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IRDAT Fvg,

evolving a regional Spatial Data

Infrastructure according to

INSPIRE

A. Benvenuti, A. Chiarandini – Insiel (Italy)M. Lunardis - Friuli Venezia Giulia Region (Italy)

INSPIRE Conference 2010 - Krakow, 23 June 2010

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The Friuli Venezia Giulia Region is located in the north-east of

Italy , on the border with Austria and Slovenia.

Friuli Venezia Giulia Region and

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Insiel , the FVG Region ICT Company, is in charge of Information Systems development, including GIS applications and Spatial Data Infrastructure , for regional Departments and local Authorities.

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� GIS policies in Friuli Venezia Giulia Region� towards a regional SDI

� IRDAT Project: main features

� SDI implementation: activities and results� cross border cooperation

� future activities

Summary

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The Friuli Venezia Giulia Region put the basis of its Cartographicaland Geographical Information System about twenty years ago, with the regional Law n. 63/1991, “Order concerning regional cartography and cartographical Information System”.

Since then, by means of coordinated actions and investments aiming at public sector GIS development , the Region put the basis

for the SDI implementation.

A bit of history

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Homogeneous digital Maps , covering the whole regional territory, have been produced and made available to public authorities of FVG Region:

� digital topographic Maps, 1:5.000 scale � digital topographic Maps, 1:25.000 scale

� digital Orthophotos (up to 50cm resolution)

Cartographical basis

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Under the coordination of the “GIS and Cartography Office” , regional Departments have been provided with GIS solutions and services to support data production and elaboration in several fields:

� Environment

� Hydrography� Transport networks

� Spatial Planning

� Forests� Agriculture

Departmental GIS

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The regional GIS, originally based on a centralized approach , has evolved over time towards a distributed architecture , consisting of several “nodes” of data users and producers connected through the intranet (RUPAR).

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The “regional GIS” architecture

Dedicated Serversensured the storage and management of digital Maps and general-interestDatasets.

GIS applications

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GIS and Cartography Office

Cartographical basis

RUPAR

Departmental DB

Servers

Departmental DB

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Customized GIS solutions, enabling the integration of geographical and administrative data at municipal level , have been realized and disseminated among local authorities , in order to support back-office as well as front-end activities.

GIS for local Authorities

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Besides GIS solutions, public authorities have been provided, on the basis of institutional agreements, with technical support , data production protocols as well as training services .

Moreover, several thematic Projects , dealing with specific geospatial issues, have been promoted and carried out over years, involvingregional and local subjects. Among others:

� Town Plans “mosaic ”, aiming to support regional Spatial Planning strategies� DB Prior Project , concerning Topographical DB implementation

� Cadastral Project , aiming at full integration of cadastral data in local/regional GIS

Other services and thematic ProjectsOther services and thematic ProjectsOther services and thematic ProjectsOther services and thematic Projects

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At the beginning of 2000s, the scenario was characterized by:

� a leading role of regional Authority in the GIS field

� a wide diffusion of GIS among public authorities , including the smallest ones� an ever increasing number of geographical data producers at regional , intermediate and local level� a good awareness and knowledge of policy makers and public sector operators about geo information potential� an emerging demand of geospatial data sharing and integration

There were the conditions to move from a “collection of GIS” towards an “SDI”…

From GIS to SDI

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By taking into consideration the European scenario and the

INSPIRE initiative, the SDI implementation was identified as a

“strategic goal” by Friuli Venezia Giulia Region.

� the regional Order DPR n.063 of 7th March 2006 indicated

the main contents and milestones of the IRDAT Project , aiming at a Regional Infrastructure of Geographical and Environmental Data

� a Steering Group , including members of main regional

Departments and Insiel, was formally established in June

2006 with the goal to coordinate the SDI development

The IRDAT Project

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The regional SDI is based on the following features:

� Metadata Catalogue and Web GIS� data sharing services (WMS, WFS, …..)

� technological Infrastructure

� on-line “thematic” services� networking and capacity building

� data modelling guide-lines/protocols

� organizational Model and juridical framework

IRDAT, the “cornerstones”

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The Metadata Catalogue

A Metadata Catalogue and related Viewer , collecting about 300 Dataset produced and updated by regional Departments, are available in the official Website.

http://www.irdat.regione.fvg.it/Catalogo/default.js p

The search engine

The Viewer

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Metadata Catalogue: technical notes

Technology� Metadata Profile based on ISO 19115 and 19119 Standard and INSPIRE implementing rules� J2EE Technology � Map Server engine� DB independent (currently based on Oracle 10g)� Browser independent

Available services� Search Engine: based on key-words, data producer, date, geographic box, theme/topic (Thesaurus GEMET)� general purpose Web GIS, integrated with the Catalogue, enabling data visualization and query� Printing of Metadata elements and Maps� Download services in SHP, DGN, DXF, Geomedia formats� WMS and WFS services� CSW Catalogue services, aiming at interoperability with other Catalogue across Europe

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The IRDAT Infrastructure, an overview

A general overview of data and Metadata production , storage and publication framework.

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Data publication

Data and Metadata publication Infrastructure, a detailed view.

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On-line “thematic” services

On line services are available in the regional Website since 2008 to search, visualize/query and download – free of charge- digital topographic Maps and to visualize/query aerial Photographs .

On-line Photographs

On line Digital topographic Maps

http://www.irdat.regione.fvg.it/Consultatore/GISVie wer.jsp

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Web Community

In order to ensure an interactive, easy and fast communication among subjects involved in the SDI implementation, a Web Community , split in several thematic areas and Forums , has been implemented in the official Website.

http://www.regione.fvg.it/rafvg/territorioambiente/ areaArgomento.act?dir=/rafvg/cms/RAFVG/AT9/ARG18/

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Capacity building

Aiming at improving awareness and knowledge of public sectoroperators, technical Workshops and training sessions are regularly carried out involving local Entities and regional Departments, concerning theoretical as well as operational issues:

� GIS tools use� digital Maps management� geographical data production and elaboration� data integration and sharing � organizational aspects� SDI: European, national and regional scenario

Moreover, the regional training programs are going to be aligned with ECDL GIS Syllabus contents in the next future.

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Friuli Venezia Giulia Region and Insiel are also involved in European Projects dealing with geographical data interoperability

according to INSPIRE framework. Among others:

� ISA-Map Project (INTERREG IIIB, 2003-2006), with Austria and Slovenia, aiming at data integration for cross-border Spatial Planning purposes;

� GIS4EU Project (eContentplus, 2008-2010), which goal is the provision of interoperable datasets to open GI to EU communities.

Moreover, several European Project proposals concerning geospatial data and services have been recently presented and are currently under evaluation.

Cross border cooperation

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Future activities

By considering regional and national framework and taking into account INSPIRE roadmap , the following activities will be carried out in the next future:

� Catalogue services improvement

� SDI basis enlargement involving local authorities and agencies in charge of geospatial data production

� data remodeling according to INSPIRE Data Specification(Administrative Units and Addresses )

� transformation services implementation

� INSPIRE-compliant data production and publication: organizational and operational aspects

� coordination with INSPIRE implementation at National level

� regional “thematic Projects” , e.g. “Mountain Paths”, as an example of SDI involving public and private sector.

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Contacts

Alessandra Benvenuti – InsielVia Umago 15, 33100 Udine (Italy)+39 0432 557235alessandra.benvenuti@insiel.it

Alessandra Chiarandini – InsielVia Umago 15, 33100 Udine (Italy)+39 0432 557258alessandra.chiarandini@insiel.it

Marco Lunardis- Friuli Venezia Giulia RegionVia Giulia 1, 34126 Trieste+39 040 3774056marco.lunardis@regione.fvg.it