NSDI: State of Play

as Molière's M. Jourdain "le bourgeois Gentilhomme"

France is creating a NSDI without knowing it

Thus NSDI is not per se an issue in the French

context!!!

The current ISSUE is the RGE following the MP report

on IGN and the information society

Not very high in the recent political agenda

Name: François SalgéCountry: France

NSDI: State of Play Organizational and fundamental aspects

Foundation– France : from François 1er to 1982 centralised and

since 1982 the new way to decentralisation– 22 régions, 99 départements, 36 000 communes,

60 M inhabitants, 550 000 km², 365+ kind of cheese– 1986 : CNIG Policy advisor on GI– 1986 : AFIGéO place where Public/Private actors meet– 1994-2002 : 100 "Comités départementaux de

l'information géographique"

NSDI: State of Play Organizational and fundamental aspects

Local SDIs : data services (cadastre, ortho, topo) for local partners– Region PACA : joint initiative from decentralized

ministries and "conseil régional– Dept Vendée : collective initiative from Mayors led

by MEP – Dept Haute Savoie : initiative from "conseil général"– "Grand Lyon" : from Lyon city to the Urban

Community

NSDI: State of Play Organizational and fundamental aspects

Standards– since 1994 : EDIGéO– 1992-1998 : chairmanship of CEN/TC 287– 1998 : ENv as experimental French standards– National referencing system : RGF93 based on

Euref– On going work on "common framework for

interoperability of administration information systems" (e-France / ATICA)

NSDI: State of Play Organizational and fundamental aspects

Legal framework– law directly refering to GI : "obligation de

rattachement", new continuous census, cadastre (role of chartered surveyors)

– many laws indirectly referering to GI : decentralisation; sustainable development, urban renewal

– future law on Information Society

NSDI: State of Play Organizational and fundamental aspects

Funding : four main mechanisms– 100 % public funding (often with public tendering)

rasterisation of cadastral maps, electronic nautical charts geodesy, aerial survey local governments' GIS

– Barter vectorisation of cadastral maps : loc gvt and utilities funding the

initial capture, Cadastral service updating for free to the partners "tour de table" or "adding allocation to gvt subidies"

– partial public funding : subsidies + licence fees most of NMA products

– no public funding : pre investments and return on investments

NSDI: State of Play Organizational and fundamental aspects

NON GI perspectives– Master plan for the entry of France into the Information

Society– State modernisation and new ways of governance– assignment of general interest services mission against

contract conditions

New issue from the public tendering rules : – how to avoid the Ministry of agriculture to go for a call for

tender while the ministry of public transport is "half" funding the orthophoto component of the RGE

NSDI: State of Play Roles and responsibilities

Cadastre = department of Min economy, finance and industry - 100% funded

nautical chart = department of Min of defence - 100% - itemized budget

statistics = department of Min economy, finance and industry - 100% - itemized budget

NMA = "établissement public" of Min of public works with a "CA" - 50% - idependent budget

intergovernmental organisation for GI = CNIG

NSDI: State of Play Organizational and fundamental aspects

Intellectual property rights and pricing– IPR is not an issue as the existing law (including

database directive) covers the issue– pricing is not an issue as it is a consequence of the

funding mechanisms

Educational aspects– "école d'ingénieur" versus universities– setting up of a high level French geomatic training system– Geoformation portal

NSDI: State of Play Content

geodetical service : permanent GPS service (NMA, municipalities, universities, etc.)

Core data : Référentiel Géographique à grande Echelle, nautical charts

Other data : digital geological maps, cadastral maps (to support taxes collection) AND access to ENVIRONMENTAL DATA

Semantic interoperability : RGE, continuous updating, NMA's integrator role

zonages

image

Topographie (y compris MNT)

propriété

adresses

les composantes du RGE

NSDI: State of Play Data documentation

ENv metadata in use with free software available on line (Reports V2)

metadata catalogue on coastal zone departmental GI committee all specifications should be made public

NSDI: State of Play Access to information

Discovery services– old fashion non maintained CNIG "catalogue des

sources"– planed : observatory

Data access and geoprocessing services– EDIGéO library– free co-ordinate transformation software– National commission for informatics and liberty

NSDI: State of Play

User expectations and benefit – objectives of the infrastructure

– Driving applications free access to environmental data, risk management all applications in local governement : local planning, citizenship

debates, third party "oposability" creation of "établissements publics de coopération intercommunale"

and "schema de coherence territoriale and Urbanism local plans, – eGovernment, eEurope

strengthening contact with PM "agency for ICT in the admin" Territorial information systems with shared GI at departemental

level– Exploitation of public information

as for any public information