20 Web applications and Web Feature Services V1.1.ppt

Session 8 Dissemination and Evaluation

Web applications and Web Feature Services

V1.1

Pier-Giorgio ZacchedduFederal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG)Department of Geo InformationRichard-Strauss-Allee 1160598 Frankfurt am MainTel.: +49 69 6333 305Fax: +49 69 6333 441Email: [email protected]

17 - 21/09/2012 1Top Train Course, Yogyakarta

Content

ContentWeb applications and Web Feature Services

Use cases for web applications using names data services

Project EuroGeoNames – Implementing a Geographical Names Data j p g g pInfrastructure in Europe

INSPIRE – Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe

Geonames.org – application & servicesGeonames.org application & services

UNGEGN database – application

UNECA initiative – GeoNyms desktop application

Services and applications within the Indonesian Gazetteer Framework Examplesp


Use cases for Web applications using names data services

International purchase of propertieswith Internet property services

Location based information⇒ Geographical names

Location based information on Pozzuolo, Toscana (IT) and its pronunciation,

databases or web services can provide additional location based information

possibly directly from the Italian data repository!



Provision of European news

⇒ GN databases or web services can provide additional location based informationinformation

GN web service integrated in a news portal as additional pfunctionality

e.g. search for “Macedonia”



Google Earth Application

⇒ GN database or web service could provide additional location basedadditional location based information

GN web service/database integrated in the Google g gEarth portal as additional functionality

e g provision of the variante.g. provision of the variant names related to Milano


Kolloquium der DGfK Frankfurt am Main

20. April 2005

Ständiger Ausschuss für geographische NamenStAGN17 - 21/09/2012 6Top Train Course, Yogyakarta

Project EuroGeoNames

Central (Web) Service (hosted by BKG, „Service Center“):

Linked endonyms, exonyms, variants

„SecurityManager“ of conterra (management of users / usage rights)

Local Services (bei den NMCAs):

national databasesnational databases

Status October 2010:13 countries connected

Reference application: WWW

Sustainability:EGN reference application: http://www.eurogeonames.com/refappl/

Project lead by EuroGeographicsImplementing plan 2009 – 2012Objective: pan-European gazetteer service (EU 27)Business and pricing model 2012Tests by: Yahoo!, Google, Eurostat, Joint Research Center, GS Soil



Connected

Available data

In the process of connection

EGN Central (WFS) Service (public WFS URL): http://www.eurogeonames.com:8080/gateway/gateto/anonymous-public


OGC Web Feature Services WFSServices – WFS

database

AT -Local

database database

DE -Local

databasedatabase

CZ -Local

database database

NL -Local

database

... - Local database

database

EE -Local

database

EGN ReferenceSupport of ISO 19112 and compliance with the INSPIRE gazetteer model

Service

EGN –Central Service

EVN-DB UserReference Application

gazetteer model (D2.5 v3.1)


▪ EVN-DB: Database of exonyms and other variant names


Some official names (endonyms) of the „Donau“ „Danube“ (eng) is a standardised exonym

EGN Central Service (ECS)DE.BKG.GN.2XH5000A

AT.BEV.GN.45TZU00BV HU.HMA.GN.4NM4700C

Li k d ith

EGN Local Services (ELS)

Linked with exonyms (EVN-DB):Danube (eng, fre), Danubio (ita, spa), Tonava (fin),Δούναβης (gre),Danubi (cat)…

INSPIRE

INSPIRE Thematic Working Group on Geographical Names TWG GNNames, TWG-GN

Goal:To develop an Implementing Rule for the theme “Geographical Names”To develop an Implementing Rule for the theme Geographical Names according to Directive 2007/2/EC of 14 March 2007 (INSPIRE –INfrastructure for SPatial InfoRmation in Europe). Published since 14 December 2009Published since 14 December 2009.

The project consortium of EuroGeoNames (EGN) submitted material to the INSPIRE initiative:- D4.2 – Conceptual schema & documentation (→ gazetteer profile)- D2.1 – Final Report on user/business requirements (→ use cases)- D3.3 – Metadata profilep- EGN feature classification

INSPIRE

INSPIRE Data Specification on Geographical Names –Guidelines (Extract)[…] Geographical names are widely used in every-day communication

[…] Geographical names are used extensively when searching for i f ti i b i [ ]information in web-services […]

[…] Correct usage of geographical names […] are a prime interest of many users […]

[…] The … INSPIRE geographical names model is a simple yet flexible structure that allows geographical names to be used as an attribute of a spatial objectattribute of a spatial object..

The possibility of linking more names with the same named placesgives the opportunity to integrate minority languages and exonyms, which are an important contribution to European multilingualism. […]

INSPIRE

d t- name(s) (text, spelling)

t

INSPIRE GN schema: elements

{ f SO }

mandatory - geomety- feature type- unique identifier

- language {three letter codes from ISO 639-3 or -5} - nameStatus {official, standardised, historical, other}- link to relatedSpatialObject- script {four letters codes defined in ISO 15924}script {four letters codes defined in ISO 15924}- nativeness {endonym, exonym}- transliterationScheme- grammatical gender {masc., fem., neuter, common}

ti l b { i l l l d l}

‘voidable’ - grammatical number {singular, plural, dual} - pronunciation- sourceOfName - typeLocalyp- lifeCycleInfo (begin/end of the object in the source DB)- …


INSPIRE

INSPIRE GN Schema (UML)Geographical Names model v3.1


Geonames.org – application & services

www.Geonames.org

Goal:Goal:Aggregate free geographical names data from various sources and make it available as a database or via a range of web services.

Content:- GeoNames includes over 8.5 million toponyms for 6.5 million places with

2 million alternate names in up to 200 languages.

- The information covers coordinates, administrative divisions, postal codes, , , p ,population, elevation, timezone amongst others.

- Geonames aggregates data from NMCAs (no European!), national statistical offices national postal services as well as the US Army (GNS Server =offices, national postal services as well as the US Army (GNS Server = main source), Wikipedia and gtopo30 (elevation data).


www.Geonames.org

Slide 16


www.Geonames.org

Slide 17

UNGEGN database - application

http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/geonames/Default.aspx

UNGEGN database - application

UNECA initiative –GeoNyms desktop application

Objectives:

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Objectives:

▪ Provide African countries a free tool (based on open source software))

▪ Make up African SDI->UNGEGN Geographical Names DB

Background:

▪ Ethiopian mapping authority was using an MS Excel formEthiopian mapping authority was using an MS Excel form for collecting geographic names.

▪ Came to UNECA-Geoinfo for a better solutionCame to UNECA Geoinfo for a better solution

▪ web based intranet solution 17 - 21/09/2012 21Top Train Course, Yogyakarta

UNECA initiative –GeoNyms desktop applicationy p pp

▪ Open sourceOpen source

▪ Platform Independence

▪ Architectural Interoperability



Architectural compatibility…

▪ with African SDI names databasewith African SDI names database

▪ with new items , application settings -> based on requirements of the Member Statesq

▪ with geographical Name records (Feature Data) -> Global DB.


UNECA initiative –GeoNyms desktop application

Benefits of the UNECA software:

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Benefits of the UNECA software:

▪ Complete Development

C d t k h M th d l d t l▪ Conduct workshops on Methodology and tool

▪ Support and encourage member states to populate DB

▪ Integrate African Toponyms/ African SDI ->UNGEGN DB

▪ Develop African toponyms website

▪ Assist African countries to develop/host their own toponym website/DBs

▪ Promote/ensure the usage of these DBs 17 - 21/09/2012 28Top Train Course, Yogyakarta

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