Delivering INSPIRE and

the UK Location

Programme

John Pepper

Independent Consultant

Director OceanWise Ltd

THS SW 1st Feb 2011

Agenda

•Policy context

•Benefits

•Scope and approach

•Governance

•Work programme

•Technical Delivery

•Conclusions

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Policy context

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UKLP

data.gov.uk

The EU INSPIRE Regulations require member states to:

• Comply with 34 data specifications in 3 annexes (reference geographies,

environmental datasets)

• Provide catalogues that allow users to identify what information is available

(metadata)

• Provide online services such as discovery (find out what data exists), view (to

display, navigate, zoom in/out, pan, or overlay viewable spatial data sets), download

(to obtain the data) and transform (to enable data interoperability)

• Have licensing arrangements that allow information to be shared, accessed and used

in accordance with Freedom of Information legislation, the Environmental Information

Regulations and the Public Sector Information Regulations

• Set up e-commerce arrangements where charging is applicable

• Introduce monitoring mechanisms to demonstrate that the information is being made

available

• Introduce co-ordination mechanisms to ensure effective operation of the

infrastructure

Note: INSPIRE does not require member states to create new datasets or

implement a Geoportal

INSPIRE requirements

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INSPIRE data scope

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Annex I Annex II Annex III

• Geographical names • Elevation • Statistical units • Buildings

• Administrative units • Land cover • Mineral resources • Sea regions

• Addresses • Ortho-imagery • Natural risk zones • Land use

• Cadastral parcels • Geology • Soils • Energy Resources

• Transport networks

(streets)

• Species distribution • Habitats & biotopes

• Hydrography

(hydrology)

• Environmental monitoring

facilities

• Human health &

safety

• Protected sites • Population dist. & demography • Utility & govt. services

Coordinate reference

systems

• Meteorological features • Atmospheric

conditions

• Geographical grid

systems

• Agricultural and aquaculture

facilities

• Bio-geographical

regions

• Oceanographic features • Production &

industrial facilities

• Area management restriction /

regulation zones & reporting

units

EC INSPIRE Directive

• Introduces standards to improve the interoperability of spatial

information across Europe for environmental policy making

• Discovery, view and download services for EC, public

authorities and the public

UK Location Strategy

• Re-use of all public sector location information

• Broader interpretation than INSPIRE – will provide

information for sustainable development, socio-economic

analysis and many other purposes

• For improved policy making and public sector service

delivery, economic benefit, open government and citizen

engagement

Joint programme to implement INSPIRE and UK Location

Strategy because of the huge synergies

The UK Location Programme

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“Good maps and location intelligence can help determine

how quickly our ambulances turn up, where a policeman

patrols, how we act in a national emergency. Knowing more

about where we live can help us make the best decisions.

But across the Country there is still too little sharing of the

best practice and we are wasting time and money trying to

find the information we need. The Location Strategy will

ensure we make better use of information already held so

we can use it faster and with less expense.”

Baroness Andrews, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Communities and Local Government, November 2008

UK Location Strategy

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To ensure that the UK exploits the full value of its information the Location Strategy requires a programme of strategic actions which ensure that:

1. we know what data we have, and avoid duplicating it;

2. we use common reference data so we know we are talking about the same places;

3. we can share location-related information easily through a common infrastructure of standards, technology and business relationships;

4. we have the appropriate skills, both among geographic professionals and among other professional groups who use location information or support its use;

5. we have strong leadership and governance to drive through change including the implementation of this Strategy and the implementation of INSPIRE. (We call this the Location Council)

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UK Location Strategy – 5 strategic actions

Smarter Government Commitments: government’s public

data principles

„Public data‟ is „government-held non-

personal data that are collected or

generated in the course of public service

delivery‟.

The public data principles state that:

• Public data will be published in

reusable, machine readable form

• Public data will be available and easy

to find through a single easy to use

online access point (www.data.gov.uk)

• Public data will be published using

open standards and following the

recommendations of the World Wide

Web Consortium

• Any „raw‟ dataset will be represented

in linked data form

• More public data will be released

under an open licence which enables

free reuse, including commercial

reuse, e.g. OS OpenData

• Data underlying the Government‟s

own websites will be published in

reusable form for others to use

• Personal, classified, commercially

sensitive and third-party data will

continue to be protected.

Government’s open data policy aims to promote transparency,

empower citizens and deliver economic value9

OS OpenData

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Delivering more for less

• Reducing costs of delivery while providing more value

• Cutting duplication and promoting reuse

Better Service Delivery

• Improved / more effective Public Service

• Improved responsiveness

• Better cross organisational coordination

Enabling the provision of innovative new services

• Providing services which have been impractical or not cost effective to date

• New knowledge from different combination of data / data sets

More open government

• Making government information more freely available

• Wide consultation and engagement

UK Location Programme benefits

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Responsible

Minister

Ministerial Committee(s)

DA (PED) & DevolvedsEuropean Commission /

INSPIRE

Location

Council

Independent

Assurance

(Non-executive)Location User

Group

Location

Information

Interoperability

Board [LIIB]

Location Programme

Board

Business Change

Programme

Working

Groups

Co-ordination

Unit

Top level governance

Quality assurance

Delivery

Wide stakeholder

representation

Pilots &

Early

Adopters 12

UKLP Governance

THS UK

AGI

MEDIN

Citizen access to

information & services

data.gov.uk

Unlocking innovation

Working with UK

Public Sector

information and data

Citizen & Community

engagement

generates new and

improved government

services

Innovation

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Potential applications

Interoperable

land, sea & air

information

Support more integrated

applications

Coastal zone

managementMitigation of

natural hazard

impacts

Climate change

modelling & mitigation

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Potential applications

Real-time

Information

Support of more

operational applications

Traffic

management Location based services

Disaster management

& recovery

Logistics

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Potential applications

Integration with socio-

economic Information

UK wide policy analysis

Evidence based policies

Local services

Socio-economic analysis Risk assessment16

Potential applications

International

Standards

Regional & global

applications

European Integration

Global Integration 17

Potential applications

What is the programme delivering?

Existing and New Channels

Information Service Providers

(Public / Private / Academic / 3rd Sector)

Web access to location info & services

• Catalogue & Registry• Authentication• Simplified, consistent licensing

End Users

Data Interoperability Standards

Public Sector

Location

Information

Core Reference Geographies

Location Information

UK GeoPortal

Location Enabled Information Services

Resource

Centre

INS

PIR

E

UK

LO

CA

TIO

N S

TR

AT

EG

Y

Pilots &

Demonstrat

ors

data.gov.uk

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Network of data & web services....

RegistryResource

Centre

Search &

Evaluate

Shared

ServiceDATA PROVIDERS

&

PUBLISHERS

DATA

PUBLISHER

DATA PROVIDERS

on-line delivery

Portal

Services

UK Geoportal – applying best practice

Resource &

Learning

Centre

User

Communities

Map viewer

Success stories

Promoting

end user

applications

Theme & specialist

pages

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UKLP pilots and early adopters

Pilot programme

• Criteria: known business problems, clear benefits and link to programme, multiple organisations, contribute re-usable assets

• Initial pilots: Coal Authority and Civil Contingency (Atlantis Consortium)

• 20 other candidates including: Total Place, Protected Sites, Carbon Connect, MOD GI2RA, Scottish Government planning application, data.gov.uk linked data

• Timing: recognisable benefits 9-12 months, fully developed solutions 12-24 months

Early adopters

• Data providers and data publishers, co-ordination and support underway

• Data users, User Group being formed, co-ordination and support to follow

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Context:

There are 170,000 known mine shafts,

shallow workings and other hazards in the

UK.

Coal mining related hazards can and do

occur in public spaces.

These present a risk to public safety –

although low in occurrence.

Aim:

To be more proactive with regards to hazard

identification and remediation work.

Partners:

109 Local Authorities, BGS, National Park

Authorities, land registry agencies,

government departments and devolved

administrations.

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• Reducing the risk to public

safety through collaborative

asset monitoring’ reflects a real

business problem which directly

impacts the public.

• Direct involvement in the

Planning process to improve

construction practices designed

to manage risk.

• Enabling smarter government

through collaborative working

with over 250 stakeholders in

three countries.

The Coal Authority pilot: Reducing public

safety risk

Context:

Natural hazards such as flooding, extreme

heat and storms can lead to loss of life.

Such events are expected to grow in intensity

and frequency as climate change progresses.

Aim:

To position the UK at the forefront of climate,

weather and environmental hazard

management.

New Atlantis Partners:

Local Authorities, Land Holders, Utility

Companies, Insurance Sector, Civil Engineers

and Emergency Responders.

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• Improved modelling and prediction

of impact of natural hazards.

• Access to real-time information.

• Mitigation of natural hazard impacts

through better location and

specifications of properties and

infrastructure.

• More effective planning and

operational management of

disasters.

Atlantis pilot: Civil contingency response to

natural hazards

Standards, guidance, GeoPortal, CRGs, best practice…

Wider Information Sector

Governance Groups

Communities of Practice

UKLP governance

groups

Direct UKLP

support of pilots &

early adopters…

Website,

outreach events,

social media ….

Best practice

Innovation

Business cases

Guidance

Open tools

Capacity building

Data

Collaboration

Direct UKLP

support

Self Sufficient

Communities /

Organisations

Community engagement

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INSPIRE timescales simplified....

Phase 1

Discovery

& View

Phase 2

Adoption of Data Specifications

– 34 themes

Data by 2020

Annex II & III

Compliant

data

Data by 2017

Annex I

Compliant

data

Service by

May > Nov 2011

All data by 2013

Existing Data

“as is”

Return on investment potential is in Phase 2

INSPIRE Regulation dates

2010 2012 2016

Annex I & II Compliant

Annex III Compliant

2014 2018

Develop Full Discovery & View Operational

2008

2010 2012 20162014 20182008

Annex I themes New data

Annex I themes Existing data

Annex II & III themes

Annex II & III themes

New data

Develop Download & Transformation Operational

Metadata

Metadata

Legal adoption

V1.05 of 21 Jan 2011

Full

Invoke Invoke

Looking ahead . . .

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2010 Q1 2010 Q2 2010 Q3 2010 Q4 2011 Q1

DISCOVERY METADATA SERVICE

2011 Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2012 Q1 2012 Q2 2012 Q3 2012 Q4

ACCESS & EXPLOITATION

TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

DATA PUBLISHING & THEME COORDINATION

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN

2009 Q1 to 4

Initial Geoportal

BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT & SUPPORT SERVICES

MANAGEMENT SUPPORT & ASSURANCE

COMMUNITY NETWORKING

2013 Q1

COMMUNICATIONS AND SUPPORT SERVICES

Geoportal

second iteration

Metadata toolkit to

support data providers

Initial Annex I and II

metadata described

by data providers

Initial Annex III

metadata described

by data providers

Search and View

capability implemented

SEARCH & EVALUATION

Initial View services for Annex I

and II provided by data publishers

Initial View services for Annex

III provided by data publishers

Initiate Annex I theme co-

ordination and data specification

changes

Initiate Annex II theme co-ordination

and data specification changes

Support initial pilots,

build case studies

PILOTS & EARLY ADOPTERS

Support early adopter

data providers and

publishers Incorporate W2.0

collaboration facilitiesInitial download and transform services for

Annex I and II provided by data publishers

Provide legal and “getting

started” advice and guidance

Provide data publishing advice

and guidance and online training

Stakeholder engagement

through governance bodies

and wider engagement

Provide data theme

co-ordination advice

and guidance

• INSPIRE Regulations 2009 introduced

• Governance structures operational

• Website launched and maintained

• Conceptual design and roadmap agreed

• Wide stakeholder engagement and outreach programme

• Preparation of guidance documentation started

• Pilots and early adopters programme underway

• Annual report published

• Infrastructure outline design and metadata requirements

completed

• Alignment with data.gov.uk agreed

What has been achieved so far?

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Technical Delivery

of INSPIRE and UKLP

Data Publishing

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Background

“Government has asked Ordnance Survey to take on the technical

delivery role of services that are required to meet Britain‟s

obligations under INSPIRE.

Ordnance Survey is designing, specifying, creating and

acceptance testing repeatable INSPIRE compliant hosted data

services, together with an overarching portal to support the

View and Metadata Services.”

Ordnance Survey will use the Open Source platform to establish

an operational service environment, set up and hosted on the

G-cloud, and will enable other public sector information providers

to configure a local manifestation of the service environment for

their own obligations and requirements”

Policy options for geographic information from

Ordnance Survey – Consultation

Government Response

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UK LocationCatalogue

Service

Data PublisherRegistration

ResourceRegistration

UK LocationMetadataCatalogue

Central Services

Assurance

Data Publishing

Discover & View

December 2010 - May 2011

Publishing into the UK

Location Central Services

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Data Providers and Publishers

The Data Provider

The organisation that creates the data and

supplies the data for web publication, along with

its metadata

The Data Publisher

The organisation that publishes the data on the

web and supplies data services to data users

Maybe one and the same organisation, or separate

organisations. For mission critical datasets, there may

be more than one Data Publisher

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Publishing Discovery Metadata

Local

Master MetadataCatalogue/

Web File Server

MetadataCreation &

Validation

GIS(Local

or

PublishingAgent

Data Hub)

Third Party/Community

Master Metadata

Catalogue

Data PublisherRegistration

PublishingRoute

EC INSPIREDiscovery Service

& Other Subscribers

UKLII CatalogueSubscription

Service

Metadata Tool

Data PublisherUKLII

Metadata

Catalogue

Central Services

EC INSPIREDiscovery ServiceMetadata

Profiles

GEMINI2 +

Community Extensions

Resource

Registration

Import

Assurance

Register

Collect

Collect

….for data and services

UK location Discovery Service

Metadata

Tool

View

(WMS)

Discovery

(CSW)

Registry

Search (inc.

spatial) &

Evaluate

Data

Publisher

Register

Search

service

User

Mgmt

Metadata

Resource

Mgmt

Map

Widget

Catalogue

Services

Gazetteer

Portal

data.gov.uk CKAN OS

KEY

data.gov.uk-based solution

Download

(WFS)

Transform

ation

InvokeRegular

harvest

Catalogue

Publication

Service

data.gov.uk Solution – Main Components

User Management : Data provider user registration and management

Metadata Resource Management : Registration and management of datasets and associated metadata

Search Service : Searching of metadata (including spatially)

Map Widget : Defining spatial searches, and viewing datasets

Catalogue Services : Harvest and manage metadata, expose a CSW interface

Registry : Support the creation and management of master data

Gazetteer : Provide spatial locations for specified names

Catalogue Publication Service : External CSW interface

data.gov.uk CKAN OS

KEY

Delivery responsibilities

data.gov.uk

User Management

Metadata Resource Management

Search Service

Open Knowledge Foundation (CKAN)

Catalogue Services

Registry

Ordnance Survey

Map Widget

Gazetteer Service

Catalogue Publication Service

Data Publishing Working Group

• DPWG is a subgroup

of the Interoperability

Board [LIIB]

addressing Regulation

compliance for UK

• Data Providers

• Working towards the

May 9 deadline

DPWG Membership

Any data provider with a WMS welcome > esp Annex I & II data providers

Current Membership

• British Geological Survey

• Land & Property Services (NI)

• Environment Agency

• Ordnance Survey

• EDINA

• Land Registry

• Welsh Assembly Govt

• Defra

• Barrow BC

• UKLP

• Met Office

• OceanWise

View service development

Initial test

capability

Wider test

capability

Mature test

capability

Alpha Test

Services

Beta test

ServicesOperational

Growing capability, compliance, issue resolution and operational proving

ESDIN

Show & tell

IOC TF

Test end to end: via a network of data services and applications

WMS

Theme A

WMS

Theme B

WMS

Theme C

WMS

Theme D

UK Portal -

Evaluate

EU portal

(client)

App 1

(client)

App 2

(client)

Environment Agency

http://www.geostore.com/environment-agency/

Coordinate systems: illustrations

European Coord System

Lat/Log display

One km square orthoimage of Greenwich

data.gov.uk PORTAL

Ph

ase 1

:

Searc

h &

Evalu

ati

on

3rd pty Data

Provider/

Publisher tools

3rd pty

Metadata

Tools

UKLP tools

Data Provider/

Publishers

UKLP Tools

Metadata

Editor

Registries

Search Resources

EU Geoportal

Applications

Register View

Growing interest & activity in linked data

• Ordnance Survey

• Environment Agency

• Department for Transport

• Defra (& environment domain)

• Office for National Statistics

• Department for Education

• Communities & Local Government

• Local Authorities

• European Environment Agency

• Joint Research Centre

• Open Geospatial Consortium

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Bathing Water Data

Vocabularies

Bathing Waters – Spatial-Things

Sampling Pointspoint abstractions of a bathing water ie. Spatial-Objects

Compliance Assessments

Reference Data

Bathing Waters

Sampling Points

Assessment Data

In Season Assessments

Annual Assessments

Publis

h o

nce -

use

many tim

es

Bathing water: Web Application/UIEA BWQ

Data

Any Questions?

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