International cooperation and technology transfer

Fras, Mojca Kosmatin

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Persistent identifier:: 856490555

Author:: Fras, Mojca Kosmatin

Title:: International cooperation and technology transfer

Sub title:: Ljubljana, Slovenia, February 2 - 5, 2000 : proceedings of the workshop

Scope:: VI, 163 Seiten

Year of publication:: 2000

Place of publication:: London

Publisher of the original:: RICS Books

Identifier (digital):: 856490555

Illustration:: Illustrationen, Diagramme

Language:: English

Usage licence:: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Publisher of the digital copy:: Technische Informationsbibliothek Hannover

Place of publication of the digital copy:: Hannover

Year of publication of the original:: 2016

Document type:: Monograph

Collection:: Earth sciences

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Title:: ISPRS Meeting of WG VI/3 and WG IV/3 in Ljubljana (SLOVENIA), 2-5 February 2000 CONTRIBUTION TO HARMONISED LAND USE STATISTICS IN EUROPE. Willibald CROI, Christophe DUHAMEL, Gerd EIDEN, Maxime KAYADJANIAN

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programme consists in activities aiming at awareness raising of statisticians and the different user groups, in studies on statistical methods and in operational activities. Most of these activities are carried out within the framework of technical and methodological support to Eurostat. 2.1 Awareness raising activities Objective of activities such as seminars, workshops and publications is to raise the awareness of the different players in the field for the various problems regarding land cover and land use information. Conferences and workshops bring together researchers and experts from different disciplines with practitioners and statisticians and enable discussions from the different view angles. The exchange of information of the problems and the solutions applied by the different groups and in the different countries supports the development towards compatible procedures and accepted best practise. Publications contribute to the debate by setting the scene and provoking reactions from the concerned target audience. 2.1.1 Organisation of seminars and workshops In the framework of the support to Eurostat, international conferences were organised to discuss about The impact of remote sensing on the European statistical information system': a first one in 1992 in Bad Neuenahr (Germany) and a follow-up seminar in Rome 1995. As conclusion of the Bad Neuenahr seminar, Eurostat defined a work programme on remote sensing and statistics. CESD was entrusted with its execution. The Esquilino seminar held 1995 in Rome presented the results of this work programme, including presentations of pilot project activities using remote sensing in conjunction with other sources to derive data on land use. One of the conference conclusions drawn by Eurostat was to focus now on land cover / land use statistics in general. Two workshops focussed on the use of new technologies such as remote sensing and geographic information systems for statistical purposes: a workshop held 1995 in Porto was concentrated on agriculture and forestry statistics and another one held in 1996 in Lille on spatial planning and urban statistics. The most recent conference with participation of national and international experts in the field of agriculture, the environment, regional planning, remote sensing from operational institutions and research organisations was organised in 1998 in Luxembourg at the premises of Eurostat. Concrete conclusions of the discussions were to create an inter-institutional working group with the members from different services of the European Commission, the EEA and the DG JRC, to produce a 'Manual of concepts' on land use information and to maintain and further elaborate the database containing meta-information on land use information systems in Europe. CESD-LU is entrusted with the work on the Manual of Concepts and the meta database. 2.1.2 The LANES concerted action In the framework of the European Commission's 4 th programme on research and development, CESD LU carried out a concerted action on the 'Development of a harmonised framework for multi purpose land cover / land use information systems derived from earth observation data - LANES'. A network of 26 European organisations representing different user groups of EO data (from universities and the private sector) and data producers (space agencies and the EO industry) as well as statistical services has been organised by CESD LU. Working papers on the problems of nomenclatures and data integration have been produced and discussed during 2 workshops, held in Luxembourg and Rome. Conclusions and recommendations consist in the development of a common terminology on land cover and land use information, the development of a Best Practice guide for data integration, development of the classifier approach for comparing existing nomenclatures and to continue the multi-disciplinary dialogue that was launched with LANES. The conference organised by Eurostat in Luxembourg in 1998 resulted by that recommendation. 2.1.3 Manual of concepts The discussions held in conferences and workshops recommended to work on the problem of understanding the terminology used by different expert groups. A 'Manual of Concepts on land cover and land use information' contributes to that objective. CESD LU produces this document that will be presented and discussed at the next Eurostat working party on land use statistics, foreseen in May 2000. 2.1.4 Inventory of existing information systems: MISOLU As mentioned above many information systems concerned with information about land cover and land use exist in Europe. To enable assessment of the potential for harmonisation and eventual integration of data the conceptual and technical specifications of the different system have to be analysed in detail. The first step in such an analysis is to gather information about the information systems - so-called meta data. In 1996 the collection of meta data about information systems in Europe started and has been continued up to now. The meta data is stored in a database implemented

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