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Background Reports, Studies and Papers for GI/GIS in Europe

Due to the Amount of information, the data are now sorted in thematic sections :

 Recent Additions
 European/global policy
 National/regional policy
 Standardization and Infrastructure
 Earth Observation (Remote Sensing)
 Applications
 Technology

   Recent Additions

• Policy Issues in Modern Cartography    25-Nov-98
• Global Spatial Data Infrastructure: Policy & Organisational Issues (EUROGI)    25-Nov-98
• Free accessibility of geo-information in the Netherlands, the United States and the European Community (Delft Univ)    30-Oct-98
• Law and Information Policy for Spatial Databases (USA)    30-Oct-98
• Geographic Information in Europe: A Discussion Document (Aug-98, EC DG XIII)    30-Oct-98
• GI2000 - Geographic Information in Europe: 4 Years Later (AGI)    30-Oct-98
• Customer Workshops to define the Requirements of specific Segments (9 areas)    12-Sept-98

• L'accès aux données publiques - EUROGI
• Communication concernant l'affaire Ecomet - EC
• A comparative evaluation of national geographic information strategies - AGI
• Copyright and Economic Affairs - CERCO
• Decision makers' perspectives on European geographic information policy issues - GeoInf. Int.
• Economic aspects of the collection, dissemination of government's GI (Ordn.S)
• Etude du marché Européen de l'information géographique numérique - CNIG
• Etude du prix de la donnée d'Information Géographique - CNIG
• European Spatial Development Perspective - EC
• Geographic Information: The European Dimension - GISDATA
• GI-BASE - EC
• GI-META- EC
• GI-POLICY - EC
• GI2000:Towards a European Policy Framework for Geographic Information - EC
• Legal protection of geographical information - EUROGI
• Legal protection of Geographical Information: copyright & related rights.
• Note to Members of the Leonardo Da Vinci Committee
• Priority Plan for Legal and Economical GI Aspects- EUROGI
• Public Access to Environmental Information - EEA
• Public Data, Private Operators - EUROGI
• A Strategic View of GIS Research and Technology Development for Europe - JRC
• Towards a European Policy of Geographic Information - CNIG
• Understanding the Role of Geographic Information Technologies in Business - USA
• User Survey - GIS - 1995
• Une autre vision du GSDI

• Beyond Chorley - AGI
• The effective supply and use of Government held geographic information - AGI
• Exploiter les données publiques
• GIS, a need or a luxury? - Univ.Amsterdam
• GIS in the public sector - Univ.Amsterdam
• GIS in the retail sector - RAVI
• GIS Dissemination Policy - Two surveys and a Suggested Approach - USA
• Geodäsie 2000 ++ - DGFI
• Geodatenmarkt in Hessen - Workshop Dec 1996
• Geodatenmarkt in Hessen - Situation von Anbietern und Nutzern von Geodaten
• Geographic Information and Public Policy - AGI
• Commercialization of government information in the geo information sector - RAVI
• National Geographic Information Infrastructure of Finland - NLS/GI Centre
• Prix des données et stratégies de l'Etat - CNIG
• Proceedings of the Permanent Committee on GIS (PCGIAP), 2nd Meeting
• Stimulating GIS innovation through the dissemination of government information - USA
• UCGIS Research Priorities

• Defining global geospatial data infrastructure (GGDI)
• Emerging Global Spatial Data Infratructure (GSDI) Conference
• European CZM and the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) Initiative
• European Geographic Information Infrastructures
• European Standardization Strategies for Geographic Information- EUROGI
• Global Spatial Data Infrastructure - 1997
• Guidelines for geographic information content and quality - AGI
• Implementing a Global Geospatial Data Infrastructure (GGDI)
• The National Geographic Information Infrastructure (NGII)
• NSDI Framework
• Recommendations on Metadata - JRC
• Review of current practices for metadata management - CEO
• Second "Geodata for all in Europe" EUROGI Workshop
• Towards a European Geographic Information Infrastructure - EC
• Views on Interoperability and Spatial Data Infrastructures in Europe - GSDI

• EO data management: Current Practices and Recommendations for CEO Standards
• Final report on a study to assess the socio economic benefits of the CEO - JRC
• A Global Strategy for European Atmospheric Interdisciplinary Research - ARIES (EC DG XII)
• Impact evaluation of the CEO Programme
• Market Analysis for the CEO Programme
• A structural analysis of the European Earth Observation value added industry - JRC
• Summary of Workshop organised by the CEO Programme

• ENVALDAT - Customer Valuation of Environmental Data - CEO
• Landesvermessung 2000 - Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Land Administration and Land Tenure - Discussion Paper - OS
• Mapping the Forests of Europe Using AVHRR Data - JRC (It)
• Report of the Int. Symposium of Core Data Needs - UNEP

• Asessment of User Requirements within the services of the Commission - CEO
• Electronic Publishing - Strategic Developments for the European Publishing Industry - EC
• The Future of Content - EC
• The Future of Spatial Data and Society - USA
• GIS Guide to Good Practice - Univ. York
• Geographic Information Research at the Millennium - GISDATA
• Necessary First Step for the Establishing of a National Geological I.S. (Slovenia) - Ljubljana
• Preliminary Asessment of User Requirement - JRC