A history of the Queensland State Digital Road Network (SDRN), recent changes to licensing and the role of Open Data.

1. Past, Present, Future of SDRN
Simon Dell’Oro
Product Manager, Data & Analytics APAC
16th Sep, 2014

2. Location Intelligence Credentials
• Formerly MapInfo
• 25+ years in GIS and Location Analytics
• 30+ years of address validation, cleansing and geocoding
SPATIAL DATA DATA
MANAGEMENT
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GEOCODING SPATIAL
ANALYTICS
MAPPING &
VISUALIZATION
1300+
ENGINEERS

3. Pitney Bowes Today
• Serving over two million businesses in over 100 countries worldwide
• Working with over 100 government departments in Australia alone
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4. A Very Short History of the SDRN
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• 1996
• Pitney Bowes (then ERSIS Australia) build the first State Digital Road Network (SDRN) for DNRM
• All QLD government departments are able to access via a central contract
• 1997-2014
• As custodians of the SDRN, PB continue to build, maintain and release quarterly to QLD government
• 2000 - Data feedback service introduced
• 2001 – Routine field capture is implemented
• 2005 – Private estates are included, sourced from Ausway by TMR
• 2012
• Open Data movement is established in QLD
• The need for an open, freely available roads dataset is identified by DNRM
• 2014
• Pitney Bowes offer to release their IP and maintain an open version of the dataset for public consumption
as a derivative of the SDRN
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5. The Open Data Movement
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Twenty five percent of the federal government’s open data
has been made open since the last election, just to give you
an idea of how strong our political commitment to it is.
Every aspect of the social, economic, political information
that we have once we relate it to a particular geo-location
suddenly makes it relevant, and makes it usable and
valuable.”
August, 2014
The Hon
Malcolm Turnbull MP
Minister for Communications
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6. Today’s Versions of SDRN

7. 1. SDRN Basic
• New Street/Roads dataset with geometry and five attributes:
• Unique ID (not persistent)
• Name
• Road Type
• State Route Number
• National Route Number
• Open licence under Creative Commons
• Accessible via QLD Globe and as complete download
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2. SDRN
• Multi-layered dataset, including:
• Streets
• Address ranges
• Suburb/locality boundaries
• Railway
• Drainage
• 23 x enhanced attributes, including persistent identifiers, alias information,
one-way indicators and more
• Continuation of the original dataset, but for a subset of departments: TMR,
DETE, PSBA
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9. 3. StreetPro Navigation QLD (SDRN Nav)
• Most complete and highly detailed QLD spatial dataset available
• Includes extra layers, such as Points of Interest
• Additional routing attribution for streets, vehicle type access, speed zones,
turn restrictions, etc.
• Available from PB for enhanced mapping and analysis
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10. Dataset Comparison
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Field SDRN Basic SDRN StreetPro Nav
Unique ID   
Persistent ID  
Street Name   
Road Type   
State & National Route #   
Address Ranges  
Street Alias  
Status (Open/Private/Restricted)  
One-Way Indicator  
Toll Road Indicator  
Suburb Boundaries  
Railways & Stations  
Drainage  
Parks 
Points of Interest 
Speed Limits 
Turn Restrictions 
Vehicle Type Access 

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13. What This Means for You
• If you do not use the SDRN
• No change.
• If you do use the SDRN, but are not part of TMR, DETE or PSBA
• Decision to be made about migrating to SDRN Basic or licensing another flavour.
• All departments have 12 months from the 30th June, 2014 to continue using the SDRN
without updates.
• If you’re uncertain or have interest in using this data
• Please contact Kim Panko Grevell from Pitney Bowes for a conversation about potential
requirements.
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14. Benefits for All
1. More data has become openly available
2. Reduced overhead for government
3. Preserved standardisation and data integrity
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15. The Role of Pitney Bowes
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