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Estonian place names in national info system

Mall Kivisalu Estonia

12th Meeting of the Baltic Division Kaliningrad, 16–18 September

2008

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Contents• Estonian state information system • ADS – Support system for maintenance

of databases • National Place Names Register• Estonian National Topographic

Database (ENTD)

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Registers

Address Data System(ADS)

State Register of Construction Works

buildings

Land Cadastre

cadastral units, administrative units

Environmental Register

body of water, shale

Road Register roads

National Register of Monuments

cultural monuments

Registers and information systems which use the data, public and private sector

for example: Population Register, Commercial Register, Land Register, Police information system, Rescue Board, Alarm centre, local governments, Estoinian Post Ltd, Estoinian Energy company,

communication company etc....

Estonian National

Topographic Database (ENTD)

National Place Names

Register

place names

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ADS is a support system for maintenance of databases

• consisting of a central technological solution (ADS administration system) – including interfaces for processing address data

and providing address services, and databases processing address data

• of requirements for– form of addresses, – establishment of geographical addresses, – the chief processors of address data, – the chief processor of the ADS administration

system, – address services – the processing of addresses

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ADS includes the following data

• place names • geographical addresses • coordinates of address points • the dates of commencement and

termination of the validity of the address data

• information on the status of address objects • spatial addresses • and others …

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National Place Names Register

• Official place names shall be entered in the National Place Names Register

• The set of data concerning place names in the national cartographic database shall constitute the National Place Names Register

• General principle: interbase cross-usage of information

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Exchange of data

Address Data System(ADS)

Estonian National

Topographic Database (ENTD)

National Place Names Register includes

data: place names address point x/y named feature (natural or man-made geographic entity) type of named feature source documents information hereinafter providers of data register data in the archives

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address data

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Estonian National Topographic Database (ENTD)

• To manage and organize the production of topographic data covering the whole territory of Estonia

• To provide the society with up-to-date and high-quality data and products

• To provide state and local government databases with spatial data

• To implement the directives of European Parliament and of the Council establishing an infrastructure for spatial information in the community

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ENTD goals•Update

–Keep data up-to-date –Use different data sources

•Conformity–Harmonize objects/features–Allow non-topographic themes

• Cartography –Produce digital topographic data–Derive paper and digital products –Design high quality maps

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ENTD goals• Update

– Keep data up-to-date – Use different data sources

• Conformity– Harmonize objects/features– Allow non-topographic themes

• Cartography – Produce digital topographic data– Derive paper and digital products – Design high quality maps

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ENTD architecture

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Use of official place names in ADS 1• Roads’ name in

National Place Names Register and address point x/y

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Use of official place names in ADS 2

• Roads’ geometry in ENTD

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Use of official place names in ADS 3

• Cadastral units’ geometry and geographical addresses in Land Cadastre

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More information

• Place Names Act • The Place Names Board of Estonia

http://www.eki.ee/knn/index2.htm • Government of the Republic Regulation No. 251

of 20 December 2007 “Address Data System”• National Place Names Register:

http://gmaps.maaamet.ee/knr/ • Estonian Land Board: http://www.maaamet.ee/ • Web Map Server: http://xgis.maaamet.ee/

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Thank you!