This document summarizes discussions from the GI2012 conference on open data policies. It describes how a representative from the German Federal Ministry of the Interior used the example of an "intelligent lawnmower" needing access to weather data through INSPIRE to argue for a national geoinformation strategy. However, others felt Germany does not need a new strategy, but rather more transparent, interoperable, and freely accessible public spatial data to enable better decision making. The document concludes by reiterating the view that Germany needs more open data transparency rather than a new national strategy.

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GI2012
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Why does a „Lawn-moving Robot“ needs
Access to Open INSPIRE Data ?
GI2012 – OpenDataPolicies - FORUM
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Doz. Dr. Frank HOFFMANN, CSc
Vorstandsvorsitzender
&
CCSS – Czech Center for Science & Society (Praha, CZ)
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2. GI2012-PROCEEDINGS
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• Unfortunately, it was not possible to produce the full
PROCEEDINGS on CDROM, as far as some abstracts
& summaries did not arrive just-in-time… ;-(
• Therefore, we are presenting you the full volume of
Therefore,
GI2012 – PROCEEDINGS directly on IGN‘s WEBLOG ,
but still locked and intented just for GI2012
participants only… including programme, abstracts,
only… programme, abstracts,
summaries and actual press, blog or web releases on
104 pp. !!!
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3. 12. Sächsisches GIS-Forum
GI2012 – OpenDataPolicies – FORUM
Dresden: 18./19.05.2012
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GI2012 to be focused on transparent,
interoperable and cross-border
cross-
OPEN DATA POLICIES
( Interoperability of Public Spatial Data, Services & Applications )
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4. Table Of Contents
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• 1. Introduction & Motivation
• 2. The INTERGEO „Round Table“ at 21.03.2012
• 3. The „Lawn-mowing robot“ & new NGIS-DE ?
• 4. INSPIRE-DE @ INTERGEO !
• 5. Conclusions & latest update !
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5. 1) Introduction & Motivation
• Needs Germany really a new "National GeoInformation
Strategy" (NGIS) – as example for ”intelligent lawnmowers”
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suggested by a spokesman of Federal Ministry of Interior
behind the INTERGEO-Round-TABLE ?
– A press info report was transposed first on INTERGEO website:
[ http://www.intergeo.de/en/Artikel_292_1240.html%26id=50145 ]
– And an INFO message appeared later at INTERGEO’s info page
@FACEBOOK
[ https://www.facebook.com/pages/INTERGEO-Geodesy-
Geoinformation-and-Land-Management/124785234266142 ]
the motivation point to look at deeper… !
but why needs Germany a new NGIS ?
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6. The INTERGEO Data Journalist…
• Q: Can Inspire effect Open Data/Open
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Government in a positive way?
– To answer the question Dr. Georg Thiel mentioned
the NGIS strategy. And: “We’re only at the
beginning.“ The economy needs to buy data from
the public administration. “I think that’s not
appropriate.“
– Geoinformation has become a policy area and therefore has to
organize in a better way. We are challenged to place data
protection and data security in Europe on an new footing.
– Later on Thiel said licences are a big talking point. And the
first national INSPIRE Conference at the INTERGEO is a good
occasion.  3 April at 11:33
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7. 2) The INTERGEO „Round Table“
• INTERGEO @ FACEBOOK
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– Der INTERGEO Round Table "Smart Geoinformation –
Intelligente Geoinformation für Morgen" stimmte schon mal
auf Fachmesse und Kongress vom 9. bis 11. Oktober 2012 in
Hannover ein ... (english version coming soon) in Karlsruhe,
Germany.
– [ https://www.facebook.com/pages/INTERGEO-Geodesy-
Geoinformation-and-Land-Management/124785234266142 ]
• ? IMAGI for a new NGIS ??
– IGN startet instantly a social media dialogue on
FACEBOOK… !
• Video clips have been published later on at:
– [ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=283596831718314 ]
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8. 3) The ‚Lawn-mowing robot‘ story…
• The „Lawn-mowing robot“ & new NGIS-DE ?
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• Karlsruhe, 22 March 2012. Geoinformation holds enormous potential: “Geoinformation
plays an important role in all key sociopolitical issues,” said Prof. Karl-Friedrich Thöne at
the INTERGEO Round Table in Karlsruhe. All participants were in agreement with the
President of the German Society for Geodesy, Geoinformation and Land Management (DVW),
the organization responsible for hosting INTERGEO from 9 to 11 October 2012 in Hanover.
• However, the experts – including representatives from the worlds of politics
and industry – backed different approaches for the leading international
industry forum with conference and trade fair.
• Georg Thiel from the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) called for a
“national geoinformation strategy”, while Ernest McCutcheon, Managing
Director of Karlsruhe-based DDS Digital Data Services GmbH, said that “too
great an emphasis” was placed on data protection, favouring instead an
approach highlighting the benefits of employing geoinformation.
• Watch  [ VIDEO ]– via FACEBOOK since 02.05.2012 !
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9. INSPIRE-DE @ INTERGEO 2012
• Example of how the geoinformation might be applied in practice?
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– Dr. Georg Thiel, Federal Ministry of the Interior, INTERGEO Round Table
2012...
• Meanwhile, the ORIGINAL German VOICE of BMI-Video-CLIPS has been
deleted and translated into english instead... Therefore, look at our GI2012
SUMMARY text about the tale INSPIRE data story of the so-called
“intelligent lawnmower”...
• [ Where does INTERGEO currently stand in terms of
geoinformation? ]
– Prof. Karl-Friedrich Thöne, President of the DVW e. V., INTERGEO Round
Table 2012...
• [ What role does the availability of good data play? ]
– Ernest McCutcheon, DDS Digital Data Services GmbH, INTERGEO Round
Table 2012...
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10. 5) Conclusions
• Q: But how does INSPIRE affect smartphone owners?
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“INSPIRE will generate added value,” said Thiel, referring to the simple example
of intelligent lawn-mowing robots. “These lawnmowers can use INSPIRE, for
example, to incorporate weather data into their planning and wait for a storm to
pass before automatically starting to mow the lawn”. Public administration bodies
will make decisions based almost 100 percent on geoinformation, said Thiel…
• The INSPIRE Conference and INTERGEO, he added, are ideal platforms for
launching discussions with a view to developing a national geoinformation
strategy.
• Dr. Hartmut Rosengarten from Hexagon Geosystems and spokesman for the
INTERGEO Exhibitor Advisory Board said: “At INTERGEO, we have to offer
solutions so they can be understood and utilised by everyone”.
• IGN‘s conclusion: there is no need for any new NGIS, but DE needs
more public data transparency… free available, open accessible,
and interoperable usable in order to make better decisions !!!
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11. 1999: The GI Vision… © FH, Stresa (IT)
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12. Latest updates: 24.05.2012 !
• 18.05.2012:
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– German ‚Bundesregierung‘ proposes updates and
changes to the ‚GeodatenZugangsGesetz‘ (GeoZG,
2009) in order to provide FREE OF CHARGE the
geotopo base data for private, as well commercial ( ! )
applications…
– [ http://dipbt.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/17/096/1709686.pdf ]
• 24.05.2012:
– 1st reading of the GeoZG updates in German
‚Bundestag‘ - now re-directed for further discussions
in expert circles of parliament… !
– [ http://dbtg.tv/fvid/1715812 ]
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13. Q… ! & A… ?
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