Open Data in Switzerland - Geospatial World Forum 2014

Open Data in Switzerland

Geospatial World Forum 2014May 2014

Adelheid Burgi-SchmelzSpecial Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs

Open (Government) Data in Switzerland in a Nutshell

Adelheid Burgi-Schmelz Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs

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2001 Swiss Federal Strategy for Geographical Information

2003 Implementation Plan: National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)

Since 2010: geo.admin.ch

Since 2011: About 15 Parliamentary Requests Regarding OGD

2011 «Manifest» of the Association OpenData.ch

2012 OGD Study Switzerland

2012 Launch of OpenData.Admin.ch

2013 Report on the Economic Impact of OGD in Switzerland

2014 Version 3.0 of map.geo.admin.ch

2014 OGD Strategy for Switzerland


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Open Government Data (OGD) Value Chain

Source: Golliez, André u. a.: Open Government Data Studie Schweiz, 2012, http://www.itopia.ch/repository/Publikationen/OGD_Studie_Schweiz_Juni_2012.pdf



Data Charging (Commercial) Use

Conventional Approach:Charging for Public Sector Information



Data Tax Income(Commercial) Use

New Approach:Generating Taxes from the Commercial Use of Public Sector Information

Key Figures from a Survey in the Swiss Federal Administration in 2013



Question Sum over All Replies

Sum over all replies coming from «Geospatial Offices» (*)

What is the revenue that your data and information services generated in 2012?

CHF 41 Mio. CHF 33.4 Mio.

What did it cost your office to provide standardized or customized data and information services in 2012?

CHF 9.7 Mio CHF 6.2 Mio

What is your estimate for the one time cost of switching to Open Government Data?

CHF 5.5 Mio CHF 3.4 Mio.

What is your estimate for the annual cost of Open Government Data (if different from 2012)?

CHF 5.2 Mio CHF 4.7 Mio.

* Swisstopo, ASTRA, ARE, BABS, BAFU, BAKOM, BFS

Summary of the Estimates of the Economic Impact of OGD in Switzerland



http://www.bar.admin.ch/themen/01648/01651/index.html?lang=de&download=NHzLpZeg7t,lnp6I0NTU042l2Z6ln1acy4Zn4Z2qZpnO2Yuq2Z6gpJCDeIR4e2ym162epYbg2c_JjKbNoKSn6A--

Finding: OGD is Revenue Neutral for the Federal Government



Economic Impact CHF 0.9 B to CHF 1.2 B

Potential Tax Income (Federal Government Only)

+ CHF 44.2 Mio. to CHF 61.6 Mio.

Today’s Income from Charging - CHF 41 Mio.

Switching Cost over three years

- CHF 1.8 Mio.

Efficiency Gains over three years

+ CHF 1.5 Mio.

Net Benefit over three years

+ CHF 2.9 Mio. to CHF 20.3 Mio

How to Determine What is OGD



OGD Strategy Switzerland 2014-2018



• Approved by the Swiss Federal Council in May 2014• Commitment to Free Access to OGD in Machine

Readable and Open Formats: „Open Data by Default“• Data Protection• Data Publication on OGD Portal(s)• Stepwise Abolishment of Charging for OGD• Cooperation among all Levels of Government• Collaboration with Users and with the OGD Community• Link (in German): http://

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Hohle Gasse, Küssnacht am RigiPopulation & Economy -> Transportation -> Hiking Trails

National heroThe national hero was already known here in the late middle ages and also modern age. Long before Friedrich Schiller made the figure world famous through his stage play «WILHELM TELL» (first performed 1804 in Weimar).Tell is first mentioned around 1470 in the so called «White Book of Sarnen». This is the chronicle which Hans Schreiber wrote when he was the Notary of Obwalden. Therefore for more than 500 years he has been an important part of the Swiss Confederate freedom mythology and in the same connection the supression of the Habsburgers by the bailiffs, the Rütli Oath, Burgenbruch and the fight for liberation.As a blameless mountain farmer he fought the tyrant bailiff Heinrich Gessler, who he shot in an ambush with his crossbow in the Hohle Gasse in Küssnacht am Rigi. Through his heroism he became part of the legendary confederate freedom fighters around 1300 which reached its climax at the Battle of Morgarten (1315). …Right up to today his name stands for bravery,strong will and determination and since hundreds of years represents the symbol for freedom and independence.

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Hohle Gasse, Küssnacht am RigiPopulation & Economy -> Transportation -> Hiking Trails

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Hohle Gasse, Küssnacht am Rigi

Population & Economy -> Transportation -> Hiking Trails

Base Information -> Spatial Planning -> Building Zones

Historical Routes (Historische Verkehrswege) 1/3



Vereina (GR) - Klosters-Serneus

IHR Inventory









FOEN - Federal Office for the Environment



Water -> Groundwater -> Quality -> Nitrates



FOEN - Federal Office for the Environment Chemicals -> Pollutant Releases (Swiss PRTR) 1/3







INSPIRE 1/3: Environment, Biology and Geology -> Protected

Sites -> UNESCO World Natural Heritage



Top of Europe (Jungfraujoch)

http://www.personal.psu.edu/jlh379/Interlaken,%20Switz.html

INSPIRE 2/3: Environment, Biology and Geology -> Protected

Sites -> UNESCO World Natural Heritage




INSPIRE 3/3: Environment, Biology and Geology -> Protected Sites -> UNESCO World Natural Heritage

Environment, Biology and Geology -> Species Distribution -> Ibex Colonies




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