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Since already 15 years Switzerland has been establishing its Swiss Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure (FSDI). The Swiss FSDI evolved from an infrastructure project to a prioritized eGovernment pillar covering all administrative levels. Policy making, establishment of a legal framework and a paradigm shift from data to service provision (including metadata, data models, infrastructure) were key milestones. geo.admin.ch is the implementation and the portal to the Swiss FSDI according to the Swiss Federal Act on Geoinformation. In 2012 geo.admin.ch has won the 2012 United Nations Public Service Award, 2nd place, in the category of “Advancing Knowledge Management in Government” which rewards the creative achievements and contributions of public service institutions that lead to a more effective and responsive public administration in countries worldwide. FSDI customers benefit from a very performant and very flexible spatial data infrastructure. Thanks to the flexible underlying cloud infrastructure it was possible for the Swiss Federal Office of Topography (swisstopo) to handle the steady growth of the web traffic, which has doubled every year since 2008. This could be achieved by a novel combination of an open source software framework with an innovative cloud computing architecture resulting in an attractive cost/benefit ratio. A major economic benefit can be achieved with the establishment of geo.admin.ch in Switzerland. Some Federal administration benefits for decision-making, planning and improving efficiency of governmental processes are that data production can be accelerated and data exchange processes simplified. Other major achievements are leveraging open access, open standards, open source software, mobile support, map viewer user interface, mashups and API for all and, last but not least, scalability and agility on the infrastructure level thanks to cloud computing.

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INSPIRE 2013FlorenceJune 27 th 2013

geo.admin.ch : use cases and economics aspects from five -years experience of cloud computing for the Swiss SDI

Alain Buogo, Swiss Federal Office of Topography – swisstopo, Member of the board, Lead ofCoordination, Geoinformation and Services (COGIS)David Oesch, Project leader geo.admin.chHanspeter Christ , Project leader Cloud Infrastructure

08.05.2008

Swiss Federal Office of Topography - swisstopo

established in 1838 !

Operating the federal geo-information center, swisstopo..

• produces high-quality spatial reference data and products derived thereof;

• coordinates the activities for federal base geodata and promotes their broad application;

• guarantees data dissemination and base information for monitoring spatial development in Switzerland.

Anniversary 175 years swisstopo : Journey through the time - open to the public

1838–1843Friedrich Baader1:25,000Dufour Mapswisstopo map collection

Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo : Journey through the time - open to the public

1875 / 1877Alfred Cuttat 1:25,000Siegfried Mapswisstopo map collection

Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo : Journey through the time - open to the public

1877–1880Siegfried Map1:25,000First editionswisstopo map collection

Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo : Journey through the time - open to the public

1894Siegfried Map 1:25,0001st revisionswisstopo map collection

Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo : Journey through the time - open to the public

1902Siegfried Map 1:25,0002nd revisionswisstopo map collection

Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo : Journey through the time - open to the public

1915–1916 Siegfried Map 1:25,0003rd revisionswisstopo map collection

Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo : Journey through the time - open to the public

1931Siegfried Map 1:25,0004th revisionswisstopo map collection

Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo : Journey through the time - open to the public

1940Siegfried Map 1:25,0005th revisionswisstopo map collection

Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo : Journey through the time - open to the public

1955Map of Switzerland1:25,000First editionswisstopo map collection

Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo : Journey through the time - open to the public

1965Map of Switzerland1:25,0001st revisionswisstopo map collection

Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo : Journey through the time - open to the public

1970Map of Switzerland1:25,0002nd revisionswisstopo map collection

Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo : Journey through the time - open to the public

1976Map of Switzerland1:25,0003rd revisionswisstopo map collection

Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo : Journey through the time - open to the public

1982Map of Switzerland1:25,0004th revisionswisstopo map collection

Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo : Journey through the time - open to the public

1988Map of Switzerland1:25,0005th revisionswisstopo map collection

Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo : Journey through the time - open to the public

1994Map of Switzerland1:25,0006th revisionswisstopo map collection

Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo : Journey through the time - open to the public

2000Map of Switzerland1:25,0007th revisionswisstopo map collection

Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo : Journey through the time - open to the public

2006Map of Switzerland1:25,0008th revisionswisstopo map collection

Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo : Journey through the time - open to the public

www.swisstopo.ch

Umsetzungskonzept zur Strategie fürGeoinformation beim Bund 2003

Picture by lif

added value by private industry

investment bygovernment

Geoinformation market

Infras (2008): Analyse Geoinformationsmarkt Schweiz . Roman Frick, David Finger. GFX: Ralph Straumann, www.ralphstraumann.chInfras & IWV (2002): Analyse Geodatenmarkt Schweiz. Roman Frick, MarioKeller, Anna Vettori, Joel Meier , Dieter Spahni.

eGovernment services are like a Rubiks Cube:

Difficult to solve but always possible

Picture by floofy

Federal Act on Geoinformation (GeoIG), 1. July 2008Art. 1 Aim

This Act has the aim of ensuring that geodata relating to the territory of the Swiss Confederation is made available for general use to the authorities of the Confederation, the cantons and communes, the private sector, the public and to academic and scientific institutions in a sustainable, up-to-date, rapid and easy manner , in the required quality and at a reasonable cost .

Law

Map viewer

tile à 256 2 pixel

….and mobile!

….and API! Mashups made easy

data -> data as service -> interface to services

Picture by Iklasuhl Amal

Characteristics

900‘000‘000 tiles managed

10‘000 users /day, peak > 35‘000 users /day

3000 delivered tiles /s

200 thematic maps

5 languages

1 portal

2‘000‘000‘000 tiles delivered since 08/2010

Demo

• But HOW did we achieve this

did we achieve this

Components

Sea of laws

API

Applications

Geoservices

Tiles & Databases

Open Source Software stack

View Search Access

Cloud Computing

Infrastructure as a Service

[Cloud Security and Privacy, by Tim Mather, Subra Kumaraswamy, and Shahed Latif, ISBN 978-0-596-80276-9]

Swisstopo‘s choice

Traditional(On Premise)

Platformas a Service

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Softwareas a Service

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Apps & Services

VM

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Services

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Services

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Organization has control and

responsibility

Organisation shares control and responsibility with

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Cloud provider has control and

responsibility

Infrastructureas a Service

(IaaS)

Scalability on demand

More power in a few minutes

Scalability on demand

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Open Access

api.geo.admin.ch -> „freemium“

Picture by ul_Marga

Access not ownership is where all content is going… (Kevin Kelly)

wms.geo.admin.ch -> open

geo.admin.ch -> open

map.geo.admin.ch -> open

Open Standards

Picture by bekathwia

It is all about interoperability

api.geo.admin.ch -> RESTful, OGC

wms.geo.admin.ch -> OGC

geo.admin.ch -> all browsers/devices

map.geo.admin.ch -> (all) browsers/devices

Open Source

Picture by ravages

Scalability on demand - innovation - reusable

40Federal Office of Topography swisstopo

Division

..and it works ! some awards :

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41Federal Office of Topography swisstopo

Division

Thank you for your attentionand welcome to

david.oesch@swisstopo.chhanspeter.christ@swisstopo.ch alain.buogo@swisstopo.ch

twitter.com/swiss_geoportal

www.geo.admin.ch

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