1. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 1 EuroSpec providing the foundations to maximise the use of GIS claude.luzet@eurogeographics.org

2. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 2 A story of interoperability… I can obtain, for a price, data via this media and according to this model …

3. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 3 a story … I can obtain, for a price, data via this media and according to this model … … but I could read it only in that format …

4. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 4 a story … Clever I am (I am a developer) I purchased this extra development kit …

5. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 5 a story … Clever I am (I am a developer) I purchased this extra development kit … … and managed to get the data into my system, but it’s unreliable and there are significant losses in the transfer.

6. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 6 a story … So I went to a professional consultant, who sold me sophisticated tools …

7. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 7 a story … So I went to a professional consultant, who sold me sophisticated tools … … as well as he sold me his much needed assembling skills and support service …

8. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 8 a story … Finally, I got a decent data flow, in a reasonably safe and professional set-up …

9. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 9 a story … Finally, I have a decent data flow, in a reasonably safe and professional set-up … … but at a significant cost and not readily reusable in a different environment.

10. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 10 a story … What I would have liked is an immediately (inter)operable interface …

11. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 11 a story … What I would have liked is an immediately (inter)operable interface … … at low cost, and usable in many different environment.

12. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 12 EuroGeographics Vision Achieve interoperability of European mapping (and other GI) data within 10 years

13. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 13 The 12 INSPIRE policy principles (1) The European Spatial Data Infrastructure shall be built upon a network of National Spatial Data Infrastructures; INSPIRE’s technical architecture shall be designed to meet the needs of all stakeholders; Datasets made available to harmonised data specifications and to common standards; Data Quality procedures to ensure fitness for purpose and use; Discovery metadata will be made available at no charge to help users identify and locate INSPIRE datasets; Reference data will provide the underpinning framework to which all other INSPIRE data will be referenced.

14. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 14 The 12 INSPIRE policy principles (2) Thematic data will be made available to common standards; INSPIRE data shall be made available for access and view without charge and on harmonised terms and conditions throughout the European Union; Sustainable funding and investment mechanisms shall be put in place and maintained by Member States; Harmonised licensing framework will optimise sharing and trading of georeferenced thematic information; Unimpeded flow of data and information at local, regional, national and international; Management and organisation of INSPIRE shall be based on the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality.

15. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 15 Include here the vision graphics

16. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 16 Achieving the vision : metadata The first step History : GDDD since 1996 ‘modernisation’ in progress, synergies with INSPIRE portal, and national initiatives

17. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 17 Achieving the vision : Pricing & Licensing Rationale : –There is no value of the harmonised data if customers are not able access and to use it Objectives : –Create licensing terms similar enough to remove legal obstacles to regional/European products –Comparable pricing policy - not similar prices Issues of data access, usage and dissemination terms are considered on the same priority (if not higher) than the work on the common specifications

18. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 18 EuroSpec Vision DB A DB B DB C ISO EuroSpec Pricing & Licensing policy Euro Metadata Users Legal Framework Euro Reference Data Own data

19. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 19 EuroSpec objectives Develop agreed specifications (data content and data model ) for common reference data; Build a community of key stakeholders (including customers, system and application developers, and other project partners) and involve them in the development and implementation testing of the specifications;

20. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 20 EuroSpec objectives (cont’d) Test the feasibility of implementing the specifications through development of prototypes - “ to learn by doing”; and, Develop implementation guidelines for NMAs to ensure national datasets can be transformed to the European specification(s).

21. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 21 Scope (content) Common Reference Data –Units of administration –Units of property rights (parcels, buildings) –Addresses –Selected topographic themes (hydrography, transport, height,…) –Orthoimagery –Gazetteer –Coordinate systems

22. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 22 Scope (resolution) Feature catalogue –Scale-less Data structure, data models –Focus on large scale (1:10.000) –Address other required scale ranges Medium : 1:25k ~ 1:50k Small : 1:100k ~ 1:1M –Options, issues Object based, unique identifier Connected topology, shared topology, Edge matching 3D, time stamp

23. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 23 State of the art (1) Most reference data components are available in Europe, provided by an average of 2 organisations per country

24. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 24 Total of 68 organiza- tions in 26 countries Producers of reference data sets 4 3 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 18 1 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 3 1 13 2 3 1

25. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 25 State of the art (2) Most reference data components are available in Europe, provided by an average of 2 organisations per country Most larger scale national ‘topographic’ databases are at scale 1:10.000

26. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 26 Scale of topographic databases Note1: Switzerland has also 60 % of data in scale 1:1000 Note2: GB has several scales (29 % 1:1250, 68 % 1:2500, 3 % 1:10000)

27. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 27 State of the art (3) Most reference data components are available in Europe, provided by an average of 2 organisations per country Most larger scale national ‘topographic’ databases are at scale 1:10.000 Topographic data is generally not object based, but there is a definite trend to change towards object based structures National DBs are generally not based on international standards.

28. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 28 Seamless Administrative Boundaries of Europe –The first European commercial product from NMAs –It was started in 1992: v1991, v1995, v1997, 2001 Census (released Feb 2003) –The most detailed admin. units from “official sources” –Cross-border data with uniform structure and in one reference system –32 countries Early steps : SABE

29. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 29 Early steps : EuroGlobalMap Global (1:1m) scale Network approach to creation through regional coordinators Target for delivery: –June 2003 ~ 20 countries –End 2003 ~ 30-35 countries http://www.eurogeographics.org/egm

30. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 30 Early steps : EuroRegionalMap Regional/national scale (1:250k) Prototype dataset covering 7 countries Target for delivery is October 2003 Aim to expand coverage http://www.eurogeographics.org/erm

31. EuroSpec @ 9th EC-GIS, A Corona, 26th June 2003 31