The Australian SDI Clearinghouse

Presentation by Peter Holland, General Manager, National Mapping Division,

Geoscience Australia, peterholland@auslig.gov.au,

www.ga.gov.au

At the Open Seminar on Implementation Models of the APSDI Clearinghouse, Bandar Seri Begawan,

Brunei Darussalam, 17 April 2002

Outline of Presentation

Responsibilities for clearinghouse implementation

Clearinghouse modelProgress to date

Plans for the futureConclusion

Responsibilities for Clearinghouse

Implementation - NationallyThe Australia New

Zealand Land Information CouncilStrategic plan 2000-2005 goal to develop a national

clearinghouseSDI Standing Committee

developing the conceptual model, supported by

metadata working group and other stakeholders

Federal, State and Territory governments

Coordinated by State/Territory coordination

committees

www.anzlic.org.au

Responsibilities for Clearinghouse

Implementation - Federal Government

www.osdm.gov.au

Clearinghouse Model

The Australian Spatial Clearinghouse is an environment

that facilitates access to data, products and services.

It incorporates:discovery, transfer and access

facilities;legal arrangements;

coordination and management functions;

the spatial information commercial market place in which data is value-added and integrated to produce products, services and

solutions.

The Australian Spatial Clearinghouse includes:

multi-jurisdictional data and products (formed by joining

jurisdiction datasets to produce extended regional or national

coverage);links to clearinghouse initiatives in

the States, Territories and the Commonwealth;

government agencies and private sector businesses that form the

spatial information market place.

The Clearinghouse exists between data custodians and end users

Progress to Date

ANZLICThe Australian Spatial Data Directory (ASDD)

Metadata entry toolDirectory nodesSearch methods

Participation in the OGC web mapping testbed project

States and TerritoriesExamples

Land Information System Tasmania (LIST), Virtual Victoria initiative, New South Wales Community Access to

Natural Resources Information (CANRI) system

Federal governmentExamples

National Land and Water Resources Audit (NLWRA) Atlas and Data Library, Commonwealth Spatial Data Committee

(CSDC) web mapping prototypeGeoscience Australia web mapping

The Australian Spatial Data Directory

www.auslig.gov.au/asdd

23 nodes31,000

datasets

www.ga.gov.au

Plans for the Future

ANZLICNew technical working group of the ANZLIC SDI standing committee tasked with oversighting

implementation of the Australian clearinghouseAustralian participation in the OGC web services

initiative

State/Territory governmentsFederal Government

Through the OSDMFacilitate implementation of a whole-of-government

portal to fundamental spatial dataPortal to provide a single approach to prices and

licencingPortal will operate within the ANZLIC-defined national

clearinghouse model and will be linked to the ‘Government Online’ network

Geoscience AustraliaOnline download and e-commerce facilities in place,

and major fundamental datasets online

Conclusion

There is a rapidly growing demand for efficient online access to fundamental spatial data in

Australia and many other countries There are a number of good examples of public and private spatial spatial data clearinghouses around

the world Although there are several good individual

examples of clearinghouse implementation in Australia, a truly national solution has not yet

arrivedAustralia started early in the development of the core clearinghouse elements of metadata and a

distributed directory and these elements have been used extensively

A national clearinghouse will need to involve both public and private sectors, and will need to link to

regional and global implementations