Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa

T5.3 – National Stakeholder Coordination A Brief Survey of EO/GI in

Online meeting of 11/03/2021

M. Kaddour University of Oran 1 Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa

Summary

• Governance and Institutions • Main National Agencies • INCT • Cadaster • ASAL • Standardization • Activities of the UN-GGIM Arab States Committee • Geospatial Education, Training and Capacity Building • Geospatial Research and Development • Conclusion

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Governance

• The main responsible body is the National Council of Geographical Information (CNIG) • Established by an executive order in 1996, the CNIG is a advisory body responsible of studies, strategic orientations, coordination and proposition with respect of GI under the authority of the ministry of defense • Areas of competencies: geodesy, remote sensing, mapping in all applications fields • Members: • Representatives from various ministries: interior, finance, transportation, agriculture, energy… • Directors of the main geospatial data-producing agencies

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Main National Agencies for GI/EO

• National Institute of Mapping and Remote Sensing (INCT) • (ASAL) • National Cadaster Agency • Research Center of Astronomy, Astrophysics and Geophysics (CRAAG)

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• Created in 1967, from 2009 has the status of an Industrial and Economic Public Company under the supervision of MoD. • Main activities • Build and maintain geodetic, gravimetric and leveling networks over the whole territory • Cover the territory with aerial photography • Establish and update topographic maps at 1/50 000 and 1/200 000 scale and their derivatives • Acquire and conserve imagery • Produce geographical databases • Undertake R&D works in geographical sciences area • Maintain the national archive of geographical information • Customers: public administrations and public/private companies in different sectors such as defense, agriculture, land planning, telecommunications, energy, cadaster

16/03/2021 5 Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa INCT: Core Infrastructure • GPS • 06 permanent GNSS stations • First-order GPS network of 1180 points distant from 25 to 50 km • Gravimetric network • A fundamental network composed of 12 absolute points observed in 2011 (mean accuracy : 1.5 μgal) • Secondary network composed of 1985 points obtained by relative gravity measures in 2011 (mean accuracy : 0.02 mgal) • Leveling network • Covers 40255 Kilometers (mean relative accuracy at centimeter order).

[Source: INCT, Country Report: Algeria HIGH LEVEL FORUM ON GLOBAL GEOSPATIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION, Second Forum Doha, Qatar, 2013]

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• Proper capacities for aerial missions : 2 Beechcraft KING AIR airplanes acquired in 1996 and 2011 • Very high resolution: 0.05 to 1.00m in RGB and near-infrared. • Scales: 1/4000, 1/20 000; 1/40 000, 1/50 000, 1/60 000, 1/75 000

Ain Defla RGB 10cm

M. Kaddour, UORAN1 7 Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa INCT: Mapping Activities • A program started in 1980 to replace old 1/50 000 maps and produce 1/200 000 maps • Switching from Lambert conic projection to UTM • From 2007, updating topographic 1/50 000 maps using aerial photography • Using satellite images from different operators (ALSAT2, SPOT, LANDSAT, QuickBird, WorldView, etc.) to produce 1/200 000 maps • Themes: • City maps, • General maps at different scales • Road maps • Geological maps • Hydrological maps • Most products (maps, databases) are subject to restrictions on sale: • Access to data has to be motivated.

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[Source: http://www.inct.mdn.dz] M. Kaddour, UORAN1 9 Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa

[Source: http://www.inct.mdn.dz] M. Kaddour, UORAN1 10 Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa Geographical Databases

• Geodetic database, names database, topographic database at 1/50 000, Raster databases at different scales. • Other databases are actually under development: cartographic database at 1/200 000, Roads database, altimetry database and the image database (satellite images, orthophotos, etc.).

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[Source: http://www.inct.mdn.dz] M. Kaddour, UORAN1 12 Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa

[Source: http://www.inct.mdn.dz] M. Kaddour, UORAN1 13 Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa National Agency of Cadaster (Ministry of Finance) • Nationwide geospatial database of land parcels (spatial features/ownership data integration) • Covered area: 228 290 265 km2 • Number of parcels: 5 008 613 • Number of owners: 3 957 462 persons [numbers of 2019, source: www.an-cadastre.dz] • Data collection and validation process: aerial photography / GPS ground reference -> verification and correction at local antennas involving land registration agencies • Standards: ISO 6709 (Algeria 18257) and ISO 19152 (Algeria 18275) • From 20/01/2020, a web service to download official documents (https://www.an- cadastre.dz/wathikacad/WathikaCad.php) • Current users: land experts, notaries, government property agencies, to be extended to agricultural agencies and forestry services • Number of documents downloaded at 16/02/2020: 69 981

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[Source: National agency of cadaster, Management of large- scale geographic information, seventh meeting of UN-GGIM Arab state committee, Algiers 2020.}

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[Source: National agency of cadaster, Management of large- scale geographic information, seventh meeting of UN-GGIM Arab state committee, Algiers 2020.}

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Algerian Space Agency (ASAL)

• Public national organization created in 2002 under the authority of the head of government, representatives from 15 ministries • Design and implement the national policy of promotion and development of space activities • 4 operational entities: • Centre des Techniques Spatiales (CTS) • Centre des Applications Spatiales (CAS) • Centre de Développement des (CDS) • Centre d’exploitation des Systèmes de Télécommunications (CEST)

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EO Satellites operated by ASAL

• Alsat-1 (2002-2010): altitude 700km, resolution 32m, swath 300km, RG and near- infrared, 2 cameras with 17km overlapping, image size: 600 × 560 Km • Alsat-1B (2016): altitude 670km, resolution 24m spectral and 12m panchromatic, RGB and near-infrared, swath 140km, 40 scenes per day • Alsat-2A and Alsat-2B constellation (2010,2016): resolution 2.5m panchromatic and 10m multispectral, swath 17.5 km, RGB and near-infrared, revisit time 3 days

Alsat-1B Alsat-2

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[Source: https://asal.dz]

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Le barrage de l’Oued Ksab, vu par Alsat-2A

Flooding area

[Source: https://asal.dz]

M. Kaddour, UORAN1 20 Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa Main Application Areas of GIS and Satellite Imagery at CTS • Natural resources • Atlas of solar fields Telecommu • Management plan of fisheries and halieutic resources Disaster nications management 16% • Geological maps 19% • Land occupation maps • Sahara agriculture • Hydrogeological prospecting • Urban planning, infrastructure, equipment • Development of housing programs • Monitoring of precarious habitat Infrastructure and Natural facilities ressources • Management of touristic extension areas 33% 32% • Natural risk mitigation and disaster management • Monitoring and impact studies of flooding events • Impact of wildfires • Desertification monitoring • Locust plagues M. Kaddour, UORAN1 21 Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa

Project Examples: Management and Planning of Fisheries

• Participants: ICNT, CTS, CNRDPA, ministry of fisheries • Objective: sustainable exploitation of halieutic resources • 6 pilot areas: Algiers, Tizi- ouzou, Tlemcen…

[Source: https://asal.dz]

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• Objective: identifying sites with high potential of solar energy production • Climate and radiometric data from the National Office of Meteorology

[Source: https://asal.dz]

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Project Examples: Risk Maps of Wildfire

• Statistical Data from National Forest Agency

[Source: https://asal.dz]

M. Kaddour, UORAN1 24 Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa National SDI

• Not operational yet, preliminary tasks started around 2018-2019 • Project managed by the CNIG • Main stakeholders: INCT, ASAL, Cadaster, OGEF (national order of land surveyors) • Thematic layers: • Layer 1 : Topography • Layer 2 : Cadaster • Layer 3 : Orthoimagery • Layer 4: Urban areas • Layer 5: Coasts • Layer 6: Water resources • Layer 7: Land use • Current activities are targeting the adoption of GI standards (ISO/TC 211, OGC)

M. Kaddour, UORAN1 25 Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa Standardization Activities

• Committee of geospatial data A survey was conducted on usage of standards standardization: members from among stakeholders: 51 responses IANOR (Institut Algérien de REPARTITION OF STAKEHOLDERS Normalisation) and CNIG (from Services 3% march 2018) Geospatial data Research producers Institutes 18% • From 2018 to 2019: adoption of 21% 35 ISO/TC 211 standards as Algerian standards

Public Administration [Source: Fethi Doukha, CNIG, Algerian experience in the standardization 31% Higher Education of geospatial information, seventh meeting of UN-GGIM Arab state Institutions committee, Algiers 2020] 27%

M. Kaddour, UORAN1 26 Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa Key Barriers for Widespread Adoption of GI Standards

Lack of Knowledge Understanding issues 17% 5%

Most standards in English 5%

Limited accessibility Lack of technical capacities 12% 4%

Acquisistion Costs 4%

No response [Source: Fethi Doukha, 8% CNIG, Algerian Absence of general framework experience in the 15% standardization of geospatial information, seventh meeting of UN- Implementation costs 15% GGIM Arab state Absence of regulation committee, Algiers 15% 2020]

M. Kaddour, UORAN1 27 Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa Activities of the UN-GGIM Arab States Committee • 22 countries: Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, KSA, EAU… • Annual meetings, first one took place in 2015 • 4 workgroups: • Institutional Arrangements, Legal and Policy Issues, Awareness and Capacity Building • Fundamental Data and Geo-Standards • Geodetic Reference Frame • Integration of Geospatial & Statistical Information • Main ongoing tasks: • Increase awareness about the importance of a strong legal framework around geospatial data • 2020-2023: define thematic areas and their relevance to sustainable development • Implement the requirements of the ARABREF: unified Arab geodetic reference • Implementation of a unified geoportal for Arab countries • www.un-ggim-as.org/en

M. Kaddour, UORAN1 28 Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa Arab Geoportal (1)

Thematic layers

[Source: UN-GGIM Arab States Committee, Workgroup 2, Progress Report, Oman, february 2018]

M. Kaddour, UORAN1 29 Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa Arab Geoportal (2)

[Source: UN-GGIM Arab States Committee, Workgroup 2, Main foundations of geospatial data platform , Oman, february 2021.]

M. Kaddour, UORAN1 30 Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa Arab Geoportal (3) • URL: http://geoportal.un-ggim-as.org/UNGGIM-AS-V4/ • Currently only 4 layers on 7 countries: background imagery, topography, roads, POI • Still experimental, some accessibility issues/bugs

M. Kaddour, UORAN1 31 Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa GI/EO in Academia Institution Curriculum CTS Engineer/Technician in Geomatics, Geodesy, remote sensing, spatial Instrumentation University of Setif 1, Institute of MSc in Geomatics for architecture and urban planning Architecture and Earth Sciences USTHB, Faculty of Earth Sciences and MSc in Geomatics Land Management University of Constantine, Faculty of BSc in Topography and Geomatics, MSc in Geomatics, Earth Sciences, Geography, and Land MSc in Topography, Mapping and GIS Management University of Tlemcen, Faculty of Earth BSc in Topography and Geomatics, BSc. Geomatics for Sciences and Geography Urban Planning and Environment University of Oran 2, Faculty of Earth MSc in Geomatics Sciences and Geography

M. Kaddour, UORAN1 32 Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa VET • CTS offers regular training sessions for professionals in topics such as geomatics, geodesy, topography, cadaster, remote sensing, photogrammetry, mapping • Public: construction companies, cadaster, order of land surveyors, law enforcement, ministry of culture, water agencies, environmental agencies • Some private institutes offers training sessions in Geomatics/GIS • InfoCarte, LAKA Engineering Services (Algiers), Geospatial and Scientific Solutions (Oran), National School for Hydraulics

M. Kaddour, UORAN1 33 Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa Research and Development on GI/EO • 8 research centers and about 50 research laboratories affiliated to universities or high institutes • Thousands of research papers on Google Scholar: journals (elsevier, springer, etc.), conferences • 87 PhD thesis (defended/current) on GI/EO-related topics from 2010 (source: national thesis portal: www.pnst.cerist.dz)

M. Kaddour, UORAN1 34 Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa Research Centers in GI/EO • Center for Space Techniques, Oran • Center of Research in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Geophysics, Algiers • Center for development of renewable energies, Ghardaïa • Center for development of renewable energies, Tipaza • Scientific and Technical Research Center of Arid Regions - Biskra • National Center of Applied Research in Earthquake Engineering(CGS), Algiers • Algerian Geological Survey Agency (ASGA), Algiers • Algerian National Institute of Research on Agronomy (INRAA)

M. Kaddour, UORAN1 35 Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa Laboratories in GI/EO (1/5) • Laboratory L.I.S, University of Setif, Algeria • Laboratoire Espace Géographique et Aménagement du Territoire, • Laboratory water and environment, University of Tébessa • Laboratory of Soils and Sustainable Development, University of Annaba • Laboratory of Water Sciences-LRS-EAU, National Polytechnic School, Algiers • Water and Environment Laboratory, • Laboratory of Geo Resources, Environments and Natural Risks, University of Oran2 • Laboratory of Geographical Space and Territorial Planning, University of Oran 2 • Laboratory of Natural Hazards and Spatial Planning (LRNAT), University of Batna • Laboratoire LIO, University of Oran 1 • Laboratoire LITIO, University of Oran 1 • Laboratoire de Traitement d’Images et Rayonnement (L.T.I.R.) – USTHB, Algiers

M. Kaddour, UORAN1 36 Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa Laboratories in GI/EO (2/5) • Laboratoire Géo-Environnement, University of Mascara • Laboratory of Geology and Environment (LGE), University of Constantine 1 • Laboratory of Geophysics, USTHB • Laboratoire des Écosystèmes Marins et Littoraux (ECOSYSMarL), Ecole Nationale Supérieur des Sciences de la Mer et de l’Aménagement du Littoral, Algiers • Laboratory of Geodynamics and Natural Resources, University of Annaba • Laboratory of Underground Reservoirs of Gas, Oil and Aquifer, • Laboratory for Biotoxicology, Pharmacognosy and Biological Valorization of Plants, University of Saida • Laboratory of Metallogeny and Magmatism, USTHB • Laboratory of Geology, University of Annaba • Laboratoire de la Promotion et valorisation des ressources sahariennes (VPRS), University of Ouargla

M. Kaddour, UORAN1 37 Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa Laboratories in GI/EO (3/5) • Signal, Systems and Telecommunication Laboratory, University of • Laboratory of Bio-toxicology, University of Saida • Laboratoire des Risques Naturels et Aménagement de Territoire (LRNAT), University of Batna 2 • Laboratory of Geomatics, Ecology and Environment, University of Mascara • Geomatic & sustainable Development Laboratory, University of Tiaret • Mines Laboratory, University of Tebessa • Laboratory of Crop Production and Sustainable Valorization of Natural Ressource, University of Khemis-Miliana • Laboratory of Geophysic (LGEOPH),USTHB, Algiers, Algeria • Biodiversity & Conservation of water and Soil Laboratory, University of Mostaganem

M. Kaddour, UORAN1 38 Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa Laboratories in GI/EO (4/5) • Water and Environment Laboratory, University of Saida • Plant Ecology and Environmental Laboratory – USTHB; • Laboratory of Geodynamics and Geology of the Engineer and Planetology, Algiers • Laboratory of Ecosystem Diversity and Dynamics of Agricultural Production Systems in Arid Zones, • Laboratoire Ecodéveloppement des espaces, University of Sidi Bel Abbes • Laboratoire de Conservation des Zones Humides, • Signals and Systems Laboratory, University of Boumerdes1 • Laboratory of Mineral and Energetical Resources University of Boumerdes • Laboratory of Protection and Development of Coastal Marine Resources and Molecular Systematics, University of Mostaganem

M. Kaddour, UORAN1 39 Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa Laboratories in GI/EO (5/5) • Laboratory of Biomathematics, Biophysics, Biochemistry, and Scientometry, University of Bejaia • Laboratoire de Géodynamique, Géologie de l’Ingénieur et Planétologie, USTHB • Laboratory of Development and Valorisation of Phyto-Genetics Resources, University of Constantine • Laboratoire de recherche : Biodiversité Végétale: conservation et valorisation, Université of Sidi Bel Abbes • Laboratory of Hydraulic, National Higher Institution for Agriculture (ENSAA), Algiers • LESRMHAO Laboratory, Tebessa University, 12002 Tebessa • Laboratory Biodiversity and Conservation of Water and the Soils, University of Mostaganem • Laboratory of Geomorphology and Geo-risks, USTHB • Laboratoire des Matériaux et Systèmes Réactifs (LMSR), University of Sidi Bel Abbes • Laboratoire des Sciences et Techniques de l’Environnement et de la Valorisation, Mostaganem

M. Kaddour, UORAN1 40 Spatial Data Infrastructure and Earth Observation Education and Training for North Africa Conclusion: Experts Recommandations From the Proceeding the National Conference « Remote Sensing and Geomatics: New Horizons for City Management», held in October 2019 at the University of M’sila (Participants: CNIG, INCT, ASAL and various universities)

1. Deploy simple ways to access GI data for pedagogical and scientific purposes 2. Enable the visibility and vulgarization of available GI data 3. Strengthen cooperation and partnerships between institutions for exchange of experience and scientific expertise 4. Embody the various collaboration agreements with pilot project having shared interests 5. Put in place legal and technical mechanisms to establish an unified GI datawarehouse

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