LEWICO 2013E-Government and Open Data

Geoportal of the Swiss Confederation

Open Accessand/or Open Data ?

Cédric MoulletFederal Office of Topography swisstopo

Cédric MoulletGeomatic Engineer EPFL

Head of FSDI Web Infrastructure – swisstopo

Responsible for the development and the maintenance of the Federal spatial data web infrastructure hosted in a cloud computing environment.Open source, cloud computing and development specialist.

Married, 2 children.

@cedricmoullet cedric.moullet@swisstopo.ch

XX% (generally 80%) of [some form of data] has a location / spatial component

geo is important

Federal Act on Geoinformation (2008)

This Act has the aim of ensuring that geodata relating to the territory of the Swiss Confederation is made available for general use to the authorities of the Confederation, the cantons and communes, the private sector, the public and to academic and scientific institutions in a sustainable, up-to-date, rapid and easy manner, in the required quality and at a reasonable cost.

Does it mean Open Data ?

Verordnung über Geoinformation

Verordnung des Bundesamtes für Landestopografie über Geoinformation

Verordnung des VBS über die Gebühren des Bundesamtes für Landestopografie

Verordnung über die Landesvermessung

Verordnung des VBS über die Landesvermessung

Verordnung der Bundesversammlung über die Finanzierung der amtlichen Vermessung

Verordnung über die Landesgeologie

Currently

geodata are not (yet) «Open»

… but …geodata can be freely accessed

Let’s look UNDER THE HOOD

WE HAVE

USERS

1

VISITORS last 3 years

Sep-10

Nov-10

Jan-11

Mar-1

1

May-1

1Ju

l-11

Sep-11

Nov-11

Jan-12

Mar-1

2

May-1

2Ju

l-12

Sep-12

Nov-12

Jan-13

Mar-1

3

May-1

30

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

300,000

DESKTOP

MOBILE

Source: Umsetzungskonzept zur Strategie für Geoinformation beim Bund 2003

Added value by private geoinformation market

Public investment in Open Access 1:4

WHO ARE THE USERS

2

EVERYONE(oups)

cantons, citizen, institutions

geo.admin.ch HITS 2011

FRENCH –ITALIAN PART

GERMAN PART BE & ZH

WHICH

DATAIS USED

3

LAYERS requests

Hiking DufourMap

SiegfriedMap

2011 2012

1. HIKING

1. HIKING

There IS more than hiking on geo.admin.ch!

17

What do USERS SEARCH for ?

DATA search entries 2012/2013

HIKING

…removing *wander*..

HISTORICAL MAPS

WHICH TYPE OF

ACCESSIS USED

4

21

99% SERVICE

1% DOWNLOAD

PARADIGMCHANGE

5

from « ACCESS TO DATA »

to « ACCESS TO INFORMATION »

Federal office -> « We need to publish geodata »Internet -> « Geodata are maps »Citizen -> « I need an information »

BRINGING

DATA POTENTIAL

TO LIVE

6

Storymaps

http://www.geo.admin.ch/internet/geoportal/en/home/topic_thematic_portals/storymaps.html

Schweizmobil

http://map.veloland.ch/

Wildruhezonen

http://www.wildruhezonen.ch/wr400.php

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

not interaction with map interfaces

1 2USERSEXIST.

SERVEALL USERS.

3MORE THAN

HIKING.

4SERVICES.

5ACCESS TO

INFORMATION.

6BRINGING DATA

TO LIFE.

OGD@Bund

Example: Direktzahlungen nach Gemeinden (Link)

open DATA

Who pays ?

swisstopo geodata

Verordnung des VBS über die Gebühren des Bundesamtes für Landestopografie

= 15 millions income / year

Bund

41 millions income / year

Source: Schlussbericht Version 2.5 - Wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen von OGD

open DATA

Who wins ?

Bund

Economic impact of OGD: 900 to 1200 millions / yearTranslated tax revenue income: 40 to 50 millions / year

Balance for Bund: neutral.

Source: Schlussbericht Version 2.5 - Wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen von OGD

open DATA

Open points ?

• A good data is up to date, precise, reliable and sustainable -> it costs.

• Federal structure implies to coordinate confederation, canton and cities (cadastral data as example)

• Legal framework needs to be adapted (see slide 5) • Licensing and copyrights need to be defined• Open Data is a one way trip

open MINDED open SOURCE open ACCESS open DATA ?

Feel free to test and provide feedback ;-)

www.geo.admin.ch

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Twitter: @swiss_geoportal

THANK YOU

Image credits: Erik Johansson

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