This document summarizes Inga Bērziņa's presentation on cross-thematic content harmonization in Zemgale Planning Region of Latvia. The region covers 20 counties and 2 cities with a population of over 280,000. A key project involved developing harmonized spatial data and an online portal to promote various land uses and industrial sites. Data from 81 local plans was transformed into a common format and published using OGC standards. Stakeholder feedback found the most useful information for business was land use, infrastructure, and available industrial territories.

1. GI2011-X-border-SDI/GDI-Symposium
23. / 24. 05. 2011 in Euroregion ELBE / LABE (EEL)
11. Sächsisches GIS-Forum <> 1. Bohemian # Saxonian GIS-Forum
EXPERIENCE FROM
CROSS-THEMATICAL
CONTENTS
HARMONIZATION
Inga Bērziņa
Zemgale Planning Region
24th May, 2011

2. 20 counties
2 cities of national
importance
Jelgava and Jekabpils
28 0494
12.5% of the total
population of
Latvia

3.  Territory – 10 742 square km (16.6% of the total Latvia territory)
 Border with Lithuania more than 240 km
 Latvia University of agriculture with 9 faculties and more than 8000
students.
 The most luxurious palaces of Latvia –Rundale, Jelgava, Mezotne,
Bauska, Krustpils, Vecauce.
 Agricultural land - 77% with the most fertile soils in Latvia, 21%
covered by forests.
 Water resources - the Daugava and the Lielupe
basins

4.  Fruit growing institute with the largest (4 ha) lilac garden
in the Baltic States
 Tervete nature park - one of the most outstanding tourist
destinations among nature protected areas in Europe.
There you can find the tallest pines in the Baltic states that
are 250 years old
 Industries: agriculture and processing of agricultural
products, wood and peat processing, machinery, light
industry (clothing)

5.  A state institution supervised by the Ministry of Environment
Protection and Regional development
 Decision making body – Development Council of Zemgales
Planning region (chairmen of 22 self- governments)
 Executive body – Administration in charge of regional
development planning, transport coordination and other
delegated (by ministries and local authorities) functions, i.e.,
design and implementation of regional scale projects
 ZPR role in GIS – coordinate and supervise the development of
spatial plans in the region (in compliance with Methodological
Guidelines)

6. PROJECT “Capacity Building of Zemgale Region for
Strengthening the Economic Activities and
Cooperation with Norwegian Institutions” (Agreement
No. LV0056)
PROJECT RESULTS (1)
1. Methodological Guidelines for Spatial Planning in Zemgale
Guidelines
Region Territory
2. Provision of the technical
appliances for planning
• 11 PC equipped with ArcView 9.3.1
+ A3 coloured printers
• - Server (maintenance of ZPR database)

7. PROJECT RESULTS (2):
3. Development of the unified database of industrial
territories
3.1. Development of software application
3.2. Data input (with also possibility to provide data input
decentralize way at the local level
(search possibilities for industrial territories)
http://gisdb.zpr.gov.lv

8.  96 industrial territories
 81 spatial plans of local authorities

12. Data Flow of the Plans External User
FTP server
ArcViev + ArcViev + ArcViev + Internet browser
Development Development Development
aplication for aplication for aplication for
spatial plans spatial plans spatial plans
ArcEditor + Data
controling aplication
Data browsing.exploitation
Data editing
ArcGIS Server Data publishing Internet
Enterprise
Centralized GIS Database

13.  OSWindows 2008, 64 byte server
 MS SQL Server 2008 Express
 ESRI ArcGIS Server 9.3.1
 ESRI ArcEditor 9.3.1

14. Development ArcView
Specificatio ArcEditor
n Checking ArcInfo
Uploading ZPR GIS data Specification
schema
Spatial Metadata Ortophoto
Plan XML map
Users
Cadastra map
FTP Repository ZPR GIS DB Topographica
l map
Spatial Plan ZPR GIS
server
Plan Placement in a Queue
Deleting of previous errors from Registration of form
SDI
Specification Searching the forms after
Data check WEB cadastra number
Uploading aplication
Topological check aplication (ArcGIS Priting
server)
Deleting of previous plans’ data
Display ZPR GIS data on the map
from SDI
Data Transformation to SDI
Statistic uploading
Registration of errors

15. http://giz.zpr.gov.lv/

17. Backend software:
MapServer (CGI, MapScript), Apache,
PostgreSQL with PostGIS, PHP, Python,
Tilecache Grass (optional)
Web application:
Catalogue client, MiCKA, Geohosting,
HSLayers, PyWPS
Web Services:
Authorization service (SOAP), WMS, WFS

18.  Comparison of source and target data models
 Creation of concrete harmonization steps:
• transformation of reference systems and
• mapping of attributes (classes of land cover
classification systems)
 Transformation of attributes and values:
comparison of enumerations of the source and
•
target data (for Land Use)
 Implementation of the designed solution to the
geoinformation technologies (GIT)

19. ZEMGALE CLASSIFICATION → CORINE
NOMENCLATURE
1 DzMLow-rise residential dwellings → 11 Urban
fabric
2 DzVMulti-residential dwellings→ 11 Urban fabric
3 P Public Building→ 11 Urban fabric
4 RR Production facilities and warehouses→ 121
Industrial or commercial units
5 RD Mining area→ 131 Mineral extraction sites
6 T Technical Building→12 Industrial, commercial...
7 Ū Waters → 5 Water bodies
8 M Forests→ 31 Forests
9 ZĪ Outstanding foliage sitesNo corresponding class
10 ZC Other groomed greenery space→ 141 Green
urban areas
11 L Rural Land→ 2 Agriculture areas

20. Example of values translated into English.
Source_structure Description attribute_example
VEIDS Planned use type DzM - low storey building
INDEKSS Area with special requirements DzM
PLATIBA Area (m2) 100,52
TER_VIEN Territorial unit Jelgava
ADMIN_TER Administrative unit Tervetes novads
LAYER CAD layer level 2
PIEZIMES Free text remark NULL

21. Attribute: VEIDS
Value type: string
Definition: Planned use type
Code List: DzM Low storey building
DzV Several storey building
RR Production objects and warehouses
RD Territory of mineral deposits
T Technical building site
Ū Water
M Forests
ZĪ Special importance green areas
ZC Other cultivated green areas
L Field land
Attribute: INDEKSS
Value type: string
Definition: Area with special requirements
Code List: DzM Low storey building
DzV Several storey building
RR Production objects and warehouses
RD Territory of mineral deposits
T Technical building site
Ū Water
M Forests
ZĪ Special importance green areas
ZC Other cultivated green areas
L Field land
Attribute: PLATIBA
Value type: integer
Definition: Area (m2)
Code List -
Attribute: TER_VIEN
Value type: string
Definition: Administrative unit
Code List -
Attribute: LAYER
Value type: string
Definition: CAD layer level
Code List -

22. Transformed data
by height indication

23. GeneralLandUseTyp
e Land Use Code Description
DzM Low storey building territories
Residential DzV Several storey building territories
Commercial P Public building territories
Production objects and warehouses
Industrial RR territories
Natural RD Territories of mineral deposits
TechnicalInfrastruct
ure T Technical building sites territories
Water Ū Surface water territories
Agriculture M Territories used for forestry
ZĪ Special importance green areas
Parks ZC Other cultivated green areas
Agriculture L Land use territories

24. The data publication is performed uning CCSS & HSRS developed
Geoportalu sing OGC compliant services. System provided
functionality:
• Search: search of data and metadata using Micka metadata
solution
• OGC services: CWS, WMS, WFS, WCS.
•Downloads: data file download, via HTTP, to use with local
applications.
•Map Viewer: a rich functionality web client HSLayers
The data has been published in the ETR projection (EPSG:3035)
and local LKS92/Latvia-TM (EPSG:3059).

26. http://giz.zpr.gov.lv/catalogue/
?anytext=&type=&menuId=menu0

27. http://giz.zpr.gov.lv/catalogue/libs/cswclient/cswClientRun.php?servic
eName=ZPR&format=application/xml&id=4d1fa314-d808-4165-
8a2a-375f55fed3ea
http://giz.zpr.gov.lv/glog/Glog/entry.php?class=Mapman.MapmanWms&map
Project=mapproject12&instance=&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetCapabili

29. Data harmonization meeting in
Olomouc, April, 2011

30. ZNOJMO
OLOMOUC
ESF project
„ Evaluation and Improvement of the
PILZEN
Public Services for Business
Development in Zemgale Region”
Exchange of experience in Czech
Republic with aim to get introduced
with organization of spatial planning
procedures and information for
business promotion
October, 2010

31. 221 responses for the questionaire and 100 interviews
The most significant information to be displayed
for business development:
•Land use (existing and planned)
•Restrictions
•Infrastructure and communications
•Territory map
•Cadastra map
•Free industrial territories

32.  The conceptual model Land Use proposed by Plan4all is
very complex and covers the whole area of Territorial
Planning, not only specific Land Use. From the other hand
it is very difficult to propose and unified and standardized
model for Land Use planning (or spatial planning) for
different countries, where almost all files and formats are
unique and unstandartized
 Availability of GIS and harmonized data provide the new
ways of communicating and flexible information systems,
which public authorities could introduce and it is work how
to work and the way in which they could interact with the
different stakeholders and business word

33. Inga.Berzina@zpr.gov.lv
Inga.Berzina@zpr.gov.lv