Creating a continuous maintenance process for the digital master plan
The City of Varkaus (project manager) together with the Municipality of Siilinjärvi and the City of Pieksämäki implemented the project Creating a continuous maintenance process for the digital master plan with funding from the Ministry of Finance.
Summary of the project
The project "Creating a continuous maintenance process for digital master plans" created digital up-to-date master plans with plan provisions for Pieksämäki, Siilinjärvi and Varkaus. The source data for the master plans included various paper, raster and vector data, from which a current master plan with consistent geometry and characteristics was created in the database. Exclusionary areas were created from the spatial plan provisions, and deviation permits and planning permission decisions were linked to the GIS for data retrieval and analysis. This will allow for the launch of continuous maintenance processes for master plans at municipal level, for example by theme. The generated up-to-date general plan is available in the municipal spatial information systems, as well as in the municipal internet mapping services, which are accessible to third parties.
The establishment of a continuous maintenance process for the digital master plan requires municipal planning to initiate trust processes, which would more directly support the existing municipal strategy.
The up-to-date master plan will allow the transfer of the plan data to the national plan data model, which will be completed later, as part of the RYTJ (Built Environment Information System).
A process description and methodological guidelines for use by all municipalities were drawn up.
The objectives of the project were achieved except for the interface to the national RYTJ system, which was not in a stable form at the end of the project and therefore not available for testing.
The digitalisation of master plans from different periods and in different formats requires expertise in spatial planning, spatial data and planning software. The competences of the project staff and the permanent staff of the municipalities were well suited to the skills required for the work.
In terms of budget, costs were under budget, mainly due to the non-existence of the Ryhti system for testing data transfers, which meant that the work of one project worker had to be excluded.
The delay in project start-up could be avoided if the project decision was clearly communicated to applicants before the summer, allowing project staff recruitment to take place before the holiday season.
In particular, the digitisation of built environment data, due to its large scale, requires resources outside the municipalities.
Up-to-date master plan (on the Internet map service)
https://kartta.varkaus.fi/ims/#