GISCO The Geographical Information System of the COmmission How and when users can use it and what can we offer? Workshop on “Best practices exchanges” Luxembourg, 25-26/1/2010 Daniele Rizzi, Unit E-4 Regional Statistics and Geographic Information 25/1/2010

Mission of GISCO within Eurostat GISCO (Geographical Information System of the COmmission) provides a reference database and related services to Eurostat and other DGs of the Commission. Management of GISCO database: Update on existing layers of information Acquisition of new data From Commission and Agencies By public procurement Public domain Different IPRs è rights of dissemination 25/1/2010 Workshop on “Best practices exchanges”

Geographical layers of GISCO Administrative boundaries (NUTS0 to NUTS3, LAU1 and 2); Transport networks (roads, railways, airports, railway stations, ports, ferry lines, waterways); Hydrography (rivers, lakes, coastlines, river catchments, watersheds) Digital elevation model Miscellaneous layers: DoU (Degree of Urbanisation) Land use Settlements Urban Audit Sub-City districts LFA (Less Favoured Areas), Structural Funds and Interreg III areas Different scales:1:1.000.000, 1:250.000 and 1:100.000 25/1/2010 Workshop on “Best practices exchanges”

GISCO Database Content Administrative units and NUTS 25/1/2010 Workshop on “Best practices exchanges”

GISCO Database Content Rivers and Lakes Administrative units and NUTS 25/1/2010 Workshop on “Best practices exchanges”

GISCO Database Content Settlements Rivers and Lakes Administrative units and NUTS 25/1/2010 Workshop on “Best practices exchanges”

GISCO Database Content Roads, railways Settlements Rivers and Lakes Administrative units and NUTS 25/1/2010 Workshop on “Best practices exchanges”

GISCO Database Content Airports, Ports Settlements NUTS Rivers and Lakes Physical heights 25/1/2010 Workshop on “Best practices exchanges”

GISCO Database Content Airports, Ports Settlements NUTS Rivers and Lakes Land cover/ use 25/1/2010 Workshop on “Best practices exchanges”

Workshop on “Best practices exchanges” Where to find GISCO 25/1/2010 Workshop on “Best practices exchanges”

Workshop on “Best practices exchanges” What’s in: maps, … 25/1/2010 Workshop on “Best practices exchanges”

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Workshop on “Best practices exchanges” … posters, … 25/1/2010 Workshop on “Best practices exchanges”

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Workshop on “Best practices exchanges” … and geodata 25/1/2010 Workshop on “Best practices exchanges”

What can you do with a GIS? Selectively retrieve bits and pieces of one or more maps. Count, group, reclassify, isolate, and quantify features and their patterns on the landscape. Measure lengths, widths, distances, heights, and volumes of features. Overlay one map on another to compare features and create new maps. Visualize, interpolate (predict missing values), slice, cross-section, and generalize surfaces of all kinds. Track movements and changes in patterns, and predict and exploit pattern change. Find the shortest, fastest, or most beautiful path, identify potential customers, and locate businesses. Perform various topographic feature analyses, such as groundwater (subsurface movement of liquid), surface flow (liquids running on the surface), accumulation (liquid gathering in low spots), visibility (places you can see from a specific location), and a host of other analyses. 25/1/2010 Workshop on “Best practices exchanges”

geoinformation is layered… 25/1/2010 Workshop on “Best practices exchanges”

…and can be « spatially » combined 25/1/2010 Workshop on “Best practices exchanges”

Statistics can be georeferenced Population 2004  be341 53.9 be342 42.3 be343 52.1 be344 57.0 be345 49.8 be351 102.1 be352 289.6 be353 62.6 deb21 100.2 deb22 114.3 deb23 95.8 deb24 64.1 deb25 139.4 dec01 345.9 dec02 106.4 dec03 145.1 dec04 211.6 dec05 155.2 dec06 94.7 25/1/2010 Workshop on “Best practices exchanges”

Workshop on “Best practices exchanges” This is GIS 25/1/2010 Workshop on “Best practices exchanges”

Usage statistics Jan-Dec 2009: maps 19687 maps downloaded in total Best sellers: NUTS2 regions (418 times) Unemployment rates, February 2009 (306 times) More than 1100 maps available 25/1/2010 Workshop on “Best practices exchanges”

Usage statistics Jan-Dec 2009: geodata, documents 69 datasets available 8442 files downloaded in total Best sellers: NUTS 2006 at different scales: 4302 times (at 1:3.000.000 scale:1657 times) Urban Audit 2004: 693 times several other datasets more than 100 times 17 documents available, 2258 downloads Best sellers: Guidelines for Geographical Data, GISCO progress report 2009, 300-400 downloads each 25/1/2010 Workshop on “Best practices exchanges”

Workshop on “Best practices exchanges” What’s next? Search maps by navigation tree (same as for statistical main tables/database) 25/1/2010 Workshop on “Best practices exchanges”

Workshop on “Best practices exchanges” What’s next? Choose maps by icons 25/1/2010 Workshop on “Best practices exchanges”

Workshop on “Best practices exchanges” …and more Interactive web map services 25/1/2010 Workshop on “Best practices exchanges”