Place Matters: The Location Strategy for the United Kingdom Phil Watts, Ordnance Survey of Great Britain GISCO Joint Working Party of NSOs and NMAs 13 March 2009

Steps towards achieving The Location Strategy for the United Kingdom May 2005 – August 2007 – Development of UK GI Strategy August 2007 – renamed: “Place Matters: The Location Strategy for the United Kingdom” October 2007 - Strategy submitted to Ministers November 2008 Strategy Published Location Council formed UK GI Panel disbanded

Steps to publication Since the last Joint Working Party presentation … Secure funding for cross-cutting core deliverables  Gain wider Ministerial Agreement  Publish Strategy  Establish UK Location Council (Chaired by DEFRA)  Refine and deploy implementation plan  INSPIRE Digital National Framework And now …begin to exploit the Locational dimension in UK public sector information.

Drivers for the UK Location Strategy Towards a UK SDI

To assist in aligning the GI vision – Local to European INSPIRE Member State sharing sharing Regional UK Regional GI Strategies Local the digital national framework UK Location Strategy ALIGNING <<< Local and National Organisations >>>

Strategy & Policy: “Twenty First Century Government is enabled by technology – policy is inspired by it, business change is delivered by it, customer and corporate services are dependent on it, and democratic engagement is exploring it. Moreover modern governments with serious transformational intent see technology as a strategic asset and not just a tactical tool. Technology alone does not transform government, but government cannot transform to meet modern citizens’ expectations without it.” UK Transformational Government Agenda

The United Kingdom – some facts England Land area 130,000km2 Population 50.7m ~390 people km2 Northern Ireland Land area 13,000km2 Population 1.7m ~130 people km2 Devolved Administration Scotland Land area 78,000km2 Population 5.1m ~ 65 people km2 Devolved Administration Wales Land area 20,000km2 Population 2.9m ~145 people km2 UK Land area 241,000Km2 UK Population 60.5m ~250 people per km2

“… everything happens somewhere …” Neighbourhood statistics & Social exclusion Traffic management Environmental Management

Barriers to effective use Lack of technical interoperability Lack of business interoperability Duplication of datasets Lack of awareness (of existing data) Silo world

‘Place’ within the heart of decision making Location Strategy Stimulating increased efficiency & social engagement by promoting the use of ‘place’ in Government Supporting evidence based policies through sharing stakeholders’ place-based data Understanding where needs are required and configuring services Empowering the citizen through location based services Supporting economic development by understanding the UK economic landscape through geography Shared GI Services ‘Place’ within the heart of decision making Protecting and sustaining the UK environment through geographic knowledge Managing the marine / land interface GI Infrastructure Planning regeneration Supporting Homeland Security and effective disaster planning and recovery Understanding the impact and monitoring the reaction to climate change Supporting the Sustainable Development Agenda, incl. transport Identifying locations for inward investment

Five strategic goals aligned with the transformation of public services: To ensure that the UK exploits the full value of its information the Location Strategy requires a programme of strategic actions which ensure that: we know what data we have, and avoid duplicating it; we use common reference data so we know we are talking about the same places; we can share location-related information easily through a common infrastructure of standards, technology and business relationships; we have the appropriate skills, both among geographic professionals and among other professional groups who use location information or support its use; we have strong leadership and governance to drive through change including the implementation of this Strategy and the implementation of INSPIRE.

UKLS and INSPIRE – Components of a UK SDI Mainstream Information Services Digital National Framework INSPIRE UK Location Strategy

Giants Causeway, Northern Ireland Tyndrum, Scotland 28 November 2008 UK Location Council Snowdonia, Wales London, England

CC:The Exchange 12-15 July 2009 Part of the prestigious Cambridge Conference series, for Heads and Directors of the world’s National Mapping and Cadastral Organisations The Conference and Exhibition will be hosted at Ordnance Survey’s Headquarters Southampton Accommodation and social events in the historic ancient capital of England, Winchester Registration opening soon!