1. United Kingdom NSDI: State of Play Summary – Foundation – NMAs (detailed and derived geography) – Standards - varied – Legal framework - none for “SDI” – Funding – Govt and commercial – Roles and responsibilities – could be clearer – Intellectual property rights and pricing - foundation (cost recovery) & some free – Educational aspects - evolving by all players incl AGI Name: Keith Murray Country: United Kingdom

2. United Kingdom Location is an essential component of most information [80%] Location underpins important government activity - this impacts upon the citizen e.g.: – buying a house – choosing a school – travelling to work – emergencies Location information (Ordnance Survey products and services) underpins £100 billion of national GDP [OXERA report 1999] (see http://ordnancesurvey.co.uk)http://ordnancesurvey.co.uk NSDI: State of Play - customer

3. United Kingdom NSDI: State of Play - drivers Developing the KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY – Customer driven: Maturing & New breed of individuals Expectations rising (quality, price & standards) Plug & Play – eGovernment – targets for 2005 – eCitizen – e-Envoy in the Cabinet Office, Regional development – eEurope – early links – Use of public information Access to Government information (making data available) vs providing a customer-driven service Knowledge economy requires data sharing

4. United Kingdom Integrating information through geography Where are the archaeological sites? Who owns this land? Who occupies this building? Which route offers the best solution? Where are the environmentally sensitive areas Webpage: Union Railways

5. United Kingdom NSDI: State of Play - Access Access to information via (offline & increasingly online) – Discovery Metadata through the askGIraffe service managed by the AGI growing distributed node network – FGDC link – Core/framework data supplied by: Ordnance Survey (GB) and OSNI UK Hydrographic Office – Other data – based on Ordnance Survey framework data: HM Land Register, Registers of Scotland and Land Dept NI, VOA British Geological Survey, Land Cover Office of National Statistics, GROS Local authorities ~ 600 (different structures in E&W, S & NI) Royal Mail, Environmental (Flooding) Private sector (imagery, project datasets, contaminated land etc) Service Level Agreements Pan-Govt. LA’s etc

6. United Kingdom NSDI: State of Play – Architecture & Standards

7. United Kingdom telematics e-enabled citizen planning economic development emergency services neighbourhood development GPS/ GALILEO Definitive integrated database Foundation - geography user data Application user data Application Remote sensing - monitoring Images courtesy of HM Land Registry and Volkswagen ‘e’

8. United Kingdom NSDI: State of Play: Scope National Coordinate system – 3D GPS/Galileo integration Geoid Model Transformations Active network Real time positioning Topographic features (themes) Digital Terrain/Elevation Model Imagery Boundaries Addresses Transport network Ownership - cadastre Occupancy - taxation Points of Interest Geology Land Use/Cover Geographical Names Access land Archaeological Agricultural management Environmental data Statistical records Construction Images Attribution Demographics Telematics & more Unique Object Identifier = Data linking Coordinate

9. United Kingdom OS MasterMap TM Topographic Layer (9 themes) 400+ million features truly seamless database updated daily released November 2001 - online delivered only in GML Unique identifier (TOID) 0409 2000 1706 1951

10. United Kingdom IS THERE A CONNECTION? Joining up x-organisational data - by TOID Council tax benefit Education Census Fire records Address (linked to bldg TOID) Building (TOID) Housing Stock (condition) All the events are explicitly cross referenced by the connections to the TOID (which also has coordinates)

11. United Kingdom Topo Themes Bldgs Rds/Tks/Paths Land Heritage Rail Water Structures Future: Prebuild Bdy Themes Administrative Electoral Postcode Urban Limits? Census? Primary Health Care Units? ITN Themes Roads Tracks Paths Rail Water Address L&P Addresses Naming Land parcels Indicative land registration information links Land occupancy information links

12. United Kingdom Information & geographic reporting Geographical area e.g. by Ward Geographical area i.e by District Georeferencing: At point level Either: Address or map feature etc - are linked to the TOID Geographical area i.e Region Aggregated data Drill down Geographical area e.g. by Census Output area

13. United Kingdom The Digital National Framework OS MasterMap is based on a new standard for national georeferencing frameworks, defining: Direct and indirect reference systems (coordinates & identifiers) Reference data (the base geography that links users data) Application/Users data (information to be referenced) Quality Metadata Linking application data with reference data (data sharing) Glossary Several components developed in conjunction with:-

14. United Kingdom NSDI: State of Play - Standards ComponentCurrent level of implementation (not planned, planned but not started, on-going, completed + % territory covered) Current use of GI standards (e.g., ISO/TC211-oriented, OGC- oriented, CEN/TC287, national standard) Coordinate Reference Framework Completed 100%Euref: ETRS89 Reference Data: Layers & themes, object identifiers In progress, Topolayer/themes, other layers being integrated, TOIDs in use OSi & OSNI collaboration – national stds, RICS Data communication and metadata services In progress: Topo Layer 100% Discovery (incl askGIraffe) 30%? OpenGIS, industry [& BSI] ISO User data and applicationsOn-goingVarious incl BSI, ISO & Industry

15. United Kingdom Ordnance Survey role

16. United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Business model Customer driven, & customers pay for data, aim to deliver a quality service (data and single portal for data) Permits medium term investment, supports sustainable evolution & minimises financial dependence on government (short term) Ensures Ordnance Survey is business focussed – IP, partnerships, licensing & priorities Maintaining the framework for others to build on and exploit Focus on this as Ordnance Survey core business - not in the applications business & aiming to significantly grow the role of partners Built on two decades of experience Ordnance Survey and its partners will be the content provider of choice for location based information in the new knowledge economy.

17. United Kingdom Trading Fund status from 1/4/1999

18. United Kingdom Conclusions No “one-size fits all” for a spatial infrastructure; the national political, social and economic environment will dictate the scope, content & nature – someone has to take the lead In Great Britain: Knowledge Economy – driven by Government and supported by the commercial sector Customer driven, funding from customers, led by Ordnance Survey (establishing foundation GI levels) Major elements in place and others being developed with other government agencies and partners – maintained daily The future will be driven by users needs (government & commercial)