EuroGeographics’ geospatial contribution to the Dig ital Agenda for Europe

Ingrid Vanden Berghe EuroGeographics President

Pillar I: Digital Single Market

• Give access to public sector information• Give access to public sector information• Stimulate a European online content market• Simplify the distribution of creative content• Protect intellectual property rights online

• Legislate on ICT interoperability

Pillar II: Interoperability and

Standards

• Legislate on ICT interoperability• Promote standard-setting rules• Guidance on ICT standardisation and public procurement• European Interoperability Strategy and Framework

Pillar III: Trust and Security

Pillar IV: Very Fast Internet

• Generate more private investment for ICT research

Pillar V: Research and Innovation

• Generate more private investment for ICT research• Coordination and pooling of resources• New generation of web-based applications and services• Double annual public spending on ICT research and

development

Pillar VI: Enhancing e-skills

• Seamless cross-border eGovernment services in the

Pillar VII: ICT for Social Challenges

• Seamless cross-border eGovernment services in the single market

• Review ‘Public access to Environmental Information Directive’

• Cross-border eEnvironment services • Fully interoperable eGovernment services• Common list of key cross-border public services • e-Maritime services

EuroGeographics - who, what and why?

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Associate

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www.eurogeographics.org

EuroGeographics Mission

To further the development

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To further the development of the European Spatial Data Infrastructure through collaboration in the area of geographical information, including topographic information, cadastre and land information.

How does EuroGeographics contribute?

1. help members to develop their NSDI:a) inform on European policy ;b) facilitate exchange of information

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2. help members to develop the ESDI:a) Reference data/services;b) interoperability projects.

Data

• Public sector data available as pan-europeanharmonised datasets

• Easy to discover, easy to purchase• Harmonised licence conditions• Harmonised licence conditions

Users require:a trustworthy source & quality assured data

Why is Reference data important?

The ‘on the web’ world

The real world – but you can’t get everything from Earth Observations

Private industryCartographic industryEarth Observations

Additional andThematic data

Meeting the user requirement

Web companies GIS industry”the Cloud”

Reference data is part of the solution

requirement

NMCAs Other governmentalagencies

USERS

Data for the ESDI

EuroBoundaryMapEuroGlobalMap

EuroRegionalMapEuroDEM

EuroBoundaryMap

EuroGlobalMap V 4.0

EuroRegionalMap

Software survey - Data ProductionProductionand Update

The ESDIN project

• 20 partners

– Data providers– Developers

– Academia– Academia

– Software companies• Best Practice

– Processes

– Services– Specifications

• INSPIRE and more

ESDIN results

The European Location Framework

The European Location Framework

• Public sector reference data for others to rely on;• Cooperate and collaborate; • One reference at European level;• One reference at national scale, based on NMCAs distributed INSPIRE

services and common standards;services and common standards;• Data provider’s Toolbox • Data policy and licensing works for everybody!

ECRINS

Urban Atlas

Corine Land Cover

INSPIRECommission

EUGeoportal

Google

Points of Interest

Navtech/TeleatlasSEIS

EuroGeoInfo

Annex II & III

Additional and Thematic data

Reference dataReference dataServices

InterfaceService Integration

The European Location Framework

MembersMasterSources

Admin Hydro Transport Other Topo Addresses Buildings DEM, Landcover, Geographical Names, Ortho, Cadastral Parcels

UrbanRuralRemoteTopo + Cadastre

E.L.F.Regionaldataset

Generalization processConformance testing

Quality Evaluation

E.L.FGlobaldataset

Edge-matching service (EuroXBoundary)

Generalization processConformance testing

EG+National mappingand cadastralagencies

Quality evaluation service

Reference data services (view,download)

Joint services

GMESReferenceData Service

CommissionService

GoogleMaps

Yahoo

Registryservices

CommercialServiceIntegrators

Reference data Services

EuroGeoCloud

E.L.F work in progress

• EuroGeographics internal project for E.L.F.• E.L.F. Task Force• Implementing ESDIN results internally:

• Generalization EGM from ERM, ERM admin from EBM and EGM admin from EBM

• ERM based on E.L.F. specs in 2013• EuroGeoNames based on new architecture and lauch in 2012• EuroGeoNames based on new architecture and lauch in 2012

Planned ELF coverage at regional and global level

Not availableAvailable 2011-2014Admin available 2011-2014Admin, EGM available 2011-2014Availability to be agreed

Malta

Benefits of the E.L.F.

- Data linked to a common, maintained location framework- Cross domain consistency- Consistency between themes- Better up-to-dateness- Consistency between resolutions. - Quality conformance levels and metadata- Unique identifiers

Services

• Develop• Sustainable offer

Spatial Data Infrastructure

Leadership Legislation

Coordination

To support better policy, better decision making an d better service delivery

Cooperation

www.eurogeoinfo.eu

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Prototype MSs Reference Data Service

Conclusions