INSPIRE 2011 – Edinburgh – 1 st July Experiences harmonising Datasets conform INSPIRE: Geobide in IDENA and Nature SDI+ projects P. Echamendi, A. Huarte,

INSPIRE 2011 – Edinburgh – 1st July

Experiences harmonising Datasets conform INSPIRE:

Geobide in IDENA and Nature SDI+ projects

P. Echamendi, A. Huarte, J.L. Cardoso, P. Mendive, M. Cabello


Geobide◦Introduction◦What is Geobide?◦Components

Examples of use◦IDENA◦Nature-SDI plus


• It is a suite of tools for integrating and deploying

Geographical Information Systems

• It aims to complement existing solutions.

• It will enrich existing software and will integrate new

solutions for the systems.

Geobide http://www.geobide.es


• Tool for modelling, production, debugging and dissemination of GI

• Fully embeddable in existing solutions

• An SDK that could be enlarged according to our needs

http://www.geobide.esScope


• Powerful: It implement OGC Standards and multiple CAD/GIS formats.

• Independent: not linked to any GIS platform.• Light, < 30mb. The solution choose what is distributed. • Coherent. It offers a common environment completely

independent of how it is used.• Easy to distribute. 100% developed in .NET.

http://www.geobide.esCharacteristics


Líneas de trabajo Data Modelling

Loading Plug-in

Viewer

Migration and transformation

Geoprocessing

SDK GEOBIDE

Quality Control

Inspire


Geocatalog

Geographic catalog based in XML which define entities and performance in a data model


Plug-in for accesing CAD/GIS data from Autocad, Microstation, ArcGIS...

Geobridge


System for visualisation, edition, analysis and consultation of geographical information.

Geomap (beta)


Transform geographic formats, coordinate reference systems and update attributes

Geoconverter


Solution for designing and execution of geoprocessing diagrams.

Geobuilder


Version LT

Version PRO

Distribution


Using Geobide: practical examples


IDENA, SDI portal for SITNA

• SITNA (Territorial Information System of Navarra)

• Through IDENA:

• SITNA incorporate defined requirements for INSPIRE Directive.

• SITNA is open to other systems, by using services that fulfil specifications and standards shared by all spatial community

• It was published in 2005

• Its portal has been renewed in 2010

http://idena.navarra.es


GOALS

• Increase general capabilities of the portal.

• Enlarge number of data and metadata.

• Improve management and publishing of

information.

• New OGC services: CS-W, WFS, WCS, WMC.

• More attractive viewer.

• Advanced tools

• Metadata according INSPIRE.

• Multilingual Portal

• …



Challenges

Apply a new data model, unique for all information in SITNA: standardising and harmonising information, attribute names, file names, version nomenclature, metadata, etc

For this purpose we used:



Allow to define the Data model in an integrated way, based in several rules previously established


Characteristics: Versatile: define entities, hierarchical structures, topological

rules, configurations for extracting, converting, metadata, cartographic quality, etc.

Supporting adoption of INSPIRE Data specifications Extensible: XML Reusable: integrated in GEOBIDE, which provide several

tools for managing geospatial data


CONCEPTUAL SCHEMA

Files and DB servers

Standardised DB servers

GIS application servers

Standardisation process

IDENA users



Nature-SDI plus: eContentplus proposal From October 2008 to July 2011 Partners: 30 (18 countries)

Themes: Protected Sites (Annex I) Biogeographical regions (Annex III) Habitats and biotopes (Annex III) Species distribution (Annex III)

Goals: Establish a Good Practises Nature Conservation Network and

achieve a set of harmonised data and metadata to be more accessible and exploitable.

http://www.nature-sdi.eu/


1. Identify a source and target data model

2. Compare source and target DM using Data

matching table

3. Choose Transformation Tool according to existing

data

4. Create services and catalogues for publishing

information in Nature-SDI plus Geoportal

DATA HARMONISATION PROCESS http://www.nature-sdi.eu/


Provider A Data Model

Geoportal

.SHP

.TAB

...

Provider A Provider B Provider C

Tool CTool A Tool B

OGC Services: WMS,WFS, ...

GeoDataBase CGeoDataBase B

GeoDataBase A

<GML><GML>

OG

C S

ervi

ces

(WM

S, W

FS

, ..)

.

OG

C S

ervi

ces

(WM

S, W

FS, .

.).

OGC Services (WMS, W

FS, ..).

SOURCE DATA MODEL

TRANSFORMATION TOOLS

NATURE SDI+ DATA MODEL

NATURE SDI+ Intranet

Dow

nload (GM

L, ZIP)

Dow

nloa

d (G

ML,

ZIP

)

Download (GML, ZIP)

GeoDataBase A

<GML><GML>

<GML><GML>

Web Map Server Web Map Server Web Map Server

Downlo

ad (G

ML,

ZIP

)

(*)(*)(*)

(*) : The best data format for creating services Depending on:

- Trasnformation tool - the Web Map Server software



Module 1

Harmonisation

• Desktop application

• Multilingual (Spanish, English…)

• Version PRO

• Updated via WEB

DGN, DWG, DXF,

PostGIS, MySQL,

SHAPE, SDE, FGDB,

SQL, Oracle…

Harmonised Data

Toolkit .net

1. Transform formats2. Update attributes3. Change CRS4. Identify XSD schemes5. Export GML 3.2.1



Select input and output layer



Select Target Data Model (Nature-SDI plus)



•Harmonising data into a common data model may offer great benefits to data providers and users of generic geospatial information

•Harmonisation may be more or less complex depending on the existing data model and also the team specialisation, but now is more needed than never.

•Organizations require friendly and simple applications, easy-to-use, for the task of harmonise, standardize, integrate and maximise reuse of data.

•Experience acquired in this two projects has demonstrated that using Geobide performing this tasks is very easy, not requiring great GIS expertise and being feasible for small organisations and for large amount of data.

Conclusions


Thank you

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