2. Introduction
However, there is no unifying element that would
allow without having to search many websites to
find all the data collectively, quickly and easily in
one place
Currently web portals and web services provide
large amounts of information, whether spatial
or non-spatial, relevant to tourism that are
already available on the web.
3. A platform for data sharing
• Completely lacking integration platform
combining individual services
• This is an area that we focus on currently
• European projects (SmOD, SDI4Apps ...)
• The aim is to integrate existing services, the
creation of data model for the sharing of
heterogeneous data sources and to provide
comprehensive information for end users.
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Single Electronic Tourist Market
Place
The current tourist and navigation systems are usually build on
centralised database. Such solution could be focused only on
navigation, or could be implemented as local or regional
solution. Main problem of this approach is, that much
information is difficult to collect on a global scale. There is
the possible to have central database of roads, but is not
possible to collect and mainly updated in global scale
information about accommodation, services, events, etc. The only
solution is to combine global navigation system with information
stored on local and regional servers using principles of
Semantic Web. Such technological solution can rapidly increase
quality of tourist systems.
Idea is not new
5. Smart Tourist Data
Combination of existing data resources to
provide maximum information for tourism
Existing data resources have various
Providers (voluntaries, state administration,
commercial subject)
Scope (provided services, geoinformation)
Coverage (local, regional, national, global)
Formats & services
7. Smart Tourist Data
Combination of modern spatial data trends (in
the background of real applications)
Web services
Semantics & metadata
Linked (Open) Data
SDI building
Sensor data
APIs
10. Map Layers:
OpenStreetMap, Nokia
maps, ESRI maps,
OpenWeatherMap,
OpenPisteMap
Map client: Leaflet
Graph library: RGraph
Internal data format:
GeoJSON
Case Study – Maps
11. Case Study – Data
Internal data: Harmonized data from various
providers (e.g. web pages of particular
resorts, Skimap.org etc.)
APIs: OpenWeatherMap
LOD resources: GeoNames.org, Dbpedia (link
& SPARQL endpoint)
12. Project „Česko jede"
www.ceskojede.cz,
Česko jede is forthcoming national project
focuses on the comprehensive support cycling
and other forms of non-motorized transport and
active tourism in the country.
Processing understandable and attractive for
cyclists with providing clear and quality
information for Czech and foreign cyclists
(remote, off-road or recreational)
Provision of information across all regions of the
country not only on the Web
14. CCSS and its role to support the project
„Česko jede“
CCSS within this activity, together with its
partners to use other technologies gained in
projects that are focused on the use of open
geographic information through innovative
services based on the linked data (Linked Data).
The aim is to create a prototype platform and
other modules to support the creation of
innovative services and applications over
geographic data stored in heterogeneous data
sources within the Regional Authority and CDV.
15. Support Portal "Czech goes" accessing spatial
information for each? Interconnection of
heterogeneous spatial data sources and non-
spatial information through the principles of
linked open data (Linked Open Data); ?
To create sustainable business model for the
spatial data infrastructure based on cloud
solutions, including ensuring the sustainability of
its development and timeliness help end-users;
Objectives
16. By creating a platform as a unifying element
allows all data to find collectively, quickly and
easily in one place without having to search
on many websites. This integration platform,
ensuring a combination of individual services
usable for tourism brand new - a higher level
of information use. ? It is an area of focus
common (CDV + Regional Authority) vision -
Smart Tourist Data.
Objectives
17. The main barrier, the error in the
understanding of the problem
• The efforts of local providers "maintain" data on
the portal - this limits the ability of efforts to
improve the visibility of regional and global
service offerings
• Feeling threatened local developers - this way as
opposed to the collection of data on a single
portal developers to detract from the local area
18. Who should cooperate
• The public sector, from local to national level
• The operators of services
• IT sector
• Investors
19. Important question
Are we able run such
project cross boarder, or
better are we able go for
Europa Goes?