Embracing INSPIRE in a legacy veterinary data management system

Nicola Ferrè - IZSVeEduard Roccatello – 3DGIS

Geospatial World Forum 2013 13-16 May 2013Beurs-World Trade Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

INSPIRE empowers collaboration

3DGIS• Italian GIS company

• 3D and mobile GIS experts

• Active in research projects (in collaboration with University of Padua and University IUAV of Venice).

IZSVe• Veterinary laboratory

• GIS unit

• Reference laboratories for FAO, OIE and EU

• Research activities at Italian, European and World level

Data and Information Sharing within the Veterinary Scientific Community:

LegislativeState of the Art and the Role of EPIZONE

[..] we have underscored the need to be able to consolidate information from disparate systems to support epizootic disease diagnosis and control, crossing National, State and Local government areas and extending into pan-European agency boundaries.

3rd – 4th November 2011Mira, Italy

Project’s aim

Why INSPIRE?

The general situation on spatial information in Europe is one of fragmentation of datasets and sources, gaps in availability, lack of harmonisation between datasets and duplication of information collection. These problems make it difficult to identify, access and use data that is available

veterinary

FUD

Barriers

Holding conceptual model

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 92/102/EEC[..]the geographic co-ordinates or equivalent geographic indication of the holding[..]

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2006/88/EC[..]the geographical position of the farm defined by a suitable system ofcoordinates of all farm-sites (if possible, GIS coordinates);[..]

source: Honourable the House of Commons Chairman, Dr Iain Anderson CBE

Holding conceptual model

IZSVe - Available legacy data setEntity Data set Issues

Unità epidemiologica Point geometry and attributes

Missing records

Sito Polygon geometry and attributes

Missing recordsInvalid geometries

Struttura Multipolygon geometry and attributes

Invalid geometries

Disciplinari Polygon geometry and attributes

Invalid geometries

Campo Polygon geometry

Idrografia Linestrings geometry

Anagrafiche Attributes

AF core model

AF extended model

Essential data set

IZSVe data model

Legacy data migrationEntity Mapped to Operation

Unità epidemiologica Holding • Centroid generation from child features if missing.

• Geometry validation

Sito Site • Convex hull from Struttura if missing. Operation grouped by distance.

• Geometry validation

Struttura Structure • Marked as Agribuilding• Geometry validation

Disciplinari Openarea • Geometry validation

Campo Plot

Idrografia HydroNode

Anagrafiche Holding and Site • Record extraction• Animal species extraction

Why not using a pure INSPIRE model?

• AF model is good but we had to cover specific needs, not currently available into the theme.

• We managed to design some extensions, while keeping INSPIRE in mind.

• This allowed us to keep working as usual, while migrating towards a INSPIRE compliance.

IZSVe model vs legacy model

• Designed to be INSPIRED compliant.• Well structured.• Easily adapts to the vast majority of

applications.• Allows variable level of detail (coarse detail to

fine detail).• GIS data has been integrated into the

workflow to improve analysis.

WebGIS aided data collection

• WebGIS is being developed to support data collection and analysis.

• Users will be able to input data directly into the model without hassle.

• Different levels of detail per user.

SOA and integration

Geo Database

3DGIS + ISZVesoftware

Geospatial server

Browser

Integrated systems

Integration component

OGC standard services

SOAP / REST services

Delivering INSPIRE as a Service

WebGIS WebGIS platformplatform

Local health authorities

Veterinarians

IZSVe specialists

INSPIRE

XML

WebWebServiceService

new-IZSVe to INSPIRE mappingIZSVe Entity INSPIRE Entity Mapping conditions

Holding Holding

Site Site

Structure Agribuilding InstallationType is AgriBuilding

Plot Plot

Structure WaterManagementInstallation

InstallationType is WaterManagementInstallation

OpenArea Installation InstallationType in OpenArea set

Structure InstallationPart Not agribuilding and has parent

Structure + AquacultureInstallation

AquacultureInstallation InstallationType is AquacultureInstallation

HydroNode HydroObject

INSPIRE as an opportunity for SME

• Partnership with domain experts in order to support INSPIRE data model

• Legacy data transformation towards INSPIRE

• Internationalization opportunitiesNo more data model hassles (in theory )

3DGIS is commited to INSPIRE

• Carto features a module to output Annex I from IntesaGIS (Italian regulation for TDB).

• The next release of Reti (network management solution) will support INSPIRE network specifications.

• We are looking forward to integrate INSPIRE data model into our software solutions.

Project future

• A number of barriers exist on both the individual, organizational and systemic level:– turf concerns– unclear benefits for the organization– narrow categorical funding programs

• Increase awareness within the EPIZONE network and vet community as whole

Embracing INSPIRE in a legacy veterinary data management system

Nicola Ferrè – IZSVenferre@izsvenezie.it

Eduard Roccatello – 3DGISeduard.roccatello@3dgis.it

Geospatial World Forum 2013 13-16 May 2013Beurs-World Trade Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands