ENHANCING
AUSTRALIA’S
ECONOMIC
PROSPERITY
Australian Government
Working towards a Spatial Data Infrastructure
Drivers at the federal government level
Lawrence
Review
Geoscience
Australia
Review
Address
ANZLIC Spatial
Marketplace
Australian
Government
ICT Strategic
Vision
APS 200
Location Project
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Regional
Australia
Spatial
Accounting
APS 200 Location Project Report
Recommendations
“The APS 200 Location Project Team recommends a range of
measures to address the policy, governance and technical issues
within a whole-of-government framework.
The Strategic Review of Geoscience Australia complements the
outcomes of the APS 200 Location Project recommending:
•
that the APS 200 Location project consider the case for
designating a central policy centre or office to provide direction at
a whole-of-government level for the creation, purchase and
management of spatial data across departments and agencies;
•
the office should absorb the functions of OSDM.”
APS 200 Location Project Report
Outcomes
As a result of these recommendations the Office of Spatial Policy
(OSP) was established and is located within the Department of
Resources, Energy and Tourism.
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OSP will develop a whole-of-Australian Government location
information framework.
•
The Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism will provide
the policy lead (consistent with the Cabinet decision resulting from
the Review of Geoscience Australia) and develop a detailed
implementation plan (including formal governance arrangements)
supported by key stakeholder agencies for Secretaries
consideration by February 2012.
APS 200 Location Project Report
Location information principles
Principle
One
Good governance
National leadership and coordination is essential for the
development of an integrated location information
environment which can better assist government to
undertake its business
Principle
Two
Fundamental location data
Fundamental datasets that are critical should be geocoded,
linking information to location
Principle
Three
Stewardship & custodial
responsibilities
Established roles in data stewardship and custodianship will
realise greater integrity and confidence in the administration
and delivery of authoritative location information
Principle
Four
Location information access & sharing
Government is committed to the implementation of
transparency reforms and sharing principles
Principle
Five
Standards & interoperability
Consistent guidelines on location information standards and
interoperability frameworks will optimise access, reduce
costs, remove duplication, and improve data quality
Principle
Six
Licensing & investment
An open data licensing culture for location information can
realise innovation, productivity, and investment gains in
areas not traditionally considered
Principle
Seven
Government capacity & capability
Government will increase its knowledge, capacity and
capability in acquiring, managing and delivering location
information
APS 200 Location Project
APS 200
Steering Committee
Secretary DRET
Office of
Spatial Policy
ANZLIC
Working
Groups
Council
Geoscience
Australia
Spatial Data
Management Group
Working
Groups
Working
Groups
Working
Groups
Working
Groups
Location information principles
ANZLIC Council and the SDMG have specified twelve
datasets as fundamental:
Geodetic
Imagery
Cadastre
Administration Boundary’s
Address
Hydrography / Bathymetry
Transport
Hydrology
Names
Built
Elevation
Landcover
Location information principles
OSP and ANZLIC are undertaking a
stakeholder review of the existing Guidelines for
Custodianship with a view to adopting best
practice.
Location information principles
OSP is currently developing open source solutions for
access and sharing of data as a proof of concept for
the Australian Government.
- GeoNetwork
- xMET
- harvesting metadata from other repositories
including Geoportal
Location information principles
The policies developed by OSP will recommend the
use of appropriate national and international standards.
To this end OSP will continue to represent the
Australian Government on Australian and international
standards committees.
- International Organisation for Standardization (ISO)
- Standards Australia
- Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
Location information principles
www.ausgoal.gov.au
AusGOAL, the Australian Governments Open Access
and Licensing Framework, provides support and
guidance to government and related sectors to
facilitate open access to publicly funded information.
OSP has been tasked to investigate a Whole of
Government licence for G-NAF and the tools required
to support the use of this dataset.
Location information principles
OSP will develop a roadmap that will
• Identify where agencies have gaps in their
understanding of ‘spatial’
• Work with the champions to test and develop
implementations of the policy
• Develop a migration path to assist less spatially
literate agencies to advance their understanding
• Where appropriate provide an alternate means for
publishing agency data
OSP’s Role
OSP will develop
• a whole-of-Australian Government location information
framework.”
• guiding policy around obtaining and sharing data to
inform policy decision
• provide guidance on implementation of the policies and
framework
• liaise with groups developing domain specific spatial
coverages to ensure alignment
ANZLIC
– the Spatial Information Council
• Partner in developing the specifications for the twelve
framework datasets
– ICSM and working groups
• Spatial Market Place demonstrator
• Continued support of the current Spatial Standards
Policy implementation
GA will partner with OSP to
• lead the development of the specification for the twelve
framework datasets
• take responsibility for development and maintenance of
a subset of those datasets
• Work with OSP, ANZLIC and PSMA, as appropriate,
to deliver those fundamental datasets
ENHANCING
AUSTRALIA’S
ECONOMIC
PROSPERITY
Spatial Data Management –
Metadata Entry Tools
Challenges over time
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Different data models and systems for access and discovery across
every jurisdiction
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Emergency response coordination across borders
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Planning for infrastructure and services
Possible solution  spatial metadata
Spatial Metadata
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A Short History
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Spatial Data Transfer Standard
(SDTS – early 1990’s)
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Metadata Transfer protocols (Z39.50 – 1995)
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Australian Coastal Atlas – (1996)
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Australian Spatial Data Directory
(ASDD – operational 1996, Launched 1998)
Why (Spatial) Metadata?
Well structured and standardised metadata supports
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Discovery and Access
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Machine to Machine applications
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Resource management
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and saves time…
courtesy of www.officemuseum.com
Why spatial metadata?
An estimated 70-80% of all government transactions have a land or
geographic component.
Block &
Section
Credit Card
billing to pay
rates…
Education
Records
Rates,
Power, Water
Address
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Medicare
Number
Dental
Records
Shopfront
taking post
code on enquiry
Employee
Records
Income Tax
Electoral
Roll
Why not just Google it?
“PSMA, Sensis or OpenStreetMap:
what makes Spatial Data “Authoritative”?
04 January 2011 | Blog | “Spatial Information in the 21st Century”
You are probably aware that recently in Australia,
Google switched map data providers. They ditched the
government owned data provider PSMA in favour of
Sensis' Whereis, and this data will (at least in part) be
maintained by users themselves.”
http://spatial21.blogspot.com/2011/01/psma-sensis-or-openstreetmap-what-makes.html
News hit the forums 09 Dec 2010  http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1593823
Why not just Google it?
Google Maps data source
“It is important for users of Google Maps to be aware of
these significant changes particularly if they are requiring
current or accurate address or property data. Users of
Google Maps will now be using different data to Queensland
Government agencies.
This could create inconsistencies in official dealings,
particularly in land related matters and potentially in critical
applications such as emergency response.”
http://www.qsic.qld.gov.au/advice/google_maps_data_source.html
Obstacles NOW
• Interoperability - which standard?
• How do you collect the metadata?
• How do people find your stuff?
Which Standard?
ANZLIC Metadata is a profile of ISO 19115 and is the
preferred international standard for spatial resources
It has richness and structure
It has been mapped to DC / AGLS (mapping the other
way does not work so well) and we’re working on
AIXM and SDMX
Collecting and discovering
• Provide Simple Tools, Documentation and Training
• to capture and edit metadata &
• to publish and discover metadata
ANZMet Lite
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Based on a tool developed by Defence
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Supports several profiles
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Very easy to use
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Recommended in the NSW Metadata Policy
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Is a good stand-alone application
– Field capture
– Small organisations
– Contract support
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Supports upload of records to a search tool (ASDD)
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Not as flexible or extensible as we had hoped
Metadata Collection tools: ANZMet Lite
ANZMet Lite: MET Settings
ANZMet Lite: Navigation & Report
xMET
• Easy to use
• Open Source
• Mirrors ANZMet Lite functionality
• Uploads to ASDD
• Is configurable for
– other profiles
– other standards (If you have the XML implementation or XSD’s)
– community of interest terminology in the UI
xMET
xMET | Mandatory
xMET | publishing
xMET | Customisation
xMET | Customisation
Discovery and Access - ASDD
• ASDD is the Australian Spatial Data Directory
• 10 years old
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Old technology
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Under re-development
• Open Source – GeoNetwork
• Supports M2M searching
• Delivers data through WMS / WFS applications
Metadata Discovery - ASDD in GeoNetwork
ASDD in GeoNetwork – Advanced Query
ASDD in GeoNetwork - Results
ASDD in GeoNetwork - Visualisation
Communication with stakeholders
Wiki / Forums
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•
ANZMet Lite
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ANZMet Lite users forum
–
ANZLIC Profile Guidelines update
xMET
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Sent out to stakeholders for initial bug
finding and useability
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Blog for testing and the metadata
Communication with stakeholders GeoNetwork Users Group
• There are more than 20 users and developers of GeoNetwork in
Australia and New Zealand.
• Already existing user mailing lists for different levels of developer /
implementation
• GeoNetwork User Group
– First meeting 25 March, followed
up with 8 July teleconference
– Aiming for 3 meetings a year
– Show and tell + technical workshop.
Summary
• Obstacles
• Which standard?
• How do you collect the metadata?
• How do people find your stuff?
• Solutions
• Standard x-walks to ensure interoperability
• Simple, easy to use tools
• Open communication and preparedness to share
Questions?
John Weaver
Office of Spatial Policy