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ESRI Europe

Description
Organisation: 
ESRI Europe
Acronym: 
ESRI Europe
Details
Mission and Objectives: 
Since 1969, ESRI has been giving customers around the world the power to think and plan geographically. The market leader in GIS, ESRI software is used in more than 300,000 organizations worldwide including each of the 200 largest cities in the United States, most national governments, more than two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies, and more than 7,000 colleges and universities. ESRI applications, running on more than one million desktops and thousands of Web and enterprise servers, provide the backbone for the world's mapping and spatial analysis. ESRI is the only vendor that provides complete technical solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms.
Formal Mandate: 
None
Mandate: 
We use geographic science supported by GIS technology as a framework for gaining a better understanding of our world and applying geographic knowledge to solve problems and guide human behaviour.
Activities: 
In Europe, ESRI has distributor offices in 35 countries with 2250+ employees providing, together with 500+ local business partners, value added solutions, services and data.
Membership: 
Not Applicable
Comments: 
Not Applicable
URL: 
http://www.esri.com
Typology: 
Regional
Sectorial
Thematic
PROPOSED ROLE IN INSPIRE DEVELOPMENT

Which role(s) do you foresee for the SDIC in INSPIRE development

  • allocate experts to Drafting Teams
    • yes
  • participate in the review process
    • yes
  • contribute to awareness raising and training
    • yes
  • be kept informed
    • yes
    Geographic Domain
    International
    worldwide
    Societal Sector
    all levels of Government & all major industries
    Specific Expertise
    Specific Expertise: 
    Metadata
    Network Services
    Data Specifications
    Previous Experience relevant for INSPIRE development
    ESRI has a long tradition in supporting the establishment of SDIs within the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Initiative contributing with open and standards-based state-of-the-art GIS technology to integrated spatial information services.
    Environmental application domains
    ESRI's GIS technology supports all major environmental application domains including agriculture, forestry, mining, natural resources, soil, water, environmental management & conservation, etc.
    Primary Business
    ESRI is a GIS technology and solution provider for all levels of Government and all major industries.
    INSPIRE Data Themes
    User
    Coordinate reference systems, Geographical grid systems, Geographical names, Administrative units, Addresses, Cadastral parcels, Transport networks, Hydrography, Protected sites, Elevation, Land cover, Orthoimagery, Geology, Statistical units, Buildings, Soil, Land use, Human health and safety, Utility and governmental services, Environmental monitoring Facilities, Production and industrial facilities, Agricultural and aquaculture facilities, Population distribution and demography, Area management / restriction / regulation zones & reporting units, Natural risk zones, Atmospheric conditions, Meteorological geographical features, Oceanographic geographical features, Sea regions, Species distribution, Bio-geographical regions, Habitats and biotopes, Energy Resources, Mineral Resources