1. COGI Commission Interservice Group for Geographical Information in the Commission Presentation by Daniel Rase, Eurostat-Unit F4 (Regional Statistics and GIS) daniel.rase@cec.eu.int The GSDI - Sixth Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference September 16-19 th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY

2. The GSDI - Sixth Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference September 16-19 th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY What is COGI ? COGI is the OFFICIAL Commission Interservice group for Geographical information - Decisions taken by this group on standards, data policy, technical guidelines are mandatory for all the Commission services

3. WHY did we create this group? Lack of co-ordination on GI/GIS within the Commission Lack of awareness on the potential benefits of using GI/GIS Lack of consistency of data policy Poor visibility of EC activities Who is doing what within the Commission? The GSDI - Sixth Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference September 16-19 th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY

4. COGI First meeting in November 1999 Eurostat DG is the secretariat and chair of the group All services invited Participants: Eurostat, INFSO, ENV, REGIO, AGRI, TREN, FISH, RDT, JRC, EEA The GSDI - Sixth Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference September 16-19 th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY

5. Mandate (1) Improve the availability of GI within the services of the Commission, mainly by proposing the joint acquisition of basic GI, where this complies with common specifications and meets the needs of multiple users Improve the level of awareness amongst middle and higher management within the Commission, of the value of geographic information and the power of relevant software tools and how it can contribute to the work of the European public service and eGovernment The GSDI - Sixth Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference September 16-19 th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY

6. Mandate (2) Develop a data policy to be adhered to by all Commission services when adopting proposals for the collection of Geographic Information via Community policy and legislation and when disseminating this information to outside users at the lowest possible price, thereby stimulating the market for value-added services building on these data Reduce duplication of effort through better co-ordination between individual projects within the various services of the Commission The GSDI - Sixth Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference September 16-19 th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY

7. Important achievements –Common reference system –Common projection system –Common metadata standard The GSDI - Sixth Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference September 16-19 th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY

8. ETRS89 - the common reference system for the Commission All Commission services to use ETRS89 All Commission services to use ETRS89 Note to the Commission services from the Secretary General concerning the mandatory use of ETRS89 sent out June 2002 Note to the Commission services from the Secretary General concerning the mandatory use of ETRS89 sent out June 2002 The GSDI - Sixth Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference September 16-19 th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY

9. European projection standards ETRS89 Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area co- ordinate reference system [ETRS-LAEA] for statistical analysis and display. ETRS89 Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area co- ordinate reference system [ETRS-LAEA] for statistical analysis and display. ETRS89 Lambert Conic Conformal co-ordinate reference system [ETRSLCC] for conformal pan- European mapping at scales smaller or equal to 1:500,000. ETRS89 Lambert Conic Conformal co-ordinate reference system [ETRSLCC] for conformal pan- European mapping at scales smaller or equal to 1:500,000. ETRS89 Transverse Mercator co-ordinate reference systems [ETRS-TMzn] for conformal pan-European mapping at scales larger than 1:500,000. ETRS89 Transverse Mercator co-ordinate reference systems [ETRS-TMzn] for conformal pan-European mapping at scales larger than 1:500,000. The GSDI - Sixth Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference September 16-19 th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY

10. ISO 19115 - standard for the Commission All Commission services to use ISO 19115 All Commission services to use ISO 19115 Discussion about the metadata needed by the Commission services Discussion about the metadata needed by the Commission services Decision on the final metadata set Decision on the final metadata set Note from the Secretary General for the mandatory use of ISO19115 with the specification of metadata set for the Commission Note from the Secretary General for the mandatory use of ISO19115 with the specification of metadata set for the Commission The GSDI - Sixth Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference September 16-19 th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY

11. INSPIRE An extraordinary COGI meeting took place in June 2001. Devoted to INSPIRE Devoted to INSPIRE Endorsed by all services of the Commission Endorsed by all services of the Commission COGI has been kept up-to-date ever since COGI has been kept up-to-date ever since The GSDI - Sixth Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference September 16-19 th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY

12. INSPIRE COGI members are deeply involved in the initiative: DG Environment JRC Eurostat The GSDI - Sixth Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference September 16-19 th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY

13. From GISCO to INSPIRE GISCO created in 1991: centralized solution INSPIRE : distributed infrastructure from European to local level In this context the key word is INTEROPERABILTY

14. INSPIRE: key principles www.ec-gis.org/INSPIRE The European SDI shall be built upon a network of National Spatial Data Infrastructures Access and view without charge Sustainable funding European and national bodies for the management of the infrastructure

15. Thank you for your attention The GSDI - Sixth Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference September 16-19 th 2002 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY