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Spatial Data Infrastructures in South East Europe
Potential for the Development of Transition
Countries U.Boes, URSIT Ltd., Sofia,
BulgariaR.Pavlova, Technical University of
Sofia, Bulgaria
Münsteraner GI-Tage, 26.-27. Juni 2003
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Spatial Data Infrastructuresin South East Europe

• South East Europe
• Spatial Data Infrastructures
• The project GISEE
• The situation in SEE
• The way forward

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Countries of South East Europe
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Macedonia, Romania,
SerbiaMontenegro, Turkey
Member of the EU Greece
Candidates to the EU Bulgaria, Cyprus,
Romania, Turkey
Western Balkans Albania, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia,
SerbiaMontenegro
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The general Picture

• Diverse region of 126 million people
• Most countries under pre-transition income level
• Average yearly income 2,200
• Cash based economies
• Order of economic achievement Greece, Croatia,
  Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania
• The region is looking towards membership in the EU

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Background

• South East Europe is a region in development
  towards the European Union - EU enlargement
• Information Society is important for the future
  development of the region
• Spatial data are important for the Information
  Society
• Development of a European SDI -INSPIRE

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European Spatial Data Infrastructure

• eEurope Information Society in Europe
• Environment
• Water Framework Directive
• INSPIRE
• Study of SDIs in Europe
• Projects
• ETeMII, GINIE, GETIS,..
• EuroGeographics
• EuroGlobalMap, EuroRegioMap, EuroSpec

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SDI in SEE

• Project GISEE
• GIS Technology and Market in South East Europe
• A Study contributing to the SDI in South East
  Europe
• IST - 2001 37994
• September 2002 October 2003

The GISEE study corresponds to the need for
making data available via a spatial data
infrastructure both in the countries and the
region.
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GISEE Objectives

• Provide a comprehensive documentation of the
  spatial data infrastructures in the countries of
  South East Europe
• data, actors and applications, legislation,
  standards
• Target Countries
• Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia,
  Macedonia, Romania, SerbiaMontenegro,
  Turkey
• Determine obstacles and favourable conditions for
  the use of spatial data in the target countries
  and in the region
• Policy recommendations and roadmap for
  establishing national spatial data
  infrastructures

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GISEE Partners

• Technical University of Sofia - Co-ordinator
• URSIT Ltd., Sofia, Bulgaria
• GISIG (Geographical Information Systems
  International Group)
• EuroGeographics
• National Coordinators in Albania,
  Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia,
  Romania, SerbiaMontenegro, Turkey

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Approach

• Desk research and survey in all target countries
  about the availability and use of spatial data
  and the situation of a NSDI
• Analysis of the survey results
• Definition of policy recommendations and a
  roadmap
• to improve the NSDI in the countries and to
  propose a
• foundation for the establishment of a REGIONAL
  SDI

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Expected results

• Status of SDIs in South East Europe
• Inventory of spatial data and their use in South
  East Europe
• Policy recommendations and roadmap

Final report and database accessible via GISEE
web site www.gisig.it/gisee South East European
Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference
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Spatial Data Infrastructure in South East Europe

• Legal situation
• Data and technology availability survey
  results
• Roadmap to the future
• Digital Atlas of South East Europe

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The legal situation

• Constitutions guarantee basic information rights
• EU accession drives the legislation
• Some countries advanced
• Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria
• Special laws for spatial data in
• Bosnia-Herzegovina physical planning
• Bulgaria cadastre, geodesy

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The GISEE Survey

• Terms of Reference data definition
• Local survey by national coordinators
• Questionnaire
• Organizations, technology, data organi-zation,
  spatial data and metadata
• Web based data collection
• Local survey by national coordinators
• Central analysis

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Survey - Experiences

• Owners, providers at national, regional and local
  level users as much as possible
• Length of questionnaire (29 pages)
• Too many surveys
• Number of questionnaires ? size of country
• Lack of understanding of spatial data
• Inconsistencies in questionnaires
• First survey of this kind in SEE

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Returned Questionnaires
Country Distributed Questionnaires Received Questionnaires
Albania 20 19
Bosnia-Herzegovina 33 14
Bulgaria 32 27
Croatia 68 33
Macedonia 105 35
Romania 190 34
Serbia and Montenegro 51 41
Turkey 160 84
Total 659 287 (44)
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Organizations / Country
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National Mapping Agencies

• Bulgaria
• Ministry of Regional Development
• Military Topographic Service
• Croatia
• State Geodetic Administration
• Romania
• National Office for Cadastre, Geodesy and
  Cartography
• Ministry of Public Works, Transportation and
  housing
• Military Topographic Department
• Other countries similar situation

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Metadata - Owners
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Metadata Standards
online GML FDGC XML ISO
AL 1 Res. Many
BiH 1 1
BG
HR yes
MK 1
RO many 1
SM Admin/Comp yes 1
TR many 1
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Meta Data of Base Maps
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Owners of data in Bulgaria
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Owners of Thematic Data
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Spatial data in SEE

• All types of data exist
• Digital and vector form, good accuracy
• National coverage
• Not up to date
• Formats
• Vendor specific, national
• Tiff, Jpg, Dwg, Dgn
• Reference systems UTM (Research), GK
• Data are expensive or access restricted
• Private sector very active

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Example Croatia

• Large scale topographic maps out of date
• Large areas covered by land mines
• Relocation of people/ land ownership
• Original maps held in Belgrade
• Previous national structures do not exist any
  more

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NSDIs Weak Points

• Organizational
• Coordination and responsibilities
• Data are present, but disperse and old
• Lack of awareness and knowledge
• Little use of standards
• Low level of education
• Information Society base weak

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NSDIs Strong Points

• Private sector very strong
• Applications drive use of spatial data
• Environment
• Land ownership
• EU accession as catalyst

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Future Action

• Coordination with European activities
• Awareness creation, education
• Legislation
• Organizational measures
• Grass-root activities
• Actors
• Government, donors, private sector

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SEE SDI 2003
23 and 24 October 2003 Sofia, Bulgaria
Aims

• Publish the results of the study
• Create awareness for GI
• Foundation for SDI in the region
• Impact outside of the GI/GIS community

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The Regional Atlas of SEE
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Conclusions

• South East Europe
• Is fragmented
• Competitive market exists
• Awareness building crucial
• Starts with decision makers
• FDI and donor funding necessary
• Partners sought for concrete projects

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Acknowledgements

• GISEE is funded by EC/IST programme (IST
  2001-37994)
• National coordinators
• Romeo Sherko, Albania
• Zdravko Galic, Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Marian Nikolov, Bulgaria
• Miljenko Lapaine, Croatia
• Mirjana Apostolova, Vida Traikovski, Macedonia
• Florian Petrescu, Romania
• Dragan Stojanovic, Serbia and Montenegro
• Rahmi Nurhan ÇELIK, Turkey

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CONTACT US

• Ulrich BOES
• URSIT Ltd, Sofia
• ursit_at_spnet.net
• tel/fax [phone]
• Raina PAVLOVA
• Technical University of Sofia rsp_at_tu-sofia.bg
  
• tel [phone]