Spatial data infrastructure concepts

Phillips, Andrew; Williamson, Ian; Ezigbalike, Chukwudozie

doi:10.1080/00050326.1999.10441899

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“…In this sense, the need of spatial data and information has grown quickly in line with the corresponding development of new technologies, such as Global Positioning Systems (GPS), remote sensing images, sensors, etc. (Phillips et al 1999) However, despite the fact that key organizations hold a vast amount of environmental and socio-economic data in their databases, sometimes the information is not always readily accessible, others it's not in an appropriate format and most of the times is has been produced twice by different organisations.. The result is a fragmented vision of the coastal environment at local level or across different sectors, and further the existence of geographical areas without standardized information.…”

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confidence: 95%

Spatial data and its importance for the implementation of UNEP MAP ICZM Protocol for the Mediterranean

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The Barcelona Convention, and its instrument the Protocol for Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM), entered into force in 2011 with the goal of defining a set of common principles to achieve sustainable development of the coast along Mediterranean countries. Among other challenges derived from the implementation in the Member States is the need of a framework based on a governance platform to support countries in this process. In this context in 2010 the European Commission Framework Programme 7 for research funded a significant project called PEGASO, whose main goal was to construct such ICZM Governance Platform as a bridge between scientist and end-user communities. One of key elements of the Platform was the development of a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) and a set of sustainability assessment tools required for making multi-scale integrated assessments in the coastal zone. The SDI was based in a network of local geonodes in order to deliver a Mediterranean and Black Sea harmonised sets of data accessible through a dedicated webbased Geoportal. This paper describes the development of the infrastructure, the process of integrating data from diverse formats and nature, and the challenged faced when trying to put in practice a common model to manage complex regions such as the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

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confidence: 95%