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United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management 5th session New York, August 2015

Ng Siau Yong Director, GeoSpatial Singapore Land Authority

Growing Implementation of National Initiative in GIM

Planning 10% Inception 8% In Developme nt 27% In Operation 55%

Stages of GIM Development Significant Changes in GIM i. Implementing new policies ii. Establishing new committees iii. Increasing participation of stakeholder

Provides skills training Provides technology and infrastructure Creates and supplies geospatial data Assures geospatial data quality Creates geospatial services Conducts R&D Contributes/Develops GIM policies Drives use of geospatial information Makes strategic decisions

• n national GIM

Monitors national GIM development

Government Academia NGO Private Sector

Participation in National Institutional Arrangement

70 50 30 10

Enabling a Successful GIM

57%

Coordination & collaboration among entities

41%

Infrastructure & technological facilitation

39%

Policy & decision making

25%

Capacity building & adoption

12%

Diverse representation in NIA

12%

Accountability, monitoring & regulation

67%

Data Sharing

51%

Open Data

49%

Data/Service Standards

31%

Data/Service Pricing

31%

Intellectual Property Rights

8%

Competition Policy

GIM Areas of Emphasis GIM Governance Policies

63% 73% 27% 60% 75%

Americas Europe Africa Arab States Asia & Pacific

Enabling a Successful GIM – Areas of Emphasis

Coordination & Collaboration Among Entities Infrastructure & Technological Facilitation Policy & Decision Making

Enabling a Successful GIM – Areas of Emphasis

44% 53%

Coordination & Collaboration Among Entities Infrastructure & Technological Facilitation Policy & Decision Making

18% 60% 50%

Americas Europe Africa Arab States Asia & Pacific

Enabling a Successful GIM – Areas of Emphasis

38% 53%

Coordination & Collaboration Among Entities Infrastructure & Technological Facilitation Policy & Decision Making

18% 40% 50%

Americas Europe Africa Arab States Asia & Pacific

Enabling a Successful GIM – Governance Policies

63% 80% 45% 80% 100%

Americas Europe Africa Arab States Asia & Pacific Data Sharing Open Data Data/Service Standards

Enabling a Successful GIM – Governance Policies

56% 67% 9% 60% 100%

Americas Europe Africa Arab States Asia & Pacific Data Sharing Open Data Data/Service Standards

Enabling a Successful GIM – Governance Policies

50% 67% 18% 60% 100%

Americas Europe Africa Arab States Asia & Pacific Data Sharing Open Data Data/Service Standards

No Answer 14% Very Low 16% Low 24% Medium 34% High 6% Very High 6%

Importance of VGI

VGI Landscape

Citizens 28% Experts 21% NGO 19% Private Sector 17% Others 8%

No Answer 7, 7%

Leading Contributors

Citizens 21% Expert 18% Non- Govern ment 15% Private Sector 17% National 10% GIM 8% Others 5% No Answer 6%

Leading Users

Citizens are leading contributors Citizens are leading users VGI is in the early-stage

Tradeoff for Usage of VGI

Speed, 29% Update, 30% Security, 10% Low Cost, 27, 23% Others, 2% No Answer, 6%

Advantages of VGI

Quality, 28% Difficulty, 14% Wrong Data, 23% Assurance or Reliability, 27% Others, 2% No Answer, 6%

Weakness of VGI Data

Areas of Further Study

National Institutional Arrangement i. Development of self-assessment tool ii. Identification of best practices on GIM Volunteered Geographic Information i. Identify the advantages & weaknesses of VGI from the user perspective ii. Develop best-practices concerning the use of VGI

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