1. ESPON Seminar Lillehammer May 10/11, 2004
Spatial Planning in
GMES
G - Global
M - Monitoring for
E - Environment and
S - Security
ESPON Seminar Lillehammer May 10/11, 2004

2. What is GMES ? A European initiative with different dimensions!
the user ‘s dimension - the need for independent information for EU environmental and security policies
the strategic dimension - the necessity for Europe to play a leading role in information and Earth observation technology
Overall goal - Establish by 2008 a European Capacity for Global Monitoring of Environment and Security
key drivers of GMES
The European Commission – DG Research / DG InfSo / DG JRC / DG Environment / DG Regio / DG Agri / DG ?
The European Space Agency ESA
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3. Initial List of GMES Priority Themes
European Regional Monitoring
Land Cover Change in Europe
Environmental Stress in Europe
Water Management (world-wide)
Global Monitoring
Global Vegetation Monitoring
Global Ocean Monitoring
Global Atmosphere Monitoring
Security related Aspects
Support to Regional Development Aid
Systems for Risk Management
Systems for Crisis Management and Humanitarian Aid
Horizontal Support Action
Information Management Tools and Contributions to the Development of a European Spatial Data Infrastructure
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4. GMES landscape: present and future
Program initiators
Projects / Programme
Integrated projects / SSA’s / STREP’s geoland
Operational Programme
DG Research
Support: DG-Env
European Space Agency
GSE projects related to land use/land cover
GSE
LAND
SAGE
GUS
CoastWatch
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5. geoland - Thematic Scope……
Core Service Centres
Generic Land Cover
Bio-geophysical Parameters
Observatory Networks
Nature Protection
Water & Soil
Spatial Planning
Global Land Cover & Forest Change
Food Security & Crop Monitoring
Natural Carbon Flux
geoland addresses the pre-operational delivery of Information Services necessary for the implementation of European directives & international conventions
Policies / Directives / Conventions
European and Global Monitoring
Integrate existing monitoring and reporting solutions into comprehensive services networks
Habitats
ESDP,ESPON
Natura 2000
Wetland Directive
Water Framework
Directive
Soil Protection Initiat.
Sustainable Developm.
Fight against Poverty
Global Change
Kyoto
Global Environment
Protection
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6. General Approach Starts from user requirements!
Active involvement of users
Follows European Standards in terms of
Nomenclature (e.g. CORINE LC)
Formats (OpenGIS)
Technical standards (INSPIRE)
Quality Assurance (ISO)
Based on sound experience the partners in LU/LC applications, especially for
Agricultural land use and irrigation
Forestry
Urban mapping
Processing chains designed for efficient production of LU/LC products, in terms of quality, affordabilty, and highest possible degree of automation
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7. geoland – Observatory Spatial Planning
Lead: GeoVille (total budget:> 2 Mill €)
Strong link with core service “Land cover” led by Infoterra
Partners:
University of Leeds (UK)
JRC
Hugin (D)
Austrian Research Centres (A)
Extended user group:
DG Regio
EURO-CITIES
METRECS
ETC-TE
Federal Environment Agency (A)
Austrian Institute of Spatial Planning (A)
State Governments of Vorarlberg & Upper Austria (A)
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8. geoland – Observatory Spatial Planning
Objectives and goals
Introducing innovative EO based services and products into the domain of spatial planning
Products in the urban-urban and urban-rural relations domain
Products in the agricultural-environmental domain
Tools & models to build scenarios
Becoming the reference for EO spatial planning applications at European, national & regional level
FRAGSTAT- algorithm to calcutate fragmentation
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9. geoland– Observatory Spatial Planning
Summary of the geoland Services for Spatial Planning
EO based applications for spatial planning to provide operational, homogenous and localised geo-information services for Europe
Fulfilling the requirements of
reliability
sustainability, and
affordability
Thereby helping
to understand the diversity of the European territory (polycentrism, etc.)
to mitigate urban-rural disparities for a balanced territorial development
to ensure sustainable use of soil as a non-renewable resource
to evaluate spatial planning programmes on different levels
to assess territorial impacts of infrastructure investments
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10. Contact geoland -Webpage: http://www.gmes-geoland.info
Dr. Franz Jaskolla Infoterra GmbH Friedrichshafen / Germany T E.
Dr. Christian Hoffmann
Geoville GesmbH
Innsbruck / Austria T E:
geoland -Webpage:
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