1. UK MoD’s Spatial Data Infrastructure
Brian Parish JFC-JU-JGI

2. Other Spatial Data Infrastructures
In Europe a major recent development has been the entering in force of the INSPIRE Directive in May 2007, establishing an infrastructure for spatial information in Europe to support Community environmental policies, and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.
INSPIRE is based on a number of common principles:
Data should be collected only once and kept where it can be maintained most effectively.
It should be possible to combine seamless spatial information from different sources across Europe and share it with many users and applications.
It should be possible for information collected at one level/scale to be shared with all levels/scales; detailed for thorough investigations, general for strategic purposes.
Geographic information needed for good governance at all levels should be readily and transparently available.
Easy to find what geographic information is available, how it can be used to meet a particular need, and under which conditions it can be acquired and used

3. Other Spatial Data Infrastructures
From IHO MSDIWG ToRs
This Working Group (WG) is a subsidiary of the Hydrographic Services and Standards Committee (HSSC). Its work is subject to HSSC approval.
Inputs from IHO MSDIWG work plan
To consider the impact of the UN- GGIM initiative
Establish a MSDI training syllabus for use across IHO community
Provide position paper to IRCC 2014 on MSDI and its importance to IHO
Conduct a review of MSDI that includes conceptual descriptions of the four sub-areas of MSDI as
E.1.1 Technical issues
E.1.2 Governance
E.1.3 Standards and specifications
E.1.4 Content (data)

4. Other Spatial Data Infrastructures
UN Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM)
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) established the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) in July 2011 (ECOSOC resolution 2011/24) as the official UN consultative mechanism on GGIM.
The main objectives of the UN Committee are to provide a forum for coordination and dialogue among Member States, and between Member States and relevant international organizations and to propose work-plans and guidelines with a view to promoting common principles, policies, methods, mechanisms and standards for the interoperability and inter-changeability of geospatial data and services.

5. MoD SDI Vision
By 2015 Defence will treat spatial data as an enterprise resource contributing to Information Superiority and enhancing the delivery of military effect.
End-users and systems will be able to store, discover, view, exploit and share spatial data in a way that is common and consistent across all operational environments and functions.
A consistent approach to spatial data will support the incremental development of exploiting systems, allowing them to be adaptable to future technologies and organisational change.
In late 2011 an SDI 2* strategic implementation plan (from which the vision statement on the slide is taken) was issued by ACDS (Int Cap) now DCI3 on behalf of: CIO; Dir (Information Superiority) and DE&S (D Safety & Engineering, D Information Systems and Services and D ISTAR).
SDI Strategic Objectives
Provide Governance
SDI Authority, under devolved CIO/CTO/JFC Authority.
Provide an Enterprise Service
SGCs authorised data products, services and updates for MoD enterprise-wide discovery, assessment and exploitation (P-DGS)
Support Interoperability
The Acquisition Cycle is supported to be 100% compliant with SDI policy, governance and technical requirements
Develop an Enduring Foundation
SDI Core Team
Educational and training programme
Targeted and collaborative R&D Programme
Measure Progress

6. Underpin Information Superiority
Improved effectiveness of Defence and Security
Better VFM through reduced waste and
duplication of info
Increased coherency in planning
Better control of data
More responsive, agile Defence Enterprise
Improved Decision making for warfighting
Improved Ally Interoperability
Greater staff retention
Improved access to more services of value
Cost saving through streamlined services
Greater User satisfaction
Cost savings, risk reduction in procurement cycle
Fewer stovepipes, data silos , or non SDI UOR’s
Faster, better evolution of SDI capability
Robust service provision
Standardised ways of sharing data
Governance applied and enforced
User Groups share best practice
Compliance with SDI for MOD projects is enforced
User requirements managed by WG’s
More competitive supplier SDI market
Critical mass of SDI services
Critical mass of SDI Awareness
Outcomes
Enabling Benefits
End Benefits
Strategic Objectives

7. Component parts of UK MoD’s Spatial Data Infrastructure

8. Benefits of the SDI and the Spatial Data Domain.
SDI Approach:
Aims to be consistent with MODIS
Aims to provide comprehensive and sustainable solution across DLODS
Aims to be achieved through resilient, coherent and enduring enterprise-wide approach
Better decisions, Better shared understanding, Better information sharing
SD Domain Approach:
Unifying the Defence Enterprise
Driving business and operational effectiveness
Minimising diversity
Designing for reuse
Building with proven solutions
Ensuring commonality of services across the Defence Enterprise
Designing for flexible Interoperability
Adopting open standards
Information as an asset.
The amount and breadth of SD within the Defence Enterprise is large and complex. In order to effectively manage, gain access to and view this data, the Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) , and the MOD SD Domain have been developed.
The SDI provides the framework of components that together aids the development of coherent and assured spatial data projects. This includes policy, standards, data and services, and sponsorship for the overarching governance,.  The SD Domain provides the governance, coherence and assurance of capability development programmes and projects that will incorporate spatial data, across the Defence Enterprise." 8

9. MoD SDI Strategic Objectives for 2015
SO1. Provide Governance
SDI Authority, under devolved CIO/CTO/JFC Authority.
SO2. Provide an Enterprise Service
SGCs authorised data products, services and updates for MoD enterprise-wide discovery, assessment and exploitation (DGS)
SO3. Support Interoperability
The Acquisition Cycle is supported to be 100% compliant with SDI policy, governance and technical requirements
SO4. Develop an Enduring Foundation
SDI Core Team
Educational and training programme
Targeted and collaborative R&D Programme
Measure Progress
Governance:
Sounds relatively straightforward but is difficult
Enterprise Services:
Sounds difficult and is
Support Interoperability:
If we get the first two right this will happen
Enduring Foundation:
We will only be able to judge this from a perspective of 5-10 years hence

10. What is Spatial Data? SPATIALLY ASSOCIATED GEOINF INFORMATION GEOINT
POSITIONED
INFORMATION
Facts about the Earth referenced by geographical position
Spatially and temporally referenced intelligence
Tabular or textual form, but generally needs to be depicted against a geospatial backdrop in order to be most usefully exploited
Might make reference to a location, but isn’t specifically positioned 10

11. Governance (in a nutshell)
Say what you do
Policy is clearly articulated in JSP 465 & 348
Standards are documented and maintained in DefStan
GISSG maintains Defstan on behalf of DGMB
Policy and Standards are supported by SDI BOK on AOF
SDI CA has early visibility of new capability development
SDI Gatekeeper makes targeted engagement with DTs
SDI TA supports gatekeeper relationship with DTs
Do what you say
Follow the process flowchart
Prove it
Record decisions and outcomes

12. Governance process from JSP 465
Brief
Define Reqt
-Coverage
-Scale
-Class
Carry on
SD Rqt?
Fulfil?
Develop
Prod
Spec?
Prod Spec
Exist?
Recommend
Alternative
Supply
Data & update catalogue
New Cap
Gatekeeper
Defstan
00-102
GRG
SGC
GISSG
Data
Catalogue
SDI TA
Access data
Red lines indicate negative response, Green lines indicate positive response
Governance is;-
Say what you do
Policy is clearly articulated in JSP 465 & 348
Standards are documented and maintained in DefStan
GISSG maintains Defstan on behalf of DGMB
Policy and Standards are supported by SDI BOK on AOF
SDI CA has early visibility of new capability development
SDI Gatekeeper makes targeted engagement with DTs
SDI TA supports gatekeeper relationship with DTs
Do what you say
Follow the process flowchart
Prove it
Record decisions and outcomes

13. Defence Geospatial Services
SDI Tech Auth
SDI Op Auth
Type 1 – DGC / UKHO
OWN: CATALOGUE + FGI DGS: STORAGE + SERVERS +
DEF GEO PORTAL + DEF GEO REGISTRY
DGS TEST, REFERENCE & INNOVATION FACILITY (DTRIF)
DGS OPERATIONS CENTRE (DOC)
HUMAN USER
DEF GEO PORTAL
DEF GEO REGISTRY (DGR)
DEF GEO PORTAL (DGP)
DEF GEO REGISTRY
RLI
DII (R)
SYSTEM- SYSTEM USER
SLI
DII (S)
DEF GEO REGISTRY
Type 2 e.g. JOMOC, DIO
OWN: CATALOGUE + FGI + STORAGE +…
DGS: Cookbook Compliant
WPS
DEF GEO PORTAL
SYSTEM- SYSTEM USER
WFS
WMS
CSW
HUMAN USER
CONSUMERS
PROVIDERS 13

14. MULTIINT = GeoINT Display Discover Create Analyse Share and Export
Discovery is more than finding what you searched for

15. What SDI-DGS will do for MoD users
Facilitate Service Enabled Foundation Data, such that…
Searches will reveal all relevant spatially-referenced information
Discovery and processing of spatial data will be automated to a greater extent
Assured access to the most recent, authoritative data
More information is available as a service (lower bandwidth demand)
Analyses to be published and shared easily
Blur the lines between producer and consumer
A common approach to delivering spatially-referenced information, from head office to deployed units 15

16. Spatial Data Body of Knowledge (BoK)
The Body of Knowledge (BoK) is the single unified repository for all information relating to Spatial Data information to all stakeholders and at all stages of programme/project lifecycles. It supports the SD Gatekeeper and SD TA (subsequently expanding to include SD CA and OA) 16

17. Spatial Data Infrastructure - points of contact
Questions?
Spatial Data Infrastructure - points of contact
Mr Brian Parish
Joint GEOINT- Future Capability | Defence Authority for C4ISR Joint User (GEOINT) | JFC | Building 410 (B ) | Northwood HQ | Sandy Lane | Northwood HA6 3HP| Mil: (9360) | BT: | DII(F): JFC-C4ISRJtUser-JGI Future Cap
Mr Charles Sladden
SDI Gatekeeper
DE&S, Engineering Group, Elm 1a #4125, MOD Abbey Wood, BRISTOL, BS34 8JH Tel:  86401 | Mil:  | Mobile:   | Dii: DES TECH-EG Eng1b