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NSDI: State of Play

Summary

– Foundation – NMAs (detailed and derived geography)

– Standards - varied

– Legal framework - none for “SDI”

– Funding – Govt and commercial

– Roles and responsibilities – could be clearer

– Intellectual property rights and pricing - foundation (cost recovery) & some free

– Educational aspects - evolving by all players incl AGI

Name: Keith MurrayCountry: United Kingdom

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Location is an essential component of most information [80%]

Location underpins important government activity - this impacts upon the citizen e.g.:

– buying a house

– choosing a school

– travelling to work

– emergencies

Location information (Ordnance Survey products and services) underpins £100 billion of national GDP [OXERA report 1999]

(see http://ordnancesurvey.co.uk)

NSDI: State of Play - customer

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NSDI: State of Play - drivers

Developing the KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY– Customer driven:

Maturing & New breed of individuals Expectations rising (quality, price & standards) Plug & Play

– eGovernment – targets for 2005– eCitizen – e-Envoy in the Cabinet Office, Regional development– eEurope – early links

– Use of public information Access to Government information (making data available) vs

providing a customer-driven service Knowledge economy requires data sharing

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Integrating information through geography

Where are the

archaeological sites?

Who owns this land?

Who occupies this

building?

Which route offers the

best solution?

Where are the environmentall

y sensitive areas

Webpage: Union Railways

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NSDI: State of Play - Access

Access to information via (offline & increasingly online)– Discovery Metadata

through the askGIraffe service managed by the AGI growing distributed node network – FGDC link

– Core/framework data supplied by: Ordnance Survey (GB) and OSNI UK Hydrographic Office

– Other data – based on Ordnance Survey framework data: HM Land Register, Registers of Scotland and Land Dept NI, VOA British Geological Survey, Land Cover Office of National Statistics, GROS Local authorities ~ 600 (different structures in E&W, S & NI) Royal Mail, Environmental (Flooding) Private sector (imagery, project datasets, contaminated land etc)

Service Level AgreementsPan-Govt. LA’s etc

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NSDI: State of Play – Architecture & Standards

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telematics

e-enabled citizen

planning

economic development

emergency services

neighbourhood development

GPS/

GALILEO

Definitive integrated database

Foundation - geography

user data

Application

user data

Application

Remote sensing -monitoring

Images courtesy of HM Land Registry and Volkswagen

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NSDI: State of Play: Scope

•National Coordinate system – 3D

•GPS/Galileo integration

•Geoid Model

•Transformations

•Active network

•Real time positioning

•Topographic features (themes)

•Digital Terrain/Elevation Model

•Imagery

•Boundaries

•Addresses

•Transport network

•Ownership - cadastre

•Occupancy - taxation

•Points of Interest

•Geology

•Land Use/Cover

•Geographical Names

Access land

Archaeological

Agricultural management

Environmental data

Statistical records

Construction

Images

Attribution

Demographics

Telematics

& more

Unique Object Identifier =Data linking

Coordinate

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OS MasterMapTM

Topographic Layer (9 themes)

400+ million features

truly seamless database

updated daily

released November 2001 - online

delivered only in GML

Unique identifier (TOID)

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IS THERE A CONNECTION?Joining up x-organisational data - by TOID

Council tax benefit

Education

CensusFire records

Address

(linked to bldg TOID)Building (TOID)

Housing Stock

(condition)

All the events are explicitly cross referenced by the connections to the TOID (which also has

coordinates)

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Topo Themes

Bldgs

Rds/Tks/Paths

Land

Heritage

Rail

Water

Structures

Future: Prebuild

Bdy Themes

Administrative

Electoral

Postcode

Urban Limits?

Census?

Primary Health Care Units?

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ITN Themes

Roads

Tracks

Paths

Rail

Water

Address L&P

Addresses

Naming

Land parcels

Indicative land registration information links

Land occupancy information links

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Information & geographic reporting

Geographical area e.g. by

Ward

Geographical areai.e by District

Georeferencing:At point level

Either: Address or map feature etc - are linked

to the TOID

Geographical areai.e Region

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Geographical area e.g. by

Census Output area

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The Digital National Framework

OS MasterMap is based on a new standard for national georeferencing frameworks, defining:

Direct and indirect reference systems (coordinates & identifiers)

Reference data (the base geography that links users data)

Application/Users data (information to be referenced)

Quality

Metadata

Linking application data with reference data (data sharing)

Glossary

Several components developed in conjunction

with:-

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NSDI: State of Play - Standards

Component Current level of implementation (not planned, planned but not started, on-going, completed + % territory covered)

Current use of GI standards (e.g., ISO/TC211-oriented, OGC-oriented, CEN/TC287, national standard)

Coordinate Reference Framework

Completed 100% Euref: ETRS89

Reference Data: Layers & themes, object identifiers

In progress, Topolayer/themes, other layers being integrated, TOIDs in use

OSi & OSNI collaboration – national stds, RICS

Data communication and metadata services

In progress: Topo Layer 100%

Discovery (incl askGIraffe) 30%?

OpenGIS, industry [& BSI]

ISO

User data and applications On-going Various incl BSI, ISO & Industry

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Ordnance Survey role

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Ordnance Survey Business model

Customer driven, & customers pay for data, aim to deliver a quality service (data and single portal for data) Permits medium term investment, supports sustainable evolution & minimises financial dependence on

government (short term) Ensures Ordnance Survey is business focussed – IP, partnerships, licensing & priorities Maintaining the framework for others to build on and exploit Focus on this as Ordnance Survey core business - not in the applications business & aiming to significantly

grow the role of partners Built on two decades of experience

Ordnance Survey and its partners will be the content provider of choice for location based information in

the new knowledge economy.

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Ordnance Survey Trading Costs, Revenues and Manpower - March 2001 Prices

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Conclusions

No “one-size fits all” for a spatial infrastructure; the national political, social and economic environment will dictate the scope, content & nature – someone has to take the lead

In Great Britain:

Knowledge Economy – driven by Government and supported by the commercial sector

Customer driven, funding from customers, led by Ordnance Survey (establishing foundation GI levels)

Major elements in place and others being developed with other government agencies and partners – maintained daily

The future will be driven by users needs (government & commercial)