Quality information for the Digital Agenda EuroGeographics contribution to the Digital Agenda for Europe Ingrid Vanden Berghe, EuroGeographics President
high performance infrastructure quality contentinformation & geographical information
Contribution of geographical information (GI) The Seven pillars of the DAE Digital single market Interoperability, openness and standards Online trust and security Internet for all ICT Research and innovation Digital inclusion ICT for societal benefits
Contribution of geographical information (GI) The Seven pillars of the DAE Digital single market Interoperability, openness and standards Online trust and security Internet for all ICT Research and innovation Digital inclusion ICT for societal benefits
Pillar I: Digital Single Market Full benefits of public sector information Stimulate the European online content market Simplify the distribution of creative content Protect intellectual property rights online
Pillar II: Interoperability, openness and standards European Interoperability Strategy and Framework Recognize and create more and better standards in Europe Make better use of these standards Ensure interoperability even in absence of standards
Pillar VII: ICT for societal benefits Seamless cross-border egovernment services Review Public access to Environmental Information Cross-border eenvironment services egovernment services fully interoperable Common list of key cross-border public services e-health services
Quality information for the Digital Agenda A vibrant digital single market needs quality information such as authoritative geographical information from Europe s national mapping and cadastral agencies. Interoperable cross border geographical information (GI) links the otherwise unconnected information frameworks. GI provides the location for placebased as well as thematic policy, delivering benefits to European society and delivering societal benefits. GI is key part of new generation of web-based applications provided by industry and SMEs while it underpins what has been called the geo-social universe.
Quality geographic information for the Digital Agenda Moving house Innovation Eurotourism Emergency 112 Environment egovernment Location & place Underpinning policy Land & Planning Interoperable public services Cross border interoperability Web portals & services Justice and inclusion Routes & navigation
EuroGeographics Membership Full Associate Non member Out of scope 2 2 56 members 45 countries 2 2 2 2 Rue du Nord 76 Noordstraat 76 1000 Brussels Belgium 2 2 2 2 3 www.eurogeographics.org Malta
EuroGeographics Vision Our Vision is to achieve interoperability of our Members national land and geographic information assets in order to provide Europe with an information asset that will support its goal to become the most competitive and sustainable economy in the world.
EuroGeographics Develop infrastructure to integrate the NMCA geographical information Invest around 1,5 billion each year in GI Create, maintain and make available quality geoinformation Deliver the definitive European Location Framework Employ more than 100000 professionals Use cutting edge technology
The European Location Framework
The European Location Framework Additional and Thematic data E.L.F Global dataset E.L.F. Regional dataset Members Master Sources ECRINS Urban Atlas Corine Land Cover Reference data Generalization process Conformance testing Generalization process Conformance testing Quality Evaluation Points of Interest Navtech/Teleatlas Annex II & III Topo + Cadastre EG+National mapping and cadastral agencies Urban Rural Remote Admin Hydro Transport Other Topo Addresses Buildings DEM, Landcover, Geographical Names, Ortho, Cadastral Parcels Reference data Services Edge-matching service (EuroXBoundary) Quality evaluation service EuroGeoCloud Reference data services (view,download) Registry services Joint services Service Integration SEIS INSPIRE Commission Service GMES Reference Data Service Commercial Service Integrators Interface EuroGeo Info EU Geoportal Google Maps Yahoo
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
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 Project proposal for ICT-PSP call
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