EuroGeographics

PCC Conference, May 2017
2017-05-05 | Vittoriosa, Malta
PCC Conference hosted by Identity Malta Agency – Land Registry will be held in the elegant premises of Fort St.Angelo, in Vittoriosa, Malta.
Draft agenda and more information will be available soon.

Joint PolKEN/BIKEN Meeting May 2017
2017-05-10 15:00 - 2017-05-11 17:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Leuven Institute for Ireland, Leuven, Belgium
This event is a Eurogeographics activity.
A joint meeting of two Knowledge Exchange Networks – the Policy KEN and Business Interoperability KEN will be held following the Extraordinary General Assembly in Leuven. It will start in the afternoon on 10th May and close at 14.00 on 11th May.
The final agenda is available here. The day will include an update from both chairs and the respective Task Force Leaders, followed by the discussion and opportunity to raise an issue of your interest.
Meeting minutes are available at Meeting Minutes Final.

Presentations

Title
Presenter

MIG-P update
Ewa Surma

Policy tracking activities
Marjana Zelic

Copernicus Task force report
Francois Chirie

UNGGIM Europe: A year in review
Carol Aguis

Cooperation & Collaboration
Ashley Wright

Digital Single Market Task force report
Neil Sutherland

Details

EUREF Symposium 2017
2017-05-17 - 2017-05-19 | Wroclaw, Poland
The EUREF Symposium 2017 will be held in Wroclaw, Poland, hosted by The Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformatics, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences.

FIG Working Week, June 2017
2017-05-29 - 2017-06-02 | Helsinki, Mikonkatu 9, Helsinki, Finland

UN-GGIM: Europe Plenary Meeting, June 2017
2017-06-07 - 2017-06-08 | Brussels, Belgium

International Workshop on Improving the Usability of Geospatial Data
2017-06-14 | Ordnance Survey, Southampton, United Kingdom
Producers of geospatial data wish to be able to maximise the use of their data and solve users’ problems quickly. Understanding whether a dataset is suitable for an intended use is critical in deciding which dataset to use. All too often, users only find that the dataset is unsuitable for use after they have invested time and effort in it.
Most producers create some quality metrics but these are often difficult to interpret. The elements described in ISO19157 are written in a technical language and are purely for specialists. Few outside the world of spatial data quality understand them. The producers of such data have the ability to measure the quality of the data but are unlikely to know what use a potential user is likely to try and use the data for. Indeed, they may not even know or meet the user.
What’s required is a method of communicating the quality information in a way that the user will be able to follow. The solution must be simple enough for the potential user to understand, yet clear enough, to allow potentially detailed information to be communicated. The method must also work for datasets produced at different scales. Done well, this could significantly enhance the user experience when searching for new datasets to use.
This workshop will bring together producers, users, and academics in order to examine the issue in greater detail. We will hear what producers know about their data and what users really need to know. We will also look at the ways that other industries have solved these issues. In the afternoon, we will discuss potential solutions and options for research into the topic.
Workshop outline can be found here.
See the agenda.
Workshop presentations

Title
Author

Introduction to EuroSDR
Jon Arne Trollvik, EuroSDR

Data quality from a producer’s perspective 1
Ed Mainwaring, Ordnance Survey Great Britain

Data quality from a producer’s perspective 2
Dolors Barrot, Institute Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya

A university perspective
Claire Ellul, University College London

How other industries have addressed these issues
Jonathan Holmes, Eurogeographics QKEN Chair

Breakout Sessions (Three Groups) – Notes

Recording
YouTube

Workshop output

Research Proposal
18 kb, DOC

Workshop on INSPIRE Extension, June 2017
2017-06-20 - 2017-06-21 | Marne-la-Vallee, France
Although INSPIRE is not a directive that requires new data capture, using INSPIRE data specifications as a basis for national or community extensions is strongly encouraged. In practice, this may be done through “formal extensions” respecting the rules of the INSPIRE Generic Conceptual Model or through more flexible adaptations. The EuroGeographics by INSPIRE Knowledge Exchange Network, EuroSDR and Geonovum organised the workshop at 20-21 June 2017 in order to share experiences on this topic.

Download the minutes…
Presentations

Presentation
Presenter
Video

Introduction session, 20th June 2017

Welcome and introduction
Morten Borrenbaek (Kartverket, Norway)
video record

Why INSPIRE needs extensions – the European perspective
Michael Lutz (Joint Research Centre)
video record

Influence of INSPIRE on European/national data specifications
Saulius Urbanas (EuroGeographics)
video record

Learnings and questions about data interoperability in the biodiversity community
Dominique Laurent (IGN France)
video record

Pilot project on EU Disaster damage and loss database
Giacomo Martirano (Joint Research Centre)
video record

Danish models inspired by INSPIRE
Heidi Vanparys (SDFE Denmark)
video record

National Examples session

Extending the INSPIRE theme Utility Networks Data Model, from a business point of view
Ad van Houtum (Kadaster Netherlands)
video record

Norwegian standards based on the INSPIRE Network models
Knut Jetlund (Norwegian Road Administration)
video record

Data exchange in local level in Sweden
Gunhild Lönnberg and Åsa Sehlstedt (Landmateriet, Sweden)
video record

Extending INSPIRE Cadastral Parcels model to cover the whole Cadastral Map according to the Czech law
Michal Med (CUZK, Czech R.)
video record

National and Federated Examples session

How INSPIRE has influenced the redesign of the French hydrographic network
Stéphane Garcia (IGN France)

New Environment and planning Act: Information standards will partly re-use INSPIRE but not extend
Paul Janssen (Geonovum)
video record

How INSPIRE has influenced the redesign of French topographic database
Dominique Laurent (IGN France)
video record

Data model extension on NGI standard products: yes, no?
Nathalie Delattre (IGN Belgium)
video record

ELF modelling guidelines
Heidi Vanparys (SDFE, Denmark)
video record

European Examples session

INSPIRE compliant e-reporting under the Air Quality directives from a member state perspective (Belgium)
Olav Peeters

Pilot project on energy extending INSPIRE buildings 2D
Giacomo Martirano (Joint Research Centre)

Federated and European Examples session, 21st June 2017

INSPIRE federating national stakeholders for a national model on Buildings in Spain
Amalia Velasco (SDGC, Spain)

Planned land use from Norway
Morten Borrenbaek (Kartverket, Norway)

GeoSmartCities
Stefania Morrone

UN GGIM Core data and adaptation of INSPIRE models
Dominique Laurent (IGN France)

CAP and INSPIRE: history, perspectives and challenges
Katalin Toth (Joint Research Centre)

Future – Research session

CDDA 2018 – linked approach and the EU Registry – INSPIRE PF extension
Stefania Morrone

Creation and Evaluation of an INSPIRE HY Extension – a Swedish case study
Helen Eriksson (Landmateriet, Sweden)

INSPIRE and Linked data: a EuroSDR road map
Benedicte Bucher (EuroSDR)

Main learnings of Geonovum survey (as Masterclass)
Thorsten Reitz (Geonovum)

Cambridge Conference 2017
2017-07-02 - 2017-07-05 | Oxford, United Kingdom

7th Session of UN-GGIM
2017-07-31 - 2017-08-04 | UN HQ, New York, NY, United States

10th INSPIRE Conference 2017
2017-09-04 - 2017-09-08
The ‘DIRECTIVE 2007/2/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community’, better known as INSPIRE, celebrates this year the 10th anniversary of its entry into force.
Environmental issues do not stop at borders and neither does the Digital Single Market where spatial data should be able to flow without obstacles to fully reach its potential for sustainable growth.
This makes INSPIRE – as an example of a European Interoperability Framework and digital infrastructure – more than ever relevant for both the environment, the European Digital Economy and society in general.
By organizing the INSPIRE 2017 conference together, the governments of Germany and France, in partnership with the European Commission want to emphasize this message while underlining also the importance of working together across borders, and across policy and economic sectors to make this sharing of spatial data even more a reality for the wider benefit of our citizens, businesses and environment.
Venues: Kehl, Germany and Strasbourg, France
The conference will be held in Germany and France – 1st part, the workshops 4–5 September; 2nd part in France 6–8 September.
More information is available on the conference website.

200th Anniversary of the Cadastre in Austria
2017-10-04 | Vienna, Austria
This event is strictly upon personal invitation.

Common Vision Conference 2017
2017-10-05 - 2017-10-06 | Vienna, Austria
The Austrian Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying BEV organised the Common Vision Conference 2017 in conjunction with the 200-years-celebration of the Austrian cadastre. It was a joint conference by EULIS, EuroGeographics, CLGE, FIG, ELRA, PCC and UNECE-WPLA and took place on 5/6 Oct. 2017 in Vienna, Austria.
Report of CVC2017 (in preparation)
List of Participants
Program of Conference
Presentations

Keynote

Tradition Meets Innovation
Wernher Hoffman, Austria

Session 1 – Tradition, Still a Representation for Sustainability?

Cadastre Made Austria: 200 Years In Quick Motion
Julius Ernst, Austria

Land Registry: From The Past To The Future
Dorine Burmanje, Netherlands

Austrian Land Book On IT: Tradition Based Innovative Sustainability
Manfred Buric, Austria

Regulation Of Cadastral Surveyor’s Activity In Russia: New Federal Law
Vladimir Tikhonov, Russia

Session 2 – Change of Purpose of the Cadastre

Evolution Of Cadastral System In The Russian Federation: Results Of 25 Years
Konstantin Litvintcev, Russia

Use Of Data From Land Cadastre For Mass Appraisal In Belarus
Dimitrij Rytvinski, Belarus

Property Registration: From The Marathon Run To Flash Operation – As Effect Of ICT And BPR
Andre Kwitowski, Netherlands

Future Aspects Of The Cadastre In A Changing World
Maurice Barbieri, Switzerland

Session 3 – Challenges of the Digital Era

The Impact Of Digitization: How Participatory Will The Cadastre Function Be In The Future
Martin Salzmann, Netherlands

Step By Step
Ronald Krieglsteiner, Austria

The Role Of Land Registries And Its Interconnection In The Digital Era
Nuria Raga Sastre, Spain

E Services To Citizens, Government And Businesses. Lithuanian Experience
Arvydas Bagdonavicius, Lithuania

Session 4 – Continuous Need for Innovation

Development Of The Ukrainian Cadastre System Using The Block Chain Technologies In The Cadastral System
Dmytro Makarenko, Ukraine

UN GGIM: Europe Core Data Themes
Dominique Laurent, France

The Land Registry Interconnection Portal: When Will It Happen?
Rik Wouters, Netherlands

The Strength Of Authoritative Data: A Cadastre Of Aeronautical Obstacles – The Possible Cooperation Of NMCA’s With Geodetic Surveyors
Jean-Yves Pirlot, Belgium

Session 5 – Future Aspects

The Land Code – Future Aspects From A Swiss Perspective
Daniel Steudler, Switzerland

Are We Embracing The Global Transformative Forces?
Fredrik Zetterquist, Sweden

The Cadastre 2035 – Research Project
Kirsikka Riekkinen, Finland

Cadastre 4.0 – Integrating The Community For Global Security On Land Tenure
Gerda Schennach, Austria

Final Session

Summary And Wrap Up Of Findings
Daniel Steudler, Switzerland

QKEN Autumn 2017 Plenary Meeting
2017-10-18 - 2017-10-20 | Frankfurt, Germany
Plenary meeting of the Quality Knowledge Exchange Network was held in Frankfurt, Germany on the 18th – 20th October 2017.
Download the draft agenda.

Minutes and agreed actions
National Reports

Presentations

Title
Author
Size/type

News from head office
Carol Agius
2.6 MB, PDF

New EuroGeographics strategy

3.5 MB, PDF

Creation of UAV-based orthoimages and evaluation for the use in cadastral mapping
Ionnis Kavadas
4.3 MB, PDF

Specification of governmental acceptance about the quality control of aerial photos etc. in connection with new technology
Tamás Palya
3.3 MB, PDF

Creation and control processes of raster/lidar data will be split from creation and control of vector data into different departments
Raitis Boļšakovs & Zane Liepiņa
3.2 MB, PDF

Using ISO 19158
Jonathan Holmes
1 MB, PDF

Use of ISO 19100 Quality Standards report
Gunhild Lönnberg
1.2 MB, PDF

ISO Standards Update
Gunhild Lönnberg
288 kb, PDF

Host Presentations

Title
Author
Type/size

Introduction from Director General of BKG
Hansjörg Kutterer
1.75 MB, PDF

Quality management of geodata at the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG)
Eszter Kiss
1.8 MB, PDF

LBM-DE: German Land Cover Model – Quality Assurance
Friederike Emig
1.5 MB, PDF

INSPIRE implementation: Example of DLM250
Sandra Niering
675 kb, PDF

Overviews of Temporal accuracy of nationwide datasets provided by the BKG
Henry Schubert
3.1 MB, PDF

GDI-DE Testsuite – More cooperation, better quality
Falk Würriehausen & Christian Seip
1.3 MB, PDF

GSTIC 2017 Conference
2017-10-23 - 2017-10-25 | Brussels, Belgium
The first GSTIC conference will focus on the contribution of technology to the sustainable development goals and brings together many experts from all over the world involved in different technology forums at UN level. More information will follow later.

Registrars of Title, October 2017
2017-10-24 - 2017-10-27 | Edinburgh
The Registrars of Title Conference began in Australia and New Zealand as a forum to build on mutual experience and develop new ideas around land titles. It’s since expanded to include registrars from around the world, including the UK, Canada, Hong Kong and Mauritius.
For 2017, Registers of Scotland have also extended the invitation to our colleagues from other European nations as we celebrate 400 years of the General Register of Sasines, the oldest land register in the world.
Home to both our historic roots at Edinburgh Castle and our modern offices in the city centre, Edinburgh is the perfect setting to celebrate 400 years of Scottish land registration.
We look forward to welcoming you to Edinburgh for the 2017 Registrars of Title Conference.
Please note this conference is by invitation only.

PolKEN Autumn 2017 Meeting
2017-11-02 - 2017-11-03 | Dublin, Ireland
Alongside the EFGS 2017 Conference, EuroGeographics held a meeting of the Policy Knowledge Exchange Network attended by representatives of 9 NMCAs. During the meeting the Task leaders delivered reports of developments in key policy areas focused on issues like potential implications of the ongoing review of the PSI Directive, developments related to INSPIRE MIG-P activities and relevance of other activities resulting from the European Commission’s work plan for 2018. An issue of particular importance has been raised concerning the first draft of specification for the future CorineLandCover 2nd generation presented by the EEA.
The KEN discussed the coming events: the webinar on INSPIRE MIG-P on 15th of December and a workshop on Open Data on 22 of March 2018 in Brussels followed by the next PolKEN plenary meeting on 23 March 2018.
Get the meeting minutes…
Presentations

Title
Presenter

MIG – P update
Ewa Surma

Copernicus Task force report
Francois Chirie

Policy developments update
Marjana Zelic

EFGS 2017
2017-11-02 - 2017-11-03 | Dublin, Ireland
10th Annual European Forum for Geography & Statistics is proudly hosted by Ireland’s Central Statistics Office (CSO) and Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi). The partnership between the CSO and OSi is long established and was recently underpinned by a commitment to collaborate in relation to the visualisation of statistical outputs, publishing certain geographies as Linked Open Data and fulfilling Ireland’s reporting responsibilities under the United Nations 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development.

PolKEN Coordinating Committee Meeting, November 2017
2017-11-02 - 2017-11-03 | Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland
This event is a Eurogeographics activity.
The autumn PolKEN meeting will be organised in alignment with the 10th European Forum for Geography and Statistics conference on 2nd and 3rd of November in the Dublin Castle in Dublin, Ireland. This will be an unique opportunity for the members of the Policy Knowledge Exchange Network to meet, share practical experience and exchange views with colleagues from the National Statistical Authorities.
In alignment to the main conference agenda there will be a side meeting dedicated for members of the PolKEN who will convene for the PolKEN Coordination Committee meeting open to all registered members, We will focus our work on current topics of interest, medium term workplan and internal organisation development issues.
View/download the agenda…

PCC Plenary Meeting, November 2017
2017-11-13 - 2017-11-15 | Tallinn, Estonia
Estonia will be holding the presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first time in the second half of 2017. The Estonian Land Board has a great honour to assume the presidency of the Permanent Committee on Cadastre in the European Union (PCC) also for the first time. We are pleased to inform you to save the date for the PCC conference and plenary meeting “Towards Digital Europe and Spatially Enabled Societies” to be held in Tallinn from 13 to 15 November 2017.
The programme will start with an ice-breaker on Monday evening at the medieval Tallinn Town Hall. The venue of the conference and plenary meeting will be the Nordic Hotel Forum (Viru väljak 3). The hotel is situated in the city centre, just a couple of hundred meters from the picturesque Old Town. The conference dinner will take place on Tuesday evening at the Maarjamäe Palace.
A limited number of rooms have been provisionally booked at preferential rates at the Nordic Hotel Forum.
The registration to the conference is now open! You can find additional information about the event and the link for on-line accreditation on the conference webpage.

Technical Producers Meeting, November 2017
2017-11-14 - 2017-11-15 | Lisbon, Portugal
More than 55 participants from 33 countries from across Europe held their annual meeting to discuss the achievements, progress, working plans and technical issues related to creation of our pan-European products: EuroBoundaryMap (EBM), EuroRegionalMap (ERM) and EuroGlobalMap (EGM).
Mrs. Fernanda do Carmo, General Director of DGT welcomed the participants and gave the opening speech.
The meeting held during two days, gave an opportunity for the experts to network and discuss all details, issues and look for solutions together with the EuroGeographics Production Team and Regional Coordinators.
The presentations are available below:

EuroGeographics Welcome
Angela Baker, EuroGeographics

EBM and ERM Production
Joergen Spradau and Regine Elling, BKG

EuroGlobalMap
Clement Godin, IGN-F

Status for increasing the coverage
Regine Elling, BKG and Angela Baker, EuroGeographics

What’s new in the Production Management System
Joergen Spradau, BKG

First data delivery from Croatia
Ivana Šimat, DGU

Perspective of a new ERM Regional Coordinator
Dovilė Rusonytė, AGI

Eurostat and EuroGeographics Products
Angela Baker, EuroGeographics

Update NUTS
Clement Godin, IGN-F

Technical issues for EBM and ERM
Alexander Reichelt and Jörgen Spradau, BKG

New QM Tools
Marieke Kuijer and Tony Baving, KadasterNL

Example of implemented INSPIRE ID
Jiří Pejša, ZU

New Technical Specifications for the National Cartography
Paulo Patrício, DGT

Breakout Session Results:

Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D

EBM/ERM user ‘AlpES’, Nadine Houbé, Austrian Academy of Sciences / Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research (Please contact Angela if you require this ppt)
Update on European Location Services, Mick Cory, EuroGeographics
If you have any queries about any of the content please do contact Angela Baker in the first instance.

Land Use/Land Cover Products: Challenges and Opportunities
2017-11-15 | Museum of Natural Sciences, Rue Vautierstraat 29, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
Organisers: EuroGeographics (INSPIRE KEN), European Environment Agency, EuroSDR and the INSPIRE Thematic cluster LU-LC.
This workshop will take place from 9:00 to 18:00 on 15th November 2017 in Brussels. It is an open workshop.
The agenda of the workshop ”Land use/land cover products: challenges and opportunities” includes presentations about national products, European products and about research activities. Also discussion sessions are planned.
For information to the attendees. On 16th November 2017 (the day after the workshop) DG GROW organises a public stakeholder consultation that aims to present the planning of potential future Copernicus land products and to collect feed-back from stakeholders. Participants of this Land use / Land cover workshop are welcome to attend.

The objectives of the workshop

The agenda

Download the meeting minutes…
In case of any question please contact: Dominique Laurent, Saulius Urbanas
Presentations

Date/Time
Presentation
Presenter/Speaker
Size/type

Session 1 9h00-9h40 Introduction

Welcome – general introduction (10′)

Dominique Laurent

489 kb, PDF

Reminder on LU-LC INSPIRE Data specification (15′)

Lena Hallin- Pihlatie

1 MB, PDF

The Copernicus land monitoring service (15′)
Hans Dufourmont
7 MB, PDF

Session 2 9h40-10h50 European Experiences

EAGLE : concepts and implementation (20′)

Geoff Smith

3 MB, PDF

LUCAS: the current product and its evolutions (20′)

Alessandra Palmieri

4 MB, PDF

Semantic modelling of the agriculture-related land cover types, relevant to the EU common Agriculture Policy, with the Land Cover Meta Language (20′)
Pavel Milenov
3 MB, PDF

Experiences from ELF implementation (10′)
Åsa Sehlstedt
671 kb, PDF

Session 3
11h20-13h00
National Experiences

The French standard on large scale LU-LC and its implementation as core data(20′)

Dominique Laurent

1 MB, PDF

The evolution of LU/LC data in the German cadastre (20′)

Christian Lucas

2.9 MB, PDF

Spanish approach (Parametric Object Oriented Land Cover Data Models – SIOSE – IGN) 20′

Julian Delgado

8 MB, PDF

The LISA extension to INSPIRE LC/LU data model: the Austrian experience – (15′)

Gebhard Banko

2 MB, PDF

Restructuration of topographic Finnish data, with focus on LC/LU (10′)

Ulla Pyysalo

992 kb, PDF

Experience from Swedish INSPIRE LC-LU implementation (10′)

Åsa Sehlstedt

2 MB, PDF

Session 3
13h50-14h50
Discussion session on current practices

Session 4
14h50-15h20
Context Evolution

Thematic Cluster on LC/LU functioning and feed-back: transforming current data to INSPIRE (10′)

Lena Hallin-Pihlatie

1 MB, PDF

UN-GGIM core data: objectives and state-of-play on LC/LU (including SDG requirements) – (10′)

Nuria Valcarcel

2 MB, PDF

Update of ISO 19144 -2 (LCML) – (10′)
Roland Grillmayer
726 kb, PDF

Session 5
15h50-17h20
Potential Research Solutions

How to help users to move to INSPIRed products – (20′)

Dominique Laurent

2 MB, PDF

EuroSDR current projects contributing to research and innovation on LC/LU, (20′)

Bénédicte Bucher

1.3 MB, PDF

Connecting VGI to LC/LU (20′)
Ana-Maria Raymond
4 MB, PDF

Fotoquest go: a smartphone app to collect Land-Use and Land Cover data (10′)
Steffen Fritz
2 MB, PDF

Open Land Use Map (20′)
Dmitri Kozuch
4 MB, PDF

Session 6
17h20-18h
Discussion
Missing Topics. Future research activities.

Geo Webinar, November 2017
2017-11-21 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
This event is a Eurogeographics activity.
Group on Earth Observations GEO is organizing a webinar for EuroGeographics members on 21st November 2017 at 11.00 CET.
Presenters:

Douglas Cripe, Work Programme Coordinator, GEO Secretariat
Paola De Salvo, Information Technology Officer, GEO Secretartiat

Outline:

Overview of GEO’s work
Scope, Members and Participating Organizations
EO4SDGs and the integration of statistics with geospatial information
Opportunities for use of and collaboration on the GEOSS Common Infrastructure Q&A

SBE KEN Plenary Meeting 2017
2017-11-23 13:00 - 2017-11-24 12:30 | Italian Geographic Military Institute, Via Cesare Battisti n.10/12, Florence, Italy
This is a EuroGeographics activity.
Download the minutes
Download the participants list…

The European NMCA Network – Geo Webinar
2017-11-28 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
This event is a Eurogeographics activity.
The second webinar organized in cooperation of GEO and EuroGeographics is targeted to GEO members. It is scheduled for 28th November 2017 commencing at 13:00 CET
Outline agenda:

Welcome and Introduction – Mick Cory, Secretary General & Executive Director
Our members, their role and data policy issues – Dominik Kopczewski, Policy Development Manager
Pan European Products – Angela Baker, Sales, Marketing and Channel Manager
European Location Services – Abigail Page, ELS Product Development Manager Q&A

EuroGeographics, an international non-profit organisation based in Brussels, is a membership association and representative body of the European National Mapping, Cadastre and Land Registry Authorities. It brings together 63 organisations from 46 countries, to deliver mutual benefits regardless of the geographical, technical, political, organisational, linguistic and business parameters within which each operates.
EuroGeographics supports the public good by representing our members’ interests, maintaining networks that help our members improve their capabilities and role, and by facilitating access to and use of our members’ authoritative geospatial data and services as well as pan-European products developed in joint effort.
EuroGeographics supports European NMCAs in achieving a common understanding and approach to arising technological, organisational or policy based challenges. Through proactive participation in dialogue, joint activities and projects, dedicated representatives and technical experts from our member organisations create thematic networks for the exchange of knowledge and experience. EuroGeographics also collaborates with other geospatial oriented institutions and organisations, adding value to its members and partners.
Because together we are stronger!

CoKEN Workshop: Fostering Complementarity between Copernicus and NMCAs
2017-12-05 | EuroGeographics Headquarters, Rue du Nord 76/Noordstraat 76, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
The Copernicus KEN held a workshop for members on 5th December 2017.
The aims of the workshop were:

To have a shared understanding of Copernicus requirements and intentions, and what is needed to support them achieve their activities
To have a shared understanding of what NMCA’s can provide understanding the position of the NMCAs, including intentions and constraints
To consider issues AND solutions of how EuroGeographics and it’s members can support Copernicus activities and develop some next steps with the support of the EEA.

Download the meeting minutes…
Presentations

Title
Presenter
Size/type

Copernicus and its links to NMCAs
Henrik Steen Anderson, Project Manager –
Copernicus in situ coordination, European Environment Agency
2.6 MB, PDF

Copernicus Services Requirements, Representatives from the Copernicus Services:

Evenflow Consulting

Robert Lowson

417 kb, PDF

eGEOS
Francesca Lorenzon
2 MB, PDF

Ithaca, Fabio Giulio Tonolo; Use cases:

Forest

Fabio Giulio Tonolo, Ithaca

2 MB, PDF

EMS
Fabio Giulio Tonolo, Ithaca
3 MB, PDF

European Location Services
Abigail Page, EuroGeographics
2 MB, PDF

Data Producers Technical Webinar, December 2017
2017-12-14 10:30 - 11:30 | Online
This event is a EuroGeographics activity targeted to Data Producers.
We would like to invite all data producers to join us on this webinar on 14th December from 10:30 – 11:30 CET.
The webinar will inform you about ERM Quality Control, presented by our colleagues at Kadaster.
We would encourage you to join us on this webinar to learn more about the new QM tools. We look forward to joining with you online. You have already been emailed the registration details for the webinar.

Policy KEN Webinar, December 2017
2017-12-15 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
This event is a Eurogeographics activity.
PolKEN webinar summarising outcomes of the EC INSPIRE MIG-P will be held
on 15 December 2017, from 13:00 to 14:00 CET.
Topics of the webinar will be following:

Update on Commission initiatives
Reporting Fitness Check – outcome and next steps, relevance for INSPIRE
Study on improving national environmental information and harvesting data
Study of INSPIRE data sharing, access and use (Article17 and related provisions)
Copernicus – latest developments
Review of 2017 Maintenance and Implementation Work Programme
Information on plans for 2018
Information on revision of the PSI Directive – Presentation by DG CNECT

2nd International Workshop on Spatial Data Quality
2018-02-06 - 2018-02-07 | Old University Campus, Valetta, Malta
Following the successful workshop on spatial data quality in Malta in January 2015 a second workshop will be held in Valletta, Malta on 6th and 7th February 2018.
The full announcement for the workshop is available here.
The list of papers accepted for the workshop is available here.
Information about the venue and hotels is available here. Please note the speakers and delegates are responsible for their own travel and accommodation arrangements.
Deadline for registration: 21 January 2018.
Deadline for abstract submission: 15 October 2017.
Registration to this event is now closed.

Tuesday 6th February

Session 1: Geospatial Standards, Chair: Jonathan Holmes

Management and quality system for geographic information, based on ISO TC/211 regulations

Robledo Ceballos Joselyn Alejandra (presented by Antony Cooper)

ISO 9001 for spatial data: ICGC experience

Dolors Barrot and Maria Pla

Implementing geospatial data quality standards – motivators and barriers

Serena Coetzee, Franz-Josef Behr and Antony K Cooper

Session 2: Data Quality, Chair: Ray Patrucco

Assessing the quality of OpenStreetMap road data in part of Tshwane, South Africa

Ernest Yzel and Antony Cooper

Quality of spatial data in court proceedings

Jordi Sandalinas

A quality control method for non-normal positional error data using a multinomial approach

Francisco Javier Ariza-López, José Rodríguez-Avi, José L. García-Balboa and Virtudes Alba-Fernández

Session 3: Quality Requirements, Chair: Antti Jakobsson

Quality requirements for core data

Dominique Laurent and François Chirié

Eliciting User and Producer Views on Geospatial Data Quality

Hasti Ziaimatin, Alireza Nili, Alistair Barros, Ivana Ivánová and Tom Spencer

Session 4: Frameworks & Quality Models, Chair: Christina Wasström

Towards an Ontology for Geospatial User-centric Metadata

Hasti Ziaimatin, Alistair Barros, Ivana Ivánová and Tom Spencer

From quality on spatial data to data quality vocabulary (DQV) for the Semantic Web – the Norwegian experience of aligning ISO 19157 Data Quality to DQV

Morten Borrebaek and Magni Busterud

Forming Quality Model for cadastral data using International Standards – The Hellenic cadastre experience

Ioannis Kavvadas

Wednesday 7th February

Session 5: Automation, Chair: Carol Agius

Experiences on using Data Quality Measures for automatic validation of geographical datasets

Erling Onstein and Knut Jetlund

Towards Automating Spatial Data Quality Evaluation in the Finnish National Topographic Database

Riikka Kivekäs and Nils Mesterton

How Data Quality Automation Delivers Improved Productivity

Daniel Warner and Seb Lessware

Session 6: Confusion Matrices and their use in Spatial Data Quality, Chair: Jonathan Holmes

Confusion Matrices and their use in Spatial Data Quality

José L. García-Balboa, María V. Alba-Fernández, Francisco J. Ariza-López and José Rodrígue-Avi

Session 8: Data Visualisation, Chair: Serena Coetzee

Visualization of quality in the Cadaster Index Map at Lantmäteriet

Torsten Svärd

Visualisation of spatial register data quality in public dashboards

Anouk Huisman – van Zijp

International Conference NSDI: Towards Data Society
2018-02-22 | The President Hotel, 12, Hospitalna Str., Kiev, Ukraine
International Conference ‘NSDI: TOWARDS DATA SOCIETY’ is dedicated to finalisation of the Project ‘Creation of Spatial Data Infrastructure in Ukraine’ that is funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). During the conference the NSDI prototype for the pilot territory in Ukraine will we demonstrated. Moreover representatives of StateGeoCadastre will make a brief overview of the current progress in SDI domain in Ukraine (e.g. legal background, standards, coordination framework, etc.).
It is expected to hear the voice of geospatial data holders and to encourage further cooperation.
The conference is considered to be a brilliant opportunity to share the results and achievements in the Spatial Data Infrastructure creation from all over the world.

Data Producers Technical Webinar, February 2018
2018-02-28 10:30 - 12:00 | Online
This event is a EuroGeographics activity targeted to Data Producers.
All data producers were invited join us on this webinar on 28th February 10:30- 12:00 CET to inform them about the Production plans for 2018.
Please see below for the presentations given during the webinar:

Title
Author
Size / Type

EBM And ERM Production 2018
BKG
1.39MB PDF

EGM Production 2018
IGN France
900KB PDF

ERM Quality Management
Kadaster Netherlands
900KB PDF

EuroGeographics Update
EuroGeographics
130KB PDF

A recording of the webinar can be found here.
