1. The GIPSIE Project Werner Kuhn Institute for Geoinformatics University of Muenster

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 28 June 1999EC-GIS Workshop Stresa6 What has GIPSIE achieved? 4 GIPSIE Information days 4 Technical debriefings GIPSIE Web-site http://gipsie.uni-muenster.de 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?)

7. 28 June 1999EC-GIS Workshop Stresa7 First year achievements

8. 28 June 1999EC-GIS Workshop Stresa8 Milestones which mark the project

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10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 28 June 1999EC-GIS Workshop Stresa13 For more information: http://gipsie.uni-muenster.de Email: kuhn@ifgi.uni-muenster.de