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Some European Initiatives for Some European Initiatives for GIS Database Creation and GIS Database Creation and

MappingMapping

Marek BaranowskiMarek BaranowskiUNEP/GRID-WarsawUNEP/GRID-Warsaw

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GRID-Warsaw OverviewGRID-Warsaw Overview

• over 8 years of activity (est. 17.09. 1991)over 8 years of activity (est. 17.09. 1991)

• 12 employees:12 employees:– geographers (8)geographers (8)– agriculture engineer (1)agriculture engineer (1)– administration & accounting (3)administration & accounting (3)

• homepage: homepage: wwwwww..gridw.plgridw.pl

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Mapping Related ProjectsMapping Related Projects

• State of environment PolandState of environment Poland

• National Atlas of PolandNational Atlas of Poland

• State of environment Europe (Dobris+3)State of environment Europe (Dobris+3)

• Maps for SoER Maps for SoER EU’98EU’98

• School Electronic Atlas of PolandSchool Electronic Atlas of Poland

• Electronic Atlas of Environment, PolandElectronic Atlas of Environment, Poland

• Biodiversity Report of EuropeBiodiversity Report of Europe

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GIS Database Related ProjectsGIS Database Related Projects

• CORINE Land CoverCORINE Land Cover

• MapBSRMapBSR

• Creation of national spatial databasesCreation of national spatial databases– general (1 : 500 000)general (1 : 500 000)– topographic (1 : 100 000)topographic (1 : 100 000)– thematicthematic

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Selected European DatabasesSelected European Databases

• CORINE Land Cover DBCORINE Land Cover DB– mantained by ETC Land Covermantained by ETC Land Cover

• GISCO DB (Eurostat)GISCO DB (Eurostat)

• PELCOMPELCOM

• MapBSRMapBSR 14 countries of Baltic Sea Drainage Area (1997 )14 countries of Baltic Sea Drainage Area (1997 )

1:1M1:1M

Hydrography, Administration, Transportation, Settlements, Protected Areas, Contour Lines, Geographic Names, Drainage

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Digital Base Map 1 : 100 000Digital Base Map 1 : 100 000

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CORINE Land CoverCORINE Land Cover

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GISCO Reference DatabaseGISCO Reference Database

• Topographic dataTopographic data

– Administrative boundaries Administrative boundaries (AD)(AD)

– Infrastructure (IN)Infrastructure (IN)

– Hydrography (HY)Hydrography (HY)

– Altimetry (AL)Altimetry (AL)

– Support (SU)Support (SU)

• Thematic dataThematic data

– Community Support Community Support Frameworks (CS)Frameworks (CS)

– Infra regional statistics (IR)Infra regional statistics (IR)

– Industrial themes (ID)Industrial themes (ID)

– Land Resources (LR)Land Resources (LR)

– Nature resources (NR)Nature resources (NR)

– Environment (EN)Environment (EN)

– World Database (WD)World Database (WD)

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SoE Report Europe (Dobris+3)SoE Report Europe (Dobris+3)