The GIPSIE Project Werner Kuhn Institute for Geoinformatics University of Muenster
28 June 1999EC-GIS Workshop Stresa2 What is GIPSIE? GIS Interoperability Project Stimulating the Industry in Europe Goal: promote GIS interoperability in Europe Co-ordinated by: Department of Geoinformation, TU Vienna Partners from academia & industry Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster Space Applications Institute, JRC SICAD Geomatics Laser-Scan Intergraph Europe OGC
28 June 1999EC-GIS Workshop Stresa3 Why GIPSIE? OpenGIS is the industrial standards approach to grow GI markets European GIS industry is losing market share in a growing market Europe has special requirements for OpenGIS Europe has specialised industries, sophisticated users, and experienced universities OpenGIS offers chances for SME’s
28 June 1999EC-GIS Workshop Stresa4 © 1998, Open GIS Consortium, Inc. All Rights Reserved From Vendor A From Vendor B From Vendor C From Laboratory D Framework of OpenGIS Interfaces Service and Data Components The OpenGIS Approach
28 June 1999EC-GIS Workshop Stresa5 How does GIPSIE operate? Create a bridge between the European GIS community and the Open GIS Consortium (OGC) Four main tasks: 1. Inform European GIS community about Open GIS 2. Represent European interests within OGC 3. Provide discussion forum 4. Co-ordinate European contributions to OpenGIS specification development
28 June 1999EC-GIS Workshop Stresa6 What has GIPSIE achieved? 4 GIPSIE Information days 4 Technical debriefings GIPSIE Web-site GIPSIE Information Service (GIPSIE-IS) European Special Interest Group in OGC (E-SIG) Contributions to OpenGIS specifications (e.g., Feature ID, Semantic SIG?, Environmental SIG?)
28 June 1999EC-GIS Workshop Stresa7 First year achievements
28 June 1999EC-GIS Workshop Stresa8 Milestones which mark the project
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28 June 1999EC-GIS Workshop Stresa10 Plans for Second Year Information days for France & southern Europe Restructure debriefings (topic-wise chronological instead of synchronous) Introduce European topics into OGC process
28 June 1999EC-GIS Workshop Stresa11 European Topics General research topics: Raster-vector integration Formalisation of Geometry Specific European topics: Data quality and pricing Localised Mapping European Cadastre Impacts on structure of European GI organisations Domain Object Model water planning Spatial Reference Systems Semantics and language issues
28 June 1999EC-GIS Workshop Stresa12 Conclusions GIPSIE is progressing ahead of schedule Plans for year 2 address weaknesses in information dissemination Process of engaging Europe is slow and cannot be completed within 2 years
28 June 1999EC-GIS Workshop Stresa13 For more information: