Geospatial World Forum 2023
2023-05-02 08:00 - 2023-05-05 17:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Postillion Hotel & Convention Centre WTC, Rotterdam
EuroGeographics is delighted to be a partner for GWF 2023 to be held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands from 2-5 May.
With the theme “Geospatial Caravan: Embracing One & All,” GWF 2023 will bring together the global geospatial community encompassing governments and public sector bodies, industry, academia, and civil society. The goal is to know how we can simplify the technological, institutional, and workflow complexity and augment the impact for the greater good of society.

Enabling Digital Transformation - joint EuroGeographics - JRC webinar
2023-05-11 11:00 - 12:30
Following the well received webinar from 2022 on “the role of geospatial data within the civil protection system” organised in cooperation with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations, we organised a webinar in cooperation with the Joint Research Centre (JRC).
The theme of this event was focused around ‘Enabling Digital Transformation‘.
JRC is looking at the current and emerging facts of digital transformation, and their impact on the European economy, society, and environment, in support of EU digital policies. Generally, JRC provides techno-socio-economic research on the impact and strategic role of digital technologies, data and digital platforms for economy and society, as well as on digital skills, digital education, and the modernisation of public sector.
We examined the crucial role of NMCAs in shaping the future of technology and innovation, by driving progress towards a digitally transformed world. Members’ use cases were presented and JRC presented their current activities related to this topic.
The agenda was as follows:

Welcome and Introduction by Stefania Bostan, EuroGeographics
Interoperability as a key enabler of Digital Government Transformation, Francesco Pignatelli, Joint Research Centre (JRC) – the European Commission
Increasing spatial data accuracy in Finland using Artificial Intelligence, Lingli Zhu, National Land Survey of Finland
A Coherent Data Foundation for a Digital Denmark, Peter Knudsen – Danish Agency for Data Supply and Infrastructure
OME2: driving innovation through high-value datasets, Sallie Payne Snell – EuroGeographics
Q&A session via sli.do by Simon Vrečar, JRC and Stefania Bostan, EuroGeographics
Closing remarks and final announcements, Simon Vrečar, JRC and Stefania Bostan, EuroGeographics

GEO Business
2023-05-17 08:00 - 2023-05-18 17:00 | London, UK
EuroGeographics and Idox are speaking on Open Maps For Europe at GEO Business 2023.
GEO Business is held at ExCeL London on 17-18 May 2023.
Register for a free ticket.

Webinars from UN-GGIM: Europe – Earth Observation and SDGs: uses cases and workflows
2023-05-23 13:00 - 14:30
Join UN-GGIM: Europe in a series of webinars focussing on the SDGs. The webinar programme aims to, first, collect the needs and requirements within the work done by the different groups, initiatives, stakeholders in Europe or globally; and secondly to define the relevant SDG indicators, requirements and cross-cutting issues to be addressed in the current mandate.
For further information please visit the UN-GGIM: Europe page here.

Extraordinary General Assembly 2023
2023-05-25 11:30 - 12:30
This Extraordinary General Assembly will be held in order to have members vote to approve the revised articles of association in line with the Belgian legislation.
Please register here.

FIG working week
2023-05-28 - 2023-06-01
2023 FIG working week was held in Orlando, Florida.
The week-long conference brought the international community of surveying and spatial professionals together to experience a mix of interesting technical sessions and workshops, a trade exhibition and a variety of side events and social functions.

Webinar on the Implementation of the Hydrography INSPIRE theme
2023-06-01 10:30 - 12:00
The agenda of the webinar was the following:

Introduction Marcin Grudzień
Hydrography, an explanation of the Dutch implementation and the approach to guarantee the compliance requirements with regard to INSPIRE, Nicolien Jongerius – Kadaster NL
Finnish experiences of providing HY theme services, Minna Ryyppö – NLS Finland
Hydrographic feature types and publication by web services, Marta Carranza and Marta Juanatey – IGN Spain
Q&A on slido, All Presenters & Marcin Grudzień

Webinar Recording (Opens in YouTube)

Joint PCC- EuroGeographics CLRKEN conference and plenary
2023-06-07 - 2023-06-09
Joint event of the Permanent Committee on Cadastre in the EU (PCC) and EuroGeographics Cadastre and Land Registry Knowledge Exchange Network (CLRKEN) was held in Gävle, hosted by Lantmäteriet, Sweden.
Please find here the final agenda. The questionnaire summary report is available here.
Presentations Day 1

Opening Session

No
Title
Presenter
Size [MB]

1
Welcome and Introduction to Lantmäteriet
Susanne Ås Sivborg
3,9

2
Sweden – UNESCO UNESCO, World Heritage Sites in Sweden, National Heritage Board
Elene Negussie
4,2

3
The Swedish Real property register and its importance in society
Marika Ström
2,1

4
National Laser Scanning Program
Andreas Rönnberg
21,0

5
Presentation of results from the questionnaire
Daniel Steudler
1,1

Session 1

1
A more accessible and a more secure register
Bengt Kjellson
0,1

2
Disaster Management and Cadastre in Türkiye, Experiences from Kahramanmaras Earthquakes, February 6th 2023
Ümit Yildiz
29,0

3
Re-thinking authorized data openness: functioning of national geoportals during martial law
Dmytro Makarenko
3,6

Session 2

1
Security on real estate transactions by pre-identification of the property: Pre-Cad
Jolien Neckebroek
10,0

2
A year after opening of data: expectations versus reality
Vents Priedolins
6,0

3
Open Data and webservices
Branka Vorel Jurčević
3,0

Session 3

1
The economic importance of the Cadastre in Austria
Julius Ernst
4,9

2
Finland, Cadastre has many functions
Pekka Halme
4,1

3
The Italian cadastral system in supporting civil protection
Angelini Arturo and Ambrosanio Maurizio

Session 4

1
Information from EuroGeographics
Victoria Persson

11,5

2
OME2-Open Cadastral Map
Hara Papadaki
8

3
CLGE Information
Jean-Yves Pirlot
8

4
Lantmäteriet and international activities – a snapshot
Mikael Lilje
13,4

Policy Knowledge Exchange Network - PolKEN webinar
2023-06-12 15:00 - 16:30
The agenda of this Policy Knowledge Exchange (PolKEN) online meeting (webinar) was as follows:

News from Head Office by Sallie Payne Snell, Acting Secretary General and Executive Director
European Strategy for data progress and understanding data spaces, by Johan Bodenkamp, EU Programme & Policy Officer at DG CONNECT.
Q & A via Sli.do

Webinar Recording (Opens in YouTube)

Webinars from UN-GGIM: Europe -The way towards a Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure, GSGF - IGIF recommendations
2023-06-19 13:00 - 14:30
Join UN-GGIM: Europe in a series of webinars focusing on the main recommendations identified by the Working Group on Data Integration on enhancing geospatial data integration, both nationally and in Europe.
For further information please visit the UN-GGIM: Europe page here.

Information Meeting for Open Cadastral Map Data Suppliers
2023-06-21 10:30 - 11:30
This webinar program aimed to present the EuroGeographics Open Cadastral Map of the Open Maps for Europe 2 (OME2) project to EuroGeographics’ members, the vision and objectives of the project, its current status and current functionalities, as well as the planned tasks for the three year duration of OME2. The webinar also provided more details and clarifications about the technical and procedural aspects of the project and answered potential questions of EuroGeographics’ members who are interested in participating by incorporating data into the OCM. In addition, experiences of the incorporating procedure and the outcomes from countries that already provide data to the OCM was demonstrated.
The Open Cadastral Map was presented by Hara Papadaki. Hara is a senior MSc Geomatics Engineer in the Geospatial Information Department of the Hellenic Cadastre and an alternate Project Manager for the Work Package 6 of the OME2 EuroGeographics project. Work Package 6 is co-lead by the Hellenic Cadastre and the Spanish G.D. Cadastre and is about the development and enhancement of the Open Cadastral Map.
This meeting is by invitation only.

Understanding CORDA: Facilitating NMCAs role as Data Providers for Copernicus
2023-06-27 11:00 - 12:30
CORDA (https://corda.eea.europa.eu/) represents the gateway to authoritative geospatial reference data from official sources such as National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies (NMCAs) for Copernicus. It is a convenient single entry point in the complex landscape of national and subnational data provision, offering Copernicus service providers an index of URLs linking to datasets at varying levels of regional organizations, all while maintaining a common language and a standardized method of data organization.
CORDA was launched in 2015 as part of a major investment by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in coordinating cross-cutting access to In Situ Data by Copernicus. Access to the platform is restricted to the Copernicus Entrusted Entities, its service providers, and the actual in situ data providers, and it hosts more than 300 active users and more than 1800 datasets from nearly 300 data providers.
National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies (NMCAs) and other data providers play a crucial role in achieving optimal reference data coverage that meets the user requirements of Copernicus Entrusted Entities. To this end, the recently revised partnership agreement between the EEA and the EuroGeographics will facilitate increased availability and access to essential geospatial data for the Emergency, Land and Security Services.
EuroGeographics organised this webinar to present a set of CORDA user guidelines to NMCAs in order to facilitate the implementation of this agreement.
The draft agenda was as follows:

Introduction – Sallie Payne, EuroGeographics
Understanding CORDA – Jose Miguel Rubio, European Environment Agency, Olga López de Turiso Martínez & Iñaki Diaz de Cerio Paniagua, CORDA team
Q&A using Sli.do

Webinar Recording (Opens in YouTube)

OME2 - User Requirements Workshop
2023-09-12 14:00 - 15:30
EuroGeographics delivers pan-European open data from official national sources through the Open Maps for Europe interface. We are currently leading the Open Maps for Europe 2 project (OME2), co-funded by the European Union, which builds on the interface developed by the award-winning Open Maps for Europe (OME) Project, completed in December 2022 and co-financed by the Connecting Europe Facility.
This workshop aimed to engage with our stakeholders by taking on-board their feedback, informing them of the project aims and outcomes, and ultimately aimed to ensure that the National Mapping and Cadastral datasets available meet their requirements.
This virtual workshop was by invitation only, and the intended audience were users of geospatial data in the various European Commission DGs and EU Agencies.
The agenda was as follows:
• Introduction and Welcome – Carol Agius, EuroGeographics
• Setting the scene
Relevant European Commission Policy – Carol Agius, EuroGeographics
Previous work on User requirements – Angela Baker, EuroGeographics
• OME2 project – Victoria Persson, EuroGeographics
• OME2 Production process for a high-value large-scale prototype – Noemie Gremeaux, IGN France
• Conversation with the Users – Facilitated break out session
• Opportunities to ask questions in slido
• Next steps – Victoria Persson, EuroGeographics

Enhanced services for citizens: 3D Cadastre and Open datasets of the National Real Estate Cadastre Information and more
2023-09-14 10:30 - 11:30
The first Members webinar after summer break focused on modern cadastral services for users.
We had two presentations introducing use cases from our members:
‘Enabling users to see inside buildings with Spain’s new 3D cadastral viewer’. Fernando Serrano and Javier Luque, General Directorate for Cadastre, Spain
‘Open data offers unprecedented opportunities in Latvia’. Līga Ostrovska, State Land Service Latvia
Webinar Recording (Opens in YouTube)

Joint Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for NMCAs
2023-09-26 13:30 - 2023-09-27 13:30
This workshop was held as an online only event.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a technological game changer; generating both excitement about possible beneficial applications, and sparking anxiety about the potential consequences.
This new workshop was a follow-up of two previous successful workshops on AI for National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies (NMCAs) that were jointly organised by EuroGeographics and EuroSDR in 2021 and 2022.
The third edition of this workshop, for staff members of NMCAs and academic institutions with an interest in AI in the geospatial sector, aimed to continue the conversation of AI within the context of NMCAs. By bringing together presentations and discussions about policy frameworks, research trends and experiences of implementing AI, this event focused on the role of AI on the business processes at European NMCAs.
The agenda is available in the concept note here. (25/09/2023)

DAY 1
PRESENTATIONS
PRESENTER
KB

1
AI in the European Public Sector: Insights from the JRC research
A. Paula Rodriguez Müller
2,7

2
Setting the scene AI in Government
Colin van Noordt
1,7

3
AI-Driven On-Demand Mapping for Canada
Alexandre Beaulieu
4,0

4
GeoAI – Capabilities Overview
Matt Woodlief
4,4

5
AI in the Spatial Industry
Seb Lessware
1,5

DAY 2

1
Key note: Governance of, with and by AI
Gianluca Misuraca
2,4

2
Structuring relevant AI problems : the FLAIR challenges for land cover mapping
Matthieu Porte
1,3

3
Building foot-print extraction using deep learning at Lantmäteriet
Adam Hedkvist
3,4

4
Enabling a positive impact on the natural environment, with the help of machine learning
Nicky Southam
3,8

5
GeoAI and Beyond: Advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals within the AI for Good Global Platform
Andrea Manara
3,7

6
Applications of AI in urban data spaces – the USAGE EU project
Fabio Remondino
8,0

5th Congress on Cadastre
2023-09-27 - 2023-09-29
5th Congress on Cadastre with international participation in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be held in Grand Hotel Neum in Neum.
Find more information including practicalities and registration fees here.

Webinars from UN-GGIM: Europe – Open Geospatial Data for cross-country comparable statistics as a contribution to a territorial approach to the SDGs
2023-10-04 13:00 - 14:30

Unlocking Border Management with Authoritative Spatial Data - joint EuroGeographics/Frontex webinar
2023-10-05 11:00 - 12:00
The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex), supports EU Member States and Schengen-associated countries in the management of the EU’s external borders and the fight against cross-border crime. Frontex is a center of excellence for border control activities at the EU’s external borders, sharing intelligence and expertise with all Member States and with neighboring non-EU countries affected by migratory trends and cross-border crime.
This webinar aimed to tackle how spatial data supports border management and featured a presentation from Frontex.
The agenda of this webinar was as follows:

Welcome & Introduction – EuroGeographics
Frontex GIS applications in support of the European Border and Coast Guard: Catarina Clemente, Senior GIS Expert and Team Leader at Frontex, the European Commission
Geospatial data and Border management: Lt. Col. Topi Räsänen, Border Security Expert from the Finnish Border Guard, Ministry of the Interior
Video Message from Guillaume Le Sourd, Geospatial Information Section, United Nations: “The importance of common geographies for boundary information”
Q&A session via SLI.do & closing

Webinar Recording (Opens in YouTube)

Technical Meeting of the EuroGeographics Data Producers 2023
2023-10-10 12:00 - 2023-10-11 13:00
The 2023 Technical Meeting of EuroGeographics Data Producers was hosted by our member the National Geographic Institute of Belgium at Maison des Associations Internationales (MAI), Rue Washington 40, 1050 Ixelles.
This meeting aimed to brief you on the production for 2023 for EBM, ERM and EGM.
On the morning of Wednesday, 11th October till lunchtime, the TDP meeting was combined with another event this year, the 4th International Workshop on Spatial Data Quality.
The agenda is available here (19/09/2023).
Below you may find the presentations in order of appearance:

No
Presentation Title
Presenter
KB

1
Opening and Welcome from EuroGeographics
Sallie Payne Snell, EuroGeographics
1,0

2
Welcome from NGI Belgium
Nathalie Delattre, IGN Belgium
607

3
The Progress towards the National Geoportal of NSDI in Ukraine
Andrii Cherin, StateGeoCadastre Ukraine

4
Production 2023 – 2024, EBM & ERM
Tim Trautmann, BKG Germany

5
EuroGlobalMap Update
Vincent Beauce, IGN France
299

6
Technical Issues Concerning EBM and ERM (including PMS)
Tim Trautmann, BKG Germany
274

7
OME2 Introduction
Victoria Persson, EuroGeographics
414

8
OME Interface Enhancements and Machine-Readable Open Data License
Fiona Hemsley-Flint, Idox France
2,1

9
OME Production Process and Prototype
Noémie Gremeaux, IGN France
976

10
OME2 Quality Tool
Tony Baving, Kadaster Netherlands
269

11
Open Cadastral Map
Hara Papadaki, Hellenic Cadaster
2,0

12
External Stakeholders and Knowledge Exchange
Carol Agius, EuroGeographics
1,7

13
Beyond OME2 – Sustainability of Project Outputs
Angela Baker, EuroGeographics
1,3

4th International Workshop on Spatial Data Quality
2023-10-11 09:00 - 2023-10-12 14:00
Following previous successful workshops in 2015, 2018 and 2020, EuroGeographics and EuroSDR were pleased to announce another workshop on spatial data quality held at the International Associations Centre, 40 Rue Washington, Brussels, Belgium on 11 – 12 October 2023.
This one-and-a-half-day workshop was organised by the EuroGeographics Quality Knowledge Exchange Network and the Technical Data Knowledge Exchange Network together with the EuroSDR. The aim was to bring together producers, users, academia and software suppliers to expand on the ongoing debate on spatial data quality. Original and innovative contributions on the issue formed the basis of the workshop.
The concept note, including the topic areas being covered by this workshop can be found here.
The agenda can be found here.
Below are all the presentations of the workshop.

DAY 1

Presentation
Presenter
KB

1
Understanding the challenges in creating pan-European datasets
Carol Agius, EuroGeographics
805

2
User-driven redefinition of quality requirements and specification: how to make EuroRegionalMap future-proof
Tim Trautmann, BKG Germany
1,6

3
Some activities on geographical data quality at Eurostat GISCO
Julien Gaffuri, Eurostat GISCO
4,8

4
Managing life-cycle information: from the French BDUni to the OME2 project
Noemie Gremeaux, IGN France
946

5
The need to harmonize spatial dataa for effective cross-border cooperation
LyubkNa Pashova, Nat. Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy & Geography, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
4,2

6
Spatial data quality – Albania
Denisa Kukaj, State Authority for Geospatial Information, Albania
3,4

7
Role of quality assurance and dashboards in data ecosystems
Alpo Turunen, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute

8
Rules-based spatial data quality engineering – implementation of data quality
Seb Lessware, 1Spatial
1,4

9
Generic evaluation of the arc-node data type quality applied to water or waste water networks
Mathieu Le Moal, Pôle systymes d’information AXES Conseil

10
Use of Sentinel images for the new CAP monitoring system: quality issues and potential solutions
Dominique Laurent, IGN France
1,1

11
The role of data transformation and harmonisation to promote, support and enable spatial data quality improvement in the UK’s NUAR programme
Neil Brammal, Amy Manefield, Geospatial Commission
1,2

DAY 2

1

Quality estimation of OSM for use in the federal administration
Lena Jossek, BKG Germany
1,1

2

Assessment of OSM road network quality in comparison to Hellenic Cadastre open data
Andriani Skopeliti, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
3,2

3

Dira ProSuite: Advancing geodata production and cartographic refinement
Emmanuel Mahler & Paola Dürlewanger, Dira Geosystem AG
1,1

4
Implementation of a framework for data classification and support system
Jan Hjelmager, Danish Agency for Data Supply & Infrastructure
236

5
Implementation of a new metadata framework
Lars Erik Storgaard, Danish Agency for Data Supply & Infrasructure
2,3

6
ISO 19157-3 Quality measure register
Torsten Svard, Landmateriet, NLS Sweden
825

7
Implementation of quality model for evaluating and documenting quality in map composition process
Ioannis Kavadas, Hellenic Cadaster
5,5

Enhancing the Implementation of the SDGs with Authoritative Geospatial Data - Working Lunch at the European Parliament, Strasbourg
2023-10-18 13:30 - 15:30
This event demonstrates the role of official national geospatial data in the implementation of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Organised under the patronage of Cristian Bușoi, Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), the event welcomes debate with our stakeholders from the European Parliament and builds on the successful Maps for a Data-Driven Europe event held last year.
The event will be hosted at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, adhering to the following tentative format:
Opening remarks

Cristian Bușoi, Event Host, MEP & Chair of European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Colin Bray, President of EuroGeographics: Connecting people and place to ensure a sustainable, safer and fairer world – the role of National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authorities

Welcome to Strasbourg:

Sébastien Soriano, National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information France

United Nations development framework:

Tomaz Petek, Chair of UN-GGIM: Europe’s Executive Committee: Why geospatial data is integral to a stronger and more inclusive post 2030 development framework

Case studies from EuroGeographics members

Ingrid Vanden Berghe, National Geographic Institute of Belgium: be – The Belgian National Access Point for Intelligent Transport Systems (NAP ITS)
Frank Tierolff, Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency from the Netherlands (tbc)
Anja Hopfstock, Federal Agency for Cartography from Germany: Pioneering the Future: Germany’s Path to a Nationwide Digital Twin

Q&A
Closing remarks
Informal discussions & Networking
All the outcomes will be shared extensively with both EuroGeographics members and the broader public.

Members' Case Study Webinar - Special mapping combining Machine Learning with Earth Observation and Registration of special land use conditions on the cadastral map
2023-10-19 10:30 - 23:30
This edition of our popular Members webinar brought two interesting views on special mapping:
Special mapping combining Machine Learning with Earth Observation for the Land Parcel Identification System LPIS and Registration of special land use conditions on the cadastral map.
We viewed two presentations introducing use cases from our members:

Delivery of national datasets using Machine Learning and Earth Observation; Dr. Daniel Kristóf, Lechner Knowledge Centre Ltd Hungary
A coherent system for the registration of territories and provision of services implemented; Alvydas Janulevicius, Saulius Milevicius, State Enterprise Centre of Registers Lithuania

Webinar Recording (Opens in YouTube)

Webinars from UN-GGIM: Europe – Geospatial information for territorial policy support in the context of SDGs
2023-10-25 13:00 - 14:30

Joint PCC-EuroGeographics CLRKEN conference
2023-10-25 17:00 - 2023-10-27 15:00 | Madrid, Spain
The autumn Joint PCC and EuroGeographics Cadastre and Land Registry KEN conference and plenary under the EU Presidency of Spain was held as a 2-day event in Madrid, Spain, hosted by the General Directorate for Cadastre as a physical meeting only.
Find the message from Mr. Fernando de Aragón, General Director of the Cadastre of Spain about the Spanish Presidency here.
Final agenda is available here. Summary of the results of the questionnaire is here.
Link to the videorecord of the whole event is available as well, find the link below.
Presentations
Day 1

No
Title
Presenter

0
Results of the Questionnaire
Amalia Velasco

1
Belgian and foreign cadastral income: valuation of properties in Belgium and abroad
Jolien Neckebroeck

2
The Role of the Cadastre (DLS Valuation Section) in Real Estate Taxation and other government
fiscal policies in Cyprus.
Neoclis Neocleus and Varnavas Pashoulis

3
Property taxation in Finland
Pekka Halme

4
The Role of the Cadastre in Real Estate Taxation in Latvia.
Vents Priedoliņš

5
The role of the cadastre for the needs of real estate valuation and taxation in Slovenia.
Dusan Mitrovic

6
Swedish system for mass valuation and property taxation.
Hans Söderblom

7
The Role of the StateGeoCadastre of Ukraine in Taxation – State of Play and Further Plan.
Serhij Prokopenko

Day 2

No
Title
Presenter

1
EuroGeographics updates; OME 2 – Open Cadastral Map
Patricia Sokacova, Javier Luque

2
Main potential users of the European Cadastral Map: Copernicus/EEA
Jose Miguel Rubio Iglesias

3
CLGE: Working for the Profession
Jean-Yves Pirlot

4
International Panorama of Cadastre in 3D.
Peter Van Oosterom,

5
3D Spanish Cadastre and GEOE3 project
Javier Luque

6
3D cadastre for the Energy Preformance of Buildings
. Laura Romero Rodríguez, Rafael Antonio

7
Cadastre and Land Registry KEN – change on the top
Patricia Sokacova

Recording of the whole conference
ZIP file

TDKEN webinar & on-line discussion on Generalisation and Harmonisation
2023-10-26 10:30 - 12:15
Through many years of experience in delivering pan-European datasets, EuroGeographics, its technical data production team and users, have identified technical challenges in producing seamless and harmonised datasets from official national sources. These challenges have been grouped into five main topic areas: generalisation, edge-matching, harmonisation, quality and life-cycle management.
We recently ran a survey asking your views on the five topic areas which are barriers to seamless pan-European data. The high-level results were presented at the TDKEN/SDQ 2023 meeting last week. We are now embarking on a series of on-line meetings to delve into the results of each of the topic area to identify the gaps and issues for each of the topic areas. And see how we can advance knowledge exchange and learnings in the topic areas.
We invited EuroGeographics members and external stakeholders to the first of these on-line meetings which looked at generalisation and harmonisation.
The agenda was as follows:
Agenda:
10:30 – Welcome to the meeting
10:35 – Introduction to the topic Generalisation
10:45 – Facilitated discussion – All are invited to contribute.
11:15 – Comfort break
11:25 – Introduction to the topic Harmonisation
11:35 – Facilitated discussion – All are invited to contribute.
12:05 – Next steps
12:15 – Meeting close
The presentation of the webinar can be found here.

Webinars from UN-GGIM: Linked Data in the European spatial data infrastructure – an operational view
2023-11-07 13:00 - 14:30
You will find information on this event here.

Members Webinar Series: Empowering an Interoperable Europe
2023-11-10 11:00 - 12:40
Interoperability within the public sector is a crucial element in realising successful digital transformation. It is challenging to envision an integrated, digitally-driven public system without a seamless exchange of interoperable data.
Currently, the European Parliament and Council are scrutinising the Interoperable Europe Act Proposal, which introduces a strategic mechanism for fostering interoperability collaboration across the European Union.
This webinar, entitled “Empowering an Interoperable Europe”, featured a presentation by Andrea Halmos, deputy head of DG DIGIT’s Interoperability Unit that initiated the Act Proposal. Additionally, representatives from various National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies (NMCAs) shared their insights and contributions, focusing on topics related to interoperability.

The agenda of this webinar was as follows:
Welcome & Introduction – Angela Baker, EuroGeographics
• Andrea Halmos, Deputy Head of Interoperability Unit, DG DIGIT, the European Commission: “The Interoperable Europe Act – a key enabler of digital government transformation“
• Antti Jakobsson, Chief Engineer at the National Land Survey of Finland: “Creating Interoperability based on National Services using Data Spaces – example from GeoE3”
• Ana Velasco, Geodesy and Cartography Engineer at the National Geographic Institute of Spain: “Time flies at the digital library of historical aerial imagery of Spain“
• Ulla Kronborg Mazzoli, Chief Advisor for the Danish Agency for Data Supply and Infrastructure: “Spatial Data Infrastructure – the great enabler?“
• Q&A session via SLI.do & closing
Webinar Recording (Opens in YouTube)

Webinars from UN-GGIM: Europe – United Nations Geospatial Network Data Hub: “One UN Geospatial Situation Room”
2023-11-15 13:00 - 14:30

TD KEN Webinar - Edgematching, Quality, & Life Cycle Management
2023-11-16 10:30 - 12:30
Through many years of experience in delivering pan-European datasets, EuroGeographics, its technical data production team and users, have identified technical challenges in producing seamless and harmonised datasets from official national sources. These challenges have been grouped into five main topic areas: generalisation, edge-matching, harmonisation, quality and life-cycle management.
We recently ran a survey asking your views on the five topic areas which are barriers to seamless pan-European data. The high-level results were presented at the TDKEN/SDQ 2023 meeting last week. We are now embarking on a series of on-line meetings to delve into the results of each of the topic area to identify the gaps and issues for each of the topic areas. And see how we can advance knowledge exchange and learnings in the topic areas.
We invited EuroGeographics members and external stakeholders on October 26th to the first of these on-line meetings which looked at generalisation and harmonisation. This second on-line meeting dealt with the topics of Edgematching, Quality, & Life Cycle Management.
The agenda was as follows:

Welcome to the meeting
Introduction to the topic Edge-matching
Facilitated discussion – All are invited to contribute
Introduction to the topic Quality
Facilitated discussion – All are invited to contribute
Comfort break
Introduction to the topic Life-cycle management
Facilitated discussion – All are invited to contribute
Next steps
Meeting close

The presentation of the webinar can be found here.

Implementation of Data to Copernicus - Joint EuroGeographics/EEA Webinar
2023-11-23 10:30 - 11:30
The relationship and cooperation with the EEA has continued to flourish through the contract EuroGeographics has with eGEOS. One of our key aims is to ensure your authoritative data is used by the Copernicus services. This webinar focused on the practicalities of how CORDA can access your data, including the process CORDA will follow, confirming technical contacts and what to do when there is a technical challenge. There was an opportunity to ask questions about anything related to the work EuroGeographics is undertaking for the EEA.
The agenda was as follows:

Welcome and Introduction, Angela Baker – EuroGeographics
Relevance of the Copernicus Services to NMCAs, Jose Miguel Rubio Iglesias, European Environment Agency
Access to data explained, Angela Baker – EuroGeographics
Positive impact of access to data; an example, Olga Lopez De Turiso – CORDA
Update on the eGeos work, Angela Baker – EuroGeographics
Q&A session via SLI.do & closing, Angela Baker, Jose Miguel Rubio Iglesias, Olga Lopez De Turiso

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