The Digital National Framework of Great Britain

GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to local September 16-19th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY Current situation in Great Britain Organisations horizons are largely their own Data is often isolated Too few examples of data linking & data sharing Duplication Few definitive datasets Limited success with the National initiatives, such as NGDF (now dissolved) etc Customers have to do too much work on data integration

GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to local September 16-19th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY Power of location Location is an essential component of most information [80%] Location underpins important government activity - this impacts upon the citizen e.g.: buying a house choosing a school travelling to work emergencies Location information (Ordnance Survey products and services) underpins £100 billion of national GDP [OXERA report 1999] (see

GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to local September 16-19th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY Implications for the future capture once – use many times data quality issues (all kinds) Currency Consistency Completeness Accuracy enable data sharing harmonisation within nations & beyond across government across all sectors across large regions (e.g. INSPIRE across Europe) need for a pragmatic approach to standards needs to fit the “national identity” someone has to take responsibility

GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to local September 16-19th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY A National Spatial Data Infrastructure for Great Britain Widely recognised that a successful NSDI has to play a leading role in: Creating Standards; Improving Access to, and sharing of data and; Creating a framework of reference data – a Geospatial Data Framework The Digital National Framework is providing each of these within Great Britain

The Digital National Framework - Standards

GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to local September 16-19th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY Definitive The Digital National Framework The Digital National Framework is providing a new standard for national georeferencing frameworks, defining: Direct and indirect reference systems (coordinates & identifiers) Reference data (the base geography that links users data) Delivery formats (Geography Mark-up Language – GML) Quality Metadata Linking application data with reference data (data sharing) Glossary Several components developed in conjunction with:-

The Digital National Framework - Access

GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to local September 16-19th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY New customer websites Providing customer specific and generic information Access to account information and product holdings Ability to order and receive OS MasterMap data online 50 individuals across 16 organisations have customised Ordnance Survey websites Update supplied as change only information allows intelligent application of data Access to data

The Digital National Framework – Geospatial Data Framework

GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to local September 16-19th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY OS MasterMap TM Unique identifier (TOID) Topographic Layer (9 themes) 400+ million features truly seamless database updated daily released November online delivered only in GML

GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to local September 16-19th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY IS THERE A CONNECTION? Joining up x-organisational data - by TOID Council tax benefit Education Census Fire records Address (linked to bldg TOID) Building (TOID) Housing Stock (condition) All the events are explicitly cross referenced by the connections to the TOID (which also has coordinates) Definitive

GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to local September 16-19th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY

Address, Land & Property Layer - aim Property Extents - indicative for Ownership (Title No) Extents - indicative for Occupancy (UPRN) TOIDs, UPRNs & Title nos LA Mapping Given one of the above - we can link to the remainder: connectivity Postcodes MA13 7RA Addresses (PAF, A-P, NLPG) - (georeferenced including non postal addresses) 12 Stuart Street MANCHESTER M13 7RA

GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to local September 16-19th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY PAF Data conflation & organisational process re-engineering OS MasterMap. Address, Land & Property Layer

GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to local September 16-19th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY Financing the reference data In Great Britain (Ordnance Survey) User pays Revenue = further investment = new and higher quality data & services Partners – applications experts, joint input, joint rewards Customer driven Supports sustainable evolution & minimises financial dependence on government Ensures Ordnance Survey is business focussed Built on two decades of experience

GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to local September 16-19th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY Conclusions An SDI is key in joining up Government and business information SDI must be driven by customer/user/citizen needs and take into account different business models of participants Development should be step by step - towards a long term vision The Digital National Framework is providing an SDI through pragmatic implementation of standards, access mechanisms and a comprehensive geospatial data framework

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