1. EuroGeographics Projects : 2001 status
Claude Luzet, Executive Director, EuroGeographics

2. content
1- the (re)organisation
2- the projects

3. Organisation - step one (1980)
37 member NMAs
a network of
national deciders
expertise
common strategies & policies
President
Sec. Gen.
Management Board WG

4. Organisation - step two (1993)
20 member NMAs
a operational organisation
with financial and human resources
contributing to
data discovery
data access
Chairman
Management Board
Exec. Dir.
Service Centre
Project Team

5. Organisation - step three (2001)= +

6. Organisation - step three (2001)
The association of the European National Mapping Agencies (40 countries)
The merger of CERCO and MEGRIN, born on 1st January 2001
the policy makers (from CERCO)
the operational arm (from MEGRIN
Working for the European Geographic Information Infrastructure

7. membership

8. General Assembly Active Members President Management Board (7)
Associate Members
President
Management Board (7)
Ex.Director
Head Office Paris - MlV

9. Operational structure
*new*
legal
geodesy
database
quality
SABE
ERM
EGM
Road DB
*new*

10. De-centralisation + Co-ordination
compared to ‘old’ MEGRIN :
de-centralisation of Project management
stronger Head Office (France)
the arm of the MB
administration & finances
strategy, policy, priorities and planning
communication and co-ordination
compared to CERCO-MEGRIN structure
co-ordination of Projects and WGs within global EuroGeographics objectives & strategy
If mission and objectives generally unchanged
the merging has compelled us to review the operational organisation, following 2 key words : decentralisation and co-ordination
already started during the last year of MEGRIN, the decentralisation is a long way off the original MEGRIN Project Team when all responsibilities were ‘central’; if the Head Office may still be the initiator of new projects or activities, in the current work organisation the responsibilities of all mature Projects are de-centralised to one EuroGeographics Member, and the Project budgets are managed independently of the core-budget.
on the other hand, the multiplication of the projects and WGs makes it necessary that a stronger co-ordination is effective in keeping all activities consistent between themselves, coherent with the global EuroGeographics strategies, and in facilitating the necessary synergies : this is the role of the Head Office

11. Dublin 2-5 September : 1st GA
One-day ‘open’ conference, two sessions
public-private partnership
creation-maintenance of reference data
data edition and dissemination
applications and services
the European Commission & the NMAs
DG-ENV & E-ESDI
DG InfoSoc and eContent
JRC-SAI

12. 1st GA conclusions
Private sector, the European Commission & NMAs agree that
the E-ESDI initiative is much welcome
data availability is not the key-problem, reference data harmonisation is
policies and financial strategies are the key to the solution, that need to be elaborated in close collaboration with NMAs and Member States

13. construction of the (E)ESDI, (previously called EGII)
EuroGeographics
and its Member NMAs :
the main actors for the
construction of the (E)ESDI, (previously called EGII)

14. EGII’s contributions Policy : Awareness and discovery :
GI2000, ETeMII, Green Paper on access to public data, …
Awareness and discovery :
metadata : GDDD, ESMI, LaClef
Data harmonisation :
geodetic and cartographic coordinates
administrative boundaries
small scale
medium and large scale

15. Geodetic co-ordinates president : Erich Gubler (Switzerland)
Data harmonisation (1)
Geodetic co-ordinates
WG8 - EUREF
president : Erich Gubler (Switzerland)

16. Geodetic coordinates
achievements: a complete unified co-ordinate system for Europe
definition, implementation of ETRS89
recommendations adopted by the COGI
definition, implementation of EVRF2000
recommendations to be adopted by the EC
cartographic projections

17. Administrative boundaries
Data harmonisation (2)
Administrative boundaries
the SABE project
project co-ordinator : B Weichel Project manager : H Bennat (BKG-Frankfurt-Germany)

18. SABE progress summary (1)
SABE-SIRE CD : pilot to be released
SABE’95
SABE’97
version 2 : new formats, new products, new countries
new agreement with EUROSTAT (including Internet licence)

19. SABE ‘97 version 2 Distributed in February 2001
New countries (EE, LT, PL)
New formats (ARC/INFO Export and ARC/View shape)
New product types (Standard, regions or selected administrative levels, centroïds)
SABE 97 Version (inclusion of Greek data set will follow end of November)

20. SABE progress summary (2)
SABE 2001 (Census Version)
Currently in preparation
Data (geographic) will be ready for distribution end of 2002
First update (inclusion of NUTS codes) considered for 2003
SABE-SIRE CD product also considered as next step

21. SABE 2001 (census version) Delivery expected before 31 July 2001
Next deliveries expected
30/09/01: IE, UK, SK
31/12/01: IT, CY
31/01/02: AM, NO
31/05/02: SI
31/07/02: PL
No information about census dates: AL, BY, RU, UA

22. SABE products availability
production
SABE97
production
97v2
produc
2001
produc
census
prod ??

23. the EuroGlobalMap project
Data harmonisation (3)
global (500k-1M) scale
the EuroGlobalMap project
project co-ordinator : J Ratia Project manager : Heli Ursin (NLS-Helsinki-Finland)

24. EuroGlobalMap (500k-1M) Background The EGM Project
sub-regional initiatives : MapBSR, BALANS
Global Map, a contribution to agenda 21
The EGM Project
European coverage
feasibility study 1999~2000
EuroGeographics Members committed
project setting-up 2000~2001
eContent proposal (rejected)
EuroGeographics still proceeding with EGM

26. EGM issues Administrative boundaries Funding Licensing, pricing
contains up to NUTS3, or equivalent
consistency with SABE :
geometry : no, but internal consistency
semantics : yes
Funding
some countries might need financial support
second proposal to be prepared
Licensing, pricing
“marginal price” vs. “cost recovery”

27. global scale products Nordic map database MapBSR feasibility
Project, production
MapBSR
EGM feasibility
EGM v. 1
EGM production
EGM v. 2
EGM maintenance

28. regional/national scale (100k~250k) the EuroRegionalMap project
Data harmonisation (4)
regional/national scale (100k~250k)
the EuroRegionalMap project
project co-ordinator : J Théatre Project manager : N Delattre (IGN-Bruxelles-Belgium)

29. EuroRegionalMap background the ERM project ETDB VMap level 1
the PETIT Project (INFO2000)
the ERM project
a longer term answer to the GISCO (EC) needs
still in demonstration/stimulation phase
an initial core of 6 countries (started 1/01/01 on own budget)
eContent funded project starts 1/01/02

30. ERM “core”
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Denmark
Belgium
Germany
France

32. ERM issues Administrative boundaries Europe-40 coverage
creates new adm. bound. consistent with other line features (rivers, coastlines, …)
to replace SABE when ERM completed?
Europe-40 coverage
more countries already interested to join
additional funding to be secured
strong European Commission signal?

33. EuroRegionalMap developments
PETIT
ERM project
ERM-6
maintenance & extension
ERM version1

34. Data harmonisation (5) Planning for the future 5~10 years and more...
next steps : medium and large scales (1~10 m. resolutions)
Planning for the future 5~10 years and more...

35. Next steps (1) Aiming for 1-10 m resolution
Applications not yet on the market, but foreseen by many players
Needs for governance : environment, security, ...
Complex synergies
Several administrations, local, national
Private and public partnership needed

36. Next steps (2)
Not a pan-European DB but development of an infrastructure and interoperability mechanisms
Ambitious, needs European support (financial, political mostly)
Two complementary approaches
market : road data and services
Sep. WS at Insbruck (Austria) with private sector
general interest : reference data specifications
18/10 bid to CPA3 call

37. SABE91
SABE95
SABE97
97v2
2001
census
MapBSR
EGM
PETIT
ERM project
ERM-6
ERM version1
Ref Data Spec.
ETeMII

38. Provisional plans (1) Conduct in parallel the following:
1- Support small scale harmonisation for a quick solution to pan-European coverage:
1:1M in 1-2 years
1:250k in 2-3 years
2- definition of the specifications for multi-scale reference data
covering “all” GI needs for the European Commission, and the citizen
also coherent with market requirements

39. Provisional plans (2)
Address in close collaboration between the EC, the NMAs and Member states
3- policies on public data
access, exploitation
pricing, funding
4- assessment of the capabilities for supplying data to the EC
availability, compatibility
organisational, policies, financial

40. Provisional plans (3)
Involve all actors contributing to the production and maintenance of reference data:
the European Commission
EuroGeographics & the NMAs
the Cadastre and local authorities
the private partners
etc.

41.
Merci !