Case Study Member National Open Data

SAPOS®, the satellite positioning service operated by the surveying authorities of the Länder of the Federal Republic of Germany (AdV), is now available free of charge and being used extensively for smart farming.

SAPOS® provides the official spatial reference for everyone using modern technology. The service is considered an infrastructure basic provision and is part of the legal remit of the German authoritative survey with AdV and the BDVI, an association of about 1300 publicly appointed surveyors in Germany, having an official agreement to use it. SAPOS® has been registered since 1997 and the brand is well-established nationally.

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Case Study Member National Open Data

The Agency for Data Supply and Efficiency (SDFE) is committed to open data – and has analysed its economic value, demonstrating how open data multiplies the number of users and the value for society.

It is a key contributor to the Danish Digitisation Programme, and through the Basic Data Programme responsible for the national Data Distributor. This one-stop distribution channel, gives access to a range of interoperable basic public data, ranging from information about individuals, businesses and real property, to geospatial data on buildings.

With the Data Distributor, Denmark is now sharing the high quality authoritative Basic Data available, providing the foundation for digital transformation. This will support the creation of innovative and coherent digital solutions across the public and private sector.works to create a core part of the data foundation for growth and development in the Danish society.

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Case Study Benefits of EuroGeographics Membership

“Ukraine’s inclusion in EuroGeographics’ datasets not only promotes the integration and use of our national data within the European Institutions, but also demonstrates our commitment to international collaboration.”

Oleksii Pinchuk, Head of Directorate for European Integration and International Cooperation, StateGeoCadastre, Ukraine

Challenge

StateGeoCadastre Ukraine wanted to contribute its data to EuroRegionalMap (ERM), EuroGeographics’ pan-European multi-themed topographic mapping. The 1:250 000 scale dataset is created using harmonised national geospatial information, and StateGeoCadastre had to overcome a series of challenges to ensure its data met the required technical specifications.

Solution

Following the adoption of the law on the National Geospatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI), StateGeoCadastre is working alongside the Norwegian Mapping Authority on the implementation of the International Geospatial Integrated Framework (IGIF). The IGIF plays a crucial role as the‘handbook’ for creating an NSDI system in Ukraine.

As a result of this work, which includes the development of a state GNSS network and topographic map to ISO: 19100 standards, Ukraine can now provide updated data with the correct thematic attributes to ERM. In addition, the national data is supplied in a format which enables it to be harmonised to ERM’s standard specifications using EuroGeographics unique data integration process.

Benefits

  • Promotes Ukraine’s national data to new users through its inclusion in a pan-European dataset
  • Enables integration of national data to the European Spatial Data Infrastructure
  • Demonstrates Ukraine’s commitment to adopting modern, technical international specifications for data harmonisation.
  • Supports the creation of Integrated Hydrographic Network on the state border.

 

Case Study Member National Data

High resolution, high accuracy height data is now able free of charge thanks to a collaboration involving the National Land Survey.

Working with the Icelandic Meteorological Office and the Polar Geospatial Center, University of Minnesota, it has used new techniques to integrate high resolution and open Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) from the ArcticDEM, into new National Data, as well as combining it with existing lidar data, mainly from glacial areas. The methods developed are highly automatised and use adjustments of the individual DEMs, as well as robust mosaicking of the ArcticDEM, to take advantage of the multi-temporal data available.

As a result, Iceland has now launched it first free of charge, high resolution (2x2m), high accuracy (>1 m accuracy in elevation) DEM. The resulting country-wide DEM mosaic has numerous applications, from geology to hydrology and land management. 

Find out more at http://atlas.lmi.is/dem

Full case study from EuroGeographics 2019 Annual Review