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the European Union Location Framework: lessons learned and follow up

Francesco Pignatelli,Maria Teresa Borzacchiello,

Ray Boguslawski (external contractor)

Barcelona, 28 September 2016INSPIRE Conference

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Business as unusual: the European Union Location Framework

Removes obstacles for the free flow of data in support of the Digital Single Market Promotes INSPIRE as a multi-purpose infrastructure for a range of policy areas, including e-government, transport, marine, and energyIdentifies and promotes opportunities for the private sector

Working together withMS to address priorities

Practical problems solvedthrough pilot studies

Strategic frameworkbased on EU survey

Recommendations andguidance in 5 focus areas

Part of the ISA Programme Linking INSPIRE and e-Government

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How has the EULF evolved?

VisionSurvey & Assessment

Benefits approach Blueprint Pilots

Detailed Guidance

Case Study Factsheets

Process Improvement

Approach

Solutions Inventory Approach

References FeasibilityStudies

Strategic Framework

Guidance Framework

Methodologies

Landscape Analysis Applications

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EULF Guidance Framework: Blueprint

5 Focus Areas

18 Recommendations

22 Member States Best Practices

6 Role-based Methodologies

Each with: Checklist of steps to take Rationale Target audience Risks and mitigations Best practices and further reading

Linked to the focus areas and recommendations they demonstrate

For: Policy makers E-Government actors ICT actors Data managers INSPIRE publishers Private sector actors

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EULF Guidance Framework: Detailed Guidance

EULF Policy Alignment Guidelines

EULF Location Privacy Guidelines

Public Procurement of Geospatial Technologies

Design of Location Enabled e-Government Services

Architectures and Standards for SDIs and e-Government

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EULF Feasibility Studies: EU Gazetteer

• Common gazetteer services can ‘fuel’ multiple applications• Scope may include, e.g. geonames, administrative units,

addresses• Challenge in pan-European implementation, with different

licensing and supply models• Opportunity to build on existing solutions• Will take some time but worth it!

ObjectIdentifier

Name or Notation

Look up the name or notation of a feature

Disambiguate a name or notation by associating it with the right feature, which has a unique identifier

Link: join datasets by means of identifiers

Example: Chaussée de Bruxelles 1351310 La Hulpe

Example:http://location.testproject.eu/so/ad/AddressRepresentation/SPW/248565

Geometry

Example:

4.45605,50.74412

Reverse geocode: find a feature based on a location

Geocode: retrieve the location of feature, expressed as a geometry.

Locate: compare the relative geometric position of features Generic gazetteer use cases

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EULF: provides the strategic framework, turning its recommendations into action and learning from the results

JRC

DG MOVE

ITS Directive

INSPIRE Directive

EnvironmentalSector

TransportSector

DG ENVDG MARE

MSFD DirectiveMarine Knowledge 2020

MarineSector

DG ENER

COM SEAPs,EPBD and EEDDirectives

EnergySector

INSPIRE… and beyond: EULF Pilots

INSPIREd energy30/09/2016 - 11:00 Room: A

Better resource managing oceans27/09/2016 - 15:30 Room: J

G2G

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Pilots for Better Regulation

Monitoring marine environment is needed for multiple EU & international lawsData can be re-used easier in cross-border applications if: harmonised up to date exposed via

servicesThe Marine Pilotimplements INSPIRE standards to support marine data re-use

Marine Pilot Energy Pilot

Energy efficiency policy landscape includes several Directives requiring data with different scales and accuracyLocation data can help scale-up methodologies from building to local to regional to national levelINSPIRE can facilitate the collection, harmonization, elaboration, access to and sharing of reliable data INSPIREd energy - 30/09/2016 - 11:00 Room: A

Better resource managing: oceans27/09/2016 - 15:30 Room: J

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Pilots for Business opportunities

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Commercial map providers like HERE and TomTom need roadnetwork data that are consistent accurate up to date

In the Transportation Pilot, INSPIRE standards are used to get geospatial data from public administrationsSignificant reduced error rates in maps of from 25% to 7%, and Road Authorities (SE, NO) upgraded from Quarterly to Daily updates to map providersCommercial map providers able to move from disparate national processes to more standardisedprocesses in different EU countries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnny5ATwTYE

Transportation Pilot

Up-to-date flow of road safety data between Road Authorities and private map providers

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EULF lessons learned• The demand for location-related information is growing• It plays an important role supporting in many EU and national policies

and in applications used by public authorities, businesses, citizens• Collaboration involving thematic communities is essential/a challenge• The private sector is increasingly supplying location-related data to

government or using government data: better partnering is essential• Recent policy evaluations (e.g. PSI, INSPIRE, DSM) show that public

authorities need to improve (geo)data management and reuse• Public sector data is seen as an engine for job creation, especially

geospatial data• The links between location and statistics need to be better exploited• EULF and ARE3NA have created complementary frameworks, tools

and pilot applications ready for enhancement through ISA2

• Common solutions/services are needed in, for example: EU gazetteer, address registries, open EU mapping

• Technological impacts of big data, linked open data, cloud infrastructures and Internet of Things need to be widely understood

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Geospatial technologies fuel the data economy

• In 2020, the location-based service market will be a US$1.3 trillion industry(1)

• In 2020, use of geo-location data, including GPS, will generate US$500 billion in consumer value(2)

• Geographer jobs will grow by 35% per annum, while those of cartographers and photogrammetrists will grow by 22% between 2010 and 2020(3)

1. ”Location Based Services – Market and Technology Outlook – 2013-2020,” Market Info Group LLC, http://www.marketinfogroup.com/location-based-services-market-technology/

2. ”Implications of the ICT Skills Gap for the Mobile Industry,” MacLeod Consulting,http://www.gsma.com/events/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ICT-Skills-Gap-Research.pdf

3. $3.7 Billion Reasons Why GIS Technology is The Future,” American Sentinel University, http://www.americansentinel.edu/about-american-sentinel-university/newsroom/3-7-billion-reasons-why-gis-technology-is-the-future

Location-based services market forecast – 2013-2020

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INSPIRE, Europe’s lingua franca for anything geospatial

Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE)

Directive 2013/37/EU of 26 June 2013amending Directive 2003/98/EC on the

re-use of public sector information (PSI) Directive

2003/98/EC

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social

Committee, and the Committee of the Regions: A Digital Agenda for Europe - COM(2010) 245 final/2

EU Open Data Strategy

Towards interoperability for European public services COM(2010) 744

EU implementation of the G8 Open DataCharter

Digital Single Market

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ISA2 Programme

INSPIRE Directive

INSPIRE contribution to EU Policies and initiatives: selected cases

Digital Single Market Strategy

Better Regulation for Better Results Strategy

ELISE action

Energy Efficiency Directive

Energy Performance of Buildings Directive

Marine Strategy Framework Directive

Intelligent Transport Systems Directive

EU-wide real-time traffic information services Delegated Regulation

European Intelligent Transport Systems Platform

Connecting Europe Facility Regulation

Public Sector Information Directive

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Value development path

ISA2

INSPIRE contribution via new ISA2 Action ELISE (2016-2020)

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To build solutions for e-Government based on INSPIRE andact as ‘geo’ knowledge-base for ISA2

Support to Digital Single Market, Better Regulation and Public Sector Modernisation

Implementation of 'common services' such as geo-names and addresses to support multiple use cases in portals and applications

Link geo-data and statistics, addresses barriers in the free flow of location-related information, including private sector processes/products

Efficient and effective electronic G2G/C/B cross-border/sector interactions, through studies, frameworks, applications and services

eGovernmentcommunity

Solution providers

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EULF/ARE3NA/ELISE Workshop at the INSPIRE Conference

Save the date!

INSPIREd energy -30/09/2016 - 11:00 Room: A

Better resource managing: oceans - 27/09/2016 -15:30 Room: J

Marine Pilot

Energy Pilot

Thursday September, 29 Time: 09:00 -11:30

European Location Interoperability Solutions for e-Government: from EULF and ARE3NA to ELISE

Room: H2

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