GI-value for society
A joint CERCO/EUROGI study
Kari Strande
FIG Commission 3, Athens
October 2000
GI-Value for Society
overall objective
 Raise awareness on the value of GI for society
 European Policy on GI compatible with national policies
 Efficient contacts with all DG of the Commision
 Key players in the GI community
 Public sector providers
 Maintanance of core GI and services
Examples of usage and benefits of GI as a communication tool
GI-Value for Society
Objectives
 Examples of GI usage and benefits
 Several areas of usage
 Documented value
 Quantity
 Quality
 Lobbying documentation for high level contact
 Exchange of experiences
 Hand outs of examples
 Computerised slide show
 Web site linked to actual references
 Web site linked to more examples
GI-Value for Society
Case study template
Title of the case study
1. Description of application
2. Benefits of the use of digital GI
Strategic impact
Economic impact
Other impacts
3. Users
4. Data needed
5. Relevant background information
6. References
7. Illustrations
GI-Value for Society
Area of application Detail
Country
providing
Agriculture
Subsidies for mountain farms
Austria
Communications
Mobile phone cell placement
Finland
Crisis management
Flood control
France
Avalanche risk assessment
Switzerland
Rescue and Emergency Operations
Norway
Military defence
Planning, command and field systems
Sweden
Environment
Noise & Air quality
UK
Coastal protection
Denmark
Housing
Maintenance of public housing
UK
Planning
Physical planning in the municipalities
Sweden
Transport
Route selection
Norway
Value for society
 Beach Protection Zone Registration
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Cost savings on definition of the beach protection zone
More efficient way to deal with complaints
Improved service to parcel owners
Data updated each day
Easy distribution to local authorities
Flood exposure and control
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More efficient land planning in flood threatened areas
More efficient assessment of costs of flood damages
Better informed decisions for Governmental officers
Better evaluation of flood risks and better scaling of insurance
price list for buildings
Value for society
Flood exposure and control
Flood monitoring
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SPOT 27. June 1995 - Flisa, Norway
©Statens kartverk 1997 SPOT ® ©CNES 1995 ©SSCSatellitbild 1995
• In 1995 large areas along the
river systems in south-east
Norway suffered from
flooding. SPOT-data were
used for recording the flood
damages.
• The severe damages are
shown in red at the
classified map.
Clay slide exposed areas
Value for society
Better municipal planning and awareness
School planning
Fire emergency
Better city planning and road construction
3D-terrain model
Value for society
Traffic noise - Impact assessment
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Impact assessment
 Indicate necessary adjustments
 Reduced analysing time
Value for Society
More effective distribution of goods
Value for society
Electronic road net - efficient road transportation
Assessment of “Tranportdemonstrator”
 Increased utilisation of vehicles,reduced transport distance
 Cost savings (unto 30 per cent)
 Better service to customers and quality of service
 Increased turnover
 Better overview of the vehicles
 Increased competitiveness
 Rescue vehicles faster to the spot
 Short time of pay back on investments.
Value for Society
More effective rescue operations
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Position of all rescue units are known
Position of addresses are displayed
Rescue unit arrives faster
Lives are saved
Mo Industritransport
Store management by GPS and digital maps
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Reduced cost
Reduced mistakes
Better capasity
GI-Value for Society
www.statkart.no/cerco/
www.vegvesen.no/elveg
www.eurogi.org