sdi in albania s. bushati, n. frasheri seesdi09 workshop 4-5 february 2009, thessaloniki

SDI in AlbaniaSDI in Albania

S. Bushati, N. FrasheriS. Bushati, N. Frasheri

SEESDI09 WorkshopSEESDI09 Workshop

4-5 February 2009, Thessaloniki4-5 February 2009, Thessaloniki

SEESDI09, ThessalonicaSEESDI09, Thessalonica SDI in AlbaniaSDI in Albania 22

Overall SituationOverall Situation

Many organizations have collections Many organizations have collections of spatial dataof spatial data

Few institutions have operational GIS Few institutions have operational GIS databases databases

Except Municipality of Tirana, there Except Municipality of Tirana, there are not online spatial data basesare not online spatial data bases


LegislationLegislation

By law, Military Geographic Institute By law, Military Geographic Institute is the top level organization for SDIis the top level organization for SDI• Terrestrial, sea and airborne mappingTerrestrial, sea and airborne mapping• Maintenance of geodesic networkMaintenance of geodesic network• Archive of all spatial data producedArchive of all spatial data produced


Institutions with SDI Institutions with SDI 11

SpecializedSpecialized• Military Geographic InstituteMilitary Geographic Institute• Meteorological Service of Aerial ForcesMeteorological Service of Aerial Forces• Geological ServiceGeological Service• Agency for Legalization and Integration Agency for Legalization and Integration

of Informal Areas / Buildingsof Informal Areas / Buildings• Office for Registration of Real EstatesOffice for Registration of Real Estates


Institutions with SDI Institutions with SDI 22

Public AdministrationPublic Administration• Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Ministry of Public Works, Transport and

TelecommunicationTelecommunication• Ministry of Agriculture, Foods and Ministry of Agriculture, Foods and

Protection of ConsumersProtection of Consumers• Ministry of Environment, Forests and Ministry of Environment, Forests and

Water ManagementWater Management• Municipality of TiranaMunicipality of Tirana• Institute of StatisticsInstitute of Statistics


Institutes with SDI Institutes with SDI 33

ResearchResearch• Institute of GeosciencesInstitute of Geosciences

Monitoring of seismic activityMonitoring of seismic activity

• Institute of Energy, Water and Institute of Energy, Water and EnvironmentEnvironment

Monitoring of hydrology and meteorologyMonitoring of hydrology and meteorology

• Exchange of spatial data with similar Exchange of spatial data with similar institutes in the regioninstitutes in the region


Organizations with SDI Organizations with SDI 44

ECAT-TiranaECAT-Tirana• Non profit NGONon profit NGO

GIS AlbaniaGIS Albania• Commercial Commercial

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Other SDIs ?Other SDIs ?

Thematic spatial data collectionsThematic spatial data collections• Institute of Public HealthInstitute of Public Health• Faculty of Geology and MiningFaculty of Geology and Mining• Academy of Sciences (Library)Academy of Sciences (Library)• Center of AlbanologyCenter of Albanology• ……


On Line SDIs ?On Line SDIs ?

Usually spatial data may be available Usually spatial data may be available by request and paymentby request and payment

Part of spatial data collected before Part of spatial data collected before 1990 are published and may be 1990 are published and may be available in some librariesavailable in some libraries

There are no [visible] spatial data There are no [visible] spatial data accessible through Internetaccessible through Internet

Only one case of Web Map ServerOnly one case of Web Map Server


Municipality of TiranaMunicipality of Tirana Web Map ServerWeb Map Server

• BuildingsBuildings• TopographyTopography• Transport networkTransport network• Services networkServices network

TelecommunicationTelecommunication Water networksWater networks Electrical energy networkElectrical energy network

• Planning for developmentPlanning for development• Satellite imageSatellite image• Download of images (png, geotiff)Download of images (png, geotiff)


Tirana MapTirana Map


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