1. armasuisse
Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
COSIG
Cloud Computing, maps and
stakeholders: a love affair ?
4 years experience by geo.admin.ch
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David Oesch, Project leader geo.admin.ch

2. Federal Office of Topography swisstopo Designation of this project / as at TT/MM/JJ
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3. Federal Office of Topography swisstopo Designation of this project / as at TT/MM/JJ
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4. The European Union made a move to
get its foot in the cloud computing door,
saying it could deliver 2.5 million new
jobs to Europe.
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5. Federal Office of Topography swisstopo Designation of this project / as at TT/MM/JJ
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6. Federal Office of Topography
swisstopo
• Federal Geo-Information center
• 321 employees
• Producer of the swiss national maps
• Operator of the swiss Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure
(FSDI)
• Provider of about 80 geoservices and web mapping
applications federated under «geo.admin.ch: the
geoportal of the Swiss Confederation»
www.swisstopo.admin.ch – www.geo.admin.ch
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7. Agenda
• What is cloud computing ?
• Cloud Computing Benefits
• The Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure
• Cloud Computing and FSDI
• Questions
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22. What is cloud computing ?
Cloud computing is the use of computing resources
(hardware and software) that are delivered as a service over
a network (typically the Internet).
Wikipedia
Cloud Computing is a new way of delivering computing
resources, not a new technology.
European Network and Information Security Agency, Cloud Computing, 2009
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23. Main cloud computing models
Software as Service (SaaS)
Software as a service, sometimes referred to as "on-demand software", is a software
delivery model in which software and associated data are centrally hosted on
the cloud.
Wikipedia
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Platform as a service (PaaS) is a service that provide a computing platform
and a solution stack (database, web server etc..) as a service.
Wikipedia
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Infrastructure as a Service is a provision model in which an organization
outsources the equipment used to support operations, including storage,
hardware, servers and networking components.
Search Cloud Computing
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24. Main cloud computing models
Desktop and business applications
SaaS
Software platform to host cloud based enterprise applications
PaaS
Servers, storage
IaaS
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25. Cloud Computing
Buying services instead
of buying hardware and
software
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26. Cloud Computing deployment models
Public cloud
Public cloud applications, storage, and other resources are made available to
the general public by a service provider.
Community cloud
Community cloud shares
infrastructure between several
organizations from a specific community with
common concerns (security, compliance, jurisdiction, etc.), whether managed
internally or by a third-party and hosted internally or externally.
Private cloud
Private cloud is cloud infrastructure operated solely for a single
organization, whether managed internally or by a third-party and
hosted internally or externally.
Hybrid cloud
Hybrid cloud is a composition of two or more clouds
(private, community or public) that are bound together.
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27. Cloud Computing
IT as a service !
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28. Hype Cycle for cloud computing
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29. Agenda
• What is cloud computing ?
• Cloud Computing Benefits
• The Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure
• Cloud Computing and FSDI
• Questions
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30. Elastic Capacity
• Scaling up and … down in minutes
• No provision
• Use only ressources that you need
• Manage unexpected peaks (slashdots effects)
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31. Elastic Capacity
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32. Elastic Capacity
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33. Elastic Capacity
Traditional IT Cloud Computing
Server number Server number
Success breakdown
Performance limit
Load
Overcapacity
Overcapacity
Load
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34. Elastic Capacity
Source
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35. Quick deployment
• No more IT Infrastructure barrier
• Instantaneous provisioning
• Shorter development cycles
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36. No initial investment
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37. Pay for what you use
• CPU per hours
• Gigabyte (storage and transfer) per month
• Turn on/off ressources
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38. IT Infrastructure as API
• IT Infrastructure is automated
• Focus on you business
• Reuse, not reinvent the wheel
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39. Agenda
• What is cloud computing ?
• Cloud computing benefits
• The Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure
• Cloud computing and FSDI
• Questions
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40. 60-80%
OF ALL DECISIONS TAKEN
IN OUR WORLD CAN BE
RELATED TO GEOINFORMATION
Coopers and Lybrand, 1996
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41. SWISS LAW
Federal Act on Geoinformation (GeoIG), 1. July 2008
Art. 1 Aim
This Act has the aim of ensuring that geodata relating to the territory of
the Swiss Confederation is made available for general use to the
authorities of the Confederation, the cantons and communes, the private
sector, the public and to academic and scientific institutions in a
sustainable, up-to-date, rapid and easy manner, in the required
quality and at a reasonable cost.
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42. National Map
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43. Aerial Imagery
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44. TLM
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45. Cadastral Web Map
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46. Addresses
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47. swissALTI3D
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48. Aeronautical Chart
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49. Land Occupancy
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50. Road Traffic Noise
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51. Historical Routes
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52. Dufour Map
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53. Siegfried Map
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54. 166
layers available
On 23.9.2012
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55. on mobile, too ;-)
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56. KML Import
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57. Measure
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58. Profile
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59. WMS Import
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60. Drawing
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61. Print
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62. API
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63. 1 portail
5 languages
100 servers
166 datasets
500 MB/s bandwidth
1’300 tiles /s
50’000 visits/day
1’500’000’000 tiles
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64. Thanks to Cloud Computing
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65. Agenda
• What is cloud computing ?
• Cloud computing benefits
• The Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure
• Cloud computing and FSDI
• Questions
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66. Cloud Computing & FSDI: IaaS Model
swisstopo’s choice
Infrastructure Platform Software
Traditional
as a Service as a Service as a Service
(On Premise)
(IaaS) (PaaS) (SaaS)
Apps& Services Apps & Services Applications Applications
VM VM Services Services
Server Server Server Server
Storage Storage Storage Storage
Network Network Network Network
Organization has Organization shares control Cloud Provider has
control and bears and responsibility with control and bears
responsibility Cloud Provider responsibility
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67. Cloud Computing & FSDI: History
January 2008
Request for the map application of «SchweizMobil»
April 2008
Go-Live «SchweizMobil v.1» (Cluster with 3 EC2 Servers with AWS … BETA)
July 2008
Federal act on Geoinformation (GeoIG)
February 2009
Start of the migration of FSDI (8 Servers) in Public Cloud
March 2009
Go-Live «SchweizMobil v.2» (Cluster with 10 EC2 Servers)
August 2010
Go-Live «geo.admin.ch: the geoportal of the Swiss Confederation»
January 2011
Finalization of the migration of the FSDI in Public Cloud (60 EC2 Servers, 100 TB)
September 2011
«geo.admin.ch» goes mobile!
September 2012
Traffic record, 100 EC2 servers
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68. Why cloud computing ?
Boost innovation
• Offer services that were previously not
implementable (…bandwidth of 500 MB/s)
• «Start 10 servers …in 10 minutes … and stop
them 10 minutes later»
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69. Why cloud computing ?
Focus on your business
• Rent IT ressources, don’t manage them
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70. Why cloud computing ?
Cost Reduction
• From 25’000 EUR/server to 6000 EUR/server
8 physical servers: 200’000 EUR/year (maintenance + investition costs)
100 cloud servers: 600’000 EUR/year (maintenance + investition costs)
• No investition cost
• Infrastructure is never obsolete
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71. Why cloud computing ?
Flexibility
• Generate millions of tiles in one night
• Adapt infrastructure to customer usage
• FSDI can be hosted on whatever cloud provider
(thanks to automation and OpenSource)
• Faster time to market. An IT ressource is «only»
an API call.
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72. Why cloud computing ?
Improve security
• Compliance with high security standards (ISO
27001, SOC 1/SSAE 16/ISAE 3402 etc…)
• Automation allows faster patching
• Data centers are located on several places
worldwide. Possibility to use various locations
• Big players will not play with security. It’s the
hearth of their business, and not of your
business.
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73. Why cloud computing ?
Improve availability
99.95 % availability
(24/24 – 7/7) in 2012
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74. Why cloud computing ?
Improve customer services
• No slashdot effect
• New services are implementable in weeks
• React fast to customer requests
• No downtime (…almost: status.geo.admin.ch)
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75. Keep in mind I
• Cloud offers are not standardized. Cloud API’s
are not standardized. -> Provider dependency
has to be evaluated.
• Be careful with private and sensitive data. ->
Hybrid cloud has to be evaluated
• You still need sysadmins to manage your IT.
• Usually, the current applications have to be
migrated to the cloud in order to use it efficiently
(clustering, load balancing etc…).
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76. Keep in mind II (legal)
• Liablility limited: only for intentional or gross
negligence damages.
• Personal data: have to comply with data
protection act (Hybrid cloud as an option) you as
a user are responsible
• Personal data transfer: no transfer into states
which do not grant appropriate protection. Check
www.edoeb.admin.ch.
• Bancrupcy of cloud provider: data is part of the
bankrupt's estate
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77. CONCLUSION
- Theoretically high risks
- Categorise data
- Evaluate provider
- Organise and supervise cloud
Use “your commone sense”
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78. THANK YOU
www.geo.admin.ch
map.geo.admin.ch
api.geo.admin.ch
info@geo.admin.ch
Twitter: @swiss_geoportal
www.slideshare.net/swiss_geoportal/
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79. Agenda
• What is cloud computing ?
• Cloud computing benefits
• The Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure
• Cloud computing and FSDI
• Questions
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