EuroGeographics aims to further develop the European Spatial Data Infrastructure through collaboration on geographic information. This includes developing harmonized geospatial reference datasets like EuroBoundaryMap, EuroGlobalMap, and EuroRegionalMap to provide consistent, trusted data across Europe. The organization also works to promote interoperability and develop the European Location Framework, which will provide a common reference system and data services. This framework will link national and regional datasets to each other and provide consistent data and identifiers to support applications and decision making across borders and domains.

1. EuroGeographics’ geospatial contribution to the Digital
Agenda for Europe
Ingrid Vanden Berghe EuroGeographics President

4. Pillar I:
Digital Single Market
• Give access to public sector information
• Stimulate a European online content market
• Simplify the distribution of creative content
• Protect intellectual property rights online

5. Pillar II:
Interoperability and
Standards
• Legislate on ICT interoperability
• Promote standard-setting rules
• Guidance on ICT standardisation and public procurement
• European Interoperability Strategy and Framework

6. Pillar III: Trust and Security
Pillar IV: Very Fast Internet

7. Pillar V: Research and
Innovation
• Generate more private investment for ICT research
• Coordination and pooling of resources
• New generation of web-based applications and services
• Double annual public spending on ICT research and
development

8. Pillar VI: Enhancing e-skills

9. Pillar VII: ICT for
Social Challenges
• Seamless cross-border eGovernment services in the
single market
• Review ‘Public access to Environmental Information
Directive’
• Cross-border eEnvironment services
• Fully interoperable eGovernment services
• Common list of key cross-border public services
• e-Maritime services

11. EuroGeographics - who, what and why?
Active
2
Associate
Non member 2
Out of scope
56 members
2
45 countries 2
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2
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www.eurogeographics.org Malta

12. EuroGeographics Mission
To further the development
of the European Spatial Data
Infrastructure through
collaboration in the area of
geographical information,
including topographic
information, cadastre and
land information.
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13. How does EuroGeographics contribute?
1. help members to develop their NSDI:
a) inform on European policy ;
b) facilitate exchange of information
2. help members to develop the ESDI:
a) Reference data/services;
b) interoperability projects.
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14. Data
• Public sector data available as pan-european
harmonised datasets
• Easy to discover, easy to purchase
• Harmonised licence conditions

15. Why is Reference data important?
Users require:
a trustworthy
source & quality
assured data
The ‘on the web’ world
The real world – but you can’t
get everything from Earth
Observations

16. Reference data is part of the solution
Private industry
Cartographic industry Web companies GIS industry
Earth Observations ”the Cloud”
Additional and
Meeting the
Thematic data user
requirement
USERS
NMCAs Other governmental
agencies

17. Data for the ESDI
EuroBoundaryMap
EuroGlobalMap
EuroRegionalMap
EuroDEM

18. EuroBoundaryMap

19. EuroGlobalMap V 4.0

20. EuroRegionalMap

21. Software
survey - Data
Production
and Update

22. The ESDIN project
• 20 partners
– Data providers
– Developers
– Academia
– Software companies
• Best Practice
– Processes
– Services
– Specifications
• INSPIRE and more

23. ESDIN results

24. The European
Location Framework

25. The European Location Framework
• Public sector reference data for others to rely on;
• Cooperate and collaborate;
• One reference at European level;
• One reference at national scale, based on NMCAs distributed INSPIRE
services and common standards;
• Data provider’s Toolbox
• Data policy and licensing works for everybody!

26. The European Location Framework
Additional and Thematic data Service
Integration Interface
ECRINS Points of Interest
EuroGeo
Info
Urban Atlas
Navtech/Teleatlas
SEIS
EU
Corine Land Cover
Annex II & III Geoportal
Reference data
INSPIRE
Reference data Services Commission Google
EG+National mapping Edge-matching service Service Maps
E.L.F
and cadastral (EuroXBoundary)
Global
agencies
dataset Yahoo
Generalization process GMES
Quality evaluation
Conformance testing Reference
service
E.L.F. EuroGeoCloud Data
Regional Service
Joint services
dataset Reference data
Generalization process services
Conformance testing (view,download)
Commercial
Quality
Members Urban Service
Evaluation
Master Rural Integrators
Sources Topo + Cadastre Remote
Registry
Admin Hydro Transport Other Topo Addresses Buildings DEM, services
Landcover, Geographical Names, Ortho, Cadastral Parcels

27. E.L.F work in progress
• EuroGeographics internal project for E.L.F.
• E.L.F. Task Force
• Implementing ESDIN results internally:
• Generalization EGM from ERM, ERM admin from EBM and EGM admin
from EBM
• ERM based on E.L.F. specs in 2013
• EuroGeoNames based on new architecture and lauch in 2012

28. Planned ELF coverage at regional and global level
Not available
Available 2011-2014
Admin available 2011-2014
Admin, EGM available 2011-2014
Availability to be agreed
Malta

29. Benefits of the E.L.F.
- Data linked to a common, maintained location framework
- Cross domain consistency
- Consistency between themes
- Better up-to-dateness
- Consistency between resolutions.
- Quality conformance levels and metadata
- Unique identifiers

30. Services
• Develop
• Sustainable offer

31. Spatial Data Infrastructure
Leadership Legislation
Cooperation Coordination
To support better policy, better decision making and
better service delivery

32. www.eurogeoinfo.eu

33. www.eurogeoinfo.eu

34. Prototype MSs Reference Data Service

35. Conclusions