USER REQUIREMENTS in FRANCE

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USER REQUIREMENTS in FRANCE
NATURE-GIS Project
Synthesis and diagrams prepared by Patrick ARNAL
- TARNIUM sarl

• LA CORUNA Meeting - 24th June 2003

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TARNIUM ROLE in NATURE-GIS
WP2 USER NEEDS ASSESSMENT (2 person-months) .
Identify and describe stakeholders in France .
Characterise needs and experiences
WP1 MANAGEMENT(0,5 person-month)
WP4 FONCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS (2,5
person-months) . Identification of GIS
functionality in French protected areas .
Contribution to the catalogue of functionality
WP6 TECHNICAL GUIDELINES(0,5 person-month)
TARNIUM ASSOCIATED MEMBER TO REGION PIEMONTE
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INTRODUCTION
Results from previous European Projects
(TARNIUMATEN)

• SENSNAT (1999-2000) - CEO Programme, JRC- Ispra
• EON2000 Research Directorate - Environment
  Programme (2001-2004)

• SENSNAT ENQUIRY (1999)
• Questionnaire sent to 350 contacts (150 in
  France) RETURNED within 2 months 35
  questionnaires filled (30 from France)
• 1/2 of them use GIS .widespread but not
  systematic
• GIS Mainly for cartographic purposes
• Cartography is a support of work (92 ), then to
  decision (75 ) and finally for communication (69
  ).
• Data-processing equipment with Internet access is
  available for nearly 2/3 of the organisations
  having answered.

EON2000 ENQUIRY (2001) USE OF IMAGERY France
questionnaire
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Interest of Protected area Managers (EON2000
Project )
INTRODUCTION
Objective Needs

THEMATIC Habitats (biodiversity) Vegetation Fores
t Landcover and landuse Landscapes Agriculture Pa
storalism Parcel cadastre Uses
(tourism,) Built patrimony
GIS (practical) OUTPUTS Production of thematic
mapsSite survey and MonitoringInventory and
analysisCommunication Global approach (field
survey)Decision support Database
management Information sharing
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NATURE-GIS Enquiry results (on 33 questionnaires
received in France- TARNIUM, CEMAGREF, UNIV. J.
FOURIER)
Use of GIS (1)

• Question 26 Do you or your organisation use GIS
  for work ?

• Question 20 Have you or anybody in your
  organisation been trained to use Geographic
  Information Systems (GIS) ?

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NATURE-GIS Enquiry results (on 33 questionnaires
received in France- TARNIUM, CEMAGREF, UNIV. J.
FOURIER)
Use of GIS (2)

• Question 25 In your line of work how would you
  define the importance of Geographic Information
  Systems (GIS) ?

• Question 21 Would you be interested in
  attending training sessions about GIS use and
  access to geographic information in the near
  future ?

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NATURE-GIS Enquiry results (on 33 questionnaires
received in France- TARNIUM, CEMAGREF, UNIV. J.
FOURIER)
Use of GIS (3)

• Question 27 What GIS software do you use (or
  intend to use) ?

• NP 3RP18NR7

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NATURE-GIS Enquiry results (on 33 questionnaires
received in France- TARNIUM, CEMAGREF, UNIV. J.
FOURIER)
Use of GIS (4)

• Question 30 Do you use or do you intend to use
  Internet Map Server software's ?

• NP 3RP18NR7

• Question 32 Do you use or do you intend to use
  Digital Image Processing (DIP) software's ?

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NATURE-GIS Enquiry results (on 33 questionnaires
received in France- TARNIUM, CEMAGREF, UNIV. J.
FOURIER)
Use of GIS (5)

• Question 29 For what purpose does your
  organisation use or intend to use GIS for ?

• NP 3RP18NR7

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NATURE-GIS Enquiry results (on 33 questionnaires
received in France- TARNIUM, CEMAGREF, UNIV. J.
FOURIER)
DATA Management (1)

• Question 18 Please indicate whether your
  organisation produces/uses/needs any of the
  following data / information.

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NATURE-GIS Enquiry results (on 33 questionnaires
received in France- TARNIUM, CEMAGREF, UNIV. J.
FOURIER)
DATA Management (2)

• Question 18 Please indicate whether your
  organisation produces/uses/needs any of the
  following data / information.

• NP 3RP18NR7

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NATURE-GIS Enquiry results (on 33 questionnaires
received in France- TARNIUM, CEMAGREF, UNIV. J.
FOURIER)
DATA Management (3)

• Question 42.2 Please indicate the digital data
  you have ?

• NP 3RP18NR7

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NATURE-GIS Enquiry results (on 33 questionnaires
received in France- TARNIUM, CEMAGREF, UNIV. J.
FOURIER)
DATA Management (4)

• Question 49 How regularly are the data update ?

• Question 54 Have your datasets been catalogued
  to make it easier for external users to find the
  dataset they are looking for (do you store
  metadata)?

• NP 3RP18NR7

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NATURE-GIS Enquiry results (on 33 questionnaires
received in France- TARNIUM, CEMAGREF, UNIV. J.
FOURIER)
DATA Access (1)

• Question 50 Which of the following best
  describes the access to your data (tick one) ?

• Question 51 Where access is provided, which of
  the following applies ?

• NP 3RP18NR7

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NATURE-GIS Enquiry results (on 33 questionnaires
received in France- TARNIUM, CEMAGREF, UNIV. J.
FOURIER)
DATA Access (2)

• Question 60 If a web service containing
  information provided by you, would you prefer
  access to be ?

• Question 62 If data services were available on
  the Web, would you like to integrate your data
  with other data using online services ?

• NP 3RP18NR7

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NATURE-GIS Enquiry results (on 33 questionnaires
received in France- TARNIUM, CEMAGREF, UNIV. J.
FOURIER)
CONCLUSIONS for France

• QUESTIONNAIRE
• too long, not enough based on practical needs.
  Not enough returns from National Parks.
  Importance of direct and permanent contacts. Real
  interest on NATURE-GIS (as a pan-European Network)

• GIS
• Systematic use of GIS, not only for cartographic
  purposes, but also for data analysis (clear
  evolution within 2 years since EON2000 and
  SENSNAT)
• Mapinfo and Arcview most common software's
  (influence of ATEN)
• and clear Interest in producing own GI including
  Medata and modelling tools.

• DATA Management
• Still low level of production (cost/training) of
  Satellite imagery). Needs still important.
• No clear metadata policy (local/regional work
  only). Access policy still not lear (case by
  case, under convention). Interest in getting
  (free) information but not to provide it without
  control

• NATURE-GIS, goals strategy and awareness actions
  in France
• Clear differences, objectives and means between
  protected areas (NP, RP and NR) scale
  probematicsobjectives .NGISgtprovide clear and
  practical demonstration (accessing GI on-line)
• Access/Share finalised data / Maps OK (idem
  VECTOR layer running policy of ATEN 1 National
  Parks 2 Regional Parks). But raw data/layer NO
  (Still under property under specific
  convention).