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Positioning geospatial information to address global challenges
UN-ECE Task Force on Access to Information
Steven Vale 5 December 2014
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Positioning geospatial information to address global challenges
How can you measure and monitor sustainable development……without location and geography
Underpinning the post-2015 Development Agenda
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Positioning geospatial information to address global challenges
To make accurate, reliable and authoritative geospatial information readily available to support
sustainable development
Aim of UN-GGIM
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Monitoring sustainable development: why location matters?
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Positioning geospatial information to address global challenges
Future trends in geospatial information management: the 5–10 year vision
• trends in technology and the future direction of data creation, maintenance and management;
• legal and policy developments;• skills requirements and training
mechanisms;• the role of the private sector and
non-governmental sectors; and• the future role of governments in
data provision and management.
Five broad themes identified
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UN-GGIM: Europe Executive CommitteeTomaz Petek, Peter ter Haar, Bengt Kjellson, Jacek Jarząbek, Antonio Arozarena, Andrei Tarnopolskiy Dorine Burmanje, Hansjörg Kutterer, Kristian Møller, Ezio Bussoletti, Ass’t to Mr Tarnopolskiy
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Baseline for a European Work Plan
• Work Group A, Core Data: Increasing data interoperability and harmonisation by proposing core geospatial data which meets essential user needs;
• Work Group B, Data Integration: Enabling integration of core geospatial data with statistical and other data in order to foster further usage.
the Competitiveness and Innovation framework Programme (CIP)ICT Policy Support Programme (PSP) Call 6 Grant 325140 EUROPEAN LOCATION FRAMEWORK
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ELF will provide immediate and reliable access to consistent and authoritative reference dataELF will provide a web-based (map) services of the most up-to-date informationELF will ensure that national data and services “join up” at international borders
The European Location Framework Project is the first step in establishing an infrastructure delivering
Europe wide data and services
the Competitiveness and Innovation framework Programme (CIP)ICT Policy Support Programme (PSP) Call 6 Grant 325140 EUROPEAN LOCATION FRAMEWORK
The ELF Project is a:
• €13 million investment part funded by the European Commission
• 3 year project which started in March 2013• Collaborative effort involving 30 partners
EuroGeographics 15 national/regional data providers 3 service integrators 6 application developers and domain experts 2 universities 3 user community representatives
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More information
www.elfproject.euwww.un-ggim-europe.org