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Case Study Benefits of EuroGeographics Membership

“Ukraine’s inclusion in EuroGeographics’ datasets not only promotes the integration and use of our national data within the European Institutions, but also demonstrates our commitment to international collaboration.”

Oleksii Pinchuk, Head of Directorate for European Integration and International Cooperation, StateGeoCadastre, Ukraine

Challenge

StateGeoCadastre Ukraine wanted to contribute its data to EuroRegionalMap (ERM), EuroGeographics’ pan-European multi-themed topographic mapping. The 1:250 000 scale dataset is created using harmonised national geospatial information, and StateGeoCadastre had to overcome a series of challenges to ensure its data met the required technical specifications.

Solution

Following the adoption of the law on the National Geospatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI), StateGeoCadastre is working alongside the Norwegian Mapping Authority on the implementation of the International Geospatial Integrated Framework (IGIF). The IGIF plays a crucial role as the‘handbook’ for creating an NSDI system in Ukraine.

As a result of this work, which includes the development of a state GNSS network and topographic map to ISO: 19100 standards, Ukraine can now provide updated data with the correct thematic attributes to ERM. In addition, the national data is supplied in a format which enables it to be harmonised to ERM’s standard specifications using EuroGeographics unique data integration process.

Benefits

Promotes Ukraine’s national data to new users through its inclusion in a pan-European dataset
Enables integration of national data to the European Spatial Data Infrastructure
Demonstrates Ukraine’s commitment to adopting modern, technical international specifications for data harmonisation.
Supports the creation of Integrated Hydrographic Network on the state border.

Case Study Member National Data

High resolution, high accuracy height data is now able free of charge thanks to a collaboration involving the National Land Survey.

Working with the Icelandic Meteorological Office and the Polar Geospatial Center, University of Minnesota, it has used new techniques to integrate high resolution and open Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) from the ArcticDEM, into new National Data, as well as combining it with existing lidar data, mainly from glacial areas. The methods developed are highly automatised and use adjustments of the individual DEMs, as well as robust mosaicking of the ArcticDEM, to take advantage of the multi-temporal data available.

As a result, Iceland has now launched it first free of charge, high resolution (2x2m), high accuracy (>1 m accuracy in elevation) DEM. The resulting country-wide DEM mosaic has numerous applications, from geology to hydrology and land management.