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22nd September 2006: PCGIAP WG3 (Spatially Enabled
Government)
At the 12th meeting of the PCGIAP and 17th UNRCC-AP in Bangkok Thailand,
it was decided that WG3 (Cadastre) would be renamed WG3 (Spatially Enabled
Government) in order to respond to the society and technical challenges
facing the creation of SDIs for member nations.
21st September 2006: International Workshop on
the Integration of Built and Natural Environmental Datasets within National
SDI Initiatives
Successful one day International PCGIAP WG3 Workshop held as part of
the 17th United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and
the Pacific (UNRCC-AP) in Bangkok, Thailand. Reports and presentations
from the Wrokshop can be found here.
1st June 2006: New Project on research into the
relationship between built and natural environmental datasets within National
SDI initiatives
An Australian Research Council (ARC) funded project is underway, with
research focussing on case studies of countries within the Asia and
Pacific region, including Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Japan,
Malaysia, New Zealand and Thailand. Information on the project including
progress reports can be found at the project website:
http://www.geom.unimelb.edu.au/research/SDI_research/Integrated/
1st February 2006: New Research Papers
Several recently published journal papers on Marine Administration
and SDI development, including 'Supporting decision making and management
in the marine environment' and 'The role of sub-national government
and the private sector in future Spatial Data Infrastructures' are now
available from the Publications section
of the website.
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Activities
Integration
of Built and Natural Environmental Datasets within National SDI Initiatives
One of the major components of the Working Group 3 Workplan for 2007-2009
is continuation of a project investigating the relationship between
cadastres and SDIs, and particularly the relationship and integration
of multi-sourced built and natural environmental datasets which was
started mid-2005. This is being undertaken through a research project
coordinated by the Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land
Administration of the Department of Geomatics, The University of Melbourne.
The research project aims to better understand and describe the technical,
jurisdictional, institutional, legal and land policy perspective surrounding
built and natural environmental datasets in a National SDI. This will
help to meet the primary aim of the project, which is the development
of a methodological framework for institutional initiatives in integrating
built and natural environmental data. The project relies on new and
cutting edge technologies in ICT to develop opportunities for data integration
and access.
The project will advance knowledge and understanding of the ability
of National SDIs to deliver sustainable development objectives in a
modern information society. This will be achieved through the development
of new concepts and policies to integrate medium to small scale topographic
datasets with large scale people relevant datasets (especially cadastral
data). Increasingly, cadastres and SDIs use the latest information and
communications technology (ICT). Simultaneously with improvements in
access technology, the project will deliver improved functionality and
usability of spatial data particularly in situations of growing need
for integrated data: for instance, risk management (fire and flood),
coastal management, tree cover, land degradation and salinity, water,
improved land use planning, heritage protection and native title management.
The development of integrated datasets for a nation is a cultural and
institutional challenge more than a scientific one. Therefore, this
research aims to develop a data model, framework and strategy to facilitate
organisations to better tackle this challenge and be more proactive
in developing relationships at all levels of government. This includes
a critical examination of philosophies, structures and processes and
is significant to both industry and governments alike.
A case study methodology is being utilized within this project based
on the links established through Working Group 3 of the PCGIAP. This
enables the development of solutions which can be utilized within across
countries and enable best practice to be established. It will also built
on the development of the Asia-Pacific SDI, one of the major goals in
the creation of PCGIAP.
As part of this project, an International Workshop on Data Integraiton
was held in September 2006 during the 17th UNRCC-AP in Bangkok Thailand.
The objective of the workshop was to investigate data integration of
natural and built environmental datasets in the context of establishing
and maintaining national SDIs within countries in Asia and the Pacific
region. This helped to identify problems, issues, similarities and differences
in: institutional arrangements; related SDI policies; data integration
methods and technologies; and human resource and capacity building.
Outcomes of the International Workshop, including papers presented can
be found here.
Information on the project including progress reports can be found
at the project website:
http://www.geom.unimelb.edu.au/research/SDI_research/Integrated/
Cadastral
Template Project
One of the successful outcomes of WG3 was facilitating a profile analyses
of countries within the Asia-Pacific region describing the status of
their cadastre and land administration systems and the need for improvements,
in order to facilitate benchmarking and the development of performance
indicators. In order to achieve this, a Cadastral Template was developed.
The Cadastral Template is a standardised generic template that enables
review of cadastral activities in the region through the discovery of
information, including matters concerned with member countries' land
policy, laws and regulations, land tenure, land administration and cadastre,
institutional arrangements, spatial data infrastructures, technology
as well as human resources and capacity building.
The Cadastral Template Project received a United Nations mandate through
Resolution 4 of the 16th United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference
for Asia and the Pacific held in Japan on 14-18 July 2003. This was
an important step for the project in order to improve the efficiency
and effectiveness of cadastral systems worldwide including a focus on
the role of cadastres in national spatial data infrastructures. In simple
terms the Cadastral Template provides a standard format to collect both
descriptive and statistical data of the cadastral system of a specific
country. This is a world first and an important strategic initiative
Asia-Pacific. The importance of successfully implementing the cadastral
template initiative under a UN mandate cannot be over emphasised.
Data from the cadastral template is available at a dedicated website
(www.cadastraltemplate.org),
coordinated through the Centre
for Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land Administration, Department
of Geomatics, The University of Melbourne, Australia, with 40 countries
data currently online. Analysis of the data has been completed with
the results being published in the International Journal of Land Policy,
Volume 24, Issue 1, January 2007. An electronic copy of the journal
article is available online here.
SDI and Cadastral Issues in Administering the
Spatial Dimensions of the Marine Environment
The second component of the WG3 three year Workplan is to support research
into the spatial dimensions of administering the marine environment
in the Asia-Pacific region. There has been a recent push by some countries
to include the marine environment within the sphere of a nations SDI
and it is important to understand the factors driving the development
of such SDIs in the marine environment. The current systems in place
to manage marine boundaries and rights need to be assessed, in order
to identify technical, legal and institutional issues and arrangements
that are hindering the coordination and effective management of the
marine environment. International perspectives also need to be considered,
if the ability to create a marine SDI concept that crosses jurisdictional
boundaries is to be successful.
There is also a need to understand the spatial dimensions of the marine
environment across the Asia/pacific region. Common problems, issues,
similarities and differences in SDI, institutional arrangements and
in the administration of rights, restrictions and responsibilities need
to be documented, in order for best practice to be established. There
are also technology and human resources and capacity building issues
effecting the establishment of a Marine SDI which need to be taken into
consideration. Perhaps the most important in creating an effective Marine
SDI is investigating and solving institutional and cultural issues which
often hinder SDI development long after the technical problems have
been solved, as seen in the terrestrial environment.
2003:
International SDI Short Course - Melbourne
In order to improve capacity building for SDI an International SDI
Short Course was run by the Chair and Research Coordinator of WG3, supported
by Resolution 5 of the 16th UNRCC meeting in 2003 in Okinawa, Japan.
The SDI concept continues to evolve as it becomes core infrastructure
supporting economic development, environmental management and social
stability in developed and developing countries alike. Due to its dynamic
and complex nature it is still a fuzzy concept to many, with practitioners,
researchers and governments adopting different perspectives, depending
on their needs and circumstances.
The course introduced the concepts, organizational models and progress
made on SDI developments and the cross-jurisdictional relationships
of these developments, for those participating in and managing SDI implementation.
The focus of the course was on problem-solving to increase management
capacity for the spatial industry in the context of SDI development.
Although directed at spatial scientists, technologists, professionals,
managers, policy makers, students and researchers, the course had broader
applications for other disciplines as the concept of SDI continues to
adapt in response to user needs. Further information regarding the course
can be found at the Centre
for SDI and Land Administration Homepage.
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Work
Plan
Current Work Plan for Working Group 3
| PCGIAP
Working Group 3 - Workplan 2007-2009 |
| No |
Activities/Steps |
Status |
| 1 |
Initiative and Work on Spatially Enabling Governments Project -
development of a strategy and workplan on this issue. |
2007-2009 |
| 2 |
Preparation and conduction of international case studies on Data
Integration |
Oct. 2006 - June 2007 |
| 3 |
Analysis of the country reports on data integration issues and experiences
and the analysis of the results of the International Workshop on Data
Integration, held in September 2006, Bangkok Thiland . |
Jan 2007 - April 2007 |
| 4 |
Continuation of the work on the Data Integration Project as part
of the Integration of Builtand Natural Environmental datasets in the
context of National SDI Initiatives. |
Oct. 2006 - June 2008 |
| 5 |
Report on outcomes of WG3 activities (including analysis of current
project, recommendations, future plan, etc). |
PCGIAP Annual Meeting |
Previous Work Plan for Working Group 3
|
PCGIAP Working Group 3
- Workplan 2004-2006 |
| No |
Activities/Steps |
Status |
| 1 |
Continue promoting the Cadastral Template project and responses
to the Caastral Template and collate the completed reports. |
Completed |
| 2 |
Maintain and update the Cadastral Template
website |
Completed |
| 3 |
Analysis of results of the Cadastral Template (prepare report, describe
findings etc) and possibily publication of a booklet. |
Analysis Completed |
| 4 |
Continue promoting Marine Adminstration Template
for Cpountry Reports in order to have a wider view of the Asia-Pacific
region |
Completed |
| 5 |
Design a website for dissemination of Marine Administration workshop,
country reports and results |
Completed |
| 6 |
Analysing the results of the Marine Administration
workshop and all country reports to be available on the website |
Completed |
| 7 |
Report on outcomes of WG3 activities (including analysis of cadastral
template and marine administration template results, recommendations,
future plan etc.) |
Completed |
| 8 |
Work on relationship between cadastres and
SDIs and particularly the relationship and integration of cadastral
and topographic datasets |
Ongoing |
| 9 |
Identifying issues confronting PCGIAP Member Nations in building
and maintaining cadastral layers in their National SDIs |
Completed |
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Workshops
Working Group 3 has
run four very successfull International Workshops as part of their work
plan over the last four years, with information on all four workshops
available below.
International Workshop on Spatial Enablement of Government and NSDI-Policy Implications
12 June 2007–Seoul, Korea
As part of the PCGIAP WG3 workplan for 2007-2009, an international workshop was organized on 12 June 2007 on the ¡®Spatial Enablement of Government and NSDI-Policy Implications¡¯. The workshop was conducted in Seoul, Republic of Korea as part of the 13th PCGIAP Annual Meeting and in collaboration with the GSDI Association. 125 people from 13 countries and 2 international organisations attended the workshop.
The objective of the workshop was:
• To communicate and refine the draft PCGIAP WG3 workplan
• Commence dialogue in PCGIAP and better understand and describe spatial enablement of government
• Gather preliminary data and refine the understanding of data requirements for the PCGIAP WG3 task of facilitating spatial enablement of government;and
• Better understand and describe the legal and economic issues in the development and implementation of spatial data infrastructures (SDIs).
The workshop reviewed national use of spatial enablement by governments and society including: how is spatial information being used nationally; who uses it ¨C particularly in non traditional areas such as taxation, health services, human services etc; how widely is it used; is the concept of ¡°place¡± or ¡°location¡± such as street address used as an organizing entity in government processes; do countries have a geocoded national street address file; is the use of spatial information linked to whole-of-government policies (such as e-government and ICT strategies); and what can be done to improve the use of spatial information. The workshop also focused on legal and economic issues in relation to the development of SDIs including: data sharing and collaboration developments; drivers for SDI investment; SDI benefit/cost studies; and data access policies. Invited presentations by experts in the field, along with the presentations from case study countries in the Asia Pacific formed the basis of the workshop. A panel discussion and identification of future direction and way forward concluded the workshop.
A report on the International Workshop on Spatial Enablement of Government and NSDI-Policy Implications can be downloaded here.
International Workshop on the Integration of Built
and Natural Environmental Datasets within National SDI Initaitves
September 2006 – Bangkok, Thailand
As part of the 17th United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference
for Asia and the Pacific (UNRCC-AP), a dedicated one day workshop was
held on data integration. The objective of the workshop was to investigate
data integration of natural and built environmental datasets in the
context of establishing and maintaining national SDIs within countries
in Asia and the Pacific region. This aimed to identify problems, issues,
similarities and differences in: institutional arrangements; related
SDI policies; data integration methods and technologies; and human resource
and capacity building. Approximately 40 people from 18 countries and
organisations attended the workshop.
Major issues and challenges highlighted during presentations and discussion
during the workshop were separated into technical, institutional, legal
and social categories (available in the Workshop
Report). From these issues and challenges, the participants discussed,
made suggestions and agreed on two resolutions (full text also available
in the Workshop Report)
which outlined the major recommendations to be made to the UNRCC-AP
from the Workshop.
• Resolution 1 – Marine Administration – the Spatial
Dimension
• Resolution 2 – SDI to Support Spatially Enabled Government
Resolution 1 focused on the management of the spatial dimension of
the marine environment including the ability to integrate data at the
land-sea interface. The second resolution focused on the challenging
role of utilising an integration framework within SDI initiatives to
support spatially enabling governments. This second resolution focuses
on the use of location to organise government information and business
activities, of which integrating built and natural environmental data
is an integral component.
A report on the outcomes of the International Workshop
on Integration of Built and Natural Environmental Datasets within National
SDI Initiatives can be downloaded here.
International Workshop on Administering the Marine
Environment - the Spatial Dimensions
May 2004 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
As part of the WG3 workplan and the strategy to discuss the marine
administration and marine cadastre, WG3 organised a very successful
four-day workshop (4th-7th May 2004) on Administering the Marine Environment
– The Spatial Dimensions in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia which was supported
and hosted by the Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia. The objective
of the workshop was to better understand the spatial dimensions of administrating
marine environment in Asia and the Pacific region and particularly to
facilitate:
- an understanding of the needs of an SDI in the marine context;
- better understanding and appreciation of the administration of marine
rights, restrictions and responsibilities; and
- the documentation of issues in establishing a marine dimension as
a key component of National SDIs.
The Workshop reviewed national administration of marine environments
of countries in Asia and the Pacific region based on a common template
to identify problems, issues, similarities and differences in spatial
data infrastructures; institutional arrangements; the administration
of rights, restrictions and responsibilities; technology and human resource
and capacity building in the marine environment. 102 people from 11
countries (Malaysia, Australia, Fiji, India, Cambodia, Indonesia, Kiribati,
Thailand, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Ireland) attended the workshop.
A report on the outcomes of the International Workshop
on Administering the Marine Environment - the Spatial Dimensions can
be downloaded here.
International Workshop on Cadastral Systems in
Asia and Pacific Region
July 2003 - Okinawa, Japan
WG3 organised a very successful two-day workshop (12-13 July 2003)
on cadastral systems in Asia and Pacific region based on the Cadastral
Template, which was conducted prior to the 16th UNRCC-AP conference
and 9th PCGIAP meeting in Okinawa, Japan. The PCGIAP has acknowledged
the importance of the development of this Cadastral Template and approved
the Workshop through Resolution 8 during the 8th PCGIAP meeting in Brunei
Darussalam, April 2002.
The objectives were to understand the role that cadastre plays in a
state or national spatial data infrastructure and to compare best practice
as a basis for improving cadastres as a key component of SDIs. 45 people
from 25 countries attended the workshop. During the two day discussions
and presentations by organisers and participants, the workshop participants
recognised the following important items:
- The importance of the WG3 research, activities and program (especially
cadastral template and marine cadastre) and the development of SDI
in the Asia-Pacific region.
- The relationship between cadastre and land administration and SDIs
as well as the roles that land parcels play in building different
level of SDIs.
- The importance of understanding a methodology for evaluation and
benchmarking of Land Administrations as a basis for improving the
cadastral and land administration systems in the Asia and Pacific
region and the roles they play in establishing and maintaining SDIs.
A report on the outcomes of the International Workshop
on Cadastral Systems in Asia and Pacific Region can be downloaded here.
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Reports to
PCGIAP Annual Meeting
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Related
Links
Centre
for SDIs and Land Administration - The University of Melbourne
The Department of Geomatics at the University of Melbourne, which currently
has an active research group working in the field of SDIs, Land Administration
and Marine Cadastre coordinates and supports the PCGIAP-Working Group
3 (Cadastre).
FIG Commission
7 - Cadastre and Land Management
FIG Commission 7 has a close working relationship with WG3 of the PCGIAP.
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Publications
Following is a list
of publications (with links to the papers) stemming from research undertaken
within Working Group 3
Rajabifard, A., Williamson, I., Steudler, D., Binns, A. and King, M.
(2007), Assessing the Worldwide Comparison of Cadastral Systems, Journal
of Land Use Policy, Vol 24: 1, 2007, pp 275-288.
Mohammadi, H., Rajabifard, A., Binns, A. and Williamson, I. 2006, Bridging
SDI Design Gaps with Facilitating Multi-source Data Integration, Coordinates,
Vol II, Issue 5, May 2006.
Rajabifard, A., Binns, A., Masser, I. and Williamson, I. (2006), The
role of sub-national government and the private sector in future Spatial
Data Infrastructures, International Journal of GIS, Vol. 20, No 7, pp.
727-741.
Strain, L., Rajabifard, A. and Williamson, I. (2006), Marine
Administration and Spatial Data Infrastructures, Journal of Marine
Policy, Vol 30: 431-441.
Williamson, I., Wallace, J. and Rajabifard, A. (2006), Spatially
Enabling Governments - a New Vision for Spatial Information, Proceedings
of the 17th United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and
the Pacific, September 2006, Bangkok, Thailand.
Binns, A., Strain, L., Rajabifard, A. and Williamson, I. (2005), Supporting
Decision Making and Management in the Marine Environment, GIS Development,
August 2005.
Rajabifard, A., Binns, A. and Williamson, I. (2005), Administering
the Marine Environment – The Spatial Dimension, Journal of Spatial
Science, Vol 50, No. 2, pp 69-78.
Williamson, I.P., Rajabifard, A. and Binns, A. (2004), Issues
in Developing Marine SDI, International Workshop on Administering
the Marine Environment – The Spatial Dimensions, 4-7 May, Kuala
Lumpur Malaysia, 11p.
Rajabifard, A. and Williamson, I.P., 2004, Regional
SDI Development- A Fundamental Framework, Journal of Geospatial Today,
January-February 2004, Vol. 2, Issue 5, India.
Binns, A., Rajabifard, A. Collier, P.A. and Williamson, I.P. 2004, Developing
the Concept of a Marine Cadastre: An Australian Case Study, Trans-Tasman
Surveyor Journal, No. 6, August, 2004, Australia.
Rajabifard, A. Collier, P.A. and Williamson, I.P. 2004, ‘Marine
SDI and Cadastre Activities in Asia-Pacific, Coastal Zone Asia Pacific
Conference (CZAP 2004), September 5-9, Brisbane, Australia.
Strain, L. Rajabifard, A. and Williamson, I.P. 2004, ‘Spatial
Data Infrastructure to Facilitate Coastal Zone Management‘,
Coastal Zone Asia Pacific Conference (CZAP 2004), September 5-9, Brisbane,
Australia.
Rajabifard, A. and Williamson, I.P. 2004, ‘SDI
Development and Capacity Building’, Proceedings of the 7th GSDI
Conference, 2-6 February, Bangalore, India.
Rajabifard, A. and Williamson, I.P. 2004, ‘International
SDI Short Course’, Proceedings of the 7th GSDI Conference, 2-6
February, Bangalore, India.
Steudler, D., Rajabifard, A., and Williamson, I.P. 2004, ‘Evaluation
of Land Administration Systems’, Journal for Land Use Policy,
Vol 21/4 pp 371-380.
Steudler, D., Williamson, I.P. and Rajabifard, A. 2004, ‘Cadastral
Template-A Worldwide Comparison of Cadastral Systems', GIM-International
Journal, Vol. 18, No. 5, May 2004.
Steudler, D., Williamson, I., Rajabifard, A. and Enemark, S. 2004, 'The
Cadastral Template Project', FIG Working Week 2004, Intercontinental
Athenaeum Athens, Athens, Greece, May 2227, 2004.
Rajabifard, A. and Williamson, I.P., 2003, ‘Asia-Pacific
Region and SDI Activities’, Journal of GIS Development, July
2003, Vol. 7, Issue 7, India.
Steudler, D., Williamson, I.P. and Rajabifard, A. 2003, ‘The
Development of a Cadastral Template’, Journal of Geospatial
Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 1, June 2003, Hong Kong.
Rajabifard, A., 2003, ‘Developing Spatial Data Infrastructures:
Highlighting Issues and Influencing Factors’, Proceedings of 16th
United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific,
Okinawa, Japan, 14-18 July, E/CONF.95/6/IP.1, 11 pages.
Binns, A., Rajabifard, A., Collier, P.A., and Williamson, I.P. 2003,
‘Issues
in Defining the Concept of a Marine Cadastre for Australia’,
FIG/UNB (University of New Brunswick) Seminar/Meeting On Marine Cadastre,
15-16 September 2003, Fredericton, Canada.
Rajabifard, A., Collier, P.A., and Williamson, I.P. 2003, ‘Australian
Marine Cadsatre Research and Activities’, FIG/UNB (University
of New Brunswick) Meeting on Marine Cadastre, 15-16 September 2003, Fredericton,
Canada.
Williamson, I.P., Rajabifard, A. and Enemark, S. 2003, ‘Capacity
Building for SDIs’, Proceedings of 16th United Nations Regional
Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific, Okinawa, Japan, 14-18
July, E/CONF/95/1, 17 pages.
Williamson, I. P., Leach, J., and Rajabifard, A., 2001, ‘Marine
Cadastres’, Position paper presented at 7th Meeting of the Permanent
Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific (PCGIAP), Tsukuba,
Japan.
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