The Geographic Information
System of the European Commission
(GISCO)
By Albrecht Wirthmann, GISCO, EurostatBy Albrecht Wirthmann, GISCO, Eurostat
e-mail: [email protected]: [email protected]
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Structure of the Presentation
GISCO project
GISCO mandates
Current GISCO database
New System Architecture
INSPIRE initiative
NUTS Regulation
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GISCO Mandate & ActivitiesGISCO Mandate & Activities
Origin : CORINE projectOrigin : CORINE project 1990 : Task force on spatial 1990 : Task force on spatial
statisticsstatistics 1992 : GISCO as a permanent 1992 : GISCO as a permanent
Eurostat projectEurostat project Eurostat has recognised the Eurostat has recognised the
importance of a GIS to integrate importance of a GIS to integrate data from different statistical data from different statistical databases databases ESPON Seminar 21-22 Nov. 2002
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GISCO Mandate & ActivitiesGISCO Mandate & Activities
MandateMandate : :
Within EurostatWithin Eurostat
Within the CommissionWithin the Commission
Within the European statistical Within the European statistical systemsystem
International co-operationInternational co-operation
manage the GISCO reference database manage the GISCO reference database including its structure, architecture, data including its structure, architecture, data transfer, etc. transfer, etc.
ensure quality control of the contentsensure quality control of the contentsact as a reference centre for Eurostat and the act as a reference centre for Eurostat and the
ECECchair the meetings of the COGIchair the meetings of the COGIexpress and support user’s needs in terms of express and support user’s needs in terms of
software and hardwaresoftware and hardwarepursue the harmonisation of EU and broader pursue the harmonisation of EU and broader
international activities in GIinternational activities in GI
GISCO Mandate & ActivitiesGISCO Mandate & Activities
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CORE DATA
GISCO
GI & GIS in the CommissionGI & GIS in the Commission
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GISCO database structureGISCO database structure
Hierarchical structure of themes, layers and Hierarchical structure of themes, layers and
datasetsdatasets Coverages storing vector dataCoverages storing vector data Grids for raster data (land cover, DEM)Grids for raster data (land cover, DEM) Attribute tables in INFO formatAttribute tables in INFO format File based structureFile based structure Metadata as HTML pages and as Access Metadata as HTML pages and as Access
databasedatabase Equal Area Projection system on a sphereEqual Area Projection system on a sphere Distribution on CD-ROMDistribution on CD-ROM
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New system architectureNew system architecture
GoalsGoals Object oriented approachObject oriented approach Integration of temporal aspectIntegration of temporal aspect MultilingualityMultilinguality ISO 19115 profile on meta dataISO 19115 profile on meta data Integration in relational databaseIntegration in relational database Data access via the webData access via the web
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UML model for a part of GISCO database Implementation as Geodatabase in Oracle Conversion of spatial and attribute data
Conversion of metadata to ISO 19115 Application for feature generalisation Desktop mapping application Web application for accessing data Concept for updating
Prototype on a new system Prototype on a new system architecturearchitecture
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Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe
The INSPIRE Vision
is to make harmonised and high quality geographic data and information readily available for formulating, implementing, monitoring and evaluating Community policy and for the citizen to access information about the environment, whether local, regional, national or international
INSPIREINSPIRE
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INSPIRE Common principlesINSPIRE Common principles
Data should be collected once and maintained at the level where this can be done most effectively
It should be possible to combine seamlessly spatial information from different sources across Europe and share it between many users and application
It should be possible for information collected at one level to be shared between all the different levels, detailed for detailed investigations, general for strategic purposes
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geographic information needed for good governance at all levels should be abundant under conditions that do not refrain its extensive use
it should be easy to discover which geographic information is available, fits the needs for a particular use and under which conditions it can be acquired and used
geographic data should become easy to understand and interpret because it can be visualised within the appropriate context selected in a user-friendly way
INSPIRE Common INSPIRE Common principlesprinciples
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INSPIRE
Architecture & Standards
Legal Aspects& Data Policy
Funding & Implementation
structures
Reference Data & Metadata
ImpactAnalysis
Env thematic coordination
Inter-sectoral co-ordination
&..
biodiversitysoils
seveso
urban
noiseforest
water
Environmental components
HorizontalComponents
Agricultural components
Transportcomponents
Other components
Technical Co-ordination & Secretariat
EC inter-service group onGI (COGI)
INSPIRE Expert Group
Thematic Components
E-ESDI
Otherthematic
co-ordination
Transportthematic
co-ordination
Agriculturalthematic
co-ordination
Phase 1:Environmental
Sector
Position papers until September 2002
Expert group meeting end of october 2002
INSPIRE concept paper end of year
Draft of legislation beginning 2003
INSPIRE: timelineINSPIRE: timeline
Information at: http://www.ec-gis.org/inspire
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The Draft NUTS Regulation
Time table
Proposal adopted by the Commission on 14 February 2001
Discussion in the Council and Parliament since March 2001
Decision of Parliament October 2001 Second reading in 2002 “Common position” of the Council in October
2002 Discussion in Parliament: end of 2002 (?)
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The Draft NUTS Regulation
Objectives
Assure comparability and impartiality of regional statistics
fix (more or less) the current state of the NUTS in the MS
set-up objective criteria for the definition of regions
define clear rules for future amendments
stability of the classification over time
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Changes of NUTS
Comitology procedure Changes only every 3 years in addition 2 years transition period Aim: reduction of the dispersion of region
sizes
The Draft NUTS Regulation
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Which countries changed
Germany NUTS level 2 non-admin.
Italy NUTS level 1 non-admin.
Finland NUTS level ? admin. Portugal NUTS level 2 admin. Spain NUTS level 2 admin.
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The Draft NUTS Regulation
Summary
GISCO project
GISCO mandates
GISCO database
New System Architecture
INSPIRE initiative
NUTS Regulation
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