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Some European Initiatives for GIS Database Creation and Mapping

This article provides an overview of European initiatives for GIS database creation and mapping. It includes information on relevant projects, such as the State of Environment Poland, National Atlas of Poland, and Mapping Related Projects. Additionally, it discusses GIS database projects like CORINE Land Cover, MapBSR, and the creation of national spatial databases.

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Some European Initiatives for GIS Database Creation and Mapping

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  1. Some European Initiatives for GIS Database Creation and Mapping Marek Baranowski UNEP/GRID-Warsaw

  2. GRID-Warsaw Overview • over 8 years of activity (est. 17.09. 1991) • 12 employees: • geographers (8) • agriculture engineer (1) • administration & accounting (3) • homepage: www.gridw.pl

  3. Mapping Related Projects • State of environment Poland • National Atlas of Poland • State of environment Europe (Dobris+3) • Maps for SoER EU’98 • School Electronic Atlas of Poland • Electronic Atlas of Environment, Poland • Biodiversity Report of Europe

  4. GIS Database Related Projects • CORINE Land Cover • MapBSR • Creation of national spatial databases • general (1 : 500 000) • topographic (1 : 100 000) • thematic

  5. Selected European Databases • CORINE Land Cover DB • mantained by ETC Land Cover • GISCO DB (Eurostat) • PELCOM • MapBSR • 14 countries of Baltic Sea Drainage Area (1997 ) • 1:1M • Hydrography, Administration, Transportation, Settlements, Protected Areas, Contour Lines, Geographic Names, Drainage

  6. Digital Base Map 1 : 100 000

  7. CORINE Land Cover

  8. Topographic data Administrative boundaries (AD) Infrastructure (IN) Hydrography (HY) Altimetry (AL) Support (SU) Thematic data Community Support Frameworks (CS) Infra regional statistics (IR) Industrial themes (ID) Land Resources (LR) Nature resources (NR) Environment (EN) World Database (WD) GISCO Reference Database

  9. SoE Report Europe (Dobris+3)

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