The important questions related to INSPIRE and open spatial data are: “What is the impact of INSPIRE services?” and “What is the impact of open spatial data?” In this presentation we describe the new methodology for impact assessment. It was used to analyse the impact of Finnish Environment Institute’s (SYKE) open environmental information. The indicators were defined based on the strategic goals of SYKE and data for the indicators were collected automatically from SYKE’s services providing environmental information such as web maps, spatial web services and download services.

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How to assess and showcase the impact
of open environmental information
Jaana Mäkelä, Spatineo
Kaisu Harju and Riitta Teiniranta, Finnish Environment Institute
INSPIRE Conference 2018
Make it work together
19.9.2018
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THE STRATEGIC GOALS OF THE FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE (SYKE)

3. SYKE’s Open Data
Services
• Open environmental data
available since 2008
• Spatial datasets
• Environmental information
systems
• Web map applications
• Web services
• Satellite observations
• Usage of open data
increases every year →
impact?
• www.syke.fi/openinformation

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● Improvement of
Indicators
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Measurable
indicators
● Spatineo Platform
● Customer’s data
● Automated surveys
● Third party data
● Real-time
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● Automated reports
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Strategic
goals
● Evaluate all options
● Specific technologies
● Communication with
stakeholders
RecommendationsImplementation
Automated Data
Collection
Assess Impact

5. Goal:
Citizens' participate more widely
in observing and collecting data
from environment
Impact indicator:
Citizens' activeness in providing
observations
Lake wiki
Ice condition
Algal situation
Surface water
temperature

6. Goal:
Comprehensive information on
built environment to authorities,
companies and citizens
Impact indicator:
Who are the specific users of
data on built environment

7. Goal:
Key information user groups use
environmental information
Impact indicator:
Division of usage of
environmental information in
user groups

8. Goal:
Decrease the vulnerability of
cities in climate change
Impact indicator:
All municipalities that have flood
risk areas use data of flood risks

9. • Ensure that all information from web maps, data downloads and
citizens’ submissions of observations are collected
• A study to understand why there are big differences between the
amount of users of web maps
• Natural?
• Potential users do not find web maps?
• Better communication of flood maps and flood information to
municipalities
• Impact assessment can be developed based on user experience of
SYKE:
• Which indicators are most beneficial?
• Do new information needs arise during 2018?
RECOMMENDATIONS AND FUTURE ACTIONS

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Contact information:
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Jaana Mäkelä
jaana.makela@spatineo.com
Tel + 358 40 847 4008
JM_Spatineo
syke.fi
Kaisu Harju
kaisu.harju@environment.fi