IFN Geoportal

Description

Organisation:

Conception and Build Up of a Geoportal for the International Friends Of Nature

Acronym:

IFN Geoportal

Details

Mission and Objectives:

“International Friends of Nature” (IFN) is striving to establish a sustainable treatment of nature, environmentally friendly and socially acceptable tourism, sustainable regional development and active environmental education, predominantly in Europe. Due to the geographically broad and transnational approach and working methods spatial reference is playing a major part in smaller and larger scale. Hence reliable decision support and profound planning can only be provided on the basis of topographic and thematic data supported by aerial and satellite imagery and exact positioning on-site.The goal of the working group is to set up and operate a Geoportal for the IFN.“IFN Geoportal” is meant to be part of the homepage of IFN, completing established services like the Internet database and nfhouse.org, to provide easy access to distributed data sources in the context of a given task.

Formal Mandate:

None

Mandate:

Umbrella Organisation, Public-private association

Activities:

The project’s goal is to set up and operate „IFN Geoportal“ as part of the Internet presence of IFN. Main Activities:Conception including requirement analysis.Technical realisation including software development and bugfixing and benchmarking. Introduction of the Geoportal and evaluation including participation and support of the IFN network ‘Landscapes of the Year’. The network is a platform for all previous and upcoming landscapes for know-how exchange, common marketing strategies and a common policy for sustainable regional development vis-à-vis the European Commission.

Membership:

International Friends Of Nature (IFN) LAND+SYSTEM Inc.

URL:

http://www.nfi.at/

Typology:

Thematic

PROPOSED ROLE IN INSPIRE DEVELOPMENT

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

submit reference material as input to the Drafting Teams

yes

allocate experts to Drafting Teams

yes

be kept informed

yes

Geographic Domain

International

mainly Europe and West African Countries

Societal Sector

Public Works

Specific Expertise

Specific Expertise:

Network Services

Data and Service Sharing

Previous Experience relevant for INSPIRE development

Environmental application domains

Sustainable Development, Regional Development, Natural Resources, Environmental Friendly Tourism, Environmental Education

Primary Business

Eco-Tourism, Consulting, Software development, Environmental Management

INSPIRE Data Themes
Producer	Species distribution
User	Coordinate reference systems, Geographical grid systems, Geographical names, Administrative units, Transport networks, Hydrography, Protected sites, Elevation, Orthoimagery, Statistical units, Buildings, Soil, Geology, Land use, Human health and safety, 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, Bio-geographical regions, Habitats and biotopes, Species distribution

Quick search

IFN Geoportal