 available for download as pdf

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EuroSDR - the network idea

• Form a network of GI experts within EuroSDR

• Build and maintain alliances with neighbouring

organisations in GI research, development and practice

• EuroGeographics

• ISPRS, ICA, FIG, AGILE

• INSPIRE

• JRC, OGC Europe, ISO TC 211, CEN TC 287

• ...

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EuroSDR has much to offer

• Functioning network linking NMCA’s with research institutes and private sector

• Modern relevant research programme

• Ability to devise, undertake and disseminate timely research and benchmarking

projects

• Hosting and co-hosting focussed workshops

• Project and workshop results

• Guidelines and best practices

• Professional standard publication series

• Educational Service

• http://www.eurosdr.net

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