Lars H. Backer lars.backer@scb.se Statistics Sweden Nordic Forum for GeoStatistics

1. CIntroduction to the Geostat project Session on ”User needs”(Geostat workshop in Bled 1-3 october 2008) Lars H. Backerlars.backer@scb.se Statistics Sweden Nordic Forum for GeoStatistics European Forum for GeoStatistics European GridClub

2. Subproject 1User needs Both the target group and the whole

3. User needs • Deductive • Top down (ad hoc) approach to design and implementation. • Suitable to describe large markets with a large number of different actors whose needs are difficult to describe. • Inductive • Bottom up approach to design and implementation. • Suitable to describe large markets with a limited number of similar actors whose needs are difficult but possible to describe. • Both and or Either or? • Apply both at the same time? Is that feasible?

4. Inspire as an IISS • Link to List A • Link to List B

5. Reference objects

6. Environmental system (natural)

7. Environmental system (artificial)

8. Sociocultural system

9. Socioeconomic system

10. The users processes • System starts and end with the recipient processes • User needs the start and end of every action • Feedback Process • Capture data in indicators • Analyse results • Evaluate in relation to the systems project • Forward process • Create scenarioes • Design a solution • Inplement the solution • We as suppliers contribute to the feedback process • Mapping agencies and Statistical institutes

11. Conclusions • Man- environmental systems consists of both virtual and real objects • Societies (sociocultural and economic systems) may generally not be described with direct spatial reference • Environmental (natural and manmade systems) may generally be described with direct spatial reference. • Real Objects(may be described with direct spatial reference) • Objects with clear physical dimensions are well represented in the Inspire List A • Natural environment • Manmade Environment • Virtual Objects (may not be described with direct spatial reference) • Objects with no clear physical dimensions are poorly or not represented in the Inspire List A • Sociocultural systems • Economic systems

12. Subproject 2User needs in terms of infrastructures of data An infrastructure of spatial data

13. Spatial Data • Spatial Data for descriptive geographies • Descriptive data in the focus of the INSPIRE initiative • Aggregations that stay relatively constant over time. Map features in descriptive geographies are the results of previous analysis where the data connection is dropped. • Used mainly as background reference • Spatial Data for analytical geographies • Analytical data not in the focus of the INSPIRE initiative • Aggregations that change relatively fast. Map features in analytical geographies are the result of analytical processes where the data connection is maintained. • Needed for playing ”what if..”

14. Conclusions • Slow processes • Environmental systems • Topology • Socioeconomic systems • Governance • We have an infrastructure to describe man- environmental systems in terms of properties that change relatively slowly • These systems are only slowly influenced by human action • Fast processes • Environmental systems • Weather • Socioeconomic systems • Stock Market • We have no proper infrastructure to describe man- environmental systems in terms of properties that change relatively fast • These systems are relatively quickly influenced by human action

15. Subproject 3 User needs in terms of data Infrastructures Both web and data infrastructures

16. Network services • Web services to communicate the Narrative (digital documents) • Web pages (conventional HTML documents) • Web services to communicate Properties (Statistics) • Web statistical Services • Maps • Diagrams • Tables • Web services to communicate Cartographies (Geodata) • Web map services • Web services to communicate information on key Reference literature (Reference library) • Web bibliography service

17. To describe man- environmental systems (MES) • Societies: • Sociocultural system • Narrative (digital and/or analogue documents) • Properties (statistics) • Cartographies (geodata) • Reference literature (reference library) • Economic system • Narrative (digital and/or analogue documents) • Properties (statistics) • Cartographies (geodata) • Reference literature (reference library) • Environment: • Natural environment • Narrative (digital and/or analogue documents) • Properties (statistics) • Cartographies (geodata) • Reference literature (reference library) • Man-made environment • Narrative (digital and/or analogue documents) • Properties (statistics) • Cartographies (geodata) • Reference literature (reference library)

18. To describe man-made environment • Focus: • Man-made environment • Narrative (digital and/or analogue documents) • Properties (statistics) • Cartographies (geodata) • Reference literature (reference library) • Context: • Sociocultural system • Narrative (digital and/or analogue documents) • Properties (statistics) • Cartographies (geodata) • Reference literature (reference library) • Economic system • Narrative (digital and/or analogue documents) • Properties (statistics) • Cartographies (geodata) • Reference literature (reference library) • Natural environment • Narrative (digital and/or analogue documents) • Properties (statistics) • Cartographies (geodata) • Reference literature (reference library)

19. To describeSociocultural systems • Focus: • Sociocultural system • Narrative (digital and/or analogue documents) • Properties (statistics) • Cartographies (geodata) • Reference literature (reference library) • Context: • Man-made environment • Narrative (digital and/or analogue documents) • Properties (statistics) • Cartographies (geodata) • Reference literature (reference library) • Economic system • Narrative (digital and/or analogue documents) • Properties (statistics) • Cartographies (geodata) • Reference literature (reference library) • Natural environment • Narrative (digital and/or analogue documents) • Properties (statistics) • Cartographies (geodata) • Reference literature (reference library)

20. To describeEconomic systems • Focus: • Economic system • Narrative (digital and/or analogue documents) • Properties (statistics) • Cartographies (geodata) • Reference literature (reference library) • Context: • Man-made environment • Narrative (digital and/or analogue documents) • Properties (statistics) • Cartographies (geodata) • Reference literature (reference library) • Sociocultural system • Narrative (digital and/or analogue documents) • Properties (statistics) • Cartographies (geodata) • Reference literature (reference library) • Natural environment • Narrative (digital and/or analogue documents) • Properties (statistics) • Cartographies (geodata) • Reference literature (reference library)

21. To describeNatural Environment • Focus: • Natural environment • Narrative (digital and/or analogue documents) • Properties (statistics) • Cartographies (geodata) • Reference literature (reference library) • Context: • Man-made environment • Narrative (digital and/or analogue documents) • Properties (statistics) • Cartographies (geodata) • Reference literature (reference library) • Sociocultural system • Narrative (digital and/or analogue documents) • Properties (statistics) • Cartographies (geodata) • Reference literature (reference library) • Economic system • Narrative (digital and/or analogue documents) • Properties (statistics) • Cartographies (geodata) • Reference literature (reference library)

22. Conclusions • All information systems to serve as a foundation for policies, programs, plans and projects for sustainable development must relate to dependable description of man-environmental systems from a holistic perspective • All Policies, Programs, Plans and Projects for sustainable development must consider its effects in terms of • its efficiency to meet the immediate objectives of the project. • its consequences on the context as a whole. • There are two users / customers / recipients for all actions to be considered • The immediate customer in the focus of the action (The market?) • The men-environmental system as a whole (Public authorities)

23. Subproject 4 User needs in terms of dissemination and exploitation

24. Data model • Name, Class (Semantic concept) • Code (ID) • Implementing rule • Narrative (Reference to the datasets relation to user needs (web site or pdf document)) • Every dataset / theme its own website? • Metadata • Attributes 1: Properties (Statistics (quantitative and qualitative data)) • Tables • Variable 1: time series in table columns • Variable 2: time series in table columns • Etc. • Statistics metadata • Property dynamics • Changes over time (dynamic model?) • Attributes 2: Features (cartographic information / geodata) • Features • Metadata • Attributes 3: Reference literature: Bibliographies (Reference database) • Object methods: Network services required • Display map features • Display statistical table(s) • Display statistical diagram(s) • Display metadata

25. Integrated documentsof information types

26. Summary

27. Conclusions • We need to bridge the gap • Bridge the gap between theory and practice • We need to face large scale problems • Solutions must be scalable from local to global • We need to be able to relate our specialist knowledge to a general context • Shift between seeing wholes and parts • We need to observe systems as both “interacting wholes” and “kits of parts” • Both approaches are needed • We need to trust the scientific method • Science is not about truth but about what works or not

28. Thank You! The Geostat ProjectEuropean Forum for GeoStatistics Statistics Sweden lars.backer@scb.se