Aiming towards Accessibility of Geodata

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Julia Neuschmid

CEIT ALANOVACentral European Institute of Technology

Institute of Urbanism, Transport, Environment and Information Society

Vienna Semantic Web Meetup, Linked Open Geodata, 06.09.2011 Graz

Aiming towards Accessibility of Geodata

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Overview

1. INSPIRE

2. Accessibility of Geodata a pan-European Matter

3. Examples on European and national level: Plan4all, Geoland.at, OSM…

4. Use Cases: What can we do with Linked Geodata?

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CEIT Alanovaa short introduction

CEIT = Central European Institute of Technology

• founded in 2006; applied research institute; non profit organization

• owned by the City of Schwechat (the Airport City of Vienna Airport)

• Alanova – Institute of Urbanism, Transport, Environment and Information Society

• Sister Institute: Raltec – Ambient Assisitive Living (AAL)

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Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community

INSPIRE Directive

•Entered into force in 2007•Transposed to national laws •Referring to already existing SDIs and data

•Supports integrated European environmental policy•Effects on geodata coming from public administration and •Geoinformation Community in Europe in general

SDI definition (INSPIRE Directive, 2007) “…metadata, spatial data sets and services, network services and technologies;Agreements on sharing, access and use;Coordination and monitoring mechanism, process and procedures, established, operated or made available in accordance with this directive…”

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INSPIRE Directive

Implementing Rules focusing on1. Metadata 2. Data Specifications3. Network Services4. Data and Service Sharing5. Monitoring and Reporting

IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION:Version 2 of data specifications for themes from Annex II and III of the INSPIRE Directive is ready for public consultation and testing since June 2011.

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Annex III•Statistical units•Buildings•Soil•Land use•Human health and safety•Utility and Government services•Environmental monitoring facilities•Production and industrial facilities•Agricultural and aquaculture facilities•Population distribution – demography•Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units•Natural risk zones•Atmospheric conditions•Meteorological geographical features•Oceanographic geographical features•Sea regions•Bio-geographical regions•Habitats and biotopes•Species distribution •Energy resources•Mineral resources

Annex I•Coordinate reference system•Geographical grid systems•Geographical names•Administrative units•Addresses•Cadastral parcels •Transport networks •Hydrography•Protected sites

•Annex II•Elevation•Land cover•Orthoimagery•Geology

INSPIRE – 34 spatial data themes

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Accessibility of Geodata – A pan-European matter

INSPIRE – Infrastructure for Spatial Informationin the European Community

Best Practice Plan4all Data harmonisation and access to planning-related data

Best Practice HLanData

Harmonisation of Land Use and Land Cover Data

Best Practice CentropeMAP

Cross-border geodata infrastructure (HU, AT, CZ, SK)

Open Government Data

User-generated content (Open Street Map, …) ….

Best Practice Geoland.at

Geoportal of the Austrian federal states

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Commercial companiesTechnology providersResearch institutesData providersMunicipalitiesUniversitiesAuthoritiesRegions...

Commercial companiesTechnology providersResearch institutesData providersMunicipalitiesUniversitiesAuthoritiesRegions...

+ Affiliated Partners

Goals: •Data accessibility •Sharing of harmonised data•Transparent and holistic activties•Monitoring of changes

Plan4all European Network

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Annex III•Statistical units•Buildings•Soil•Land use•Human health and safety•Utility and Government services•Environmental monitoring facilities•Production and industrial facilities•Agricultural and aquaculture facilities•Population distribution – demography•Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units•Natural risk zones•Atmospheric conditions•Meteorological geographical features•Oceanographic geographical features•Sea regions•Bio-geographical regions•Habitats and biotopes•Species distribution •Energy resources•Mineral resources

Annex I•Coordinate reference system•Geographical grid systems•Geographical names•Administrative units•Addresses•Cadastral parcels •Transport networks •Hydrography•Protected sites

•Annex II•Elevation•Land cover•Orthoimagery•Geology

Plan4all

INSPIRE – Spatial data themes

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Plan4all Geoportal

catalogue client allows you to search metadata using OGC CSW

map client allows to view maps

based on OGC Web Services

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GEOLAND.AT

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GEOLAND.AT

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There is more Geodata than ever...

INSPIRE – Infrastructure for Spatial Informationin the European Community

Best Practice Plan4all Data harmonisation and access to planning-related data

Best Practice HLanData

Harmonisation of Land Use and Land Cover Data

Best Practice CentropeMAP

Cross-border geodata infrastructure (HU, AT, CZ, SK)

Open Government Data

User-generated content (Open Street Map, …) ….

Best Practice Geoland.at

Geoportal of the Austrian federal states

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USE CASES

Data Accessibility – great potentials and benefits for planners and developers

Mobility Pass for Real Estates

Web-based City Maps for Blind and Visually Impaired

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USE CASES 1: Mobility Pass for Real Estate

My place of residence or operation – what does it cost me?

Relationship between the selection of the location and the mobility behavior,

Calculated mid- and long-term costs in terms of time, mobility costs, CO2

emissions and possible accident risk.

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USE CASES 1: Mobility Pass for Real Estate

Modeling mobility patterns and lifestyles; measuring costs and CO2 emissions

Save costs, strengthen mobility behavior; reduce environmental impact

Service for user (buyer/tenants) and real estate agents

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USE CASE 2: Web-based Maps for Blind

Data Source: OSM

Automatic generation of a semantic spatial description

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USE CASE 2: Web-based Maps for Blind

Data Source: OSM

First prototype of textual description (Map in Words) with visual interface

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USE CASES

Long list of required geographic data1. Points of Interest according to the street side 2. medical facilities3. public buildings4. restaurants5. sports and leisure6. education7. transportation8. shops9. culture10.Tactile systems, acoustic traffic lights11.Construction sites12.Water network13.Streets 14.Cycle lanes15.Statistical data16. ...

17.….................................. where to get the data from?

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From Information Islands to Information Systems

21Source: Laurini 2001

From Data to ‚Wisdom‘

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CEIT ALANOVA www.ceit.at

Julia Neuschmid [email protected]

Plan4all http://www.plan4all.eu

Thank you!