HUMBOLDT – Towards the Harmonisation of Spatial Information in Europe

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Summary


HUMBOLDT contributes to the implementation of a European Spatial Data Infrastructure (ESDI) that integrates the diversity of spatial data available for a multitude of European organizations. It is the aim of this project to manage and advance important parts of the implementation process of ESDI.

The main goal of HUMBOLDT is to enable organizations to document, publish and harmonize their spatial data and to support users to access this information in a suitable way. The software tools and processes created in HUMBOLDT will also help to demonstrate the feasibility and advantages of an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe as postulated by the INSPIRE directive. The intended goal to facilitate geodata and metadata management will support European and member states’ policy needs by meeting the requirements of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative.

The HUMBOLDT project aims to facilitate the harmonization of spatial data and metadata by automating the necessary processes as far as possible. The project commenced with a comprehensive state of the art analysis on related themes. The methods and tools for geodata and metadata management were investigated and evaluated. Suitable software architectures were described and basic user requirements documented. On this basis HUMBOLDT will undertake a process analysis that will show the steps necessary to harmonize data and metadata. Finally, a software framework and diverse tools will be developed and integrated into the ESDI to support spatial data and service providers in offering standardized spatial information. An essential element of the project is the development of scenarios in which the different components are applied and tested under realistic conditions.

ETH Zurich contributes to the Project in the role of the scientific manager, with its huge experience in INSPIRE and the active role in related projects as ORCHESTRA. ETH Zurich is further responsible for the analysis of current developments related to spatial data infrastructures and is involved in spatial data modeling and their transformations. Studies on feasibility for harmonization approaches will be carried out in real world scenarios

Project period

31.01.2011 – 31.01.2013

Researchers

Lead: Hurni, Lorenz. Giger, Christine.
Internal: Iosifescu Enescu, Ionut. Schulze Althoff, Jan.

Funding source

EU

Partner

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Area della Ricerca di Bologna,
Via Gobetti, 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy.

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Web

externe Seitewww.esdi-humboldt.eu

Publications

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