A Planning portal for

Statistics Sweden

Lars H. Backer

Sustainable Development

Information (Models) for SD

A Hierarchy of Portals

Supra-SystemA National Planning Portal

• National Project• Consortium

– Mapping Agency (LMV)– Boverket– Statistics Sweden– National Energy Authority – WM Data (Private IT company)– Research communities (Gävle & Lund Universities)

Sub System:A Planning Portal for Statistics Sweden

• Hub• Stack of Layers• Map viewer

1. A Hub

• Model fundamentals– Object orientation– Standards– Rules

• User needs– Method for assessing user needs (Deductive, Inductive)– Describe the overall model for sustainable development assumed by the

authors behind the Portal

• Demonstrate usefulness through Case studies• Metadata

– Search service

• Links to other Portals serving sustainable development

2. Stacks of Layers

3. Map viewer

• Startpage link:  www.gis.scb.se• 2. Select link "Kartor direkt"• 3. Select layer in the menu at top: "Tätorter"•  • 4. Zoom in with "+" buttons.• 5. Pan to Stockholm with arrow buttons.• 6. Click on region to see data above.•  • 7. Click on "Tabell" to see all data, back with click on "Karta"• 8. Thematic layers are important. Select "Tätorter förändring"•      (Red increase, Blue decrease. Pan to left of Stockholm to see blue

and red)• 9. Compare layers is important: Use mouse-over buttons to the right.•  • 10. Future: Integrate in web-site Planning portal.•         Implement Web Map Services (WMS)

Six Work Packages

• User Needs– For the professional community (not public)

• The Portal as a technological problem• Case studies

– Processing wind generator applications– Planning processes (Regional, Commune and Detail Planning)– Large urban project orriginating outside the planning process

• Standards and Harmonisation• Interaction with data providers

– Mapping agency– Statistics Sweden

• Business Model

Iterative development

Thank you!

lars.backer@scb.se