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Objectives:
The EuroGlobalMap project has three main aims:
- To create a pan-European digital data base and mechanisms
for its maintenance. Project adds value to the work already
done at the national level in almost 40 European countries,
by harmonising the national datasets into one harmonised
and seamless pan-European database.
- To create common licensing and pricing policies to this
European wide data. This will take into account national
policies, and feedback from users and from the private sector
partners of the European National Mapping Agencies (NMAs).
The result will be a first step in harmonising such policies
on a continent wide basis, and an easier access to geographic
information at the million scale within the great Europe.
An Internet service will add to the later dimension.
- To promote technological know how through out the great
Europe, particularly in candidate countries. This model
of cooperation between the public sector organisations can
also be used as a best practice for other kinds of cooperation
in Europe. Further, the EuroGlobalMap product will be multilingual
in that all geographical names will be portrayed using both
in the country official language and an English transliteration.
Dataset
EuroGlobalMap follows ArcInfo layer structure and topological
rules. All layers are in ArcInfo vector format. Features saved
to the layers are points, nodes, lines and areas (polygons).
For more details please download the EuroGlobalMap
Specifications.
The database will contain the following six themes. Each theme
contains one or more data layers:
Coordinates: Geographical in degrees (longitude, latitude)
with decimal fraction and based on the ETRS 89 spatial reference
system.
Coverage: This release covers 30 European countries
- Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Great
Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Monaco, Northern Ireland, Portugal, San Marino,
Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Vatican.
Update: The product is updated over a two years cycle
(on average).
Standards: Harmonised data specifications synchronized
with DIGEST standard and the metadata were designed according
to ISO19115 standard.
Product format: ArcInfo export format. Diverse formats
might be available from VARs and distributors.
Use of the data: EuroGlobalMap is ideal for a range
of uses including planning, monitoring and presenting environmental
policies, marketing planning, network analysis and as a background
for displaying information.
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