Geospatial Metadata and Spatial Data: It's all Greek to me!
The UK Location Programme
1. The UK Location Programme Delivering on the promise of the UK Location Strategy & INSPIRE V1.0 November 2009
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3. UK Location Strategy “ Good maps and location intelligence can help determine how quickly our ambulances turn up, where a policeman patrols, how we act in a national emergency. Knowing more about where we live can help us make the best decisions. But across the Country there is still too little sharing of the best practice and we are wasting time and money trying to find the information we need. The Location Strategy will ensure we make better use of information already held so we can use it faster and with less expense.“ Baroness Andrews, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Communities and Local Government, November 2008
4. Why we need a UK Location Information Infrastructure Foot and Mouth Blue tongue Avian influenza
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6. Why we need a UK Location Information Infrastructure Spatial data used to help tackle these challenges
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8. Why we need a UK Location Information Infrastructure Spatial data used to help tackle these challenges
9. Why we need a Location Information Infrastructure across Europe Spatial data used to help tackle these challenges
10. But currently we have islands of data of different standards and quality...
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14. INSPIRE technical architecture Source: INSPIRE Technical Architecture Overview 5 November 2007 Geographic Rights Management (GeoRM): this layer provides overall workflow control, consisting of authentication, authorisation, pricing, billing, licensing etc. Metadata drafting team Data specifications drafting team Network Services drafting team Flexible architecture supports EU, national, thematic and organisational access to EU-wide data with a standardised design approach and applications and data made available through web services to enable re-use and interoperability within and between member states
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20. Types of data Organisational Business Data Spatial Objects Widely reused - widely referenced Application specific - referenced 010010100010010100010101111101111110010010110100 Loose coupling Standards Report (PDF) 23 March 2001 Timetable
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22. INSPIRE Timeline 2010 2012 2016 2020 2014 2018 Annex I - Metadata Annex II & III - Metadata Annex I – New data Annex I – Existing data Annex II & III – New data Annex II & III Existing data Discovery & View - Basic Discovery & View - Full Download & Transformation - Basic Download & Transformation - Full Invoke Spatial Data Services - Basic Invoke Spatial Data Services - Full ? ? Monitoring reports to Commission
23. A Blueprint for the UK Location Information Infratsructure UK Location Programme Conceptual Model
24. A UK infrastructure for location information Infrastructure People Data Linking data and people..............
25. A market intervention approach Individual Marketing Activities & Services Supply Demand The Market for Location Information UK Location Programme Facilitate interoperability and minimise duplication Enable easier discovery and access to what data exists
28. UKLII – The UK Geoportal Data and Services Registration, Catalogues, Registries, Resources, Discovery and View, Community Networking
29. The UK Geoportal – Drawing on best practice Resource & Learning Centre User Communities Map viewer Success stories Promoting end user applications Theme & specialist pages
32. Multiple Points of Access to Data & Services Data and services can be discovered and accessed from multiple points of access, through the distribution of Discovery Metadata DATA USER Search Evaluate Download Invoke Peer-to-Peer
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34. UKLII Coordination INSPIRE COMPLIANCE Location Council, Interoperability Board, User Group and Coordination Unit
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37. Why we need a UK Location Information Infrastructure for the UK? Summer Floods
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39. Change footer in Header and Footer settings UKLP governance Responsible Minister Ministerial Committee(s) DA (PED) & Devolveds European Commission / INSPIRE Location Council UKLP Devolved Administrations Co-ordination Group Independent Assurance (Non-executive) Location User Group Location Interoperability Board Location Delivery Group Business Change Programme Pilots / Projects Co-ordination Unit Top level governance Quality assurance Delivery Wide stakeholder representation
40. Standards, guidance, GeoPortal, CRGs, best practice… Wider Information Sector Existing & New Domain Groups Communities of Practice UKLP governance groups Direct UKLP support of pilots… Website, outreach events, social media …. Best practice Innovation Business cases Guidance Open tools Capacity building Data Collaboration Direct UKLP support Self Sufficient Communities / Organisations Community engagement
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42. Agree INSPIRE implementing rules and UK specifications Metadata tool Geo-portal with catalogue, registry, simple view facilities and resource centre Geo-portal with basic rights mgmt and links to download facilities Data providers supported in making changes to their systems Extend the breadth of data and applications Extended reference geographies Extended advice, guidance and toolkits BAU service enhancements Set up Co-ordination Unit and reporting Initial advice, guidance and toolkits UKLP roadmap Initial demonstrators and pilots DATA DELIVERY TO MEET INSPIRE AND WIDER UKLS REQUIREMENTS BUILD THE FUNCTIONS AND TOOLS ALIGNED TO INSPIRE AND UK LS Further evolution of rights mgmt INSPIRE transposition into UK legislation BUSINESS CHANGE Communications website Further legislative updates (where necessary) Common licence agreements (developed by OPSI) MID 2009 – MID 2011 BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES MID 2011 – MID 2013 EXTENDED SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS MID 2013 ONWARDS BUSINESS AS USUAL ENHANCEMENTS
To facilitate communications with stakeholders we have explained, in “lay person’s” language, what INSPIRE will involve in a UK context.
THE REGISTRY IS OUR DEFINITIVE SOURCE OF SEVERAL SUPPORTING INFORMATION COMPONENTS – IT WILL HELP US TO BETTER COORDINATE AND MANAGE SPATIAL INFORMATION [NOTE: IT IS *NOT* THE INFORMATION ITSELF] THE REGISTERS WILL ENABLE A “SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE” [SOA] TO AUTOMATICALLY LOCATE AND USE THE DATASETS THAT WE HAVE AND HELP USERS BY PROVIDING PUBLIC ACCESS THAT ALLOWS OTHERS TO REUSE THESE COMPONENTS THE UK REGISTRY WILL ALSO FEED THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL REGISTRY – BUT AT A UK LEVEL WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE GREATER NEEDS THAN THOSE OUTLINED IN THE INSPIRE DIRECTIVE (THE UKLS HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THESE)
WE KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE AND RESEARCH THAT USERS SPEND TOO MUCH TIME “PREPARING DATA FOR USE” [1/3 USERS SPEND 25-50% OF THEIR PROJECT COSTS CLEANING UP DATA TO MAKE IT USEFUL FOR THEIR APPLICATION ACCORDING TO ATLANTIS INITIATIVE RESEARCH] IN AN ONLINE ENVIRONMENT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION IS SUITABLE FOE USE “OUT OF THE BOX” IF WE ARE GOING TO REALISE THE STEP CHANGE IN USAGE AND BENEFIT THAT IS EXPECTED
Questions at start: How many people have read the UK Location Strategy, BEFORE TODAY ? How many people have read the INSPIRE Directive, or an independent summary ? How many people have read the Implementing Rules and associated technical guidance?
Static slide – INSPIRE Geoportal This is the INSPIRE Geoportal. Access to the map client is in the box on the left. Click the link…