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Geospatial Update

21 November 2008

Dr Jim McLeod

Regional Data Advocate

Environment Waikato

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Contents

1. The Challenge

2. NZ Geospatial Strategy

3. The Problems

4. One-Land: An option

5. Geospatial Projects

6. Funding & Forums

7. Questions

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Data Supply - the challenge

Internaldata

Externaldata

Analysis Presentation Decision

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NZ Geospatial Strategy (1)

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NZ Geospatial Strategy (2)

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Proposed Geospatial Strategy Work Programme

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G3 Profile Raising – NZTE Project 1.6 4 2.7 8 5 5 6 8 7 8 8 8G2 Linkages Map 1.5 5 2.7 8 4 6 6 8 5 8 8 8D1 Fundamental Criteria 1.2 11 3.7 7 9 7 7 9 8 8 7 7G1 Communications Strategy 1.2 11 3.1 9 6 6 6 9 7 8 7 7I2 Key Standards Roles 1.2 3 3.4 9 6 7 8 9 8 8 7 7A1 Pricing and Licensing Policies 1.1 10 3.8 8 8 8 8 9 9 8 7 6D2 Inventory of Fundamental Datasets 1.1 12 4.0 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 7 7A4 Discovery and Access - Showing Ease of OGC Model 1 4 3.6 6 7 9 8 8 8 7 7 6G5 Whole-of-Government Reporting 1 4 3.3 8 6 7 7 8 6 8 7 7G10 Economic Benefits 0.9 4 2.9 7 6 6 6 8 6 8 7 6I4 Metadata Standards 0.9 8 4.0 7 8 9 9 9 8 8 6 6A3 FDS Discovery and Access- Infrastructure 0.8 7 3.8 7 7 10 8 8 8 7 6 5G4 Engaging with Industry 0.8 7 3.4 8 7 7 7 8 7 7 6 6I1 E-GIF Geospatial Standards 0.8 9 3.8 8 7 8 9 8 8 7 6 6A2 Metadata Maintenance 0.7 4 3.9 7 9 8 8 8 8 7 5 5D3 Gaps in Fundamental Datasets 0.7 4 3.6 6 9 7 7 7 6 6 6 6D4 Business Case Preparation 0.7 2 3.7 7 9 7 7 8 7 8 6 5D5 Requirements for Fundamental Datasets 0.7 3 3.8 6 9 8 8 8 7 7 6 5G8 Local Government Participation 0.7 13 4.3 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 5 4G7 Education Sector 0.6 1 2.7 6 5 6 6 7 7 5 5 5G9 Joint Purchasing 0.6 4 3.8 8 8 8 8 7 8 7 5 5D6 Guidelines for Non-fundamental Datasets 0.5 0 3.6 6 8 7 8 6 6 5 5 5

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Problem 1: Organisational

Infrastructureeg Internet, roads,

BenefitsOutcomes eg health

What Support is needed to Enable Inter-operation (Agency Viewpoint) ?

VisioDocument

The Milieu(the physical or social

setting in which something occurs)

Inter-operation

eg standards, rules

PerceivedValue

(Very Difficult)

Commitmentto comply

PerceivedValue

(Difficult)

Funding

Deliverables

Outputs, eg food

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Problem 2: Multi Organisations

Is it Possible to Get Support for Cross-Agency Infrastructure/Inter-operation Projects?

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Infrastructureeg Internet, roads,

BenefitsOutcomes eg health

Inter-operation

eg standards, rules

ChallengingBut Possible

Collegial Community of Interest

Collegial Community of Interest

Deliverables

Outputs, eg foodImpossible

Collegial Community of Interest

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L4

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Legend

Central Govt

PartnerRich “$0” Access

TIL

Valuers

Lawyers

Focus

DevelopmentFuture Investigation

Expressions of Interest

Operating

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Others

Shared Information

Digital Network Service

Shared Data Service

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User Forums

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Central Govt.• CEEF• NZGO?• DoC, MFE, MAF• Stats, SSC, DIA• NZDF, Police, etc

Local Councils• LGNZ• LASSs?• City Councils

Reg. Councils• RCEOs• RMG• EW, EBOP, Horiz.• ARC, ECan, NRC• ?

Virt. Earth?

Flow of products

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Flow of market requirements & dollars

A Data Federation?

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A Multi-Org. Challenge

Spatial DataCommons

What is the Major Challenge in Establishing a Data Commons?

VisioDocument

Infrastructureeg Internet, roads,

Deliverables

Outputs, eg food

BenefitsOutcomes eg health

Inter-operation

eg standards, rules

PerceivedValue

(The Challenge)

Commitmentto partake

& fund

Org 1 Org 2 Org 3 Org 4 Org 5 Org 6Environment Waikato

L1

L2

L3

L4

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One-Land: Objective

To effectively integrate land data from public sector agencies:

enabling integrated planning and monitoring for sustainable decision making, and

saving costs & reducing risks by sharing data & its collection & storage.

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One-Land: Vision

Sound, sustainable decisions about our One-Land, in all parts of government and the community:

from an holistic understanding of links and sustainability

from robust analysis & a clear picture of facts about land

using data pooled from many sources, esp. local & central government

enabled by the responsive, reliable, timely, and open sharing of land data

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One-Land: Guiding Principles

1. For the sustainable good of all New Zealand communities,

2. Easy to join and open to all

3. Federated with min. core, - no critical element => robustness

4. Communities of Interest, with feedback for disparities & needs

5. Competition, innovation & commerce, - rules for “open” results

6. Ongoing collaboration on funding, develop. & maintenance

7. Governance by consensus (NZGO included)

8. Data suppliers responsive to user needs,

9. Not coercive, visible compliance to standards

10. Pragmatism rules

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Pictorial Maps

Data about Geographic

Features

Users of data

Sharers of data

Commons Hub

Legend

Data Flows

Discovery data

Feedback data

Agreements

Access Control

Directory of Data Sources

Data Quality Score

FeedbackForums

Access Control

Guidelines andcommitments for Sharing

Guidelines andcommitments

for Using

The Internet

Components for Data Sharing

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Geospatial Projects

Data Commons

Standards

Discovery

Sharing Agreements

Use Agreements

Server support

Forums

NZGO /Cntl Govt Geospatial Standards Fundamental Datasets Economic Impact GS Web-services Sandbox Govt Info Policy & Data Re-

use (SSC) Land Use & Carbon

Analysis System (LUCAS) KiwiImage

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Funding, Forums & Collaboration

Funding

EW

RCEOs

Envirolink

SMF

TFBIS

SFF

CPF

Forum

WaiGIS

One-Land

NZGO

GAC

Dataversity

Foresters?

Whaingaroa Harbour Care

Collab. Layer

L3

L1

L2

L2-3

L3-4

L3

L3

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Questions?