Spatial Data Infrastructures in South East Europe
Potential for the Development of Transition Countries
U.Boes, URSIT Ltd., Sofia, BulgariaR.Pavlova, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
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Spatial Data Infrastructuresin South East Europe
South East Europe Spatial Data Infrastructures The project GISEE The situation in SEE The way forward
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Countries of South East Europe
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia&Montenegro, Turkey
Member of the EU: Greece
Candidates to the EU: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Western Balkans: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia&Montenegro
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The general Picture
Diverse region of 126 million people Most countries under pre-transition
income level Average yearly income $2,200 Cash based economies Order of economic achievement:
Greece, Croatia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania
The region is looking towards membership in the EU
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Background
South East Europe is a region in development towards the European Union - EU enlargement
Information Society is important for the future development of the region
Spatial data are important for the Information Society– Development of a European SDI -INSPIRE
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Spatial Data Infrastructure
eEurope – Information Society in Europe Environment
– Water Framework Directive– INSPIRE– Study of SDIs in Europe
Projects: – ETeMII, GINIE, GETIS,…..
EuroGeographics– EuroGlobalMap, EuroRegioMap, EuroSpec
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SDI in SEE
Project GISEEGIS Technology and Market in South East Europe
A Study contributing to the SDI in South East Europe
IST - 2001 – 37994
September 2002 – October 2003
The GISEE study corresponds to the need for making data available via a spatial data infrastructure both in the countries and the region.
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GISEE: Objectives Provide a comprehensive documentation of the
spatial data infrastructures in the countries of South East Europe– data, actors and applications, legislation, standards
Target Countries:– Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia&Montenegro, Turkey
Determine obstacles and favourable conditions for the use of spatial data in the target countries and in the region
Policy recommendations and roadmap for establishing national spatial data infrastructures
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GISEE: Partners
Technical University of Sofia - Co-ordinator; URSIT Ltd., Sofia, Bulgaria GISIG (Geographical Information Systems
International Group) EuroGeographics National Coordinators in Albania, Bosnia-
Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia&Montenegro, Turkey
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Approach
Desk research and survey in all target countries about the availability and use of spatial data and the situation of a NSDI
Analysis of the survey results Definition of policy recommendations and
a roadmap- to improve the NSDI in the countries and to
propose a
– foundation for the establishment of a REGIONAL SDI
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Expected results
Status of SDIs in South East Europe
Inventory of spatial data and their use in South East Europe
Policy recommendations and roadmap
Final report and database accessible via GISEE web site www.gisig.it/gisee
South East European Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference
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Spatial Data Infrastructure in South East Europe
Legal situation Data and technology availability
– survey results Roadmap to the future Digital Atlas of South East Europe
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The legal situation
Constitutions guarantee basic information rights
EU accession drives the legislation Some countries advanced
– Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria Special laws for spatial data in
– Bosnia-Herzegovina: physical planning– Bulgaria: cadastre, geodesy
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The GISEE Survey
Terms of Reference – data definition Local survey by national coordinators Questionnaire
Organizations, technology, data organi-zation, spatial data and metadata
Web based data collection Local survey by national coordinators Central analysis
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Survey - Experiences
Owners, providers at national, regional and local level; users as much as possible
Length of questionnaire (29 pages) Too many surveys Number of questionnaires ≠ size of country Lack of understanding of spatial data Inconsistencies in questionnaires First survey of this kind in SEE
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Returned Questionnaires
Country Distributed Questionnaires
Received Questionnaires
Albania 20 19
Bosnia-Herzegovina 33 14
Bulgaria 32 27
Croatia 68 33
Macedonia 105 35
Romania 190 34
Serbia and Montenegro
51 41
Turkey 160 84
Total 659 287 (44%)
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Organizations / Country
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National Mapping Agencies Bulgaria
– Ministry of Regional Development– Military Topographic Service
Croatia– State Geodetic Administration
Romania– National Office for Cadastre, Geodesy and
Cartography– Ministry of Public Works, Transportation and
housing– Military Topographic Department
Other countries – similar situation
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Metadata - Owners
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Metadata Standards
online GML FDGC XML ISOAL 1 Res. Many
BiH 1 1
BG
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Meta Data of Base Maps
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Owners of data in Bulgaria
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Owners of Thematic Data
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Spatial data in SEE All types of data exist
– Digital and vector form, good accuracy– National coverage– Not up to date
Formats– Vendor specific, national– Tiff, Jpg, Dwg, Dgn
Reference systems UTM (Research), GK Data are expensive or access restricted Private sector very active
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Example: Croatia
Large scale topographic maps out of date
Large areas covered by land mines Relocation of people/ land ownership Original maps held in Belgrade Previous national structures do not
exist any more
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NSDIs: Weak Points
Organizational– Coordination and responsibilities
Data are present, but disperse and old
Lack of awareness and knowledge Little use of standards Low level of education Information Society base weak
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NSDIs: Strong Points
Private sector very strong Applications drive use of spatial
data– Environment– Land ownership
EU accession as catalyst
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Future Action
Coordination with European activities Awareness creation, education Legislation Organizational measures Grass-root activities Actors:
– Government, donors, private sector
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SEE SDI 2003
Publish the results of the study Create awareness for GI Foundation for SDI in the region Impact outside of the GI/GIS
community
23 and 24 October 2003Sofia, Bulgaria
Aims
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The Regional Atlas of SEE
Users & Applications Citizens, Business, Administration, Donors
RegionalAtlas
Information SystemsWeb PortalsData WarehousesDatabases
NSDIAL NSDI
BGNSDITR
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Conclusions
South East Europe– Is fragmented– Competitive market exists
Awareness building crucial– Starts with decision makers
FDI and donor funding necessary Partners sought for concrete projects
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Acknowledgements
GISEE is funded by EC/IST programme (IST 2001-37994)
National coordinators– Romeo Sherko, Albania; – Zdravko Galic, Bosnia-Herzegovina; – Marian Nikolov, Bulgaria; – Miljenko Lapaine, Croatia; – Mirjana Apostolova, Vida Traikovski,
Macedonia; – Florian Petrescu, Romania; – Dragan Stojanovic, Serbia and Montenegro; – Rahmi Nurhan ÇELİK, Turkey
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CONTACT US
Ulrich BOESURSIT Ltd, [email protected]/fax: + 359 2 866 56 60
Raina PAVLOVATechnical University of Sofia
[email protected]: + 359 2 965 34 53