1. Improvements of SABE based on user needs : A SABE/NUTS product will be available in 2005
Ingrid Naumann, SABE Project Manager, BKG
To allow interoperability first, finally one database
Short term goals are subject of this report
Meeting of the Working Party “GIS for Statistics”, Joint Meeting with National
Statistical Offices and National Mapping Agencies, Luxembourg, March 3-4, 2005

2. Current Version of SABE Product
- Harmonised pan-European administrative boundaries dataset
Derived from official data of 36 European NMAs
Common data model for all countries
Names, codes and geometry from country down to the commune level
Unique codes for all European administrative units and levels
Data refers to July 2003 / May 2004
To allow interoperability first, finally one database
Short term goals are subject of this report
Meeting of the Working Party “GIS for Statistics”, Joint Meeting with National
Statistical Offices and National Mapping Agencies, Luxembourg, March 3-4, 2005

3. Distributed Maintenance of SABE
NMAs SABE team (BKG)
Request for updating of national contribution to SABE version B
National administrative databases
(CZ, DE, ES...)
Request for missing data/clarification of inconsistencies
NAD
Preprocessing
Harmonisation
Generalisation
Edge Matching
Quality Check
Customers
National topographic databases
(DK, FR, LT...)
Final SABE product version A
NTD
Request for missing data/clarification of inconsistencies
Request for updating of national contribution to SABE version B
SABE product version A (B) = status of integrated data according to reference date A (B)
Meeting of the Working Party “GIS for Statistics”, Joint Meeting with National
Statistical Offices and National Mapping Agencies, Luxembourg, March 3-4, 2005

4. Further Improvement of SABE since 2003
Priority list of EUROSTAT/GISCO :
DK : Integration of Greenland and Faeroe Islands done
FR : Integration of Guyana, Reunion, Martinique, Guadeloupe done
PT : Integration of the Azores and Madeira done
BG, RO : Integration of both candidate countries done
UK : Harmonisation of the coastlines done
LT : Integration of the SENIUNIJA level ( LAU2) done
…and others
To allow interoperability first, finally one database
Short term goals are subject of this report
Meeting of the Working Party “GIS for Statistics”, Joint Meeting with National
Statistical Offices and National Mapping Agencies, Luxembourg, March 3-4, 2005

5. Data Deliveries for the current SABE Update
Data Deliveries for the current SABE Update
47%
40%
66 % on time
17 % 1 month delayed
11 % 2 months delayed
6 % > 2 month delayed 8% 5%
To allow interoperability first, finally one database
Short term goals are subject of this report
NAD NTD SABE unknown
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6. Administrative Boundaries vs. Coastlines
Example : Norway
NO_2004
NO_2001
NO_coastline
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7. Different Coding Systems and Different Number of Units
Different Coding Systems and Different Number of Units
SABE (NMAs)
EUROSTAT (NSOs)
SHN code …
name
LAU code
27013
Belturbet
042
Belturbet Urban
14006
D. Topeiroy
720600
Topirois
Additional conversion tables for different coding systems are needed !
To check if data refers really to the same reference dates...
Other reasons for different number of lowest units ?
To allow interoperability first, finally one database
Short term goals are subject of this report
Meeting of the Working Party “GIS for Statistics”, Joint Meeting with National
Statistical Offices and National Mapping Agencies, Luxembourg, March 3-4, 2005

8. NUTS - Classification and the National Administrative Hierarchies
National administrative levels (USE) of Austria :
Republik Bundesländer Bezirkshauptmannschaften politische Gemeinden
USE 1 = 1 unit USE 2 = 9 units USE 3 = 98 units USE 4 = 2358 units
NUTS - classification of Austria :
NUTS 1 = 3 units NUTS 2 = 9 units NUTS 3 = 35 units
 NUTS codes can be linked only to all units of the second administrative level of the Austrian contribution
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9. Conclusion
A closer cooperation between the NSOs and the NMAs is absolutely necessary - not only important for the finalisation of the SABE/NUTS product in the best possible quality and on schedule, but also for a better interoperability of national geodatabases and digital data for statistical purposes !
Differences in extraction rules are of course guided by scale, but there are others, f.i handling of RRY
Handling of names, EGM lays more stress on visualization, different scales different user requirements
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Statistical Offices and National Mapping Agencies, Luxembourg, March 3-4, 2005