Milan KONECNY President; International Cartographic Association (ICA) Institute of Geography, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, 611 37 BRNO, Czech republic konecny@geogr.muni.cz Commissions of ICA * Commission on Cartography and Children * Commission on Education and Training * Commission on Gender and Cartography * Commission on Generalisation and Multiple Representation * Commission on the History of Cartography * Commission on Incremental Updating and Versioning Changing models of geographic information Layers of OS MasterMap GMES relevant policy areas: * Sustainable Development * Global Climate Change * Common Defence and Security Policy * European Research Area * European Strategy for Space Current status Architecture model INSPIRE Scope: 17 Themes-1 * 1. Geographical location * 2. Administrative units * 3. Properties, buildings and addresses * 4. Elevation * 5. Geo-physical environment * 6. Land surface/land cover * 7. Transport * 8. Utilities and facilities * 9. Society and population * 10. Spatial planning/ Area regulation INSPIRE Scope: 17 Themes-2 * 11. Air and climate * 12.Water/ * hydrography * 13. Ocean and seas * 14.Biota/biodiversity * 15. Natural resources * 16. Natural and technological risks and natural disasters * 17. Areas under anthropogenic stress Nine Societal Benefit Areas of GEOSS have been formulated * Disasters * Health * Energy * Climate * Water * Weather * Ecosystems * Agriculture * Biodiversity Geographical Information is going mobile A technology for designing of 3D maps 3D Main content - in flood mapping Secondary content Additional content * quality and quantity information about objects -- fence, roof, street, parcel * created as a textural database Sources for 3D map * paper topographic or cadastral maps * photogrammetric or surveying data * digital 2D map * topographic information, measurements, architecture drawings etc. * digital or paper photos * 3D symbol system Contributions Contributions of GI to the Knowledge Economy Criteria Contribution Knowledge Jobs High tech employment in remote sensing, mapping and surveying hardware; software development; IT consulting; application development; geospatial data collection; and project/program management. Globalization Companies in Europe, North America and Australia are partnering with IT and mapping firms in India, China and elsewhere to take advantage of a highly qualified workforce prepared to work at very competitive rates of pay. Contributions of GI to the Knowledge Economy Criteria Contribution Economic Dynamism and Competition SDI evolution encourages creation and growth of new high-technology companies: Stage 1 and Stage 2 -- New hardware, software and data collection firms to support government mapping and data collection projects. Stage 3 -- Focus shifts to IT consulting firms as interest increases in data maintenance, enterprise GIS; data distribution and interoperable systems. Stage 4 -- Emphasis on applications development, specializ. data collection, LB services. Contributions of GI to the Knowledge Economy Criteria Contribution Transformation to a Digital Economy Real property information component now driving applications in E-Government. Data related to address-matched road networks driving applications in Location-Based Services and E-Commerce. Technological Innovation Capacity New capital investments and returns from intellectual property tend to be focused on geospatial firms involved in hardware / software development, location-based services, and situations where the firm has a monopoly on management and distribution of key datasets. Contributions The "Millennial Students" now moving into the Workplace * Based on the research of Neil Howe and William Strauss. * Newest books --Millennials Rising -- the Next Great Generation and Millennials Go to College: Strategies for a New Generation on Campus * "The Millennials say they want to use technology. They want to use the web as a means to access information and one another.They want to work on solving problems that matter and they want to do this in collaborative teams." Implications to Future Geospatial Services? Must be... * Quick * Anonymous * Authoritative * Delivered "Just-in-Time" ("Use it and lose it") * Easy to share on-line with friends and colleagues. Geospatial Information & the Knowledge Economy * Are current SDI services oriented to continue affecting Knowledge Economy Indicators? * Will the "look and feel" of SDI services change as expectations of Millennial Generation begin to dominate the market? * What indicators will determine the success or failure of SDI over the next 10 years? * Roles of Government as SDI evolves?