Gareth JonesUK Location Benefits Realisation Manager

gareth.jones2@defra.gsi.gov.uk

THE UK LOCATION PROGRAMME’S APPROACH TO ENABLING BENEFITS REALISATION

Inspire Conference, Istanbul, 2012

How Does Benefits Realisation Fit Into a Typical Project?

Investment

Benefits

Infrastructure &

Services

Business Change

Business Change

Benefits Measures

What makes UK Location Programme different?

Investment

Infrastructure &

Services

Business Change

Business Change

Benefits

Benefits Measures

Benefits Realisation Strategy for UKLP

A) Ensure that UKLP is delivering the infrastructure and

services that enable other parties to deliver benefits

B) Sample the end benefits

• Case Studies

• Key Beneficiaries

C) Cross-check the sampled end benefits against economic

models

High Level Benefits Model

Metadata Catalogue

on data.gov.uk

Improve quality,

efficiency & delivery of

services

Knowledge of what

data exists

Reduced costs for

public, private and 3rd

sector users of data

Increase research,

innovation &

commercial exploitation

of location data to

benefit UK economy

Improved evidence

base for informed

policy development

and decision making

Ease of Access to

and Usefulness of

Data

Improved

interoperability &

data harmonisation

Improved capacity

and capability for

use of location

information/data

Data Publisher View

and Download

Services

Open Data

& Simplified

Licensing

Common

Infrastructure,

Standards &

Reference data

Learning & Skills

Development

Map Based Search

and Preview Service

on data.gov.uk

Governance and

Stakeholder

Engagement Groups

Compliance with

legal obligations

and avoidance of

infraction costs

Greater awareness

of the value and

benefits of location

data

Facilitate other

Government initiatives

using location based

information and tools

Increased cross

sector collaboration

Standardisation

sometimes stifles

innovation

UK Location

Infrastructure & ServicesEnabling Benefits

End Benefits

Reduced

duplication,

increased sharing

and reuse

Improved spatial

data quality

Up front costs

provide a barrier to

the potential

benefits

Monitoring and

Assurance Services

Drill Down – Enabling Benefits

Benefits

# of initiativesusing UKLP data

Benefit perinitiative

Greater awareness of

the value of using GI

data

Awareness of UKLPas a potent ial source

of dataKnowledge of what

data is available

# of init iat ives for whichappropriate data is

available

# of datasets published

on data.gov.uk

# of hits against location

data on data.gov.uk

Ease of access to and

usefulness of data

# of datasets withdownload services on

data.gov.uk

Improved capacity and

capabili ty for use of

location data

Increased

cross-sector

collaboration

Improved

interoperability and data

harmonisation

Improved spatial

data quality

# of publications drawing

attention to value of GIdata

# of publications drawingattention to UKLP as a

source of data

# of publications

by UKLP

# of init iat ives with results

worthy of publicising

# of datasets t ransformed

to INSPIRE standards

# of organisat ions

able to consume a

web mapping service

# of p rojects that aredeveloped via cross-sector

collaborat ion

# of organisat ions working

together using shared servicecentres

# of references on

social media

speed at which apps are

built from published data

# of policies that

reference INSPIRE

Budget available to

undertake initiatives

Infrastructure (ICT etc)

available to undertakeinitiatives

Cost to undertake

initiative

# of app lications freely

available to download

Sharing of best

practice

Rewards &

Incentives

Metadata Catalogue

on data.gov.uk

User Friendliness and

Ease of use of site

Ownership /

Agenda of site

# of datasets

downloaded

Map Based Search &

Preview Service

Extent to which

Preview service isuseful

Data Publisher View &

Download Services

# of datasets available

for view only

Open Data and S implified

Licensing

Data Pricing and

Exemption Process

# of datasets that aremachine readable and can be

consumed

Common Infrastructure,

S tandards and Reference

Data

Ownership of standards

(Definit ion and drivingcompliance)

<Improved spatial

data quality>

<Cost to undertake

initiative>

Governance and

S takeholder

Engagement Groups

Range of people engagedwith (not just "Known

Knowns")

<Governance and

S takeholder Engagement

Groups>

<Range of p eop leengaged with (not just"Known Knowns")>

Introductions ofcomplementary organisations

to drive costs down

Reduced

duplication

User Feedback

Benefits Realisation

Best Pract ice

Learning & Skills

Development

# of GI champions

ability to articulate

value of initiatives

<Learning & Skills

Development>

# of Twitter

followers

# of newslet ter

subscribers

Quality of output

# Directives that

require locat ion data

Monitoring &

Assurance S ervices

Drill Down – Skills & Awareness

Benefits

# of initiatives

using UKLP data

Benefit perinitiative

Greater awareness of

the value of using GI

data

Awareness of UKLPas a potent ial source

of data

Improved capacity and

capabili ty for use of

location data

Increased

cross-sector

collaboration

# of publications drawingattention to value of GI

data

# of publications drawingattention to UKLP as a

source of data

# of publications

by UKLP

# of initiat ives with results

worthy of p ublicising

# of organisat ions

able to consume a

web mapping service

# of p rojects that are

developed via cross-sectorcollaborat ion

# of organisat ions

working together using

shared service centres

# of references on

social media

# of policies that

reference INSPIRE

Governance and

S takeholder

Engagement Groups

Range of people engaged

with (not just "KnownKnowns")

<Governance and

S takeholder Engagement

Groups>

<Range of p eop leengaged with (not just"Known Knowns")>

Benefits Realisation

Best Pract ice

Learning & Skills

Development

# of GI champions

<Learning & Skills

Development>

# of Twitter

followers

# of newslet ter

subscribers

Quality of output

Where Are We Now?

We have

• A Benefits Realisation Strategy in place (published at the

end of April 2012)

• Benefits Model

• Potential Benefits Measures Identified

• Risks and Success Factors Identified

Next Steps

• Review, Refine and Select Measures

• Develop Baselines and Targets

• Develop Strategy for Sampling End Benefits

• Determine the role the User Group can play in driving

benefits realisation forward.

And....

• Identify priority opportunity areas

What is the UK Location User Group?

• Represents the voice of the user community

• Widens stakeholder representation and involvement in UK Location .

• Focal point for user feedback to the Location Council on the requirements and progress in implementing the UK Location Strategy and the INSPIRE Directive.

• Supports UKLP communications activities

• Ensures user communities are informed about the plan and benefits of implementing it.

• Gives users access to best practice, tools and capacity building initiatives to apply to their organisations.

• Meets 3 times a year.

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User Sectors

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1. Public Sector

Central Government

Local Government England & Wales

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Wales

Blue Light [Emergency Services + Police

Defence

Meteorological

Marine

Health

Education

Transport

Mapping Agency

Environment

2. Learning / Research Sector

Universities

Environmental Research

Learned Societies

3. Private Sector

Location Data & Solution Suppliers

Land & Property

Utilities

Marine

Oil & Gas

Insurance

Retail

Meteorological

4. Professional Bodies

Land & Property

Cartography

Geographic Information

Statistics

Hydrographic

Geological

Meteorological

5. 3rd Sector

6. New Media / Other

What has been achieved so far?

• Provided a ‘voice’ for users on public sector data provider

dominated Programme

• Advised UK Location Council of users’ key strategic concerns

• Worked collaboratively with the programme team

• Assisted with developing the benefits realisation strategy

• Identified useful case studies

• Established evaluation sub-group to test services being provided

• Engaged with business area user groups (3rd sector, retail,

environment, etc)

• Responded to government consultation on PDC

• Kept represented user sectors informed of progress

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A FEW EXAMPLES

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The Coal Authority - sharing data on the legacy of

coal miningThe challenge

The Coal Authority recognised that improved spatial data sharing

would benefit its relationship with the 180 local authorities whose

geographic areas coincide with coalfields.

The benefits

• automated data sharing becoming part of a common communications

strategy involving Authority stakeholders

• the spatial management of the Authority’s critical business data is being

transformed with efficiency savings automatically built into use and re-use

• sharing data is helping to ensure that people’s safety is taken account of

as they go about their business in former mining areas

The solution

Developing a corporate GIS using common digital standards for the use of spatial data

supported by UKLII

Datasets (mining and site inspection reports) being combined with the land ownership details

held by the local authorities, to provide up-to-date information on the condition of legacy

mines.

Barrow Borough Council – Implementing INSPIRE compliant services

The context

UKLP and LGG looking for public authorities to test the

feasibility of the technical approach to publishing

geospatial data.

The solution

Implementation of an Open Source solution for INSPIRE

publishing services according to specific technical

standards

The benefits

•Use of open source software to provide web services for cataloguing and viewing has replaced

proprietary software.

•Overall savings of £26000 annually in license and software costs

•Making data available through standardised WMS enables the seamless display of data from different

sources.

•Lessons learned are available for other Local Authorities and organisations

Using INSPIRE data: Environment Agency bathing

water linked data pilot

• Uses data from EA and

OS

• Potential for linking to

other data to see the

relationships between

bathing water quality and

visitor numbers and

meteorological events

such as storms

Thank you for listening

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