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Desired Outcome
Access to high quality spatial information is facilitated and coordinated
by the Western Australian Land Information System (WALIS) Office for the benefit
of all Western Australians
The use of land information affects almost every aspect of the State’s economy and lifestyle. Through the Western Australian Land Information System (WALIS), WA Government agencies share and make available to the private sector and community a large amount of land-related information. Twenty-six Government agencies, as well as Local Governments and businesses, participate in WALIS, whose aim is to build networks of people and technology to share information and improve its usefulness and accessibility. Sharing information reduces costs, avoids duplication and helps build a consistent view of land and geographic information. This helps Government and business deliver better products and services and individuals make better decisions about their future.
WALIS facilitates WA Government input into national policy activities focused on the use of spatial information for natural resource management strategies, counter terrorism and emergency management activities and coordinated activities between Local, State and Federal Government agencies by providing access to spatial information holdings.
WALIS continues to facilitate the broad education of spatial information personnel from government and industry. A seminar was held bringing key national and international speakers to promote the applicability of emerging global technologies and standards to ensure interoperability and online sharing of government information. The seminar discussed why we need standards, identified the international standards making headlines today, and reviewed the implications for Australia in implementing these standards, as we work towards a national spatial data infrastructure. The presentation also described various real case examples about how such standards are being implemented around the globe.
WALIS, in conjunction with the State Sustainability Policy Unit of the Department of Premier and Cabinet, held a forum on Sustainability entitled ‘Spatially Informing Sustainability in WA’. The information and ideas shared at the forum and gained during follow up interviews early this year were compiled into a report to the Department of Premier and Cabinet. The report also set out high level actions that WALIS will take in support of the WA Sustainability Strategy.
WALIS initiated a partnership with the Social Policy Unit, Department of Premier and Cabinet. This relationship is aimed at facilitating the use of spatial information to address the needs of key projects and initiatives of the government in this area.
The WALIS Program was intensively assessed to determine its present level of effectiveness. This review is a part of the continued effort by the WALIS Office to ensure that WALIS retains relevance and makes a significant contribution in meeting the needs of the public and private sectors, and general community.
A number of key findings were identified. The four acknowledged as most important are:
that there be a widespread acceptance that WALIS continues, after more than 20 years, to be relevant to current information needs of key community sectors;
that the WALIS environment retains its national leadership in the spatial information industry;
that WALIS needs to play a stronger role in whole of government strategic planning and policy support;
that the WALIS community wishes to revitalise its vision about achieving high value benefits from facilitating and coordinating access to high quality spatial information.
WALIS has continued to facilitate the development of a framework to link the spatial information of WALIS members with Government policy directions. Focused reviews have been undertaken to evaluate the needs of organisations involved in emergency management, natural resource management and State sustainability strategies to ensure relevant and reliable information is available through established protocols.
The State Land Information Capture Program (SLICP) continues to ensure that the State can maintain a comprehensive archive of aerial photography over Western Australia.
The WALIS Interragator Service continues to expand and support the State as a comprehensive index to over 10,000 records of Western Australia's geographic and land information held by public and private sector organisations. Work has also been undertaken to enhance access to the Interragator catalogue through an online capability.
The WA Atlas provides a general reference mapping service allowing public users to create their own maps from freely accessible Western Australian information. The Atlas also continues to serve as the WA node of the nationally distributed Australian Coastal Atlas. Additional broad scale planning and census information has recently been added to the Atlas along with other government datasets.
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