1. The Changing Role of Government in the Spatial Information Industry 3 September, 2010 Steve Jacoby Chair QSIC, General-Manager - Spatial Information Department of Environment & Resource Management steven.jacoby@derm.qld.gov.au http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/legalcode
2. The Brief… Changing capacities in the spatial industry Opportunities for collaboration between government, industry & academia Future shape of the industry New challenges and opportunities for government and the industry as a whole
10. Current state Rapid take-up and acceptance of spatial applications by the public, e.g. In car navigation web mapping Location based services – mobile applications Augmented reality – new iphones & android phones Driven increasingly by business not government Government, however, remains a major source of data Access to government information remains problematic Importance of information, information management, access, timeliness, & quality now well appreciated (if not funded…)
19. Whole of Government Drivers Right To Information Act 2009 & Information Privacy Act 2009 Proactive release of information (RTI) Service Delivery ‘One Government’ approach 13 Departments Smart Service Queensland
20. Your front door to Queensland Government 13 13 04 www.qld.gov.au
21. Whole of Government Drivers Right To Information Act 2009 Proactive release of information vs FoI Service Delivery ‘One Government’ approach 13 Departments Smart Service Queensland Towards Q2 through ICT (Qld Govt ICT Strategy) ICT Consolidation Governance GEA Policy IS (Information Standards)
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24. Improving information management and access:“Develop an action plan and supporting information architecture for access to Queensland spatial information”
25. DERM is the lead agencySpatially enabling Queensland Govt.
51. Queensland Government Information Service Search Review Select dataset Select format Licence Customer details Receive download link Download
52. Digital Data Directions Right To Information Act (2009) provides clear direction on proactive release of government information Access & Use policy states that government information is to be provided to the maximum extent possible, free of charge A GILF licence is to be progressively implemented (should be CC-BY) for government information SIG has established targets for progressive release of datasets via QGIS – reported via DERM’s Annual Report and Service Delivery Statement to Estimates (150 datasets by 2010/11)
53. Access vs Capability Access is critical, but current model promotes fragmentation QGIS helps, but is not the final solution! Workshop conducted by QGCIO’s Office (25th June) on Leveraging & Sharing CIO Experiences and Resources CIO’s all State Departments CIO’s from SEQ Councils CIO’s from Queensland Universities Top priority was a call for a “Shared Data Hub” for spatial & land information Single Point of Truth – continual improvement Shared infrastructure (potentially cloud based) Virtually unanimous across 40 CIO’s Non-contentious… if we can’t do this! To be addressed in the Towards Q2 through ICT Action Plan…
54. What’s changed? Data Hub concept from 1980’s? Maturity (technology & people – Spatial professionals & public) Authorising Environment (RTI Act, policies, etc) Efficiency & Effectiveness Reuse, before you buy, before you build Technology consolidation (government) GFC – focus on value Less silos in government Successful Data acquisition & sharing agreements (many years) Don’t want competing geographies - SPOT Higher resolutions / currency / volumes driving central solutions Imagery Lidar
64. planning…Area / Extent from Metres (100’s ~ 10’s) to mm Content / Inter-operability Accuracy / Resolution Currency Real time (full history & forward projections)
65. Example: Ergon Energy’s ROAMES program DERM has been working closely with Ergon on: DCDB upgrade processes to support ROAMES Utilising high resolution imagery & Lidar Data volumes are huge Imagery at 4cm resolution Lidar at 40 points per sq m Frequency of collection annually Estimate 1 Petabyte spatial data p.a. QGIS or multi-agency storage of this content is not feasible New solutions will be required
66. Challenges / Opportunities for the Industry Continuing to promote / demand access to all spatial data sets (RTI Act) Spatially Enabling the Queensland Government Action Plan~ Towards Q2 through ICT Investigating a “Data Hub” for Queensland’s land & spatial information (present & future data) Investigation & deployment of a unified Positioning Infrastructure (GNSS / CORS) for Queensland Collaborating and supporting key spatial information programs eg. Ergon Energy’s ROAMES initiative Continuing the good work to develop the Queensland spatial industry in a mature and progressive manner
