Victorian Spatial Data Infrastructure

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• Victorian Spatial Data Infrastructure
• Steve Jacoby
• Director - Land Information Group
• Land Victoria
• Department of
• Natural Resources and Environment

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Topics

• Spatial Data Infrastructures
• Land Victorias Role
• Land Information Group
• Developments
• Practical Look at Victorias SDI

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Spatial Data Infrastructures

• 4 Components
• Data
• Technology
• Operational
• Business
• US Federal Geographic Data Committee 1997-
  www.fgdc.gov

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Framework Data
There are 7 common geographic data themes (FGDC)

• (FGDC)
• Geodetic control
• Cadastral information
• Administrative units
• Transportation
• Elevation
• Hydrography
• Orthoimagery

• Victoria (VGIS)
• Geodetic
• Property
• Address
• Administrative units
• Transportation
• Elevation
• Hydrography
• Imagery

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Technical Context

• Facilitates peoples ability to contribute and
  use data
• Spatial Data model
• Resolution (scale)
• Consistency across space (HI)
• Consistency among themes (VI)
• Feature identifiers
• Coordinate reference systems
• Temporal management
• Metadata

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Operational Context

• Focus on Accessibility and Ease of use
• Support for transactional updates
• Access to current ( past) framework data by
  information networks digital media
• Access via a national clearinghouse
• Available coverage (local / state / national)
• Integration via multi-contributors (HVI)
• Locational diversity (central - distributed)

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Business Context

• Minimise Business Barriers
• Data pricing
• Access
• non-proprietary formats
• non-exclusive arrangements
• minimal restrictions on use
• timely, equitable supply
• Information about Data limitations
• Format
• Standards
• Data certification

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Why?
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Maximising Value Created from Land
Land Dealings Private Property Sales 1997 23
billion Private Property Value 1997 425 billion
Revenue Raising 2.8 billion 1998/99
Public Purpose Use of Land 1 billion 1997/98
Property Development 7.7 billion 1997/98
Maximising Economic and Social Value
Infrastructure Development 2.5 billion 1996/97
Natural Resource Development 11 billion 1995/96
Spatial Decision Making 400 M p.a.
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The Land Victoria Point and Click Vision
By the year 2002, customers will be able to point
to a piece of land on an electronic map, and have
all the information relevant to that piece of
land at their fingertips.
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Key Land Victoria Strategies ...to contribute to
the growth of the Victorian land information
industry
1. Build a common geospatial infrastructure 2.
Remove barriers 3. Establish a competitive land
information market 4. Raise awareness
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Land Victorias role should be defined by value
and by the ability of the market to deliver
LEAD Take a leadership role, creating markets,
develop and provide services, outsource
FACILITATE Leverage government position to help
bring buyers and sellers together
NEGOTIATE Negotiate shift of functions to
the private sector
DO Continue to provide specific services
but improve standards