Recent government decisions having an impact on

geographic information in France

Francois.salge@cnig.fr

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Content

• Major project to turn digital by scanning techniques the remaining of the 550.000 cadastral maps of France

• Interministerial decision made public on 19 february 2001

• Several recently issued or planned laws

• Comparisons with European GI policy issues

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Turning digital the french cadastral maps

• since 1993 conventions between Cadatral office and local gvts = 150.000 cadastral maps turned vector

• starting mid 2002 ending end 2003 : 400.000 Cadatral maps turned raster with seed point for each parcel

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Interministerial decision dated 18 february 2001

• MP report from Guy Lengagne (30 September 1999) : – «Les perspectives d’évolution de l’information

géographique et les conséquences pour l’IGN»

• interministerial meeting in september 2000

• PM approval (18 février 2001)

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Main directions (1)

• IGN-F missions• integration of a large scale geographical

reference data (RGE référentiel à grande échelle)

• Cooperation between the French NMA and the cadastral office

• Research and training• European GI policy• Governance Modernisation

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Main directions(2)

• Role of the board of directors CA

• Role of CNIG

• "Contrat d’objectif"

Voir www.cnig.fr

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IGN strategic positionning

• Produceur - Integrateur - supplier of reference data over the entire territory– permanent updating – mutiply usage– encrease and facilitate VA on reference data by

private sector

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Le Référentiel géographique àgrande échelle (RGE)

...appliqué au RGE...appliqué au RGE

Reference geographical data RGE

• Multi-purpose = GI infrastructure

• Quality (including consistency & 1m+ accuracy)

• Unicity

• Simplicity

• Easy access

• Total coverage 2007

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Several recently issued laws

• Law on sustainable regional planing => mandatory linkage to the French geodetic reference system for publicly funded data surveys

• Law SRU (rebuilding city over the city) => reference data is needed (WS 21st June)

• Law on "communautés de communes) => transfer of GI responsibility to wider structure

• Law on the Information society => essential data and access to public data

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Comparisons with European GI policy issues

• Common Agricultural Policy => use of orthophotos compatible with 1:10.000

• Aarhus treaty => access to environmental data• what else ?

– Which European policies (and their national implementation) requires GI and reference data to be more efficiently implemented?

– Which European activities could contribute to the creation of (L,N, E)GII and reference data

• how to have the European Parliament undertaking its Lengagne report?

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as a conclusion ……French GI priorities

• creation and access of a GI infrastructure : RGE– simple– easy access to users

• State grant towards Public interest

• developping GI sector

What are European GI priorities?

Merci

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