Objectives to improve citizens awareness and comfort industrial competitiveness efficiency of public administrations by enhancing and supporting the use, access and management of geo-information to contribute to the initiative, in particular government on-line citizen environmental awareness intelligent transport systems

Targeted domains Transport, mobility Tourism, entertainment E-Map e-work, e-commerce Meteorology, environment Statistics Intelligent publishing and delivery mechanisms

Expected activities: GIS Development and validation of GI technologies e.g.: dynamic environments, interactive 3D/4D applications, augmented reality environments

GI Services for Environmental Monitoring and Management Data gathering Geo-Information Management System supporting decision making Information Output Expected activities: GIS

that can be reused and integrated in future (thematic) applications and other (usage) contexts (e.g.: location based services, m-commerce, …) development of engineering techniques for designing and providing generic spatial data services and s/w components based on standardised interfaces

Location-based services Focus: Design, develop and demonstrate location- based and/or mobile services…... …. for context-based information management, retrieval publishing and delivery in a variety of thematic applications

Location-based services Global positioning systems Advanced sensors Large database technologies and intelligent agents Location-based and mobile services use GI and related reference data integrating... Fixed and wireless network technologies Earth observation systems Rich multi- media content

New Business Models Focus: Experiment with new business models.... …. for the production, distribution and usage of spatial data in mass market applications Stockholm Brussels

Standards metadata interoperablity standards semantic and ontological compatibility Improvement of GI accessibility, usability, and exploitability:

Policies Regional, National and Cross-border initiatives and organisations, NMAs and other GI stakeholders Support the setting up of the European Spatial Data Infrastructure Contribute to global initiatives (e.g. GMES, GSDI, OGC, ISO, JTC)

Types of action: RTD – –Research and technological development (R&D) projects to obtain new knowledge intended to develop or improve products, processes or services and/or to meet the needs of Community policies – –Demonstration projects to prove the viability of new technologies offering potential economic advantage but which cannot be commercialised directly – –Combined R&D and Demonstration projects

Types of action: supporting activities – –Thematic Networks for bringing together manufacturers, users, universities, research centres around a given Science and Technology objective, including co-ordination networks between Community funded projects – –Concerted actions Actions co-ordinating RTD projects already in receipt of national funding, for example to exchange experiences, to reach a critical mass, to disseminate results, etc. – –Accompanying Measures Actions contributing to the implementation of a Specific Programme or the preparation of future activities of the Programme, also seeking to prepare for or to support other indirect RTD actions