The Importance of SDI in the Context of Sustainable Development

1. The Importance of SDI in theContext of Sustainable Development eSDI-Net+ - Workshop „Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe“05-06 February 2009, ThessalonikiGuenther Pichler, ESRIgpichler@esri.com

2. Overview • The Goal: Sustainable Development • The three Jigsaw Puzzle Pieces: SDI Policy, People & Technology • SDI & INSPIRE • Some Implementation Examples Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

3. World Population Density Source: http://www.mapwatch.com/gallery/population-density-map.shtml Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

4. Health Care Agriculture, Forestry Economy, Employment Education Energy Environment Public Safety Top Agenda Important societal issues … Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

5. Millennium Development Goals • Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger • Achieve universal primary education • Promote gender equality and empower women • Reduce child mortality • Improve maternal health • Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases • Ensure environmental sustainability • Develop a global partnership for development Source:http://www.developmentgoals.org http://devdata.worldbank.org/gmis/mdg/list_of_goals.htm Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

6. Sustainable Development • Brundtland Commission Report (1987) • „Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.“ • http://www.worldinbalance.net/agreements/1987-brundtland.php • Fundamental Issues • Environmental degradation typically accompanies economic growth • Yet such growth is needed to alleviate poverty • Questions • Can we balance environment, economic growth and community? • How can information and technology help us strive to achieve that balance? Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

7. Decision Making Planning Action Modeling Analyze Guiding Human Activities Measure Sustainable Development is the goalGIS is the platformSDI is the framework Improving our World Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

8. Technology Technology can help us deal with today’s challenges …if we have access to the right data in the right format to take action at the right time… SDI Policy People Technology won’t make the decision for you. It can make your decision better… Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

9. President Barack Obama‘s Stimulus Plan Source: New York Times, 28 January 2009 Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

10. A Proposal for National Economic Recovery • Cost for a National GIS and an NSDI • Imagery: $ 140 million • Parcel Data: $ 200 million • Elevation: $ 300 million • Wildlife Corridor / Crucial Habitat: $ 110 million • National System & Data Integration: $ 450 million  Total: $ 1.2 billion Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

11. Other Proposals for National Economic Recovery • Total Cost for an NSDI:$ 1.25 billion • Total Cost for an NSDI 2.0:N/A Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

12. Europe is ambitious • Lisbon-Strategy for Growth and Jobs • Sets priorities and direction for Europe boostingits capacity for creativity and innovation • A “5th freedom” – free movement of knowledge • Europe to become “most competitive economy in the world” • GI & GIS are important parts, but it needs “selling” • 60+ EU-Directives need geospatial information • Increasing political awareness of added value of GI • Although still low, higher than it has ever been • EU legislation is getting directlyrelevant to our business • Competition, Data Protection, IPR, Access to Environmental Information, PSI, INSPIRE • Incubator for new products and services –national, cross-border, pan-European & global Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

13. Major Initiatives Stavros Dimas on SEIS: “Better decisions from local to global level need better and more timely information, based on more efficient monitoring and reporting systems.” Alessandro Annoni on INSPIRE & GEOSS: „The GEO 10-Year Implementation Plan Reference Document advocates SDI components as institutional and technical precedents in areas such as geodetic reference frames, common geographic data, standard protocols, and interoperable system interfaces.“ Volker Liebig on GMES & GEOSS: „Last but not least, GMES is the European contribution to GEOSS.“ Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

14. GIGAS (1)GEOSS, INSPIRE, and GMES an Action in Support • Coherent and interoperable development of these initiatives • Concerted adoption of standards, protocols, and open architectures • Recommendations to increase architectural coherence • Strengthened EU contribution to international standardisation • Agenda for further strategic research Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

15. GIGAS (2)GEOSS, INSPIRE, and GMES an Action in Support • Objectives:Promote the coherent and interoperable development of the GMES, INSPIRE and GEOSS initiatives through their concerted adoption of standards, protocols, and open architectures. • Analyse the gaps between the different initiatives and propose strategies to overcome them • Highlight best-practice examples from finished FP6 or ongoing FP7 projects relevant for the identified gaps • Initiate a consensus process on a broad basis for public consultation and consensus building • Shape the initiatives by providing short term action items • Influence the relevant standardisation bodies to ensure the long-term action • Provide an agenda for further strategic research areas to ensure investigation on the problems that are unsolved today Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

16. What is INSPIRE? • INSPIRE is a Directive • In force since 15 May 2007 • Content must be transposed into national legislative systemsof EU Member States by 15 May 2009 • http://inspire.jrc.it/directive/l_10820070425en00010014.pdf • Laying down general rules to establish an infrastructure for spatial information in Europe • “for the purposes of Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment” SDI Policy Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

17. INSPIRE Directive • Chapter I, Article 1 (2):„INSPIRE shall build upon infrastructures for spatial information established and operated by the Member States.“ • Chapter V, Article 17 (1):„Each Member State shall adopt measures for the sharing of spatial data and services between its public authorities … Those measures shall enable those public authorities to gain access to spatial data sets and services, and to exchange and use those sets and services, for the purpose of public tasks that may have an impact on the environment.“ Member States Implementation Strategy:Fulfilling the requirements of (another) Directive vs.establishing a full SDI? SDI Policy Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

18. Technology People INSPIRE Components • Metadata • Interoperability of spatial data sets and services • Network services (discovery, view, download, invoke) • Data and service sharing (policy) • Coordination and measures for Monitoring & Reporting & SDI Policy Implementing Rules elaborated by Drafting Teamsto ensure coherent execution Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

19. INSPIRE Roadmap 2008-12-19 2008-11-15 2009-05-15 2009-05-15 Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

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22. Technology People Challenges • INSPIRE Implementing Rules – a work in progress • New requirements need to be addressed • There are no “INSPIRE-compliant” products and services – not yet • Metadata Regulation in force since 24 December 2008 • However, existing and potential customers expect consultancy, technology and related solutions • Tackle the “FUD” factor (fear, uncertainty, doubt) SDI Policy Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

23. INSPIRE is WorkMetadata for Annex I & II Data Themes available by 15 May 2010 Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

24. INSPIRE (prototype) CRADA between JRC and ESRICollaborative Research and Development Agreement • Objectives: • “To contribute more effectively to understanding and resolving issues in the field of spatial data infrastructures and interoperability of geospatial data” • To develop scientific tools needed to achieve geospatial interoperability and for the development of the prototype version of the EU GeoPortal • To improve the coordination and effectiveness of cooperation efforts between ESRI and the Commission in the field of interoperability and spatial data infrastructures • To deepen the understanding and requirements of setting up spatial data infrastructures • That specific European requirements for the interoperability of geographic data are implemented by industry and contribute toward the development of new standards in the framework of existing formal and industry consensus building processes Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

25. INSPIRE SDIC ESRI Europe Registered INSPIRE Spatial Data Interest Community (SDIC) http://inspire.jrc.it/ir/list_registered_sdics.cfm Representing Distributors in 35 countries with 1650+ employees 350+ local business partners Providing value added solutions, services and data Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

26. SDI Require Integration of Many Workflows Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

27. SDI Require Quality Assurance/Quality Control Find Correct Verify DefineQA Checks Automatic Validation http://www.esri.com/plts Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

28. Automated Data TransformationExtract, Transform and Load (ETL) http://www.esri.com/datainteroperability Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

29. SDI Require Workflow Management Executive Dashboards offer Insight into Processes Repeatable Processes Increase Efficiency http://www.esri.com/jtx Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

30. Regione Lombardia Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

31. Croatia Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

32. Search for service Authenticateat portal Configure license Acknowledge terms-of-use User has to acquire a license Lithuania Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

33. Lithuania Service can now be used Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

34. SDI vs. Components of an SDI Roger Longhorn, Editor, GEO:connexion International: „What message are we sending to senior level decision makers about the importance and value of Spatial Data Infrastructure - SDI - if we keep misrepresenting what SDI is or is all about?“ Source: http://www.geoconnexion.com/burning_issue_int.php Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

35. GEO:connexion InternationalNovember 2007 Source: http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/inspire_intv6i10.pdf Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

36. GEO:connexion InternationalJune 2008 Source: http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/nickland_intv7i6.pdf Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

37. Building European Spatial Data Infrastructures • ESRI Press Book • Author: Prof. Ian Masser • Why SDI? • SDI Implementations in Europe:Experiences & Best Practices • E.g. “Future Search” methodused in Northern Ireland to helpGI stakeholders find common ground • INSPIRE & Perspectives • More Information:http://gis.esri.com/esripress and http://gis.esri.com/esripress/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&websiteID=119&moduleID=0 Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

38. Technology People Three Quotes • Alessandro Annoni: • “Sharing data is the first step, but only when we really share people, knowledge, and resources will we achieve our ambitious goals.” • Hartmut Streuff: • “Knowledge is a resource that grows through sharing.” • Douglas Adams: • “Human beings, who are almost uniquein having the ability to learn from theexperience of others, are also remarkablefor their apparent disinclination to do so.” SDI Policy Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe

39. Thank you very much for your attention! Contemporary Activity on SDI in South East Europe