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SEIS
“The Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS) is a collaborative initiative of the European Commission and the European Environment Agency (EEA).
Its objective is to establish together with the Member States an integrated and shared EU-wide information system to simplify monitoring and reporting of
environmental data and information.”
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- FR: French Land Register opens access to geo-data
- The French participants in the Open Street Map (OSM) - a project that creates and provides free geographic data - reported that they will be given access
to vectorised geo-data from the French Land Register.
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- EU: Towards the SDI Best Practice Award 2009
- The eSDI-Net+ project is currently conducting a process of Identification and Analysis of Spatial
Data Information (SDI) Best Practices at sub national level. This process will lead to the SDI Best Practice Award at the end of 2009. The application
deadline is 22 September 2009.
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- IT: Approval of Draft regulation on the National Register of Spatial Data
- The Italian Committee for the Technical Rules pertaining to the Spatial Data of Public Administrations unanimously approved a draft “Regulation
governing the definition of the content of the National Register of Spatial Data, as well as the modalities of establishment and update of the latter”.
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- DE: GIS Best Practice Award 2009 – Call for projects
- The German Association of Surveying (DVW e.V) - Society for
Geodesy, Geo-Information and Land Management – recently advertised the
GIS Best Practice Award 2009.
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- UK: New website means faster information for Environment Agency customers
- The UK Environment Agency has launched its new website which will provide more reliable services for its customers and be easier to use for millions
of people at risk of flooding.
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- EU: eGov-Share – Making it easier to share eGovernment Resources – Call for comments on draft CWA
- The CEN/ISSS eGov-Share Workshop has recently published a draft CEN Workshop Agreement (CWA) on “Sharing eGovernment resources: a practical
approach for designers and developers”. The draft CWA is available for public comments until 19 January 2009.
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- EU: Data for GMES Services now available on the European Space Agency website
- On 10 December 2008, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced the launch of a new website through which data for Global Monitoring for
Environment and Security (GMES) Services can be obtained.
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- EU: INSPIRE Regulation on Metadata adopted
- The European Commission Regulation implementing the INSPIRE Directive (“Directive establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the
European Community”) as regards Metadata, has been adopted on 3 December 2008.
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- CZ: Signature of a Memorandum of Cooperation on the use of digital spatial data
- A recently signed Memorandum of Cooperation between several Czech ministries and the Office for Land and Cadastre is intended to enable the
public administration and citizens to use the digital maps of the Office for the Land and Cadastre.
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- PT/PL: Spatial Data Infrastructure debated in Lisbon
- The event on “Infrastructure for Spatial Data” organised by the iGOV project in Lisbon on 27 November 2008, has been the occasion to discuss on the
Portuguese Geo-Information System (SNIG) while exchanging on related infrastructure projects in the context of the INSPIRE Directive.
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- DE: 12-13 Feb 2009 - ESDI-Net+ Workshop “Local GDIs in a European context - a national perspective”
- ESDI-Net+ Workshop “Local GDIs in a European context - a national perspective”
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- CZ: 25-27 Mar 2009 - European Conference “Towards eEnvironment 2009”
- European Conference of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union – “Towards eEnvironment – Opportunities of
SEIS and SISE: Integrating Environmental Knowledge in Europe”
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- IT: 4-8 May 2009 - 33rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE)
- 33rd ISRSE under the overall theme of “the use of Earth Observation systems and airborne techniques for understanding and managing the
Earth environment and natural resources”
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- JP: 21-22 May 2009 - Third GEOSS Sensor Web Workshop
- Third GEOSS Sensor Web Workshop
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- NL: 15-19 Jun 2009 - GSDI 11th World Conference
- “Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) Convergence – Building SDI Bridges to Address Global Challenges”
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- NL: 15-19 Jun 2009 - INSPIRE Conference 2009
- Third INSPIRE Conference
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- Cadastral Virtual Office and Information Points
- Spanish General Directorate for Cadastre (GDC) decided in 2003 to make its useful quality information available on Internet to citizens and
public administrations in the form of the Cadastral Virtual Office (CVO).
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- PortalU - The German environmental information portal
- PortalU is the central online information portal of the environmental administration in Germany.
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- Environmental Electronic Exchange Language (Policy, Legal aspects, Interoperability, Open Source, High Impact Services with pan-European scope,
Inclusive eGovernment)
- The Eter Project (Electronic Standardization of Environmental Data) is the reference in Spain that harmonizes and facilitates the interoperability
of environmental information between private companies and Public Administrations.
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- The Norwegian national portal for geographic and environmental information services (Regional and Local, Efficiency & Effectiveness, Benchmarking,
eServices for Business, eServices for Citizens, Other)
- The geoNorge portal is the national portal for the national Norway Digital geospatial infrastructure. Norway Digital is a large public partnership
comprising all of the important users and producers of geospatial information at national, county and local levels.
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- CA: Dissemination of Government Geographic Data in Canada – Guide to Best Practices
- Version 2 sets out a revised integrated framework for the four types of government geographic data licensing models most commonly used in Canada -
the unrestricted use model, the end-user model, the reseller model and the value added reseller model. It provides a rationale for appropriate uses, explains
how each model builds on common structures, demonstrates their inter-relationships and provides clear guidance to assist licensing practitioners in
selecting the most appropriate model and licence agreement. Recommended approaches to fundamental concepts such as ownership of intellectual
property, liability, duration and termination are discussed in detail for the benefit of licensing practitioners, and are guided by data dissemination policy
directives currently in force across federal departments and agencies.
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- EU/US: MEPSIR Study – Measuring European Public Sector Information Resources
- This document is the final report of the MEPSIR study that conducted a measurement related to the European Directive 2003/98/EC of 17 November 2003 on the re-use of public sector information (PSI).
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- UK/GL: The commercial use of public information (CUPI)
- This study looks at the markets for Public Sector Information (PSI) and how well the supply of PSI is working for customers.
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- UK: Models of Public Sector Information Provision via Trading Funds Report
- This report is an independent review of how government trading funds provide and charge for public sector information. The review was undertaken by economists at Cambridge University.
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- DE: Prospects for Business Models of German Companies in the European and Global Geo-Information Market
- Industry-oriented solutions and applications for the geo-information market open access to new markets.
- - Read more »
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EU-funded projects in support to SEIS: The NESIS thematic Network |
NESIS, is a thematic network funded by the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) of the European Commission.
It is composed of partners from 14 EU and EFTA Countries and aims at promoting the uptake of ICT solutions in problems faced by public authorities related to monitoring and reporting environmental impacts and threats. It supports the creation of SEIS by bringing together (national and regional) stakeholders through workshops and by exchanging existing pracices.
In May 2008, a workshop was organised for all EIONET NFPs partners in NESIS. National practices, obstacles (technical and organisational) in applying the SEIS principles and ways to overcome them were some of the points highlighted throughout speakers’ presentations.
The slides of this workshop, together with more information on the network and more presentations of other workshops, may be found on the NESIS website.
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Acknowledgements
The SEISnet Community facilitators would like to thank the Community Members for their contributions which considerably helped the preparation of this Newsletter. To contribute your own case, news, events, library items or your opinion/view/ideas, you may use the respective epractice.eu functionalities (Submit an item) or contact us on ENV-SEIS@ec.europa.eu.
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