User groups and their needs and wants. Annita Vijverberg

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1 User groups and their needs and wants Annita Vijverberg

2 Agenda > Method > Organisational processes > Usage and intensity > Matrix usage processes > Functions of a names service > Matrix functions processes

3 Method > Geodan s experience and knowledge > Survey > Result is a basis for further discussion

4 Organisational processes Not braches / sectors but processes: > Finance > Web sales and tourism > Marketing > Media > Distribution > Spatial planning > Providers of geographic data

5 Organisational processes > Finance Address checking Linking external data to internal database Different ways of spelling are a problem with database linking, when only the city name can be used for linking

Different ways of spelling are a problem with

6 Organisational processes > Web sales and tourism Checking / normalising / translating addresses filled in online Finding accommodation in a city or region Finding accommodation within a radius of a place Different ways of spelling cause double entries in the database which makes it more difficult to search for a place

region Finding accommodation within a radius of a place Different ways of

7 Organisational processes > Marketing Linking own customer database to external data Enriching own database with for example population composition. Mapping customer distribution (and the influence of a nearby shop) Different ways of spelling is mainly a problem when making selections from the customer database and searching for settlements

Mapping customer distribution (and the influence of a nearby shop) Different ways of

8 Organisational processes > Media Spelling normalisation Finding articles about settlements when searching for a larger region We would be interested in a names service only when the used spelling matches our own standard

searching for a larger region We would be interested

9 Organisational processes > Distribution Exchanging information about pick-up and unloading locations Searching the bigger region a settlement is in Linking with route planner Different spelling is a problem in all countries with other code pages, for example Russia, Slovakia I would like a connection to Google Maps

with route planner Different spelling is a problem in all countries with other

10 Organisational processes > Spatial planning (government) Linking spatial planning maps to other data Looking at land use of neighbouring countries In the digital world where the 0 s and 1 s must be in the correct order to find your data spelling is essential We are interested in a gazetteer that helps finding data in Aken when looking for Aachen and even zooms in on the digital map

must be in the correct order to find your data spelling is essential We are interested in a

11 Organisational processes > Providers of geographic data Standardising place names Translating different sources of data Enriching geographical data with attribute data When we create geodata, we use materials from various sources some in English, some in local language, some in Russian. Resulting data needs to standardised

attribute data When we create geodata, we use materials from various sources

12 (Inter)national organisation > National activities or international activities > Relevant for the interest in EGN > Internal European barriers fall away

13 Usage and intensity > Incidental requests Incidental requests for a service via a webpage > Incidental batch processing Via uploading of tables and enriching with additional data > Integrated Linking the application to XML services for regular consultation

uploading of tables and enriching with additional data >

14 Matrix usage processes

15 Functions of a names service > We defined 6 functions: Place name normalisation Place name translation Place name enrichment Place indexing Geocoding Geoindexing

16 Functions of a names service > Place name normalisation (standardisation) Achen (DE) Aachen (DE) s-gravenhage (NL) or Den Haag (NL)

17 Functions of a names service > Place name translation Aachen (DE) Aix-la-Chapelle (FR)

18 Functions of a names service > Place name enrichment Aachen (DE) Aachen (DE) POP Area 24,43 km2

19 Functions of a names service > Place indexing Aachen (DE) Aachen (DE) DEA21 Aachen, Kreisfreie Stadt DEA2 Köln DEA NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN DE DEUTSCHLAND

20 Functions of a names service > Geocoding Aachen (DE) Aachen (DE) Lon 6, Lat 50,769908

21 Functions of a names service > Geoindexing Aachen (DE) Aachen (DE) places within 50 km radius

22 Matrix functions processes +++ needs ++ wants + nice to have

23 Geodan President Kennedylaan MB Amsterdam (NL) Tel: +31 (0) Fax: +31 (0) info@geodan.nl Web: Copyright Geodan 2006 This document is provided for information purposes only and the information herein is subject to change without notice. Geodan does not provide any warranties covering and specifically disclaiming any liability in connection with this document. Geodan is a registered trademark. All other company and product names mentioned are used for identification only and may be trademarks of their respective owners. All pictures and illustrations are provided for information only and do not necessarily represent a realistic visualization of the services described in this document.

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