French policies related to geographic information: issues and lessons Nathalie Eltchaninoff (INSEE) Jean Philippe Lagrange (IGN) François Salgé (CNIG) 2003/10/23-24 French policies related to GI

French policies related to GI Content Major GI policies requirements creating the "geo-referenced buildings register" « dematerialising » the cadastre, the large scale reference data (RGE) Respective role of traditional players Data providers and interface with local governments Producer and integrator of data collected by third parties Challenges In France In Europe 2003/10/23-24 French policies related to GI

Major GI Policies: "geo-referenced buildings register" To support continuous census As wall as many other needs: Municipalities administration Utilities management Emergency services Services for the citizens Pinpoint every address in France 2003/10/23-24 French policies related to GI

French policies related to GI Address component First stage, 2003: An existing data base of georeferenced address ranges An address information DB (to be chosen) Second stage, 2006: georeferencing of address information DB  Address point data base 2003/10/23-24 French policies related to GI

Address component - issues Choice of the first set of address points Privacy issues: e.g., National council on information distribution (CNIL) restrictions on distributing such data sets as the INSEE RIL Cost of creating and maintaining the data set RIL Creation : 100 employees during 2 years for 6 000 000 addresses RIL Update : 30 persons each year INSEE to bring in its expertise, and knowledge of standards 2003/10/23-24 French policies related to GI

Major GI Policies: dematerialising the Cadastre Partnerships with local governments and their partners Vector cadastre Scanning of cadastral maps All non vector maps =>2005 on-line sheet by sheet cadastre 2003/10/23-24 French policies related to GI

Major GI Policies: large scale reference data RGE as 4 components Orthophoto Topography Land parcels Addresses Registered to each other =>2007 RGE as an infrastructure for GI 2003/10/23-24 French policies related to GI

French policies related to GI Orthoimage component Based on existing BD ORTHO product Nation wide: 1 meter accuracy, 50 cm resolution colour coverage Urban areas: Higher resolution coverages (25cm, 12.5cm) 2003 first coverage, then 5 years update cycle 2003/10/23-24 French policies related to GI

Topographic component Based on existing BD TOPO product Nation wide: 1 meter accuracy, 2.5D data from stereoplotting Urban areas: Specific larger scale coverage Completion expected by 2007 Continuous update process being put in place 2003/10/23-24 French policies related to GI

French policies related to GI Land parcel component MoU between Cadastre Office and IGN Scanned sheets passed to the IGN Georeferencing, and assembling of cadastral sheets Consistent with orthoimagery and topographic features 2003/10/23-24 French policies related to GI

French policies related to GI Adresses component Adresse Niveau 1 12 Adresse Niveau 2 6 4 2 Rue de Paris 3 Adresse Niveau 3 Rue Pasteur 2003/10/23-24 French policies related to GI

Respective role of traditional players Data providers, and interface with local governments (INSEE statistical office, DGI cadastral administration) Producer, integrator, and distributor of data collected by third parties (IGN national mapping agency) 2003/10/23-24 French policies related to GI

RGE acquisition policy Wherever data is already available, and can be integrated in RGE: Try to do a deal: Integration of data in the RGE IPR retained by the original producers/owners But full distribution rights of this RGE subpart passed to IGN Three partnership cases: Data provider and IGN RGE distributor Data provider and IGN co-produce, IGN distributes Both players produce, and distribute Else production taken care of by IGN Either in house Or, increasingly, by outsourcing it. e.g., Land parcel data base production overwhelmingly outsourced 2003/10/23-24 French policies related to GI

Rationale for integration Best use of public money Faster creation of RGE Optimised maintenance May foster the use of reference data Help develop consistency, and interoperability among data collections 2003/10/23-24 French policies related to GI

French policies related to GI Integration Agreements on data collection – Many signed with the cadastre office (DGI) Partnership on creating, and maintaining the Land Parcel Data Base with other state agencies IFEN (environment agency), French Railway Network agency, Électricité de France, Regional directions of Ministry, ONIC… With local authorities Partnership on creating, maintaining, and distributing RGE local / partial coverages (e.g., some French ‘départements’, Bordeaux city) Outsourcing Increasing share of topographic, and orthoimagery data production Close to ¾ of the Land Parcel Data Base production Issue of developing the quality control, and integration capabilities 2003/10/23-24 French policies related to GI

Integration: constraints Quality: Recognised and knowledgeable provider: Quality data Data compatible with RGE (content and currency): Consistency of RGE data Available coverage large enough: Efficiency Perennial provider Pragmatism: Go for cost saving solutions Comply with RGE collection timetable Avoid too technically difficult integration 2003/10/23-24 French policies related to GI

French policies related to GI Expected benefits Common infrastructure that brings in more homogeneity Shared data used for many applications May be data sharing at the local level? Development of applications, and of GI use in decision making 2003/10/23-24 French policies related to GI

French policies related to GI Challenges (1) Establish the French SDI, in connection with eGov developments Contribute to European reference data Small and medium scale Access to large scale in a consistent way EuroGeographics projects Establish interface of the French SDI with the ESDI 2003/10/23-24 French policies related to GI

French policies related to GI Challenges (2) Integration of data from heterogeneous sources (first phases) Maintenance based on information collection from many sources Long term commitment of all the stakeholders, and contributors 2003/10/23-24 French policies related to GI