Interoperability at work

Interoperability at workGIS Workshop 17 June 2014

Jan Bliki Jan.Bliki@eea.europa.eu

MONITORING

DATA

INFORMATION

ASSESSMENT

REPORTING

waterNet soilNet airNet

soilBase

airBase

waterBase

measure & record

store & manage

analyse & understand

explain & communicate

national databases

ETC Topic Databases

European databases

EEA data warehouse

indicators

graphs & maps visualize & describe

The EEA framework to provide policy relevant information

(Source EEA, 1999)

ReportNet

Reporting activity for EEA priority dataflows(Source EEA, 1999)

• Number of envelopes: 17,073• Number of releases envelops: 16,230• Number of files: 214,511• Number of feedbacks: 54,546• 120-150 GB data per year

TN:Transport

networks

EL:Elevation

BU:Buildings

SO:Soil

PF:Production and industrial facilities

AF:Agricultural and aquaculture

facilities

ER:Energy Resources

HB:Habitats and biotopes

SD:Species distribution

AM:Area management/ restriction/ regulation zones & reporting units

PD: Population Distribution

US: Utilities and Governmental

Services (Waste Management)

Urban Planning

Waste Management Plans

Environmental Impact Assessment

Risk Management

…

PRTR

SEVESO

Waste

INSPIRE data Data from other sectors

Cross-sector data interoperability(EEA, 2014)

Social Media

Software as a Service (SaaS)Linked data

Web sites

TAB

XMLTXT

JSON

WMS

WFS REST

SQL

XLS

MDB

ATOM

HTML

SMTPKML

ZIP GML

INSPIREFTP

GDB

RDF

Internet of things(EEA, 2014)

Server constellation for GIS content (EEA, 2013)

HTTP

ArcGis ServerSQL Server

ArcGis online

Microsoft Azure

Active Batch

python

Rest-api’s, WMS, WFS, CSW (Web Services)

PLONE

DAVISMap applicationsArcGis online

Web mapsArcGis online

ReportNet

RDF

HTTP

http://maps.discomap.eea.europa.eu

http://www.eea.europa.eu http://cr.eionet.europa.eu/http://eea.maps.argis.com

http://discomap.eea.europa.eu

Geo-networks

http://sdi.eea.europa.eu

Automation of the entire process(EEA, 2014)

ArcGis Modal Builder

Microsoft SQL ServerPython Scripting

10,000+ lines of code400+ SQL procedures100+ Modals

Maintenance and complexity(EEA, 2014)

Effor

t (tim

e)

Ability

strategical experience

documented

not d

ocum

ente

d

obvious thingsVisual development tools

Scripting environments

EEA needed to search for graphical ETL toolsETL = Extract-Transform-Load

1. Visual Flow and Self-Documentation2. Can handle data clean-up3. Is robust4. Is obvious and easy to learn5. Customizable6. Strongly GIS oriented7. Multiple formats8. Supports INSPIRE formats9. Server oriented10. Is well integrated with EEA SDI Soft.

Our choice(EEA, 2014)

FME Server

FME Workbench (Desktop)

Server constellation for GIS content (Updated)

(EEA, 2014)

HTTP

ArcGis Server

FME Server

SQL Server

ArcGis online

Microsoft Azure

Active Batch

python

Rest-api’s, WMS, WFS, CSW (Web Services)

PLONE

DAVISMap applicationsArcGis online

Web mapsArcGis online

ReportNet

RDF

HTTP

http://maps.discomap.eea.europa.eu

http://www.eea.europa.eu http://cr.eionet.europa.eu/http://eea.maps.argis.com

http://discomap.eea.europa.eu

Geo-networks

http://sdi.eea.europa.eu

Results (march 2014 – may 2014)

Natura 2000 exports formats

Total development time : 5 working daysPrevious scripts : 24 working days for partial solutionMaintenace cost : Reduced to 80%

Example Natura 2000(march 2014 – may 2014)

Natura 2000 exports formats

Total development time : 5 working daysPrevious scripts : 24 working days for partial solutionMaintenace cost : Reduced to 80%

Example generic download option(march 2014 – may 2014)

Any web map must have a download

Total development time : 15 working daysReads: Map/Feature/Raster services (REST,WFS,CSW)Filters: Boundingbox, Attributes, Timeline, VisibleOuput: Shape, KML, GML, SQLLite

Example customization(march 2014 – may 2014)

EEA Specific formats integrated

• One time created, used many• Plug and play• Easy to use by none developers

Thank you!

Questions ?

Jan.Bliki@eea.europa.eu