The Case for a Local Government. Barry Doyle Project Leader (GIS) Roscommon County Council

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1 The Case for a Local Government Spatial Data Infrastructure Barry Doyle Project Leader (GIS) Roscommon County Council

2 Problem 34 independent Local Authorities Lots of people looking to get their hands on LA datasets with the aim of integrating these into National views for presentation and analysis purposes Not all LA s create and store the same spatial datasets, in accordance with the same schemas, to the same quality standards, in the same formats

3 LA Spatial Data Management Data creation and management practices traditionally geared to satisfying local requirements Local solutions or local implementations of common solutions Data stored in combination of flat files and Spatial RDBMS Lack of standards between LA s: Schema s Quality Formats Metadata

4 Overview of Local Authority Spatial Datasets Approximately 80 spatial datasets created by LA s though this varies and number continues to grow * Approximately can be described as Core Some required under Legislation (Development Plans, Road Schedule, etc.) 50% created by less than 10 LA s * Over 80% created by 4 main sections * Planning (40%) Roads (15%) Water and Sanitary Services (15%) Environment (15%) * GIS Spatial Information Business Case for Shared Services Network

5 Overview of Local Authority Spatial Datasets 40% of datasets created are identified as being shared with or required by Public Agencies * 40% of datasets created are identified as being shared with the Public * * GIS Spatial Information Business Case for Shared Services Network

6 Who is looking for LA Spatially Referenced Data Other Local Authorities

7 ..and what do they want? (Sample set) INSPIRE MyPlan LocalGov.ie Irish Water EPA Heritage Council DAHG Road Schedule Local Authority Bridges Record of Protected Structures Tree Preservation Orders Land Use Zoning High amenity area Landscape Character Areas Parks & Open Spaces Quarries Scenic Views and Routes Waste Permits Landfill Sites Burial Grounds Fire Stations Public Lighting Waste Water Network Water Network Architectural Conservation Areas Water monitoring stations investigative Bathing sites Water abstraction facilities Industrial sites - Section 4 and section 16 licenses Habitat Mines Planning Register Planning Enforcements Libraries Polling Stations Recycling facilities

8 Merge Transform Validate Current Situation Agency 1 Agency 2 Agency 3 Metadata Transform Local Authority 1 Local Authority 2 Local Authority 3 Validate

9 The Issues Absence of data standards (Schema s / Quality) Absence of metadata / metadata standards Identification of responsible LA contact points Different versions of data in circulation Overhead on LA in processing data requests. Tasks include: Validation Correction Conversion Transformation Metadata Creation Overhead on Agency in interpreting, validating, transforming and merging datasets

10 Some Specific s LA s GIS Officers spend on average 13 days a year dealing with external data requests (total cost = 440 days per annum) * MyPlan Over 80% of time spent on project to date was in relation to data gathering and processing Heritage Viewer In 2013 Local Authority data collation, management and metadata linkage accounted for 42% of total project work effort to date. This percentage is expected to increase as more LA s come on board. * Local Government Data Integration Survey Catherine Kavanagh

11 So.. What is a Spatial Data Infrastructure? The term encompasses a series of agreements on data sources, systems, network linkages, standards and institutional arrangements involved in delivering spatially-related information from many different sources to the widest possible group of potential users * More than a data warehouse it is a framework ofgeographic data, metadata, users and tools Enables data to be discovered, accessed, and used in an efficient manner Provides consumer with confidence A means to an end and not an end in itself * BUILDING A SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE - David J. Coleman

12 And therefore a LG SDI Applies this framework specific to Local Government spatial data Creating national datasets prior to sharing A Shared Service Involves definition and implementation of agreements on: Scope (Data sources) Standards Data Schema s Data Quality Metadata Technical Infrastructure Systems (Data Processing, Data Hub, Metadata Catalogue) Networks Policies Update cycles Licensing Data Protection

13 Discovery View Download Data Download Web Services Merge Transform to LG Schema Validate Metadata Spatial Data Hub Sectoral Data Warehouse Metadata Transform To LG Schema Local Authority 1 Local Authority 2 Local Authority N Validate

14 Approach to applying standards 1. Produce data to agreed standards Requires data producer to agree to implement at source Requires enforcement 2. Transform data to agreed standards Can occur as LA level or at shared data hub level Requires tools such as FME 3. Hybrid Most realistic

15 What is required to support a LG SDI Resource Governance Model Management Enforcement Data producers / owners to engage Systems / Tools Technical Infrastructure availability Data Hub Network connectivity Security

16 Benefits Standardised data Quality of data Supports data sharing (improved discovery and access) Supports re-use of data Reduced overhead on LA in dealing with data requests Reduced overhead on agencies gathering, processing, and integrating datasets Major building block of ISDI Supports compliance with INSPIRE requirements Provides foundation for future Local Government Shared GIS Services

17 Supporting Context INSPIRE Directive as transposed into Irish Law > 30 LA datasets identified as required under 8 Themes Recommendation that LA data be published at a national level GeoPortal.ie egov Strategy Various actions specific to data availability and sharing Public Service Reform Plan Objectives in relation to inter agency data sharing MyPlan.ie / eplanning Programme Portal for LA Planning Data Local Government Portal Local Authority GIS User Group Overwhelmingly recognise the importance of implementing a sectoral SDI Knowledge Management and Open Data Project Open Data Community / Open Government Programme

18 LG GIS User Group Work to Date Working together to define and agree data standards Representatives on MyPlan.ie and LG Portal Project Boards and INSPIRE Steering Committee MyPlan.ie Pilot project to define a replacement web service based publishing procedure Localgov.ie Collecting and presenting standardised national views of LA datasets INSPIRE Sub committee established to look at LA data specifically FME Server Pilot Project Aim is to evaluate potential to act as a shared Local Authority data broker Data pushed from LA s and processed centrally Make data available to Localgov.ie, MyPlan.ie and GeoPortal.ie Collaboration with Socium to develop cloud based data validation and auto-correction services

19 Thank You