Time to go digital? Options for a new format of the Blue Book to facilitate planning and decision-making Slide 1 UNECE SC3 / WP3 Expert meeting on strategic development of inland waterway infrastructure in Europe – 16 June 2011
European Waterways Map produced by Euromapping 17 years of collaboration with the SC3 / WP3 3 editions published 4th edition in preparation for publication in 2012 The background Slide 2 UNECE SC3 / WP3 Expert meeting on strategic development of inland waterway infrastructure in Europe – 16 June 2011
2001 EurEauWeb Ltd (UK) conceived Water-Way® project EU-funded R&D for new electronic guide to European waterways 2008 Marketing begins with Water-Way UK 2010 Euromapping completes Water-Way France with route planner for Europe Investment in GIS version Slide 3 UNECE SC3 / WP3 Expert meeting on strategic development of inland waterway infrastructure in Europe – 16 June 2011
Thanks to work now completed, possibility of a ‘quick fix’ solution for integration of MAP and BLUE BOOK into a single digital product What does this involve? – developing new data structure – applying new styles corresponding to existing map – styles of fiche to display lock and port data An opportunity… Slide 5 UNECE SC3 / WP3 Expert meeting on strategic development of inland waterway infrastructure in Europe – 16 June 2011
Change in style of Class Va (to make it symmetrical) A minor detail to consider: Slide 6 UNECE SC3 / WP3 Expert meeting on strategic development of inland waterway infrastructure in Europe – 16 June 2011 Current styles Proposed future style for Va
What we will now show is BEFORE the necessary adaptations The current application and map were designed for recreational boaters Demonstration of the application… Slide 7 UNECE SC3 / WP3 Expert meeting on strategic development of inland waterway infrastructure in Europe – 16 June 2011
Detailed accurate maps Slide 9 UNECE SC3 / WP3 Expert meeting on strategic development of inland waterway infrastructure in Europe – 16 June 2011
Detailed information Slide 10 UNECE SC3 / WP3 Expert meeting on strategic development of inland waterway infrastructure in Europe – 16 June 2011
Sample outputs of new product Slide 11 UNECE SC3 / WP3 Expert meeting on strategic development of inland waterway infrastructure in Europe – 16 June 2011
Route planner
Route can be imported into spreadsheet, allowing user to change speeds, for example
Other initiatives are under consideration, such as the INE concept of a web-based planning map and tool Blue Book data to your desktop! Slide 15 UNECE SC3 / WP3 Expert meeting on strategic development of inland waterway infrastructure in Europe – 16 June 2011 WEB OPTIONS Services either public OR private BUT costly to develop WEB OPTIONS Services either public OR private BUT costly to develop DESKTOP OPTION – keep it private, as YOUR resource for planning, - updates available for download at any time to authorised representatives DESKTOP OPTION – keep it private, as YOUR resource for planning, - updates available for download at any time to authorised representatives
A project guaranteeing that requested changes are made and new version made available for download. The Working Party retains control over any possible public distribution of the data. The Water-Way application serves as a test PROPOSAL Slide 16 UNECE SC3 / WP3 Expert meeting on strategic development of inland waterway infrastructure in Europe – 16 June 2011