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ESDI European Spatial Data Infrastructure

ESDI European Spatial Data Infrastructure. Presentation to WGISS10 pre-meeting workshop Canberra, May, 2000. Wyn Cudlip BNSC/DERA wcudlip@scs.dera.gov.uk. Overview. Main European initiative is: EUROGI Also a number of specific EC funded projects. EUROGI.

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ESDI European Spatial Data Infrastructure

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  1. ESDIEuropean Spatial Data Infrastructure Presentation to WGISS10 pre-meeting workshop Canberra, May, 2000 Wyn Cudlip BNSC/DERA wcudlip@scs.dera.gov.uk

  2. Overview • Main European initiative is: EUROGI • Also a number of specific EC funded projects

  3. EUROGI • European umbrella organisation for GI. • Set up by the EC DGXIII in November 1993. • European Foundation with headquarters in The Netherlands. • EUROGI is an association of associations with one national member from each country (18 so far) • Pan-European organisations can also be associate members (but no voting rights) (1 so far). • Members pay annual fee to cover Secretariat and Executive Committee. • Http://www.eurogi.org/

  4. EUROGI Objectives • Implement European geographic Information Infrastructure (EGII) • Raise awareness of value of GI • Encourage greater use of GI data through: • improved availability and access • removal of legal and economic restraints • promote the use of standards • Represent Europe in GSDI • Help develop strong national GI organisations especially in Central and Eastern Europe.

  5. GI2000 • EuroGI are trying to set up an activity called GI2000 • To create a policy framework for ESDI • To set-up a high level working group to co-ordinate national activities • Started in 1994 to lobby the European Commission (EC) • In 1995 drafted a EGI Policy Consultation Document • By 1999, was about to be endorsed by the EC - but then • all the commissioners resigned • new commissioners have failed to put GI2000 on their agenda for immediate action

  6. European Countries with National Initiatives • Denmark DAiSI • Finland National Geographic Information Infrastructure • France AFIGEO - White Paper on French GI • Germany DDGI • Hungary HUNAGI - Hungary sets national spatial data strategy • Ireland IRLOGI • Italy AM/FM Italia • Netherlands Ravi • Portugal SNIG • Spain AESIG • Switzerland SOGI • United Kingdom National Geospatial Data Framework

  7. NGDF in the UK • Led by Ordnance Survey but many other organisations involved • Aims to: improve knowledge and access to information • Create a NGDF Gateway to provide a central point of access over the Internet to a wide variety of information (metadata) about spatially related data owned by public and private sector organisations. • improve consistency of data • Establish a UK Standard Geographic Base. The UKSGB will provide a single, easy to use and definite source of information about commonly used geographic units and the key datasets that support these units. • encourage the use of standards • http://www.ngdf.org.uk/

  8. Specific EC Projects: DISGIS • A DIStributed interoperable framework for GIS • EC Espirit project, 1996-1999 • DISGIS Interoperability Reference Model based on ISO RM-ODP • ODP Methodology using UML and XML • demonstrated a portable/interoperable feature layer that can be placed on top of different geodata servers.

  9. CommonGIS • Common access to geographically referenced data • EC Espirit project started in November 1998 • Aims to facilitate dissemination and exploitation of geo-data to/by broad cross-section of public • emphasis of access to statistical data • Developing improved user interface • enhancing browser with JAVA applets

  10. ETeMII • European Territorial Management Information Infrastructure • EC 5th framework accompanying measure • to support the creation of the: • European Geographic Information Infrastructure • Main goals: • Reference Datasets • Metadata • Standards & Interoperability • http://www.ec-gis.org/etemii/

  11. Conclusions • European activities are still divided along national lines - but co-ordinated through EUROGI. • Have been some attempts to create an European policy framework - without success so far. • A number of specific European projects are working towards a standard spatial data framework

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