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COGI
Commission Interservice Group for
Geographical Information in the
Commission
Presentation by
Daniel Rase, Eurostat-Unit F4
(Regional Statistics and GIS)
[email protected]
The GSDI - Sixth Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference
September 16-19th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
What is COGI ?
COGI is the OFFICIAL Commission
Interservice group for Geographical
information
- Decisions taken by this group on standards, data
policy, technical guidelines are mandatory for all the
Commission services
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September 16-19th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
WHY did we create this group?
• Lack of co-ordination on GI/GIS within the
Commission
• Lack of awareness on the potential benefits
of using GI/GIS
• Lack of consistency of data policy
• Poor visibility of EC activities
• Who is doing what within the Commission?
The GSDI - Sixth Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference
September 16-19th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
COGI
• First meeting in November 1999
• Eurostat DG is the secretariat and chair of
the group
• All services invited
• Participants: Eurostat, INFSO, ENV, REGIO,
AGRI, TREN, FISH, RDT, JRC, EEA
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September 16-19th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
Mandate (1)
Improve the availability of GI within the services of the
Commission, mainly by proposing the joint acquisition of basic
GI, where this complies with common specifications and meets
the needs of multiple users
Improve the level of awareness amongst middle and higher
management within the Commission, of the value of
geographic information and the power of relevant software
tools and how it can contribute to the work of the European
public service and eGovernment
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Mandate (2)
Develop a data policy to be adhered to by all Commission
services when adopting proposals for the collection of
Geographic Information via Community policy and legislation
and when disseminating this information to outside users at
the lowest possible price, thereby stimulating the market for
value-added services building on these data
Reduce duplication of effort through better co-ordination
between individual projects within the various services of the
Commission
The GSDI - Sixth Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference
September 16-19th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
Important achievements
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Common reference system
Common projection system
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Common metadata standard
The GSDI - Sixth Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference
September 16-19th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
ETRS89 - the common reference
system for the Commission
 All Commission services to use ETRS89
 Note to the Commission services from the
Secretary General concerning the
mandatory use of ETRS89 sent out June
2002
The GSDI - Sixth Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference
September 16-19th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
European projection standards
ETRS89 Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area coordinate reference system [ETRS-LAEA] for
statistical analysis and display.
ETRS89 Lambert Conic Conformal co-ordinate
reference system [ETRSLCC] for conformal panEuropean mapping at scales smaller or equal to
1:500,000.
ETRS89 Transverse Mercator co-ordinate
reference systems [ETRS-TMzn] for conformal
pan-European mapping at scales larger than
1:500,000.
The GSDI - Sixth Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference
September 16-19th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
ISO 19115 - standard for the
Commission
 All Commission services to use ISO 19115
 Discussion about the metadata needed
by the Commission services
 Decision on the final metadata set
 Note from the Secretary General for the
mandatory use of ISO19115 with the
specification of metadata set for the
Commission
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September 16-19th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
INSPIRE
An extraordinary COGI meeting took place in
June 2001.
• Devoted to INSPIRE
• Endorsed by all services of the Commission
• COGI has been kept up-to-date ever since
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INSPIRE
COGI members are deeply involved in the
initiative:
•DG Environment
•JRC
•Eurostat
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September 16-19th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
From GISCO to INSPIRE
•GISCO created in 1991: centralized solution
•INSPIRE : distributed infrastructure from
European to local level
•In this context the key word is
INTEROPERABILTY
INSPIRE: key principles
•www.ec-gis.org/INSPIRE
•The European SDI shall be built upon a network of
National Spatial Data Infrastructures
•Access and view without charge
•Sustainable funding
•European and national bodies for the management of
the infrastructure
Thank you for your
attention
The GSDI - Sixth Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference
September 16-19th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY