Carsten Roensdorf
Practice Lead Future Cities
standards and 3D
Ordnance Survey International
UK

Biography
Carsten Roensdorf is Head of Advisory Services for Ordnance Survey International, a subsidiary of Britain?s National Mapping Agency. He manages the Dubai office and provides geospatial and strategic advice to government agencies across the Middle East, specialising in in open standards, data sharing, 3D and future cities. A geodesist by training, Carsten has been at Ordnance Survey for more than 12 years and was previously responsible for developing and managing Ordnance Survey's core data asset, the National Geographic Database, managing the product engineering group and providing consultancy to geospatial data users in government and utilities in Great Britain. Being involved in geospatial 3D since 1996, he has been leading the standardisation of the Open Geospatial Consortium?s CityGML standard since 2007.

Abstract
Future Cities need Location Data

Co-Author: Andy Wilson, Business Development Director, Ordnance Survey International

Today about 54% of the world population lives in cities and a this proportion is set to grow rapidly over the coming decades. Finding affordable housing, creating more efficient transport systems and creating jobs are key challenges for the politicians and administrations of cities around the world. The future quality of live of City inhabitants will be determined by how well the resources in a city can be utilised and how individual's perceive the experience of being part of a city. Geospatial technology is already widely used by the administration of cities, the private sector as well as individuals but often seems to focus on certain areas, single processes and limited amounts of data exchange and re-use. This paper will examine how geospatial technology can be used to create a smart cities platform to better utilise urban resources and make urban processes more efficient. We will look at the role of existing GIS installations, 3D models, Building Information Models and Open Standards utilising insights in a variety of smart city developments around the world as well as standardisations efforts by organisations such as the International Organisation for Standardisation, British Standards Institution and the Open Geospatial Consortium. In addition to this technical viewpoint, the policies required to embed location at the heart of a smart cities initiative are equally important. Arrangements to create, manage, and access data, from open data to other licensing approaches will be discussed in conjunction with the need for governance and monitoring the success of deploying information technology for the ultimate benefit of citizens.