1. Spatial Data Infrastructure
14/05/2018
Spatial Data Infrastructure
Feedback on exercise data
pres. 2005/2006-I: by Ron van Lammeren

2. 1. Which SDIs did you choose?
No.
NSDIs
No. of students % 1.
Netherlands 11 28 2.
New Zealand 4 10 3.
Ireland 3 8 4.
Australia 5.
Germany 2 5 6.
Switzerland 7.
Croatia 8.
Flanders 9. UK 1
Scotland
11.
Luxemburg
12.
Chile
13.
Iceland
14.
Belgium
No.
NSDIs
No. of students %
15.
Mexico 1 3
16.
Serbia
17.
Indonesia
18.
California

3. 2. Which datasets did you choose?
Category
Names
Land use
Land survey
Cadastral
Corinne land cover
National Parks
Forests
Natura 2000
Infrastructure
Highway roads
Road network
Railways
Railway Stations
Infrastructure
National cycling routes
Harbours
Water
Rivers
Water bodies
Lakes
Geomorphology
Elevation
Height data
Lithological map
Other
Addresses
demography
Natural hazards

4. 3. Could you easily locate and obtain the datasets you needed?
Country
Difficulty
Remarks
Netherlands
Easy
Pros: Easy to obtain, “click and view”, direct download
cons: some difficulty due to language barrier, many search results  difficult to select the most relevant
New Zealand -
Ireland
Australia
Con: Large size of datasets
Germany
Medium/ Difficult
Con: could not easily obtain data
Switzerland
Croatia
Easy/ Medium
Cons: language barrier, inconsistency of data
Flanders
United Kingdom
Medium
Relatively easy
Cons: cannot find the link to the viewer itself
Country
Difficulty
Remarks
Scotland
Easy -
Luxemburg
Easy/
Hard
Con: could not discover data
Chile
Medium/ Easy
Cons: language barrier, inconsistency of data
Iceland
Difficult
Generally difficult to obtain and locate
Belgium
Mexico
Pros: easy to find the desired datasets
Serbia
Only con: language is only in Serbian
Indonesia
California

5. 5. Process of obtaining data…

6. … and using in ArcGIS online
Uploading to ArcGIS online
Sometimes difficult due to ArcGIS online dataset size restrictions
Map services quiet easy to use

7. 6. Which step was the most difficult?
Metadata miss the information about download
Getting the actual data (problems with download)
Language problems, local languages
The choice of right search terms
Need to log in first- in some cases you have to pay for obtaining larger datasets
Download link difficult to find

8. 7. Propose the solution to the problems
Provide link to data without registration needed
Make user- friendly geoportals (Simplify geoportals reduce the linked websites for obtaining the data)
Comparison of the metadata results
Use also English as a common language

9. Most of the data possible to obtain !!

10. Is it possible to upload datasets?
“After searching through both geoportals, I have to conclude that this is not possible. This probably works in the way that governmental entities and private companies have agreements on who provides what data..”
“I could not find how it works. However I found out you need to get a (free) account and you will be able to upload the metadata from your own organization.”
“The users can upload their dataset using shared visualization column in community page, but they need to log in first because the page is restricted. The users also need to log in if they want to suggest new dataset and share their experiences using the dataset from this portal.

11. Summary In most cases the data can be obtained
The most difficult is to find location with link to real data
Available map services instead of real data
Netherland and New Zealand are the most user friendly NSDIs

12. Thank you for your attention