UNGGIM Arab States Meeting WG 2 Fundamental Data

® UN-GGIM Arab States Meeting WG 2 Fundamental Data & Geo-Standards Denise Mc. Kenzie Open Geospatial Consortium 22 February 2017 Doha, Qatar

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11 Data Themes OGC ® Copyright © 2017 Open Geospatial Consortium

Standards OGC ® Copyright © 2017 Open Geospatial Consortium

Everyone working together is essential OGC ® Copyright © 2017 Open Geospatial Consortium

OGC Members in the Arab States • • • Survey & Land Registration Bureau (Bahrain) National Centre for Statistics & Information (Oman) Ideal Solutions (Qatar) General Commission for Survey (Saudi Arabia) Dubai Municipality (UAE) Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre (UAE) (24 entities) OGC ® Copyright © 2017 Open Geospatial Consortium

Consensus standards are essential! Unobstructed flow of environmental data Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) Consensus within and among: Sciences Professions Data stovepipes OGC ® Industry Government Copyright © 2017 Open Geospatial Consortium

Key to Success: Geospatial Standards Policy © 2012, Open Geospatial Consortium OGC ® Copyright

Compliance – Software Acquisition OGC ® Copyright © 2017 Open Geospatial Consortium

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SDI Standards Maturity Model OGC ® Copyright © 2017 Open Geospatial Consortium

ANZ Foundation Data OGC ® Copyright © 2017 Open Geospatial Consortium

Canada OGC ® Copyright © 2014 Open Geospatial Consortium

INSPIRE - Europe OGC ® Copyright © 2014 Open Geospatial Consortium

What are the Arab States’ case studies? OGC ® Copyright © 2017 Open Geospatial

Next steps & thinking about the future • Geospatial Linked Data – Spatial Data on the Web Best Practice expected in June 2017 • Data Formats – consider Geopackage • Land Administration • Geo & Statistics (new Discrete Global Grid Systems)* • Sustainable Development Goals* *UNGGIM groups in need of Arab State participation OGC ® Copyright © 2017 Open Geospatial Consortium

What you can do after this meeting? • Identify who your geospatial standards experts are in your nation • Connect them with those in other nations • Connect them with global standards development organisations • Review the work of WG 2 and determine if your nation will be able to implement the vision eg. resources, skills, etc OGC ® Copyright © 2017 Open Geospatial Consortium

Data is more valuable as a shared resource Standards make this sharing possible OGC ®

Standards should be driven by innovation and achieved through collaboration OGC ®