Geonovum

LMO Description

Organisation:

Geonovum

Proposed role in INSPIRE development

allocate experts to Drafting Teams

yes

submit reference material as input to the Drafting Teams

yes

submit reference material as input to the Drafting Teams

yes

contribute to awareness raising and training

yes

implement pilot projects to test/revise/develop the draft Implementing Rules

yes

Details

Level of authority:

National

Netherlands

Formal Mandate:

The Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM) is responsible for the coordination of geo-information in the Netherlands. The Minister of VROM, advised by the Council for Geo-information (GI-beraad), has ordered the establishment of Geonovum as the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) executive committee in the Netherlands. Our mission is to: - develop and standardize the NSDI - gather and spread knowledge on the NSDI - make the NSDI more accessible to public parties in the Netherlands and the European Union. In short, Geonovum is devoted to providing better access to geo-information in the public sector and to develop and maintain the required geo-standards to do so. In our role as enabler of the NSDI we connect public sector managers on a strategic level with the work floor professionals on a tactical and operational level. The activities of Geonovum are subsidized by the Ministries of VROM, Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV) and Traffic, Public Works and Water Management (V&W), the Land Registry (Kadaster) and the Netherlands Institute of Applied Geoscience - National Geological Survey (TNO Bouw en Ondergrond).

Main Activities:

In order to complete our mission Geonovum carries out the following tasks: - share and make accessible all the geo-information available in the Netherlands - develop high-quality and widely applicable standards and to monitor their use - be a think tank in the domain of geo-information - be the 'voice of’ the geo-information sector that provides the Minister of VROM and the Council for Geo-information with professional advice and relevant knowledge Geonovum does not carry out all its tasks itself but calls in third-party help where needed. Our strength is that we discuss, coordinate and monitor arrangements between the parties concerned with regard to how activities are to be carried out and completed within the public geo-sector.

URL:

http://www.geonovum.nl

Comments:

As LMO for the Netherlands Geonovum: - actively participates in several drafting teams for the implementing rules - provides public and private parties in the geo-sector, that means data producers, users and transformers of geo-information, a platform to actively participate in and contribute to INSPIRE Geonovum e.g. informs and coordinates the consultation of the Dutch geo-sector on the implementing rules and on the call for expression of interest for development of data specifications to submit candidate specifications and participate in specification development.

Area of work/experience

Geographic Domain::

National

Netherlands

Societal Sector:

public government regarding geo-information

Specific Expertise:

Metadata

Network Services

Monitoring and Reporting

Data Specifications

Data and Service Sharing

Previous Experience relevant for INSPIRE development:

Geonovum coordinates the data providers who have to deliver their data. Within Geonovum we have a lot of expertise, mainly on standards. For example Marcel Reuvers and Michel Grothe as DT memebers are working for Geonovum.

Primary Business:

Geo information infrastructure (focussing on the public domain)

Environmental application domains:

That's for the Geonovum members

INSPIRE Data Themes
Coordinator	Geographical names, Administrative units, Transport networks, Hydrography, Protected sites, Elevation, Cadastral parcels, Land cover, Orthoimagery, Statistical units, Buildings, Soil, Geology, Land use, Human health and safety, Environmental monitoring Facilities, Production and industrial facilities, Agricultural and aquaculture facilities, Population distribution and demography, Area management / restriction / regulation zones & reporting units, Natural risk zones, Atmospheric conditions, Meteorological geographical features, Oceanographic geographical features, Sea regions, Bio-geographical regions, Habitats and biotopes, Species distribution, Coordinate reference systems, Geographical grid systems, Coordinate reference systems, Geographical grid systems, Geographical names, Administrative units, Addresses, Cadastral parcels, Transport networks, Hydrography, Protected sites, Elevation, Land cover, Orthoimagery, Geology, Statistical units, Buildings, Soil, Land use, Human health and safety, Environmental monitoring Facilities, Production and industrial facilities, Agricultural and aquaculture facilities, Population distribution and demography, Area management / restriction / regulation zones & reporting units, Natural risk zones, Atmospheric conditions, Meteorological geographical features, Oceanographic geographical features, Sea regions, Bio-geographical regions, Habitats and biotopes, Species distribution
Producer	Addresses, Cadastral parcels, Buildings
Theme User	Addresses, Buildings

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