1. GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to Local : 16-19 September 2002, Budapest, Hungary SDIs in Australia Jurisdictional Partnering (a case study in Victoria) Don Grant u Professorial Fellow, Department of Geomatics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia u Former Chairman,Public Sector Mapping Agencies, Australia (PSMA) Steve Jacoby u Director, Land Information Group, Land Victoria Department of Natural Resources & Environment (State Government of Victoria) u Deputy Chairman, Public Sector Mapping Agencies, Australia

2. State of Victoria Australia Capital: Melbourne Population: 4.8M Area: 227,420 km 2 Land Parcels: 2.4M Local Govts: 78

3. GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to Local : 16-19 September 2002, Budapest, Hungary Topics u Background w required geospatial datasets w content and quality u The “problem” (local / state coordination) u Property Information Project - the “solution” w proposal / stages / progress u PSMA (state / national coordination) u Outcomes w local / state partnerships w state / national partnerships

4. Victoria's SDI Framework Datasets 2000-2003 Strategic Plan Geodeticfundamental control and positioning for survey, navigation, any locational activity Cadastral2.4 million land parcels and associated attribute information underpinning title, valuation and land use information systems Address2.1 million property addresses underpinning emergency response and service delivery, property transactions Transportroad and rail networks supporting dispatch and service delivery, asset management Hydrologyrivers and water bodies delineating Victoria's water resources Elevationterrain models, contours, defining slope and aspect, catchments, lines of sight Administrativegovernment service regions, utility areas, delineating coverage and responsibility Ortho-Imageryproviding accurate current insights into the State of Victoria

5. GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to Local : 16-19 September 2002, Budapest, Hungary Background u Geospatial developments in Victoria w topographic mapping (1970's - all digital 1994) w digital cadastral mapping (1980 - 1994) u 1980's focus on land administration w legal / fiscal reform w narrow focus u 1993 requirements study w to develop a strategic framework for GIS development in Victoria w major investigation (over 18 months) w covered approx 40 state agencies and reviewed 270 datasets

6. GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to Local : 16-19 September 2002, Budapest, Hungary Priority Geospatial Datasets 1993 Strategic Plan u State Digital Cadastral Mapbase u Digital Road Centreline Network u Digital Topographic Mapbase (1:100,000 scale) u Planning Zones and Controls Layer u Digital Topographic Mapbase (1:25,000 scale) Top 5 datasets based upon frequency of use and aggregated benefits (Tomlinson Associates, 1993)

7. GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to Local : 16-19 September 2002, Budapest, Hungary Content & Quality Requirement u For the State Digital Cadastral Mapbase w an authoritative state-wide coverage of land units w clear, current and correct parcel and property land units w key land unit linkages to various agency databases established w single dataset maintenance regime w support for exchange of land information between agencies w the ability to perform topologic (spatial) analysis

8. GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to Local : 16-19 September 2002, Budapest, Hungary Victoria's SDI Framework Datasets Geodetic Cadastral Address Transport Hydrology Elevation Administrative Ortho-Imagery Government Custodianship FederalStateLocal

9. GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to Local : 16-19 September 2002, Budapest, Hungary Common Spatial Infrastructure between State & Local Government u Establish a secure supply of property information from Local Government w create a property 'layer' in the Cadastral Mapbase from Local Government's records w establish correct relationships between properties and parcels w ensure timely maintenance of all property details (including street address, road name, suburb / locality names) How? … introducing the PROPERTY INFORMATION PROJECT

10. GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to Local : 16-19 September 2002, Budapest, Hungary Property Information Project ‘Proposition’ State Government provides: Products u Mapbase (framework) Funding u data reconciliation (matching property & parcel data) u new addressing - locality definitions, road naming, property numbering u migration of property data into Cadastral Mapbase Services u on-going maintenance Local Government agrees to: u adoption of Mapbase u supply Land Victoria with all (proposed) plans submitted by developers u timely supply of all relevant property changes (street addressing, road names, localities, etc)

11. GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to Local : 16-19 September 2002, Budapest, Hungary Project Stages INTRODUCTION “IN-PRINCIPLE AGREEMENT” CONSULTANCY: COUNCIL ANALYSIS PROPOSED WORKS PLAN ON-GOING MAINTENANCE WORKS CONTRACT Refinement u PIP commenced in July 1997 u Formal presentations to every Local Government (78) u Establish contact officers u Acquire “in-principle” agreement to the project u State conducted a brief 'fact finding' consultancy u Conducted by a panel of independent consultants INTRODUCTION “IN-PRINCIPLE AGREEMENT” CONSULTANCY: COUNCIL ANALYSIS

12. GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to Local : 16-19 September 2002, Budapest, Hungary Project Stages INTRODUCTION “IN-PRINCIPLE AGREEMENT” CONSULTANCY: COUNCIL ANALYSIS PROPOSED WORKS PLAN ON-GOING MAINTENANCE WORKS CONTRACT Refinement PROPOSED WORKS PLAN ON-GOING MAINTENANCE WORKS CONTRACT u The analysis stage led to preparation of a draft work plan covering: w matching of property and parcel records w automatic pass w manual reconciliation w basic addressing, allocation of numbers, naming of roads w establishing maintenance loop (HW/SW) u Plan was refined and funding agreed u Contract entered into between State and Local Government Contract also covered on-going maintenance u Specified data formats, frequencies, quality, service levels, etc, both ways

13. GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to Local : 16-19 September 2002, Budapest, Hungary Benefits of PIP to Local Government u No licence fees / free from on-going maintenance u Capital funding US$10,000 - US$25,000 each u Structured and well supported approach u Vendor independent approach u More accurate property rating database u Ease of integration with other systems u Enabling on-line service delivery u GIS benefits … w administration / operations / service delivery / decision making

14. GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to Local : 16-19 September 2002, Budapest, Hungary Additional Benefits of PIP to State Government u Current, secure, higher quality data generated through PIP u Decrease the amount of duplicative maintenance u Growing Victoria's geospatial information industry u Accelerated take-up of GIS technology u Enabling electronic transactions, eg. w planning referrals w electronic conveyancing u State & Local Government using common SDI...

15. GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to Local : 16-19 September 2002, Budapest, Hungary State & National Partnerships u 1993 Public Sector Mapping Agencies formed w 9 member consortium of State, Territory & Commonwealth governments u Responding to Australian Bureau of Statistics w tender for national mapping for Australian census u Successfully delivered national, multi-resolution mapping 1996 and 2001 census w approx 34,000 standard maps (1 per CCD) u Significant interest in PSMA national products u PSMA was incorporated as a company in June 2001 2001 Census Sample CD Walker’s Map

16. GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to Local : 16-19 September 2002, Budapest, Hungary ‘The return of economic benefits to the nation through the co-ordination, assembly and delivery of standards-compliant, client-specific national datasets from fundamental databases held by the member agencies’ www.psma.com.au PSMA Australia

17. GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to Local : 16-19 September 2002, Budapest, Hungary PSMA Australia Limited u Key aspects of PSMA Australia Limited w Company limited by shares, owned by the 9 Governments (single share each) w Small staff (currently 4) w Jurisdictions licence their data to PSMA w PSMA facilitates data integration and acts as a ‘wholesaler’ to Private Sector w Revenue generated through data licensing of Integrated National Products u Government owned BUT not Government funded

18. GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to Local : 16-19 September 2002, Budapest, Hungary PSMA Australia Datasets u Completed: national road centreline data set national topographic data set national points-of-interest dataset national cadastral dataset u Under Construction: geocoded national address file national administrative boundaries data set national digital elevation model u Under Investigation: national land tenure/land use dataset

19. GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to Local : 16-19 September 2002, Budapest, Hungary National Cadastral Products

20. GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to Local : 16-19 September 2002, Budapest, Hungary Summary & Conclusion u Governments are key generators of spatial information u Effective SDI’s may require partnerships between National, State &/or Local governments u Institutional barriers in establishing data infrastructure remain the most difficult to resolve u PIP has demonstrated a cooperative model between Local and State Government in Victoria u PSMA provides the State and National linkage u Two very different models - common objective...

21. GSDI 6 Conference - From Global to Local : 16-19 September 2002, Budapest, Hungary Summary & Conclusion u Both are cooperative models (no legislation) u Both feature people and relationship building (partnerships) u Takes time… w PIP commenced in mid 1997 (75/78) w PSMA started incorporation 4 years ago u SDI is common infrastructure & everyone’s responsibility: From my Dataset… to our Infrastructure