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CASE STUDY:
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identifying goalsThe Regional Office of Geographic Information
and Cadaster (DSIGC) regulates activities related
to geodesy, cartography, and cadaster in the
Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal.
DSIGC also develops and coordinates the
implementation process for the INSPIRE
Directive in the region. The INSPIRE Directive aims
to create a European Union (EU) spatial data
infrastructure (SDI). This will help members of the
EU share environmental spatial information among
public sector organizations and better facilitate
public access to spatial information across Europe.
To comply with this directive, DSIGC needed
to update the geographic and cartographic
themes in its region. They also wanted to
implement a project geoportal that would allow
regional and local partners to publicize data
and services and reduce wait time to publish
official geospatial data as web services. The
complete project included establishing a single
repository for the geospatial datasets from the
region that would minimize the cost of creating
multiple geoportals for its individual partners.
oveRcoming challenges•Update geographic and cartographic themes
to comply with the INSPIRE Directive standards
•Reduce wait time to publish data after it is
updated through standard web services
•Promote data and services sharing across
the entire local and regional government
of Madeira
•Create a coherent metadata repository of
existing spatial data and related services in
the region
•Implement all rules of the INSPIRE Directive
RealiZing ResultsAfter a diagnostic study, DSIGC realized the
regional public administration needed a stronger
GIS application to meet its growing needs.
With the help of Intergraph®’s GeoMedia®
product suite, it formed a team network
known as Regional Infrastructure for Madeira
Geographic Information (IRIG-Madeira) to
create a public web portal for sharing data
and collaborating with its partners. With
this, any user has access to a SDI geoportal
that offers thematic geographic information
about Madeira. This geoportal offers a set of
standard OGC web services. Depending on
their specific privileges, users can search the
metadata catalog and access their desired
geographic information.
In the project’s first phase, Intergraph helped
DSIGC extend its collaborative capabilities
with its partners by granting them access to
the geoportal, where they can help manage
and distribute regional geographical information.
Based on a ticketing methodology, partners
can submit maintenance instructions on
specific content or request the integration of
new content to the IRIG-Madeira administration
team. This implementation promotes effective
participation for regional SDI content and
ensures data is centralized and consistent.
After completing this first phase, IRIG-Madeira
successfully implemented its geoportal and was
recognized at the European level with the
EUROGI/eSDI-Net Sub-national SDIs Best
Practices Award for 2011 in the category
of networking.
In the second phase, DRIG and its partners
will be focused on regional spatial datasets
maintenance and disclosure in its geoportal.
For its first objective, DSIGC created a set of
web tools to help various regional partners
submit new information and update available
data. These web tools included the following
thematic portals:
•CartographicUpdateandMaintenance
Platform – Using the GeoMedia Smart Client
platform, registered partners can maintain
and update diverse geographic themes in
the region such as addresses, transport
networks, geographical names, points of
interest, traffic signs, and 1:5k vector map
series of municipal cartography using
customized workflows. Notifications to different
user groups are generated by the workflow
engine for several types of events (e.g., new
available information, approval required).
This provides tools to better manage and
supervise each geographic theme
maintenance process. The business
process management approach gives better
monitoring and control of these maintenance
processes, and ensures that each registered
user only performs the right maintenance
operation intended for the specific step of the
workflow. Utilization reports can be
generated by administrators, which provides
information on the performance of each
organization or workflow activity, and identifies
potential improvement.
•RegionalUrbanLicensingPortal – The
primary objective of this portal is to speed up
the request, processing, validation, and
issuance of permits for urban development
operations. This system accelerates licensing
processes and ensures faster, smarter
decision-making by giving all of the
stakeholders involved (both internal and
external) easy access to information.
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Registered citizens or their representatives can quickly identify the location and type
of urban development operation, and check whether proposed developments
conflict with any planning constraints or other restrictions. According to this information,
spatial analysis reports and location maps are automatically generated by the
system using up-to-date regional cartographic and spatial planning geospatial web
service available in the regional SDI. By allowing applicants to upload updated project
plans and technical drawings in association with the application form, they are able
to keep the 1:5k vector map series as up-to-date as possible.
•CadastralManagementPlatform– This restricted platform empowers DSIGC
users to process official cadaster management requests or Administrative Request
Processes (PRA) using GeoMedia Smart Client and GeoMedia Professional. Those
tasks are constrained by law and must follow a complex, strictly controlled workflow
to determine their legal viability and perform subsequent cadastral updates and validation.
The platform offers an easy-to-use environment and a harmonized official cadaster
database in accordance with the INSPIRE data model.
•IRIG-MadeiraGeoPortal – This geoportal is an open access to regional spatial
datasets and corresponding normalized web services produced by IRIG-Madeira’s
various partners. In addition to these components, this portal also includes a standard
geospatial metadata catalog and covers the submission and download of geospatial
data and metadata from partners. This system is enclosed in a collaborative web
portal that includes discussion forums and access to specific documentation of the
INSPIRE Directive.
“Intergraphalwaysfollowsthenewtechnologicaltrends,whichensureswe
getthemostadvancedsystemsthatexistinthearea,”saysDrªMariaJoão
SeiçaNeves,headofDSIGC.“Intergraph’stechnicalteaminPortugalgives
uscompleteassuranceinasystemthatmonitorseverythingnecessaryto
improveandmaintainourdata.”
DSIGC fully expects this project to promote coordination with its partners and better
manage the geographic information submitted into the system.
moving foRwaRdDSIGC has future plans to implement mobile platforms for better access to its data by
its technical partners in the field.
FACTS AT A GLANCE Company: Regional Office of Geographic Information and Cadaster (DSIGC)
Website: www.irig-madeira.org.pt/IRIGMadeira
Description: The Regional Office of Geographic Information and Cadaster (DSIGC) is an integrated organization in the Regional Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources and has approximately 40 employees. DSIGC is a strategic government department that supports other departments at the local and regional level as well as regional and national organizations, private companies and professionals, facilitating access to the geospatial data essential for proper and efficient development of their works.
Industry: Government
Country: Portugal
ProduCTS uSEd•GeoMedia Professional
•GeoMedia Smart Client
•GeoMedia WebMap Professional
•Geospatial Portal
•Geospatial SDI
KEy BENEFiTS•Automation of data publication
•Increased efficiency for urban licensing procedures
•Additional access to data facilitated by the geoportal
•Centralized repository of geospatial data in the region