Harmonised geospatial data from official national sources will be free to access and available under an open licence through the Open European Location Services (Open ELS) Project. The newly-published Open ELS data policy sets out the principals for accessing and reusing the data and services delivered by the Open ELS Project. In doing so, it
A delegation from EuroGeographics, led by Mick Cory, Secretary General and Executive Director, met recently with the senior team at the Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Agency (GCCA) of Bulgaria and senior representatives of the Bulgarian Military Geographic Service. Mick, who was accompanied by Patricia Sokacova, Membership and Communications Manager and Angela Baker, Sales, Marketing and
Representatives from 34 member organisations participated in EuroGeographics 2018 Extraordinary General Assembly, held in Leuven, Belgium. As well as launching a new logo and branding, the two-day event also gave a preview of the Association’s new website. Keynote speaker, Michael Standar, Chief Strategy and External Affairs, SESAR presented on joint undertakings and international collaboration. Members
Come and discuss the topics and issues related to Open European Location Services (ELS), Open Data Policy and Licensing workshop on 22 March 2018 in Brussels. Meeting will provide an opportunity to learn about the open data policy and licensing framework for the Open ELS Project. These have been drafted using the results of
EuroSDR invites you to a workshop discussing: “Use of algorithms on big DEMs – Better utilization of national detailed elevation models” The workshop will be arranged on 4th-5th April 2018 as a noon to noon meeting at the County Governor’s office in Tønsberg, Norway. We welcome speakers from industry, academia and government. Possible topics (not
A successful OpenELS Products & Services workshop was held on 16–17th January in Edinburgh, supported by kind hosts Registers of Scotland. The workshop was attended by task leaders and others providing input into Activity 4. The agenda included an opportunity for everyone to share progress and agree next steps. The main focus was on defining
EuroGeographics INSPIRE KEN is organising a webinar – ‘Progress in ELS transition’ – with the main goal to update you on outcomes and achievements since the end of the ELF project in October 2016. This webinar will be held on Monday 12 March, from 13.00 to 14.30 CET. It is targeted to EuroGeographics members, i.e. to
Users of EuroGeographics pan-European open data will benefit from a series of enhancements to the latest release of EuroGlobalMap. Forty-five members of the Association for the European National Mapping, Cadastre and Land Registry Authorities have contributed to the 1: 1 million dataset which includes an administrative theme providing boundary information. It also features a settlement
EuroGeographics members are invited to attend a webinar organized by the Policy KEN ‘Briefing on European Strategy for Data’ published by the European Commission on 19th February 2020, a key proposal which sets out a range of policy measures, digital solutions, and funding programmes to encourage data sharing and re-use of data across Europe by
