1. Seite 1 SDI in action The International Approach of SDI in Northrhine - Westfalia (NRW) NRW goes international.... NRW goes international.... Dipl. - Ing. Klaus Barwinski Director of the Surveying and Mapping Agency of Northrhine - Westfalia

2. Seite 2 1. Situation Demand for geodata Performance of SDI Demand for activities Status in Germany and NRW 2. Activities in NRW Opening geodata treasury Geobasis NRW GDI NRW TerraMapServer Co-operation North - Carolina SDI in action 2

3. Seite 3 3. Aspects for realisation Situation geodata market Interoperability Transparency geodata market Co-operation geobase 4. Benefits and Advantages Improved conditions Increased economy SDI in action 3

4. Seite 4 Demand for geodata all spatial planning and decision making needs –a description of geotopography of the earth´s surface –a connection to the earth´s surface the description of geotopography consists of –pictorial and objectoriented planimetric information –height information –as geobasis General demand - Demand for geodata - $ the connection is given – as georefence 4

5. Seite 5 Global Responsibility We may not be affected directly by climate change with life destroying droughts, floods, storms and other disaster... but we - and life of future generations - will not escape uneffected !!! We have a global responsibility. Developing our understanding of these issues is extremely important. All sectors need to play an equitable part. GIS-technologies will have a key role to play in both monitoring impacts on our enviroment and in identifying solutions by Mr. Dan Wallace, Minister of State, Ireland, 2000 - Demand for geodata - 5

6. Seite 6 Natural disasters stewardship underline that a stewardship of the earth is essential! - Demand for geodata - 6

7. Seite 7 monitor We have to monitor our living space at a regional and global level. strategy This is vitally important, as a strategy for this is a must. - Demand for geodata - 7

8. Seite 8 geodata portals geodata meta- information- system portals geodata service centers (value adding and delivery) standard data exchange formats physical links to/between portals SDI components are - Performance of SDI - SDI provides an improved awareness about geodata an improved usability of geodata a more fast and economic access to geodata a more intensive use of geodata 8

9. Seite 9 Needed SDI activities are user-oriented product design user-oriented production and updating transparent and extensive product information meta-information-system fast data delivery reasonable pricing  all of these activities have to be done as fast as possible - Demand for activities - 9

10. Seite 10 Organization of Surveying & Mapping incl. Cadastre in Northrhine-Westfalia (NRW) Innenministerium Minister of the Interior Surveying section Kreisfreie Städte, Kreise Counties, Cities Cadastral Offices Bezirksregierungen District Goverment Section 33 Landes- vermessungsamt Justizministerium Minister of Justice Amtsgerichte District court Land register Surveying and Mapping Agency - Status in Germany and NRW - 10

11. Seite 11 Goals are: Promoting the common interests of the members of DDGI and the GI-society Initiating worthful activities to improve usfulness and use of geoinformation Representing GI-interests towards politicians, public, decision makers and users Representing German interests in international organizations DDGI German Umbrella Organization for Geoinformation - Status in Germany and NRW - Members are : Academia, Economy, Official Administration, Professional Assosiations, Sponsors, Individuals 11

12. Seite 12 Field measurement planimentry and height information resolution and accuracy as wished very time-consuming Techniques to get spatial core data - Status in Germany and NRW - Photogrammetric measurement planimetry and height information some ten decimeter resolution and accuracy by use of aeroplane images Photograph imagery monocrome and color orthophotos half meter resolution and one meter accuracy by aeroplane up to one meter resolution and some meter accuracy by satellite (e.g. IKONOS) 12

13. Seite 13 Radar imagery monocrome orthophotos some meter resolution and accuracy by aeroplane (e.g. ASTRIUM, INTERMAP) Techniques to get spatial core data - Status in Germany and NRW - Radar measurement elevation models (surface) some meter resolution and some meter accuracy by aeroplane (e.g. TOPSCAN) some ten meter resolution and accuracy by satellite (e.g. TANDEM, SRTM) Laser measurement elevation models (surface and terrain) some meter resolution and some decimeter accuracy by aeroplane 13

14. Seite 14 is the political will, see „Use of geoinformation in the Federal Repuplic of Germany“, February14 th (enclosed paper) is part of federal cabinet`s program from 20. October 1998 (part „Information and Communication policy“) means making all geodata available making geodata available for everyone by fast access by reasonable prices by same conditions Opening of geodata treasury - Opening geodata treasury - 14

15. Seite 15 Requires a series of step by step actions of and between government Consequences creation of a „Commitee for Geodata“ with heads from government and business initiation and encouragement of qualified SDI projects from government and business Opening of geodata treasury - Opening geodata treasury - 15

16. Seite 16 Government G 2 G Consumer, Enduser Business County Level State Level CommuneLevel GEOBASIS.NRW G 2 C G 2 B B 2 C TerraMapServer - Opening geodata treasury - Value Added Chain 16

17. Seite 17 Topic realization of „freedom of information“ for public geobasis data of NRW –public cadastre and topographic data –with first priority for business –and then for business and enduser –that enables to integrate thematic geodata –because of systemindependence and interoperability –to get an extensive governmental informationsystem Geobasis NRW - Geobasis NRW - 17

18. Seite 18 ATKIS (Topography) digital landscape model accuracy of +/- 3 m content of the map 1:25,000 100 % digital available Publicly-available spatial core data - Geobasis NRW - ALKIS (Cadastre) 18

19. Seite 19 Geobasis NRW Problems old concepts for cadastre (ALB/ALK) and topographic (ATKIS) information systems no systematic object-related view in ALB/ALK strong differences between ALB/ALK and ATKIS no consistant data modelling between cadastre and topography difficulties in realisation of cartographic aspects no “standard” notation of the data models no concept to integrate metadata (data quality ) - Geobasis NRW - 19

20. Seite 20 Geobasis NRW - Geobasis NRW - 20

21. Seite 21 integration of the graphical data and the attribute data A L K I S / A T K I S new integrated Data Modelling: Standardized notation Integration of metadata ALKIS enable to manage historical data Enable to manage cartographical data possibility of integration of cadastral and mapping data (vertical integration of data) ALKIS-Concept - Geobasis NRW - 21

22. Seite 22 Steering Committee (representatives of the Ministry of the Interior NRW,- of the congress of counties NRW,- of the congress of cities NRW and specialists accompanying the project) Technical and organisational project assistance Forum for discussions (companies) Scientific assistance Project leader Project teams U C C & C U U CC External system- advisor Forward look at.. ALKIS ® conversion in NRW - Geobasis NRW - WG NRW WG ALKIS (co-ordination) Migration of data WG NRW Cadastral organization NRW WG Access to data C&C > counties / CCC > companies / UUU > users 22

23. Seite 23 Geodata infrastructure NRW (GDI NRW) Topic: linking all puplic and private geodata of NRW conception as well as the physical link based on OGC strategies for government, business and enduser Problems up to now there exists no real market for geodata because geodata are available extensivly and in different formats without enough geodata server and meta- information-system solutions and without a connection between them - GDI NRW - 23

24. Seite 24 Geodata infrastructure NRW (GDI NRW) Strategy: support for high-class SDI projects deal with the development of concepts and the realization of SDI components - GDI NRW - 24

25. Seite 25 GI-Committee Setup of a geodata network GI market activation strategies Setup of a centre of compe- tence Start of a qualification campaign Sponsored projects StudyInitiative Development Projectmanagement Scientific Support system architecture - GDI NRW - 25

26. Seite 26 Cadastre (ALKIS) Local geodata-“bus " Local geodata server Product AProduct BProduct C... Specific users, citizens etc. Link to the geodata -“bus“ NRW Geodata-“bus" NRW... Step by step towards a GDI NRW Local geodata server - GDI NRW - 26

27. Seite 27 Terramapserver (TMS) Topic: making high - resolution aerial and satellite images (geobasisdata without privacy) of NRW and worldwide available  as european net point of a global image data network  with added thematic information  via internet - TerraMapServer - 27

28. Seite 28 others.. transfer of knowledge application of knowledge data integration Internet Intranet user basic data surveying and mapping agencies LVA, Bund, La., Kom. ecology demography transport / traffic private enterprise flow of information provider of service and data terramapserver e-CommerceServer flow of material procurementproductionprocessing Marketing flow of information Terramapserver (TMS) - TerraMapServer - 28

29. Seite 29 Sister State Agreement with North - Carolina (SSA) Topic development of an effective information and knowledge society  with an enduring economic development  with efficient working processes and services from government to citizens  by common activities based on an agreement from 06. February 1997 in Bonn - Co-operation North-Carolina - 29

30. Seite 30 Sister State Agreement with North - Carolina (SSA) Strategy:  support of initiatives in the field of information infrastructure and spatial information technology in detail initiatives in > telecommunication > spatial information systems > positioning technologies > other information technologies  co-operation in research and development  by integration of administration, academia and economy  providing technical resources - Co-operation North-Carolina - 30

31. Seite 31 Sister State Agreement with North - Carolina (SSA) Realisation:  definition of common SDI projects: „harmonization of local, state, federal, continental SDI activities step by step and with respect to the different cultural basis in different areas of the world to get at the end a worldwide SDI solution, the GSDI“  definition of a common geoserver project: „Transfer of the TMS performance to other cultural regions of the world as next part of a worldwide service network“  periodical exchange of experiences - Co-operation North-Carolina - 31

32. Seite 32 Geodata Market Topic: Establish a geodata market to  create new services  create new jobs  ensure economic work processes  strengthen user-oriented development and production - Situation geodata market - 32

33. Seite 33 Geodata Market Barriers  no standards  project oriented data capturing  restrictive and intransparent rules for access  missing meta information  redundant capturing and value adding - Situation geodata market - 33

34. Seite 34 Geodata Market Activities  situation is not really known  to realize geodata market investigations have to be done to capture and analyze the situation  next step is to look for suited activities to overcome the barriers  a study is done as one part of GDI NRW  it can be used as basis for product design, value adding and delivery  next steps are the SDI projects of GDI NRW - Situation geodata market - 34

35. Seite 35 Interoperability Topic: for realization of a SDI and geodata market with reasonable and economic use of geodata an interoperable geoprocessing is required Open GIS Consortium serves the inter......rests of all sectors of the industry to realize a component - based infrastructure for geodata and develop such a SDI and geodata market. - Interoperability - 35

36. Seite 36 Interoperability Interoperable Geoprocessing  geodata integration  maximized benefit from legacy geodata  geographic feature semantics translation  network-based geoprocessing  better use of databases  componentware  geoprocessing integrated into workflow  new non-expert users and market growth - Interoperability - Folder:OpenGIS TM, Consortium, Inc 1996 36

37. Seite 37 Interoperability Open GIS is  transparent access to heterogeneous geodata and geoprocessing resources in a network environment Open GIS needs  a comprehensive open interface specification which enables developers to write software that provides these capabilities Open GIS enables  to build task-specific geoprocessing functions into any information system  to bring new capabilities to a wide variety of user environment. - Interoperability - 37

38. Seite 38 Transparency on Geodata Market Topic: transparency is required to stimulate geodata market  is given by a ´meta information system‘ and a ´meta meta information system´ that inform about data availability and address and conditions for access  is given by certificates for homogeneous data description and conformity with data quality - Transparency geodata market - 38

39. Seite 39 Transparency on Geodata Market Meta information system for geodata  is in preparation by DDGI  based on a consistent and harmonized description model  will be implemented in 2001 at Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam  enables geodata owner to present products - Transparency geodata market - 39

40. Seite 40 Transparency on Geodata Market Certification of geodata  is realized by DDGI  based on a consisted and harmonized quality model  is done by order of DDGI (company GZGI)  consist of a conformity check  of data description with DDGI quality model  of data with data description - Co-operation geobase - 40

41. Seite 41 Co-operation in Geobase To realize SDI on all levels it is necessary to cooperate between all geodata relevant disciplines  public and private sector  government, academia and industry  producer, owner, vendor and customer  all nations worldwide  all public levels - Co-operation geobase - 41

42. Seite 42 Improved Conditions for Spatial Activities  user-oriented product design and value adding  increased transparency on geodata market  realized standards for data exchange and linking (OpenGis)  easy and fast data access and access for reasonable prices and... - Improved Conditions - 42

43. Seite 43 Improved Conditions for Spatial Activities... no more barriers hinder geodata use, because  data are harmonized  data are up-to-date  data are compatible - Improved Conditions - 43

44. Seite 44 Increased Economy of Spatial Activities  because of the improved conditions  an increased real use of geodata  therefore a more economic and high-class work overall  therefore new and high-class working fields and jobs  and a better planning and protection of our living space  and therefore a better... - Increased economy - 44

45. Seite 45 life so let’s stimulate the community to invent new products using geodata - for a better life ! -... Quality of Life... - Improved conditions -... as already mentioned... 45