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SpatialNews.com Press Release
1Spatial Presented at ePSIplus Thematic Meeting
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1Spatial participated in the first of three thematic meetings focusing on Information Management Standards and Data Quality for ePSIplus in London.
1Spatial were invited to speak on data quality at the event, with a presentation by Steven Ramage entitled 'Improving Quality for PSI Re-use'. ePSIplus is a Thematic Network, funded by the eContentplus programme, to support the implementation of the European Directive on Public Sector Information (PSI) Re-use, in the period leading up to its review in 2008.
More than 15 Member State representatives from across Europe attended the event. The main objective of the meeting was to gather information from those organisations involved in the public sector across Europe and determine best practice for PSI re-use.
Steven presented case studies from a number of 1Spatial customers in this sector, including AdV Germany, City of Amsterdam, City of Oslo, IGN Belgium, OSNI and the Environment Agency in England and Wales. He covered a number of general issues related to data quality and focussed on spatial data quality since a large percentage of public sector information is geographic in nature; principles from INSPIRE, the Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe, also align well with the PSI Directive. He explained some of the challenges faced when aggregating and harmonising spatial data and pointed out the risk management and supply chain considerations when tackling spatial data quality.
Steven Ramage, Business Development Director at 1Spatial, commented:
"It was an honour to speak at such an international gathering. There were some really useful presentations from my co-presenters, such as Mary Rowlatt from Essex County Council and Serge Brack from the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. There is a great deal of awareness still required in this area and extensive work to be done in determining fitness for purpose for spatial data sets, as well as other sources of public sector information."
Brian Green, ePSIplus Analyst responsible for Management, Standards and Data Quality, added:
"We are grateful to 1Spatial for an important and meaty contribution to this lively and valuable meeting. Steven emphasised the key role of geographic data in the potential re-use of public sector information and the importance of data quality, providing many helpful pointers, case studies and references."
Presentations from this Thematic Meeting are now available on the ePSIplus website:
http://www.epsiplus.net/epsiplus/themes/information_management_standards_and_data_quality
About 1Spatial
1Spatial is the world leader in the management, transformation and quality control of spatial data. We have been providing operational solutions to organisations with large spatial databases for more than 20 years. 1Spatial customers include prestigious organisations around the world in fields such as Defence, National Mapping Agencies, Government and Utilities. 1Spatial's solutions are designed around the full Oracle technology stack including Oracle Spatial. Our solutions and services validate, clean and merge geo-spatial datasets, specialising in automated spatial data management and correction. We ensure that your business critical spatial data are fit for purpose for electronic processing, and that maximum value is obtained from the enormous investment made in spatial data collection through sharing, effective integration with business processes, and efficient reuse: www.1spatial.com
About ePSIplus
ePSIplus is a Thematic Network, funded by the European Commission's eContentplus programme, to support the implementation of the European Directive on Public Sector Information (PSI) Re-use, in the period leading up to its review in 2008.
The ePSIplus portal, www.epsilpus.net provides access to a wide range of knowledge emerging in this field, across all EU member states, of key interest to public and private sector stakeholders, together with an opportunity to engage in debate on key issues.
In this way, ePSIplus is setting out to provide a one-stop shop for key information on PSI re-use across Europe including news, reports, legal cases, good practices and benchmarking on the progress of legislation by means of our country scorecard, all searchable by thematic area, country and free text terms.
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