Commission 3 work plan focuses on contribution of spatial
information for sustainable development. The following elements for
achieving this goal formed the base for the Working groups of Commission
3:
“e-Government and e-Citizen” focusing on the
interactive information flow between providers, partners and
customers (PPP)
“SIM infrastructure” for harmonization of data,
information, tools (LBS) and workflows
„State of the art of SIM“ for sharing experience
best practice
“Knowledge in SIM” provides the overarching principle
for sharing and transferring knowledge achieved.
Work Plan
Terms of reference
Management of spatial information on land, property and hydrographical
facts (including related processes, procedures and resources);
Spatial data infrastructure – data models, standards, availability and
legal aspects;
Management and transfer of knowledge and skills needed for SIM;
Impacts on organizational structure, business models, professional
practice and administration;
Management of spatial information supporting environment protection,
sustainable development and poverty reduction.
Mission Statement
Bringing awareness to successful SIM approaches in the “Information Age”
by showing good practice like reliable spatial information for better
decision making. Decision makers on all levels expect reliable spatial
information and not only maps.
Supporting the use of SIM-tools for decision makers and citizens
to support the goals of participatory democracy
Share good practice on managerial processes and infrastructure needed
for handling data, using information and distributing knowledge.
Encouraging decision-makers for a more extensive use of spatial
information also within good e-government and e-commerce.
Criterion of success: to initiate and provide activities so interesting
that colleagues will regard the commission as one base on their professional
lives.
Progress activities mainly through working groups (WGs) and Joint-WGs,
which will participate in the planning of workshops and short seminars held
during and outside FIG working weeks; submit progress reports about these
events.
Present the final outcomes of Commission work as reports, statements
and/or publications accessible also through the web.
Interactive Information Flow between providers, partners and customers
(PPP).
POLICY ISSUES
SIM is a facilitator for IT based services for administration as
well as for citizens. By thus SIMS will have even the role of an
integrator of components for a Spatial Information Infrastructure within an
Information society.
Services and workflows for decision makers and citizens in
participatory democracy
Government – business – customers: relations and activities
Integration and cooperation in a distributed environment
Individual vs. business in SIM
Mobile society
SIM and LBS in an e-Government context
CHAIR:
Kari Strande
Norway
E-mail: kari.strande[at]statkart.no
CO-CHAIR: Peter Laarakker the Netherlands
e-mail: peter.laarakker[at]kadaster.nl
Working Group 3.2 - SIM infrastructure
Harmonization of data, information, tools (LBS) and workflows as components
of GSDI.
POLICY ISSUES
NSDI / GSDI: Spatial Data + Information Infrastructure
modelling, geo-visualisation
Legal aspects in SIM
Standards Network on international (ISO/TC 211, OpenGIS Consortium,
etc.) and on regional level.
Share current experiences and technical visions of the future.
Gain knowledge from industry.
Inform future decisions and implementations.
Inform the big picture on drivers, trends and technologies.
CHAIR:
Keith Murray
United Kingdom
E-mail: Keith.Murray[at]ordnancesurvey.co.uk
CO-CHAIR:
Martin Scheu
Germany
e-mail: scheu[at]grit.de
Working Group 3.3 - State of the art of SIM
Development and State of the Art of SIM (analysis of the nation-wide
activity in SIM among participating countries, and world-wide picture and best
practice of institutional structures, as well as contents of data bases) and
establishment of a FIG - metadata base about SDI.
POLICY ISSUES
To increase cooperation between different jurisdictions, disciplines,
professional groups, Public-Public and Public-Private-Partnerships
To positively influence organizing and business models as well as
procedures on different layers of administration
To raise awareness and encourage participation regarding:
Institutional structures and Spatial Information Infrastructure
Data availability and Spatial Data Infrastructure
To work towards capacity building and transfer of experience within
a detailed work plan with milestones will be
published on the web site of Commission 3.
Working Group 3.4 - Knowledge Transfer in SIM (education,
training)
A Joint Working Group with Commission 2
POLICY ISSUES
Integration of resources of FIG Com.2 and 3 using the experiences in
knowledge transfer on one hand and the know-how of spatial information
management on the other hand.
Where to get knowledge, training etc.
Not only data are needed and information is not yet knowledge.
Infrastructure is changing quite fastly, but also methods of training have to
be adopted because the “half-life-time” of knowledge becomes shorter.
How to bridge tangible information with intangible knowledge.
Cooperation between sister organizations, optimizing regional structures
CHAIR:
Prof. Bela Markus Hungary
E-mail: mb[at]cslm.hu
CO-CHAIR:
Mohammed Timoulali Morocco
e-mail: timoulali[at]atlasnet.net.ma
