1. From SDI to GSDI with special focus on Regional SDI in Europe (INSPIRE)  
Jarmo Ratia
Director General, National Land Survey of Finland
President
Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) Association

2. Information Society and further on…
Industrial society
Service society
Information society
Network society ?
Knowledge society ??

3. Development to Information Society
First transistor 1960
First computer ´s of users
First graphical userface ´s of users
Global network millions of users
Digital services Billions of users
The amount of personal computers will soon exceed the population of the world.

4. 80% of A L L I N F O R M A T I O N has location

5. Information Society and SDI, RSDI and GSDI
National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)
Regional Spatial Data Infrastructure (RSDI)
Global Spatial Data Infrastructure(GSDI)
Steps towards knowledge society through
information and network society

6. International development
USA 1994, Executive order by Clinton
GI , European Union
GSDI 1, Bonn, Germany, September 1996
EuroGeographics 2002
GSDI Association 2004
INSPIRE, European Union
proposal 2004, will be in force from spring/summer 2007

7. SDI, RSDI and GSDI
The emergence of Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) is considered to be the major development in the GI-world the last ten years.
Considerable amounts of money are invested in their development
Intensive discussions are held on the development of a Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI).
The Europe INSPIRE-directive (INfrastructure for SPatial InfoRmation in Europe)

8. Does your nation have an active or proposed initiative for developing a national spatial data infrastructure (or its equivalent)?
Yes    (GSDI questionnaire in 1998)    
    Antarctica Australia Canada Columbia Finland France
Germany Greece Hungary Indonesia India Japan Kiribati
Macau Malaysia Netherlands Northern Ireland Pakistan (PROPOSED) Russian Federation (STARTING) South Africa Sweden United Kingdom United States
In countries considering SDI Projects (Ian Masser)

9. Dynamic spatial data infrastructure in an ubiquitous information society
Spatial data is created, processed and delivered in real-time
More and more sensors and detectors are used
Traditional SDI will broaden to more versatile snapshot systems which depict natural phenomenon and human activity in real-time
Risk management
- Tsunami warning system
- Hurricane warning systems in the Caribbean
- Earthquake warning systems in Japan
- Flood control systems
- Tracking of icebergs in Northern-Atlantic

11. The National Geographic
Information Strategy
of Finland

12. The Finnish SDI strategy
prepared by the Finnish Council for GI (accepted in August 2004)
the INSPIRE process was followed closely during the preparation
part of the Government Information Society Programme
includes guidelines and working program (23 actions) for:
co-operation structures and mechanisms
standards and specifications
harmonisation of the core data sets
metadata and metadata services
GI services
use and access policy
user applications
research and education
communication

13. Framework of the strategy: the general SDI model (INSPIRE)
Metadata catalogue
Coordinated co-operation
Research and education
Communication
Information and discovery services
……..
on line
service
Standards
GOs, municipalities, companies, research bodies …..
Service chain
Interoperable GI databases
Clear use and access policy
Systematic updating
Real estate data
Topographic
data
Address data
Orthophotos
Tematic GI
Search, view, download ...
User applications

15. the implementation of SDI
General status of
the implementation of SDI
The Finnish Council for Geographic Information (Coordination body)
Official national advisory board in GI affairs
Current term until end of 2007
18 members: key stakeholders (government, research, industry, ...)
Main task: implementation of the SDI strategy
Part-time secretariat
Supporting working groups
metadata
harmonisation
data services
research and education
first implementation actions (preparatory steps)
INSPIRE follow up
political awareness raising

16. Implementation actions
standards and specifications
- several national recommendations in process
harmonisation of the core data sets
- identification of the harmonisation needs ongoing
metadata and metadata services
- draft profile in consultation phase
- new metadata service in development
GI services
- drafting of the interphase recommendation ongoing
use and access policy
- analysis of models ongoing
user applications
- general map viewing service exists
- GI lending facility
research and education
- analysis of development needs ongoing
communication
- national independent magazine exists
- annual GI related fair exists
- preliminary analysis of national GI/SDI portals

17. Challenges in the implementation of the national strategy in Finland
Political support & long term funding
Feasibility with the INSPIRE directive; form & timetable
Delopment of national budget policy; funding & pricing ?
Structure and role of the local level administration in future
Co-operation between organisations; new national legislation ?
Resources for co-ordination; on voluntary basis ?

18. INSPIRE The INfrastructure for SPatial InfoRmation in Europe
Directive
of the European Parliament and of the Council
establishing
a Infrastructure for Spatial Information
in the European Community

19. INSPIRE-directive Principles
Aims at making available relevant, harmonised and quality geographic information for the purpose of formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Community policy-making
Principles
Data should be collected once and maintained at the level where this can be done most effectively
It should be possible to combine seamlessly spatial data from different sources and share it between many users and applications
Spatial data should be collected at one level of government and shared between all levels
Spatial data needed for good governance should be available on conditions that are not restricting its extensive use
It should be easy to discover which spatial data is available, to evaluate its fitness for purpose and to know which conditions apply for its use.

20. INSPIRE - Some practical points - the National Land Survey of Finland - the Finnish Maritime Administration
INSPIRE – good achievement towards uniform quality, availability and joint use of geographic information
Especially important is the joint use of GI between public bodies – as well as the cooperation in the production of data
Financing of the implementation of INSPIRE left to Member States to decide upon:
Expenses depend on the level of implementation
Cost-benefit –analyses important

21. INSPIRE - Some practical points
The Finnish Maritime Administration
Wolrdwide standards: how they will be taken into account in INSPIRE implementation?
For example in ocean charting standard (S-57) there are already unique identifiers in use
…. a new standard because of INSPIRE???

22. INSPIRE - Some practical points - the National Land Survey of Finland (NLS) - the Finnish Maritime Administration (FMA)
National SDI Strategy in line with INSPIRE
Development projects and plans in FMA and NLS in line with INSPIRE
For NLS some new tasks may come up in implementation of INSPIRE
National geoportal?
National coordination?
New information services needed because of INSPIRE?
Update (or small enhancement) of SDI Strategy in Finland maybe needed because of INSPIRE?

23. The National INSPIRE working group (Finland)
Broad-based with 6 Ministries and 4 stakeholders
February 1 – December 31, 2007
Tasks
to assess the needed new legislation
to assess the national functional and economical impact of INSPIRE
to produce a proposal on the needed services, GI portal and the maintenance and financing of those
to produce a proposal on activities required by INSPIRE to secure
the easy access to data and
to secure the opportunity to produce data of good quality
to produce a proposal on national cooperation and coordination structures required by INSPIRE

24. Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association

25. Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association Vision
Foster SDI development
locally to globally

26. GSDI – Goals Promote and develop awareness and exchanges
Facilitate data access/discovery via clearinghouse, portal web services
Stimulate & conduct capacity building
Conduct and sponsor SDI development research
Engage partners to help

27. GSDI – members and partners
Membership
26 Charter members
Many global
Commercial, Government, NGOs, etc
26 Individual members
8 successful meetings
participants
52 countries
Multiple training experiences
Collaboration with multiple partners

28. Grant Programs GSDI Small Grants Program
The grants are limited to US$ 2500 each 
Activities may focus on technical or institutional initiatives, as long as there are concrete/tangible outputs and that several institutions collaborate
2004: 12 grants awarded
ESRI Global Map GSDI Grant Program
One copy of the ArcGIS system
Maintenance (technical support and upgrades)
Intergraph International Grant Program
Open Interoperabililty Grants for Global Map Project
1 full license each of GeoMedia Professional and GeoMedia WebMap
Twelve (12) months of software maintenance

29. GSDI works through regional Committees
Permanent Committees for:
Europe (EuroGeographics, EUROGI)
Asia & the Pacific (PCGIAP)
Americas (PCIDEA)
Africa (CODI and partners)

30. GSDI Standing Committees
Technical Working Group
Legal and Economic Working Group
Communications Committee
Membership Committee
Sponsored Projects Committee
Conference Planning Committee

31. Newsletters
Newsletters are prepared by an editor and issued on a quasi-regular basis
SDI-Africa Newsletter
SDI-Latin America & Caribbean Newsletter
SDI-Asia & Pacific Newsletter
FGDC Newsletter
EUROGI Newsletter
GSDI Newsletter
Current Editor: GSDI Board
Its purpose is to report activities of interest to the SDI community around the globe

32. Editor: Douglas D. Nebert, Technical Working Group Chair, GSDI
Developing Spatial Data Infrastructures:
The SDI Cookbook
Version 2.0
2004
Release for Review at the Fourth Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference, Cape Town, South Africa
Disclaimer: This draft represents a work-in-progress that has been compiled from numerous contributions and available online documents contributing organisations. Full acknowledgement of contributions and citations will be provided in the initial public draft.
Document Available At:
Editor: Douglas D. Nebert, Technical Working Group Chair, GSDI

33. Cookbook Objectives
Define a reference environment for building compatible spatial data infrastructures for use by all communities
Promote best practices, technologies, and guidance for their implementation in a changing Internet environment with low-cost reference implementations, wherever possible
Create an online resource and information web for dissemination

34. Additional Information
Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association
INSPIRE
EuroGeographics
European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information
EuroGlobalMap 1:1 million
EuroRegionalMap 1:
EuroBoundaryMap
Global Mapping