Contents Hub "NCO Viewer"
Published on 23 April 2018
Spain
Comunidad de Madrid
This is the good practice's implementation level. It can be national, regional or local.
About this good practice
The owner of this practice is National Cartographic Institute in Spain.
Its first objective is to reduce costs of maintenance thanks to the centralisation, because the data system could be easily implemented by other public bodies websites.
Problem solving: Organisations usually have problems when publishing their georreferenced information, as for example:
multiple consultancies
multiple implementation and maintenance costs
multiple viewers
difficulty accessing information
content distributed on different websites
excellent information but also "hidden" information
Unifying this data systems means to half the cost, according to the experts.
Information could be embeded. This HUB offers service to organisms (regional or national ones) wanting to publish their Thematic Geographical Information through a viewer.
Layers can be activated or deactivated by users to personalize the information they are looking for.
Hypermedia cartography shows geographic reference information and it is also an interface to locate hyperlinks.
This platform upload points, lines, areaas, and URL adress to specific websites. Videos or multimedia content are not uploaded but it can be linked. Therefore, information won't be duplicated and the file size are smaller and the upload speed potentially increases.
The project schema uses the online platform ArcGis. It defines what geoservices or contents are going to be available and how the user is going to interact with them.
Its first objective is to reduce costs of maintenance thanks to the centralisation, because the data system could be easily implemented by other public bodies websites.
Problem solving: Organisations usually have problems when publishing their georreferenced information, as for example:
multiple consultancies
multiple implementation and maintenance costs
multiple viewers
difficulty accessing information
content distributed on different websites
excellent information but also "hidden" information
Unifying this data systems means to half the cost, according to the experts.
Information could be embeded. This HUB offers service to organisms (regional or national ones) wanting to publish their Thematic Geographical Information through a viewer.
Layers can be activated or deactivated by users to personalize the information they are looking for.
Hypermedia cartography shows geographic reference information and it is also an interface to locate hyperlinks.
This platform upload points, lines, areaas, and URL adress to specific websites. Videos or multimedia content are not uploaded but it can be linked. Therefore, information won't be duplicated and the file size are smaller and the upload speed potentially increases.
The project schema uses the online platform ArcGis. It defines what geoservices or contents are going to be available and how the user is going to interact with them.
Resources needed
Technical and personal resources of public administration in the National Cartographic Institute.
A team (2 - 8)Technicians and administrative staff working part/full time in the project.
A team (2 - 8)Technicians and administrative staff working part/full time in the project.
Evidence of success
An increasing numbers of providers (maps and data generator) are joining the list of NCO viewer providers. Source: http://www.jiide.org/Jiide-theme/programa/JIIDE2018_NCO_IGN.pdf
Number of layers continuously increasing (data from 2017 and 2018) by users. New updates: may 2018 July 2018, October 2018, December 2018.
New english version (2018).
Eg: Camino de Santiago layers https://nco.ign.es/caminosantiago/
Layers as: national parks, biosphere reserves, GR, PR, UNESCO heritage, BTT routes.
Number of layers continuously increasing (data from 2017 and 2018) by users. New updates: may 2018 July 2018, October 2018, December 2018.
New english version (2018).
Eg: Camino de Santiago layers https://nco.ign.es/caminosantiago/
Layers as: national parks, biosphere reserves, GR, PR, UNESCO heritage, BTT routes.
Potential for learning or transfer
Often organizations that publish their own geographic information had problems publishing information georeferenced, with dynamic viewers and many of them end up publishing with static or alphanumeric display, only on their website (usually, poorly SEO positioned) . For instance, Mountain Federations that have registered long-distance travels.
The following project is presented instead of waiting for each agency to hire a consultant in order to have a good viewer and a server that work with wmts services. We take the initiative to make a project through which all these agencies can share their information (collaborative tool).
The following project is presented instead of waiting for each agency to hire a consultant in order to have a good viewer and a server that work with wmts services. We take the initiative to make a project through which all these agencies can share their information (collaborative tool).
Further information
Website
Good practice owner
Organisation
National Geographic Institute (IGN)
Spain
Comunidad de Madrid