Jesper M. Paasch

1. The arguments of the Georgiadou-Harvey paper compared to Swedish evidence ... A Bigger Picture: Information Systems and Spatial Data Infrastructure Research Perspectives. Georgiadou, Y. and harvey, F., 2007 Jesper M. Paasch PhD course: Paradigms för Development of Spatial Data Infrastructure, (SDI), Aalborg, 24-26 september 2007

2. There is a need for plurality in research perspectives.

3. Accounts of information infrastructure in IS reserach in the nineties Information infrasturcture account Information infrastrure as Informed by: An assembly of technical and human resources; a proxy for competitiveness of the (global) firm An ensemble of social relations (or interactions) A heterogeneous collage of mutually constitutive technologies, networks, standard to support a diversity of application areas over time and space Management science –strategic alignment Symbolic interactionism theory Actor-network theory Positivist Interpretive Interpretive

4. Interpretative accounts and ontological diversity have a great • del to offer to studies of SDI. • SDI have a great deal to offer to IS research: • The empirical setting of SDI research is mostly public governance, whereas the empirical setting of IS research is mostly private. • There is a need for “a bigger picture”

5. Current SDI research: Independent, verifiable and repeatable research to provide hard evidence of the positive short-, medium term and macroeconomic Impacts of SDI Implementation. Improving institutional arrangements and human resources so that global geospatial technology innovations can disappear in the woodwork and become infrastructure in specific social contexts.

6. SDI research can offer help to IS research: SDI as a social phenomenon Focusing on interactions. SDI are mostly public based and take place across the political, public administration and social spheres, in contrast to IS, which mostly is the result of private enterprises. SDI as ”public good” Focus on human agents. A social-political construction. ”The public nature of a good is not a given but a matter of policy choice made by a multiplicity of SDI ”builders”. The border between ”Public” and ”Private” is no longer fixed.

7. Swedish SDI -an introduction-

8. ”The deficiencies of the present information registration, which is important for Community planning and for the carrying into effect of plans, are in Sweden so pronounced as to necessitate a reform. The divided, incomplete and technical imperfect registration is not giving the necessary basis for a rational community activity and does not constitute an acceptable publication with regard to private interests.” “The aim has to be the fitting of the separate registers into a uniform flexible net of information systems.” Source: Fastighetsregistrering. Statens Offentliga Utredningar 1966

9. Background A need for a national strategy on how the geodata infrastructure should be developed The establishment of a national Geodata Advisory Board • Lantmäteriet has by the government in 2006 been given the responsibility to co-ordinate • Geospatial and real property information on a national basis • The new National geodata strategy • The implementation of EU- Inspire Directive

10. Geodata Advisory Board -Lantmäteriet, (chair)-Geological Survey of Sweden -The county admin. Board in the county of Västa Götaland -The Sundsvall municipality -The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions -The National Road Administration -The Swedish Development Council for Geographic Information -The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute -The National Maritime Administration -The National Defence Authorities

11. Source: Lantmäteriet www.lantmateriet.se

12. The development of an effective handeling of basic geographical and real property information • To be the common base for Swedish actions in European and other international geodata co-operation

13. Areas • Networking is the basis for SDI infrastructure • Information structure • Technical infrastructure • National metadata catalogue • Geodetic reference systems • Research, development and education • Rules and legislation • Financing and pricing

14. Information structure • A uniform national framework • Basic common methods • Based on Inspire principles • Specification of information and services

15. Geodata – an important part of modern e-governmnet ”A common strategy gives different actors the same rules, which hopefully will decrease the risk for ineffective work .”

16. Co-operation – an important requisition! • Insight and influence • User needs • Stepwise approach

17. Research and education • A plan for a collective direction of all research-, development-, and education efforts in Sweden • Analysis of user needs and technology development • “State of the art” description • Description of internationally research activities • Knowledge and research strategy as input to the Governments research policy

18. Motifs • Improve the co-ordination of SDI research activities • Reduce costs for collecting and updating geodata • Improvement of data quality • Improve the combination and co-operation wit data from • different sources • Make it easier to search, discover and upload geodata • Develop e-government in society

19. Seminar i November 2007 • Activity plan for research and education • The need for legislative changes due to the implementation of the Inspire Directive • Development of a national geodata portal • A common model of the supply of geodata

20. Government report from 2007 regarding the improvement of IT-standardization in the public domain. Title: “The invisible infrastructure”.

21. Example Translation and interpretation of metadata terms The existing Metadata standard SS-ISO 19115 is in English and “difficult” to use.

22. Information • Nationell geodatastrategi: www.lantmateriet.se/geodata • Inspire: www.ec-gis.org/inspire/ • Myndigheters tillämpning av PSI direktivet: www.verva.se