NatureSDIplus - Best Practice Network for SDI in Nature Conservation

Research Area:

3D Geovisualisation, Geovisual Analytics and LBS

Status:

In progress

Project leaders:

Raffaele de Amicis

Proposed start date:

2007-00-00

Proposed end date:

2011-00-00

Description:

The establishment of Natura 2000 and the new transboundary EU approach for protected sites management has enforced the link between nature conservation and geo-information. This has generated the need for interoperable and accessible EU harmonised datasets. The link is also addressed by the INSPIRE Directive which pursues an EU Spatial Data Infrastructure to support environmental policies.

Nature-SDI+Network aims, through state-of-the-art methodologies and best practice examples, to improve harmonisation of national datasets and make them more accessible and exploitable. Therefore, it contributes to the INSPIRE implementation with specific reference to a cluster of data themes on nature conservation (as per the INSPIRE Annexes):

Protected sites (Annex I);
Biogeographical regions, Habitats and biotopes, Species distribution (Annex III).

The main objective of Nature-SDIS+ Network is to: involve new stakeholders; share data and best practices; improve and stimulate exploitation and the re-use of information on nature conservation.
The proposed project will analyse the usability and accessibility of data. The results of this analysis will be used to propose a new work item for a standard metadata profile and data model compliant with the INSPIRE Directive and in coordination with CEN/TC 287 Geographic information.
Representative datasets will be provided by the partners from many EU Member States. The proposed project will define a common multilingual and multicultural approach for a simpler, standard access to spatial data. A demonstration geoportal, supported by web services, will provide data accessibility for the different stakeholders. This geoportal will then afford a means to actively engage the stakeholders.

Through networking activities a Nature-SDIS+ Community will be established. This Community will address the relevant themes on a consensus building approach. This Community will also demonstrate the effectiveness of the Nature-GIS thematic SDIC that is already registered with INSPIRE. The proposed project will, through training and dissemination, ensure that widespread awareness is achieved.

Facts & Figures

GRAPHITECH’s ROLE
Partner

CALL
EU - econtentplus Programme

GRANT AGREEMENT
ECP-2007-GEO-317007

PROJECT WEB PAGE
www.nature-sdi.eu

PARTNERS

The project currently involves 26 partners from EU countries.

Participant name	Country
Geographical Information Systems International Group	IT
Louven University	BE
INTERGRAPH	IT
Disy Informationssysteme GmbH	DE
Institute of Aerial Geodesy	LT
CNR-IMATI	IT
Portuguese Geographical Institute (IGP)	PT
Government of Navarra	ES
Trabajos Catastrales	ES
Xunta de Galicia	ES
University of Aberdeen	UK
Regione Piemonte	IT
Graphitech Foundation/Adamello-Brenta Regional Park	IT
Salzburg University	AT
VUGTK	CZ
University of West Hungary (GEO)	HU
Institute of Ecology and Botany	HU
GISPOL / Surveyor General of Poland	PL
URSIT	BG
Stranja National Park	BG
EPSILON	GR
University of Cyprus	CY
National Land Survey of Sweden	SE
CEMAGREF/ Natural Park (TBD)	FR
IRD	FR
Danube Delta National Institute	RO