Düsseldorf: 16 July 2010

MICUS Management Consulting has announced the completion of a study commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology (BMWI). An English shorten version of the study titled: has been published. (16 pages, Date: May 2010).

The report makes 11 recommendations (reference page 16):

“7. RECOMMENDATIONS (ORIGINAL PP 82–86)

From the examination into whether or not European legislation could be a driver for German geobusiness, 11 recommendations can be derived:

1. Synchronize regulations at federal and at federal state levels.
2. Use the GeoZG as a catalyst for the establishment of standardized geoportals.
3. Develop a new basis for pricing.
4. Create an economic motivation for data delivery.
5. Use data for balancing
6. Establish a platform to facilitate private use of public data and applications.
7. Extend the list of data in the GeoZG.
8. Establish a German platform as a tool for international cooperation.
9. Provide a mediation service as support for the INSPIRE process.
10. Define exceptions within the regulations.
11. Clearly differentiate between the data, services and applications which apply differently for the individual actors”

Report contents

1. Introduction (Original pp 3–4)

2. The EU Directives (Original pp 4–15)

2.1. Environmental Information

2.2. The Reuse of Information

2.3. Geodata Infrastructures

3. Analysis of the legal Implementation of INSPIRE in Germany (Original pp 16–57)

3.1. Provision of Geodata according to the GeoZG

3.2. The Reuse of Geodata according to the GeoZG

3.3. Scope of Application of the GeoZG

3.4. The Provision of Geodata according to further Regulations

3.5. Implementation Strategies

4. Business Models (Original pp 58–68)

4.1. The GeoBusiness Market

4.2. Previous Business Models

4.3. Future Business Models

5. GIW Projects (Original pp 68–73)

5.1. GeoRawMaterials

5.2. GeoRisk

6. Structure of the Web Application GeoBusinessLaw (Original pp 74–81)

7. Recommendations (Original pp 82–86)

FIGURES:

Fig 1: The eleven recommendations and their actors

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