FOSSGIS 2013 Rapperswil
Geoportal of the Swiss Confederation
METRICS OFGEO.ADMIN.CH
David OeschFederal Office of Topography swisstopo
MAP PORTALS DON’T WORK
axiom by @BrianTimon
ey
CAN
1’000’000 VISITORS (2012) BE WRONG ?
map.geo.admin.ch
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
2011 vs 2012map.geo.admin.ch +45% visitors
mobile.map.geo.admin.ch +360% visitors
wms.geo.admin.ch +43% requests
wmts.geo.admin.ch +132% requests
WHO ARE THE USERS
2
EVERYONE(oups)
cantons, parish, citizen, institutions
geo.admin.ch HITS 2011
FRENCH –ITALIAN PART
GERMAN PART BE & ZH
WHICH
DATAIS USED
3
WMTS LAYERS requests
Hiking DufourMap
SiegfriedMap
2011 2012
1. HIKING
1. HIKING
There IS more than hiking on geo.admin.ch!
MAP PORTALS DON’T WORK
It is even MORE than
visual grammar
of GIS interfaces
PARADIGMA
CHANGE
4
from « ACCESS TO DATA »
to « ACCESS TO INFORMATION »
BACKto
square one
GOV INTERNET CITIZEN
has provideswantsDATA MAPS INFORMATION!=!=
EXAMPLE
«hiking»
LAW
LAYER
«can I stroll around in Rapperswil, sightseeing and using public transportation?»
ANSWER
SOLUTION
SINGLE TOPICMAPS
5
MERGE DATA INTO ANSWERS
leisure summer
leisure winter
TOPIC SELECTOR Q4 2013
BUT
how to
FIND a topic?
30
How many SEARCH FIELDS do you see ?
31
STUCK in
interface
33
What do USERS SEARCH for ?
Location search entries 2012/2013
Data search entries 2012/2013
…removing *wander*..
…lower median
SOLUTION
ALL IN ONE SEARCH
6
COMBINElocation
attributdataset
41
ALL IN ONE SEARCH Q4 2013
BUT
still 3 search
FIELDS
44
and DATA is not found in GOOGLE, BING
etc
SOLUTION ?We need
your help !
#GEOSEOLET SEARCH BOTS FIND YOUR DATA
7
47
“ if I publish great stuff, people will
naturally link to me“
NOT THAT EASY
TO BE BUILTbut not another js
library
49
a start RANKING FACTORS http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/226884
STATIC SITES@ping http://goo.gl/4MnfW
1 2USERSEXIST.
SERVEALL USERS.
3MORE THAN
HIKING.
4ACCESS TO
INFORMATION.
5SINGLE TOPIC
MAPS.
6ALL IN ONE
SEARCH.
7 #GEOSEO
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