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One Anz Foundation Spatial Data Framework 0100000101001110010110100100110001001001010000110100000101001110010110100100110001001001010000110100000 1010011100101101001010000010100111001011010010011000100100101000011010000010100111001011010010011000100 1001010000110100000101001110010110100001100010010010100001101000001010011100101101001001100010010010100 0011010000010100111001011010010011000100100101000011010010011000100100101000011010000010100111001011010 0100110001001001010000110100000101001110010110100100110001001001010000110000101001110010110100100110001 0010010100001101000001010011100101101001001100010010010100001101000001010011100101101001001100000101001 ONE ANZ FOUNDATION SPATIAL DATA FRAMEWORK MAKING COMMON FOUNDATION SPATIAL DATA UBIQUITOUS ACROSS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND NOVEMBER 2012 0100000101001110010110100100110001001001010000110100000101001110010110100100110001001001010000110100000 1010011100101101001010000010100111001011010010011000100100101000011010000010100111001011010010011000100 1001010000110100000101001110010110100001100010010010100001101000001010011100101101001001100010010010100 0011010000010100111001011010010011000100100101000011010010011000100100101000011010000010100111001011010 0100110001001001010000110100000101001110010110100100110001001001010000110000101001110010110100100110001 0010010100001101000001010011100101101001001100010010010100001101000001010011100101101001001100000101001 ONE ANZ FOUNDATION SPATIAL DATA FRAMEWORK MAKING COMMON FOUNDATION SPATIAL DATA UBIQUITOUS ACROSS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND NOVEMBER 2012 The purpose of this document is to describe a national approach to managing government spatial information. The intended audience is the spatial information user community including government, industry, research and academic sectors as well as the interested public. This document is presented by ANZLIC—the Spatial Information Council, representing the Australian and New Zealand Governments, and the governments of the States and Territories of Australia. One ANZ Foundation Spatial Data Framework Context ANZLIC—the Spatial Information Council (ANZLIC) is the peak national spatial governance body in Australia; comprising, as equal partners, senior officials from Australian state, territory, Commonwealth and New Zealand governments. The ANZLIC Strategic Plan 2005–20101 recognised the need for a consolidated effort to develop an agreed foundation spatial data framework that would provide easy access to authoritative government spatial data over the geographic extent of Australia2. ANZLIC’s vision for the Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) Foundation Spatial Data Framework (the Framework) is that foundation spatial data will become ubiquitous in all sectors of both the Australian and New Zealand economies. When realised, the use of a common Framework, which is embedded into the everyday business of government and private sector entities alike, will allow for seamless exchange of information and knowledge across organisational, sectoral and jurisdictional boundaries. Research has shown that this greater level of interoperability across economies will in turn result in national productivity gains3 and greater levels of innovation and competitiveness across all areas of government and industry. Additionally, the improvements for government include more consistent policy development and decision making, better targeted citizen centric services4 and numerous other untapped economic, social and environmental benefits. This initiative aligns with other international, parallel strategies underway in the United States, Canada, and Europe5. New Zealand has actively participated in and supports the initiatives arising from the ANZLIC Strategic Plan, including the ANZ Foundation Spatial Data Framework. Representing a separate nation with its own issues and opportunities, New Zealand has been able to contribute to the Framework in unique ways, providing an external perspective complementing those of the Australian member jurisdictions. New Zealand will collaborate and contribute to outcomes that benefit the region as a whole; however, there are instances where New Zealand will assume a position that is national in nature. For example, New Zealand may develop its own complementary versions of foundation data themes and dataset documentation. Beyond these specific outputs, New Zealand remains committed to the long term goals of ANZLIC, which will witness a convergence of jurisdictional spatial information policies to create a consistent regional approach. 1 ANZLIC Strategic Plan 2005-2010 – Milestone 5. National Framework Data Themes. 2 Lawrence, V 2011, Investigation into the Spatial Capability of Australia v2.7, Ordnance Survey UK. 3 Australian Government, OSP 2011, Linking Information to Location, APS 200 Location Project Report, APS200 Location Project; Acil Tasman, SKM, and Ecological Associates, 2009, Spatial information in the New Zealand economy, Realising productivity gains; Acil Tasman 2008, The impact of modern spatial information technologies on the Australian economy’. 4 Australian Government, Dept of Finance and Deregulation 2011, Draft Strategic Vision for the Australian Government’s use of Information and Communication Technology (AGIMO). 5 FGDC, 2012 NSDI Framework, US; INSPIRE, 2012 European Union. One ANZ Foundation Spatial Data Framework 2 Why Build an ANZ Foundation Spatial Data Framework? ANZLIC has recognised that spatial information users, and locally-maintained information systems and applications across almost every discipline have a recurring need for a defined and limited number of spatial datasets—or foundation data. Foundation spatial data can be described as the basic spatial layers required by most users which are generally not derived from other spatial layers. Currently the specific data to meet the needs of these recurring requirements exist primarily in the various government organisations in each jurisdiction. But from a national perspective these datasets are not consistently documented, universally available or delivered as a consistent and coherent national resource and asset. Currently, only a minimal number of government-owned foundation spatial datasets can be assembled and delivered as a seamless national dataset which can be used with reliability and ease by every user. There is widespread duplication of effort in the generation and sustainment of spatial information, as well as undefined linkages across datasets. Users report that they can spend 80% of their time looking for, collating and managing spatial information, which then only allows 20% of their time for analysing and generating the benefits from the data. A large proportion of data currently collected cannot be reused, as it is generally not widely known that it exists, it is difficult to find, the conditions of access are either expensive or subject to highly restrictive licensing conditions, or it does not comply to an agreed standard. Specific Benefits of the Framework The ANZ Foundation Spatial Data Framework would include benefits such as: · Reduction in costs associated with data duplication, storage and access, enabling increased efficiency and return on investment based on the “collect once, use many times” principle. · Fast and easy access to basic data that can be easily understood and used by a variety of users to which other spatially referenced data can be added, giving context to other spatial data. · Reduced complexity through the provision of ‘data that you can trust’. · Increased interoperability through the widespread use of national datasets for cross- organisational analysis, operations and decision-making. · Improved decision-making by state, territory and federal agencies working from the same authoritative data. · Greater levels of innovation and competition resulting in better products and services being available in market. One ANZ Foundation Spatial Data Framework 3 The Framework The Framework will provide a common reference for the assembly and maintenance of Australian and New Zealand foundation level spatial data in order to serve the widest possible variety of users. It will deliver a national coverage of the best available, most current, authoritative source of foundation spatial data which is standardised and quality controlled. The initial focus is to define an agreed set of user-validated data themes and the data specifications for each theme. The Framework will become an important part of the spatial information infrastructure and will be the preferred regional foundation spatial data source upon which any organisation or user can build upon, by integrating other thematic or application datasets and information sources. The Framework will describe a comprehensive system of inter-related elements, including: · spatial data themes · governance structures · spatial datasets · organisations · standards · people · policy The Framework will provide users with: · a regional authoritative single source of best available government foundation spatial data; · an authoritative base map that can be used in multiple applications by multiple users; · the ability for users to add or attach spatial details and attributes from their own data and information sources; and · a reference map for displaying the locations and the results of an analysis of other data and information. By attaching their own thematic or application data—which can cover innumerable subjects and themes—to a common foundation spatial dataset, users can build their applications more easily and at less cost. The First Steps As a first step there was a requirement
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