Vacancy: EuroGeographics Services Development Consultant

EuroGeographics is the membership Association of the National Mapping, Land Registry and Cadastral Agencies from across Europe. EuroGeographics’ mission is to further the development of the European Spatial Data Infrastructure through collaboration in the area of geographical information, including topographic information, cadastre and land information.

We are looking for a consultant to lead EuroGeographics’ contribution in data supply and data contributors’ activities to the “Open European Location Services (Open ELS) project” which is co-financed by the European Union’s Connecting Europe Facility. 

 A description of the work and the required skill set can be downloaded here. 

If you are interested in this contract opportunity from 1 September 2018 – 31 May 2018 please email a short covering letter detailing relevant experience, your day rate and any additional contract costs in euro, and a copy of your CV to Sallie Payne sallie.payne@eurogeographics.org by 20th August 2018. For further information please contact Helen Kaestner, ELS Transition Programme Manager, Helen.Kaestner@eurogeographics.org

Save the date: Workshop on Smart Land Administration

Join this side event on 3 December 2018 at the world’s leading annual start-up event, Slush and learn how technology is changing land administration. The event is sponsored by local industry and the National Land Survey of Finland.

The agenda includes:

• Discussion on impact of disruptive technologies by the top global influencers in the industry.
• Evaluation ofthe impact of platform economy to land administration operations, as well on the government as the private and NGO sectors.
• Examples, visions and new ways of using geospatial data to maximise benefits.
  Places are limited and registration opens in September.

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Open ELS Project publishes data policy

Harmonised geospatial data from official national sources will be free to access and available under an open licence through the Open European Location Services (Open ELS) Project.

The newly-published Open ELS data policy sets out the principals for accessing and reusing the data and services delivered by the Open ELS Project. In doing so, it provides certainty, to both users and the participating National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registry Authorities, about what open data is free and under what terms and conditions.

“This document defines open data available from the Open ELS Project, as well as a common vision and approach for licensing it,” says Dominik Kopczewski, Policy Development Manager at the international not-for-profit organisation, EuroGeographics, which is co-ordinating the Open ELS Project.

“It was developed with feedback from National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registry Authorities and complements their national activities whilst also respecting their national policy, legislative and business requirements.”

Read the Open ELS Data Policy and summary of research on scope of open geospatial data from official national sources across Europe.

Meeting with Geodesy, Cartography & Cadastre Agency (GCCA) Bulgaria

A delegation from EuroGeographics, led by Mick Cory, Secretary General and Executive Director, met recently with the senior team at the Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Agency (GCCA) of Bulgaria and senior representatives of the Bulgarian Military Geographic Service.

Mick, who was accompanied by Patricia Sokacova, Membership and Communications Manager and Angela Baker, Sales, Marketing and Channel Manager, outlined EuroGeographics' new strategy and how it represents members' interests, builds and shares knowledge and facilitates access to members’ data and services. He also spoke about current demands for up to date members’ data from the European Commission and related institutions.

2018 Extraordinary General Assembly and member workshops

Representatives from 34 member organisations participated in EuroGeographics 2018 Extraordinary General Assembly, held in Leuven, Belgium. 

As well as launching a new logo and branding, the two-day event also gave a preview of the Association’s new website. Keynote speaker, Michael Standar, Chief Strategy and External Affairs, SESAR presented on joint undertakings and international collaboration.

Members also heard updates on products and the European Location Framework whilst Eurostat and Copernicus explained how geospatial data from official sources is used within the European Commission.

The agenda also included discussions on legislation, partnerships, UN-GGIM: Europe and a lively session on Knowledge Exchange.

The Extraordinary General Assembly was followed by workshops on development and funding and disruptive technologies.

Open Data and European Location Services, Digital Single Market

Come and discuss the topics and issues related to Open European Location Services (ELS), Open Data Policy and Licensing workshop on 22 March 2018 in Brussels.

Meeting will provide an opportunity to learn about the open data policy and licensing framework for the Open ELS Project. These have been drafted using the results of our recent survey on open data already available from official national sources across geographical Europe.

On 23 March a joint Policy and Business Interoperability Knowledge Exchange Network (PolKEN+BIKEN) meeting will follow at the sme venue, focused on Digital Single Market Report,Copernicus, GDPR and other imporant themes of the geo-community.

Don't miss the opportunity to learn and dicsuss with colleagues and experts from whole Europe. If you haven't register yet, do so as soon as possible.

More details on the Open Data Workshop…

Registration and details of the Joint meeting PolKEN and BIKEN…

Targeted audience for both meetings are the EuroGeographics members and invited guests.

Come and Learn About Use of Algorithms on Big DEMs

EuroSDR invites you to a workshop discussing:

“Use of algorithms on big DEMs – Better utilization of national detailed elevation models”

The workshop will be arranged on 4th-5th April 2018 as a noon to noon meeting at the County Governor’s office in Tønsberg, Norway.

We welcome speakers from industry, academia and government.

Possible topics (not in prioritized order): Discuss the use of algorithms on big DEM’s, in the following applications:

1. Automatic detection of waterbodies in LiDAR
2. Improvement of hydro network
3. Mapping of poles and powerlines
4. Obstacles for aviation – International view ICAO
5. DEM from image matching – Multispectral Analysis
6. Copernicus – Creating DTM’s on hydrography
7. Cloud computing (AWS) – Automatic corrections in preparation of DTM’s
8. DEM Analysis using Machine or deep Learning Algorithms
9. New data acquisition techniques and their processing (multispectral ALS, single- photon lidar)

Don't miss the opportunity to learn and discuss, deadline for submitting abstracts is today 1st March.

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European Location Services Transition Updates

EuroGeographics INSPIRE KEN is organising a webinar – ‘Progress in ELS transition’ – with the main goal to update you on outcomes and achievements since the end of the ELF project in October 2016.

This webinar will be held on Monday 12 March, from 13.00 to 14.30 CET.

It is targeted to EuroGeographics members, i.e. to National Mapping and Cadastre Authorities.

Don't miss the opportunity to learn about the European Location Services latest news!Book your seat in the virtual conference room as soon as possible.

More information and registration…