1 Test-bed Geospatial Data Infrastructure (GDI): a research and learning environment Yola Georgiadou & Menno-Jan Kraak Geoinformatics, ITC The Netherlands 6th GSDI Conference, September 2002 Budapest, Hungary

2 Test-bed Geospatial Data Infrastructure (GDI)

3 Context of ITC Research An institute of knowledge creation & exchange Knowledge field: "Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation“ Aim: institutional strengthening and capacity building in Less Developed Countries Internationally recognised Center of Excellence Ability to attract substantial additional funding

4 Criteria for ITC Research Spearheads I The spearheads are oriented to finding solutions: l that guarantee relevant, economic, timely and reliable information provision  strengthening the actors in development: -government -private sector -non-government organisations (ngo)

5 Criteria for ITC Research Spearheads II The spearheads are oriented to : l Problem areas where Geo-information Science and Earth Observation play an essential role to providing solutions  providing prerequisites for development - improving the multifunctional use of space - water management & food security - disaster management - understanding global change

6 II. Multi functional use of space III. Disaster Management IV. Food &Water Security V. Global Change I. Geo-information Science & Earth Observation for Strengthening of Civil Society Five ITC Research Spearheads

7 II. Multi functional use of space III. Disaster Management IV. Food &Water Security V. Global Change I. Geo-information Science & Earth Observation for Strengthening of Civil Society Five ITC Research Spearheads

8 TECHNICAL ASPECTS digital cartographic models & open gis/iso post doc definition framework data for NGDI post doc multi-scale problems GDI phd interoperability phd self-organising maps phd modelling spatial relations phd modelling mobile data capture staff INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS national data policies for Indian GDI phd institutional assessment of geo-info providers at state level phd gdi model for indian states phd capacity building of local governance institutions post doc role of private & ngo sector in Indian GDI sabbatical architecture for geo-info management phd economics of GDI staff GDI modelling phd performance & quality GDI services phd USER ASPECTS national atlas metaphor to access GDI phd usability of maps in exploring GDI phd usability aspects sabbatical visualization of metadata phd mathematics & logic in geospatial data phd visual analysis of uncertainty constraints phd hierarchical modelling & visualization phd Testbed Geo Data Infrastructure

9 INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS TECHNICAL ASPECTS USER ASPECTS digital cartographic models & open gis/iso post doc multi-scale problems gdi phd interoperability phd self-organising maps phd modelling spatial relations phd modelling mobile data capture staff national data policies for Indian GDI phd institutional assessment of geo-info providers at state level phd gdi model for indian states phd capacity building of local governance institutions post doc role of private & ngo sector in Indian GDI sabbatical architecture for geo-info management phd economics of gdi staff gdi modelling phd performance & quality gdi services phd national atlas metaphor to access gdi phd usability of maps in exploring gdi phd usability aspects sabbatical visualization of metadata phd mathematics & logic in geospatial data phd visual analysis of uncertainty constraints phd hierarchical modelling & visualization phd Testbed Geo Data Infrastructure definition framework data post doc national data policies for Indian GDI What is the potential of XSLT for converting GML structured geospatial data into Scaleable Vector Graphics?

10 INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS TECHNICAL ASPECTS USER ASPECTS digital cartographic models & opengis/iso post doc definition framework data post doc multi-scale problems gdi phd interoperability phd self-organising maps phd modelling spatial relations phd modelling mobile data capture staff national data policies for Indian GDI phd institutional assessment of geo-info providers at state level phd gdi model for indian states phd capacity building of local governance institutions post doc role of private & ngo sector in Indian GDI sabbatical architecture for geo-info management phd economics of gdi staff gdi modelling phd performance & quality gdi services phd national atlas metaphor to access gdi phd usability of maps in exploring gdi phd usability aspects sabbatical visualization of metadata phd mathematics & logic in geospatial data phd visual analysis of uncertainty constraints phd hierarchical modelling & visualization phd Testbed Geo Data Infrastructure national data policies for Indian GDI What should be considered common interest, nation wide geospatial data & how to model these data to respond to users needs ?

11 INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS TECHNICAL ASPECTS USER ASPECTS digital cartographic models & opengis/iso post doc multi-scale problems with framework data in gdi phd interoperability phd self-organising maps phd modelling spatial relations phd modelling mobile data capture staff national data policies for Indian GDI phd institutional assessment of geo-info providers at state level phd gdi model for indian states phd capacity building of local governance institutions post doc role of private & ngo sector in Indian GDI sabbatical architecture for geo-info management phd economics of gdi staff gdi modelling phd performance & quality gdi services phd national atlas metaphor to access gdi phd usability of maps in exploring gdi phd usability aspects sabbatical visualization of metadata phd mathematics & logic in geospatial data phd visual analysis of uncertainty constraints phd hierarchical modelling & visualization phd Testbed Geo Data Infrastructure national data policies for Indian GDI Which generalisation rules allow the user to derive data from a core database at the scale she desires ? definition framework data post doc

12 INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS TECHNICAL ASPECTS USER ASPECTS digital cartographic models & opengis/iso post doc definition framework data post doc multi-scale problems gdi phd interoperability phd self-organising maps phd modelling spatial relations phd modelling mobile data capture staff national data policies for Indian GDI phd institutional assessment of geo-info providers at state level phd gdi model for indian states phd capacity building of local governance institutions post doc role of private & ngo sector in Indian GDI sabbatical architecture for geo-info management phd economics of gdi staff gdi modelling phd performance & quality gdi services phd national atlas metaphor to access gdi phd usability of maps in exploring gdi phd usability aspects sabbatical visualization of metadata phd mathematics & logic in geospatial data phd visual analysis of uncertainty constraints phd hierarchical modelling & visualization phd Testbed Geo Data Infrastructure How can we assess the performance of state level nodes of the Indian NGDI and their readiness to lead state level GDI initiatives? phd national data policies for Indian GDI

13 INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS TECHNICAL ASPECTS USER ASPECTS digital cartographic models & opengis/iso post doc definition framework data post doc multi-scale problems gdi phd interoperability phd self-organising maps phd modelling spatial relations phd modelling mobile data capture staff national data policies for Indian GDI phd gdi model for indian states phd capacity building of local governance institutions post doc role of private & ngo sector in Indian GDI sabbatical architecture for geo-info management phd economics of gdi staff gdi modelling phd performance & quality gdi services phd national atlas metaphor to access gdi phd usability of maps in exploring gdi phd usability aspects sabbatical visualization of metadata phd mathematics & logic in geospatial data phd visual analysis of uncertainty constraints phd hierarchical modelling & visualization phd Testbed Geo Data Infrastructure Which user, architecture, business & process GDI model is most appropriate for the rural sector in a selected Indian state? phd national data policies for Indian GDI institutional assessment of geo-info providers at state level phd

14 INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS TECHNICAL ASPECTS USER ASPECTS digital cartogr. models & opengis/iso post doc definition framework data post doc multi-scale problems gdi phd interoperability phd self-organising maps phd modelling spatial relations phd modelling mobile data capture staff national data policies for Indian GDI phd institutional assessment of geo-info providers at state level phd gdi model for indian states phd capacity building of local governance institutions post doc role of private & ngo sector in Indian GDI sabbatical architecture for geo-info management phd economics of gdi staff gdi modelling phd performance & quality gdi services phd national atlas metaphor to access gdi phd usability of maps in exploring gdi phd usability aspects sabbatical visualization of metadata phd mathematics & logic in geospatial data phd visual analysis of uncertainty constraints phd hierarchical modelling & visualization phd Testbed Geo Data Infrastructure Could Private sector and NGOs be an important vehicle in delivering the data to the actual target groups together with the traditional geo-information providers in India?

15 INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS TECHNICAL ASPECTS USER ASPECTS digital cartogr. models & opengis/iso post doc definition framework data post doc multi-scale problems gdi phd interoperability phd self-organising maps phd modelling spatial relations phd modelling mobile data capture staff national data policies for Indian GDI phd gdi model for indian states phd capacity building of local governance institutions post doc architecture for geo-info management phd economics of gdi staff gdi modelling phd performance & quality gdi services phd national atlas metaphor to access gdi phd usability of maps in exploring gdi phd usability aspects sabbatical visualization of metadata phd mathematics & logic in geospatial data phd visual analysis of uncertainty constraints phd hierarchical modelling & visualization phd Testbed Geo Data Infrastructure role of private & ngo sector in Indian GDI sabbatical institutional assessment of geo-info providers at state level phd How can we apply the familiar Atlas concept in a GDI environment to improve data accessibility?

16 INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS TECHNICAL ASPECTS USER ASPECTS digital cartogr. models & opengis/iso post doc definition framework data post doc multi-scale problems gdi phd interoperability phd self-organising maps phd modelling spatial relations phd modelling mobile data capture staff national data policies for Indian GDI phd institutional assessment of geo-info providers at state level phd gdi model for indian states phd capacity building of local governance institutions post doc role of private & ngo sector in Indian GDI sabbatical architecture for geo-info management phd economics of gdi staff gdi modelling phd performance & quality gdi services phd national atlas metaphor to access gdi phd usability of maps in exploring gdi phd usability aspects sabbatical visualization of metadata phd mathematics & logic in geospatial data phd visual analysis of uncertainty constraints phd hierarchical modelling & visualization phd Testbed Geo Data Infrastructure topo survey netherlands geonedis getis survey dept eu-revigis I T C I T C & P A R T N E R S I T C

17 Test-bed Geospatial Data Infrastructure (GDI)

18 The educational concept: Capacity building Improvements in the ability of public sector organisations to perform appropriate tasks, either singly or in cooperation with other organisations Harvard Institute for International Development (1997)

19 What is capacity building for GDI ? Improvements in the ability of central/state/local government and private & ngo sector to perform appropriate tasks within the broad set of principles of a Geospatial Data Infrastructure

20 What is capacity building for GDI at ITC? New program on: Geo-information Management To enable students devise strategies that improve the performance of government organisations (*) in a geo-ICT environment (*) large volume geo-information providers

21 Profile of a graduate of Geo-information Management Environment Motivation Capacity Performance

22 M1M2-M4M5M6M7M8M11M12M13 etc Geo-ICTGDI Business Framework Business Management for NMOs, Cadastres and GDI The need for GDI and GIM GIS&RS DB & IS Institutional Setting GDI Concepts Business 1 Business 2 Organisation Development GDI developmen t M.Sc.: Research skills, Elective, guided study topic and Research PM: IFA Geo-ICT & Institutions Motivation Capacity Performance The implementation of the new educational program Geo-Information Management

23 M1M2-M4M5M6M7M8M11M12M13 etc INT RO Geo-ICTGDI Business Framework Business Management for GI providers and GDI Advanced Topics & Research The need for GDI and GIM GIS&RS DB & IS Institutional Setting GDI Concepts Business 1 Business 2 Organisation Development GDI development M.Sc.: Research skills, Elective, guided study topic and Research PM: IFA Geo-ICT & Institu- tions Motiva- tion Capacity Perform ance The implementation of the new educational program Geo-Information Management

24 M1M2-M4M5M6M7M8M11M12M13 etc INT RO Geo-ICTGDI Business Framework Business Management for GI providers and GDI Advanced Topics & Research The need for GDI and GIM GIS&RS DB & IS Institutional Setting GDI Concepts Business 1 Business 2 Organisation Development GDI development M.Sc.: Research skills, Elective, guided study topic and Research PM: IFA Geo-ICT & Institu- tions Motiva- tion Capacity Perform ance The implementation of the new educational program Geo-Information Management

25 M1M2-M4M5M6M7M8M11M12M13 etc Geo-ICTGDI Business Framework Business Management for NMOs, Cadastres and GDI Advanced Topics & Research The need for GDI and GIM GIS&RS DB & IS Institutional Setting GDI Concepts Business 1 Business 2 Organisation Development GDI developmen t M.Sc.: Research skills, Elective, guided study topic and Research PM: IFA Geo-ICT & Institutions Motivation Capacity Performance The details of the new educational program GIM

26 T-GDI components Ph.D Research MSC Research Facilitation Level of impact I n d i v i d u a l C e n t r a l / L o c a l G o v t P r i v a t e & NGO S e c t o r Test-bed GDI:a research and learning environment Facilitation

27 T-GDI components Ph.D Research MSC Research Facilitation Level of impact I n d i v i d u a l C e n t r a l / L o c a l G o v t P r i v a t e & NGO S e c t o r Test-bed GDI:a research and learning environment Type of impact

28 Future plans for delivery of capacity building at ITC Reach (# of organisations) Intensity of interaction Info+Capacity Building +Facilitation Info+Capacity Building Information

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