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Outline � Spatial Data Infrastructures Spatial Data Infrastructures � Some Questions on SDIs � Value Chain for GI production Is there a Future for � World Wide Web and its Impact Spatial Data Infrastructures? � The Geospatial Web Ulrich Boes, URSIT Ltd. � Comparison SDI and Geospatial Web Raina Pavlova, Technical University � Conclusions: the Future Sofia, Bulgaria GI Days Münster, June 2008 2 GI Days Münster, June 2008 Spatial Data Infrastructures Access to Data in SDI A spatial data infrastructure encompasses � policies, � organizational remits, � data, � technologies, � standards, � delivery mechanisms and � financial and human resources necessary to ensure that those working at global and regional scale are not impeded in meeting their objectives . 3 4 GI Days Münster, June 2008 GI Days Münster, June 2008

Some Questions Achievements � First milestone in 1986 � What are the accomplishments? � Many local, regional, national SDIs � Who are the stakeholders? � First generation: focus on data � What are the costs? � Second generation: process oriented � What are the business models? � INSPIRE � INSPIRE State of Play � Nowhere in Europe, an SDI is fully realized 5 6 GI Days Münster, June 2008 GI Days Münster, June 2008 Who: Stakeholders in SDI Value Chain for GI � Developers, expert GI users, broader Data Provider community, public authorities, academia, private sector End User Data Integrator � Data producers: public authorities � Data users: ? � Public sector, GI service providers SDI ? Data Specialist � Expert GI user Geoinformation 7 8 Product GI Days Münster, June 2008 GI Days Münster, June 2008

Costs and Benefits Some Observations � Identification of costs difficult � SDIs in early majority phase � INSPIRE impact assessment � Need for re-organization � overall costs: between €200 and 300 � Stakeholders = public sector million � Lack of awareness � borne by the public sector and incurred at regional and local levels � Specialist market � benefits between €1.2 and 1.8 billion a � Revenue model defined by high costs of year data creation � Benefits of new products and services � Value chain paradox cannot be identified 9 10 GI Days Münster, June 2008 GI Days Münster, June 2008 Internet and WWW Collaborative Geospatial Web � WWW created in 1989 � Collaborative Cartography, � Quickly used to display maps volunteered geographic information � New technologies and innovation Remote sensing � Mash ups with Google map API � GPS � � Geocoded Hypermedia Geo-RSS, KML � � Location is added to Internet content Semantic Web � 3-D � � User generated content � Google Earth (2005): revolution in Internet � OpenStreetMap, Craigslist, Dogdeball mapping � Social phenomenon (crowdsourcing) � Goal is to add location to Internet content, not to produce high quality maps 11 12 GI Days Münster, June 2008 GI Days Münster, June 2008

Comparison SDI and CGW Value Chain for CGW Private Companies Category SDI CGW Value Chain Public Data Private Data Data Provider producer � Producer � End Specialist user Stakeholders Public Sector Private Sector, End User Internet Internet Users Surfer Data Integrator Companies Revenue Model Cost recovery Advertisement, Affiliate Market Specialised Mass Hacker Major Weakness Re-organization Mission critical Data Specialist applications Major Strength Data sets Uptake Geoinformation 13 Product 14 GI Days Münster, June 2008 GI Days Münster, June 2008 The Future ? Some research questions � SDI versus the geospatial web � Licensing models and IPR � Risk that the GI/SDI sector looses its � Data quality identity � Business and revenue models � Shrinking market for SDI � Organization of content – � Adoption of Geospatial Web: Folksonomy vs. Semantics an opportunity to open up SDIs � Models of maps � SDI should rethink business models 15 16 GI Days Münster, June 2008 GI Days Münster, June 2008

Thank you for your attention ! Raina Pavlova Ulrich BOES Technical University Sofia, URSIT Ltd, Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria rsp@tu-sofia.bg South-East European Reseach Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece ulrich.boes@ursit.com 17 GI Days Münster, June 2008