1. Bruce Thompson Director, Spatial Information Infrastructure State Government of Victoria 03 8636 2323 bruce.thompson@dse.vic.gov.au 2010 APCO Australasia conference Melbourne, 15–17 March 2010 driving future ESO capabilities through spatial resource and innovations

2. outline  drivers drivers  building better content building better content  building a better pipe building a better pipe  building better services building better services  national perspective national perspective  bandwidth: getting to Carnegie Square bandwidth: getting to Carnegie Square  conclusion conclusion

3. outline  drivers  bandwidth  technology communications convergence continues  building better content  increasing spatial information range  improving spatial information quality: NES  building a better pipe  the information management model  delivering online: VMAS and IWS  building better services  high reliability, high precision positioning services: GPSnet  sensor networks  national perspective  delivering national datasets and services: LYNX and LSF  bandwidth  conclusion  managing information spatially  delivering spatial resources to Control Centres

4. drivers: broadband

5. drivers: technology communications convergence  digital persistence: content available everywhere, anytime  universal access: content will ‘slide’ from office networks to mobile device without loss of quality or functionality  resource discovery: find and access data, services application must be fast, easy, authoritative  vanishing organisational and sectoral boundaries: people, communities, public and private companies intermeshed http://gigaom.com/2010/03/10/rob-glaser-defines-the-superphone-and-predicts-the-mobile-future/

6. building better content: increasing range  Vicmap Positioning  Vicmap Property  Vicmap Transport  Vicmap Address  Vicmap Administrative Boundaries  Vicmap Elevation  Vicmap Hydrography  Vicmap Planning  Vicmap Vegetation  Vicmap Imagery  Vicmap Features of Interest

7. building better content: NES  coordination  200+ data custodians to manage data contributions from  600+ data sets to be managed in an integrated, seamless environment  1,000+ data users to distribute data to  potentially, hundreds of thousands of end users (the public)  how do we keep these data current and accurate?

8. building better content: NES  ‘base level’ maintenance  70,000+ new properties every year  70,000+ new addresses every year  about 5,000 new roads every year  significant investment in upgrading elevation data, especially in coastal areas  the ‘knock-on’ effects:  improved elevation data means adjusting the contours  adjusting the contours means adjusting the hydrography  adjusting the hydrography means adjusting the bridge  adjusting the bridge means adjusting the road...  building points, orchards, windfarms …  any (many) of the 200 layers in the topographic maps may be affected by other changes

9. building better content: NES  749,928 segments (July 2006)  300,000 kilometres in length  edits in 2005-06  spatial edits: 72,931 (9%)  aspatial edits: 133,013 (18%)  895,141 segments (July 2007)  350,000 kilometres in length  edits in 2006-07  spatial edits: 133,013 (15%)  aspatial edits: 478,919 (53%)  1,018,321 segments (July 2009)  454,000 kilometres in length  edits in 2008-09  spatial edits: 337,116 (33%)  aspatial edits: 61,344 (6%)

10. building better content: NES  the old system:  paper-based  long delays  frustrating for all participants  no audit or record keeping  fundamental need for change  successful pilot (Online Notification and Edit) in 2007-08  full operational system (Notification and Edit Service) in 2008-09

11. building better content: NES change requester

12. building better content: NES change requester

13. building better content: NES change requester

14. building better content: NES custodian/approver

15. building better content: NES  360+ individuals across 118 organisations  79 Councils as custodians and notifiers  Logica and SKM as maintainers and notifiers  Emergency Services Organisations as notifiers  CFA (NW), ESTA, Ambulance Vic, North East Water, Goulburn Valley Region Water Corporation, REIV  utilities as notifiers  Barwon Water, Melbourne Water, Telstra  State Government as notifiers, custodians and maintainers  Parks Victoria, DoT, DPCD, DSE, VEC  Spatial Vision (the producer of the Spatial Vision Vicmap Books) as notifier

16. building a better pipe: the information management model WoVG custodians (information owners) any customersSII information management platform web services, direct connection to the most up-to-date data physical data duplication, currency and resource issues data report/ output Victorian Spatial Data Library Vicmap Position GPSnet Vicmap Property Vicmap Address Vicmap Transport Vicmap Administrative Boundaries Vicmap Elevation Vicmap Hydro Vicmap Planning Vicmap Vegetation Vicmap Imagery Vicmap Features supply channel delivery channels data metadata MyProfile authentication/security

17. building a better pipe: delivering online  web services optimised for online delivery  single authoritative source  the most up-to-date information  reduced infrastructure and resourcing costs for ESOs  two key services currently  VMAS for vector data  IWS for imagery  demonstration incorporating both: Victoria Police Victoria Police

18. building better services: positioning  GPSnet:  statewide  real-time  high reliability  2cm accurate  audited and recorded  network of 107 Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS)

19. 5. North East (10) 4. Goldfields (5) 3. Coast (14) 2. Central Growth Corridor (5) 1. Wimmera Mallee (23) 2011201020092008Priority / Stage / (# CORS) building better services: positioning  number of CORS per stage and delivery schedule  50 stations in place prior to this program, 73 in place to date

20. building better services: positioning

27.  high reliability: 24x7 Network Geometric Error, Network Stability Monitoring the 2cm resolution threshold

28. building better services: positioning  high reliability: 24x7 Network Ionospheric Error Model SUBJ: IPS GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE WARNING 08/16 ISSUED AT 27/2319Z OCTOBER 2009 BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE. INCREASED GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY EXPECTED DUE TO CORONAL HOLE HIGH SPEED WIND STREAM FROM 29-30 OCTOBER 2009 _____________________________________________ GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORECAST 29 Oct: Unsettled to Active 30 Oct: active the 2cm resolution threshold

29.  Lake Bolac CORS positioning and monitoring two agricultural users to the South West (near Chatsworth and Caramut) building better services: positioning CORS stations operating machinery

30.  overall network status and on-line users, for real- time trouble shooting and assistance of field users  24x7 monitoring building better services: positioning

31.  what value for ESOs?  emergency management vehicles fundamentally no different to construction or agricultural machinery  Statewide, and the precursor for a national rollout  what value for ESOS?  real-time  high reliability  2cm accurate  audited and recorded  implementation barriers?  current high cost of field devices – will (and will need to) reduce before viable for ESOs – possibly 24-36 months 

32. national perspective  Victorian initiatives covered also in rollout in other States, and at national level  better content: national data sets jointly delivered by States and territories and the Australian government through PSMA Australia  better pipes: national web services and delivery channels also being jointly delivered through PSMA Australia – the LYNX information sharing platform  better services: ANZLIC, PSMA Australia and CRCSI-2 jointly investigating national positioning services  complementary or contributing initiatives in States and Territories

33. bandwidth  how do you get to Carnegie Hall?  practice, practice, practice  how do you get to the Control Centre?  bandwidth, bandwidth, bandwidth

34. bandwidth  opportunity:  fibre optic connectivity for emergency services  a combination of potential sources:  commercial fibre backhaul providers — nextgen, Telstra  utility fibre owners — SPAusNet, Powercor  new fibre funded by Victorian Government — VicFibreLINKS  new fibre funded by the Australian Government — Regional Backbone Blackspots Program  the last two are extending the reach of competitive fibre backhaul into regional Victoria  fibre optic connectivity means the rich content and services covered in this presentation will be available for use in Control Centres

38. conclusion  in support of ESOs  better content  better pipes  better services  bandwidth to deliver the benefits

39. Bruce Thompson Director, Spatial Information Infrastructure State Government of Victoria 03 8636 2323 bruce.thompson@dse.vic.gov.au 2010 APCO Australasia conference Melbourne, 15–17 March 2010 driving future ESO capabilities through spatial resource and innovations thank you