The Australian SDI Clearinghouse
Presentation by Peter Holland, General Manager, National Mapping Division,
Geoscience Australia, [email protected],
www.ga.gov.au
At the Open Seminar on Implementation Models of the APSDI Clearinghouse, Bandar Seri Begawan,
Brunei Darussalam, 17 April 2002
Outline of Presentation
Responsibilities for clearinghouse implementation
Clearinghouse modelProgress to date
Plans for the futureConclusion
Responsibilities for Clearinghouse
Implementation - NationallyThe Australia New
Zealand Land Information CouncilStrategic plan 2000-2005 goal to develop a national
clearinghouseSDI Standing Committee
developing the conceptual model, supported by
metadata working group and other stakeholders
Federal, State and Territory governments
Coordinated by State/Territory coordination
committees
www.anzlic.org.au
Responsibilities for Clearinghouse
Implementation - Federal Government
www.osdm.gov.au
Clearinghouse Model
The Australian Spatial Clearinghouse is an environment
that facilitates access to data, products and services.
It incorporates:discovery, transfer and access
facilities;legal arrangements;
coordination and management functions;
the spatial information commercial market place in which data is value-added and integrated to produce products, services and
solutions.
The Australian Spatial Clearinghouse includes:
multi-jurisdictional data and products (formed by joining
jurisdiction datasets to produce extended regional or national
coverage);links to clearinghouse initiatives in
the States, Territories and the Commonwealth;
government agencies and private sector businesses that form the
spatial information market place.
The Clearinghouse exists between data custodians and end users
Progress to Date
ANZLICThe Australian Spatial Data Directory (ASDD)
Metadata entry toolDirectory nodesSearch methods
Participation in the OGC web mapping testbed project
States and TerritoriesExamples
Land Information System Tasmania (LIST), Virtual Victoria initiative, New South Wales Community Access to
Natural Resources Information (CANRI) system
Federal governmentExamples
National Land and Water Resources Audit (NLWRA) Atlas and Data Library, Commonwealth Spatial Data Committee
(CSDC) web mapping prototypeGeoscience Australia web mapping
The Australian Spatial Data Directory
www.auslig.gov.au/asdd
23 nodes31,000
datasets
www.ga.gov.au
Plans for the Future
ANZLICNew technical working group of the ANZLIC SDI standing committee tasked with oversighting
implementation of the Australian clearinghouseAustralian participation in the OGC web services
initiative
State/Territory governmentsFederal Government
Through the OSDMFacilitate implementation of a whole-of-government
portal to fundamental spatial dataPortal to provide a single approach to prices and
licencingPortal will operate within the ANZLIC-defined national
clearinghouse model and will be linked to the ‘Government Online’ network
Geoscience AustraliaOnline download and e-commerce facilities in place,
and major fundamental datasets online
Conclusion
There is a rapidly growing demand for efficient online access to fundamental spatial data in
Australia and many other countries There are a number of good examples of public and private spatial spatial data clearinghouses around
the world Although there are several good individual
examples of clearinghouse implementation in Australia, a truly national solution has not yet
arrivedAustralia started early in the development of the core clearinghouse elements of metadata and a
distributed directory and these elements have been used extensively
A national clearinghouse will need to involve both public and private sectors, and will need to link to
regional and global implementations
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