The document discusses Norway's transition from a voluntary to mandatory system to comply with the INSPIRE directive on spatial data infrastructure. It summarizes the positives and negatives of the voluntary and legislative approaches. Some key challenges are ensuring flexibility while gaining predictability, and preserving trust and ownership while countering delays. The solution involves passing a Spatial Data Act to define goals while allowing participants flexibility in how they comply through transparency, participation in user forums, and an advisory board.

1. From voluntary
to mandatory
Norway digital adapting to the INSPIRE directive

2. Introduction
• The Norwegian SDI – piece by piece
• Voluntary solution – how does it work
• Adding a legislative frame – issues and
concerns
• Challenges ahead

3. Defining the
infrastructure
• Responsibilities
• Construction and tasks
• Metadata and specifications
• Means to discover, visualise
and evaluate
• Use of structure and available content
• Access, payment, restrictions
• Level of technology in the society
• Financing

4. Building the Norwegian SDI
Financing Norway Distribution
digital system
agreement
Positioning
in
SOSI real Parcels
time
GEOVEKST Bathymetri
AREALIS

5. Adding INSPIRE
Spatial data Act
Financing Norway Distribution
Data sharing
digital system
and
agreement public
services
Positioning
in
SOSI
Standards real Parcels
time
GEOVEKST Bathymetri
AREALIS
INSPIRE directive

6. The voluntary solution
POSITIVES NEGATIVES
INTERNAL FACTORS
• Building trust • Lack of predictability
• Flexible • Progress may be slow
• Each feel they can
provide something
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
EXTERNAL FACTORS
• Better use of public • Results too slow to keep
funds up with developments
• More efficient public
bodies
OPPORTUNITIES THREATS

7. The legislative solution
POSITIVES NEGATIVES
INTERNAL FACTORS
• Predictability • Rigid
• Clear responsibilities • No “ownership” to the
goals
• Might do as little as
possible
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
EXTERNAL FACTORS
• Predictability • Results not easily
adaptable to technical
• Rights to better access
developments
for the public
OPPORTUNITIES THREATS

8. The challenge
• Law is a tool – not a result
• Preserve the positives
• Trust and ownership
• Flexibility
• Counteract the negatives
• Emphasise the positive side-effects
• Ensure participation and development
• Motivate for maximum effort
• Provide financing solutions

9. Some legal issues
• Participation
• INSPIRE definition of ”public authority” and
Norway Digital membership
• Local communities
• For environmental purposes
• Only for international sharing

10. How do we do it?
• Spatial Data Act defines the
results
• National spatial data co-ordinator
• Participants decides how
• Transparency and participation
• Terms agreed between participants
• User forums
• National advisory board
• Centralised solution to provide
services