UN-GGIM Arab States Meeting WG2 Fundamental Data & Geo-Standards Denise McKenzie Open Geospatial Consortium 22 February 2017 Doha, Qatar

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OGC Members in the Arab States Survey & Land Registration Bureau (Bahrain) National Centre for Statistics & Information (Oman) Ideal Solutions (Qatar) General Commission for Survey (Saudi Arabia) Dubai Municipality (UAE) Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre (UAE) (24 entities) Copyright © 2017 Open Geospatial Consortium

Consensus standards are essential! Unobstructed flow of environmental data Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) Consensus within and among: Sciences Professions Industry Government Data stovepipes Copyright © 2017 Open Geospatial Consortium

Key to Success: Geospatial Standards Policy To benefit from open standards, user organizations must: Agree & commit to use standards in their IT programs Establish clear policy positions supporting standards Employ procurement language that requires vendors to provide standards-based solutions The user community understands the value of OGC standards, and they are increasingly requiring / preferring OGC and complementary ISO standards in their policies. By including standards in core institutional / governmental policy, organizations reinforce the significant investment by industry in a common set of standards for geospatial information sharing. Spatial Data Infrastructures around the globe are meeting mission goals in large part due to the power of open standards to provide the necessary level of interoperability for information sharing and collaboration. © 2012, Open Geospatial Consortium Copyright © 2017 Open Geospatial Consortium 8

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Next steps & thinking about the future Geospatial Linked Data – Spatial Data on the Web Best Practice expected in June 2017 Data Formats – consider Geopackage Land Administration Geo & Statistics (new Discrete Global Grid Systems)* Sustainable Development Goals* *UNGGIM groups in need of Arab State participation Copyright © 2017 Open Geospatial Consortium

What you can do after this meeting? Identify who your geospatial standards experts are in your nation Connect them with those in other nations Connect them with global standards development organisations Review the work of WG2 and determine if your nation will be able to implement the vision eg. resources, skills, etc Copyright © 2017 Open Geospatial Consortium

Data is more valuable as a shared resource Standards make this sharing possible When apps implement standards, “citizen science” creates better data and better metadata. Enhancing citizen scientists’ real value enhances their love of science.

Standards should be driven by innovation and achieved through collaboration The Standards of organisations such as the OGC belong to all