One of the primary strengths of EuroGeographics – expertise in knowledge exchange and capacity development at a regional level – was key to its interventions at the thirteenth session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM). The Association’s network links different players within the wider data ecosystem and it
Geospatial data should be integrated into the next development framework to strengthen and make it more inclusive beyond the 2030 Agenda, says EuroGeographics. The not-for-profit membership association for European National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authorities was speaking at the thirteenth session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM). During
Meeting the challenge of balancing demand for open government data with data security is a key issue for European National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authorities (NMCAs), a survey has found. Of the 26 organisations responding to a joint questionnaire by EuroGeographics and the Permanent Committee on Cadastre in the European Union (PCC), 20 reported
EuroGeographics is calling for case studies from users of its medium-scale pan-European topographic open dataset, EuroRegionalMap. The not-for-profit association for European National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authorities is also asking for feedback on the quality of the dataset available via the Open Maps For Europe online interface. EuroRegionalMap production is coordinated by the Federal
Experts in authoritative geospatial data, cartography and GIScience have today (29 August 2023) announced a new international collaboration to demonstrate the power of location. Members of EuroGeographics, the not-for-profit association for European National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authorities, and the International Cartographic Association (ICA) will use their collective expertise to support the public good.
Do you use EuroRegionalMap (ERM) , our medium-scale pan-European seamless topographic database? Created using members’ authoritative data, it’s designed to support GIS applications and background display and consists of nearly 7 million objects in 60 layers separated in the seven themes administrative boundaries, settlement, hydrography, transportation, miscellaneous, vegetation and soils, and named locations. The national
Organisers of the fourth International Workshop on Spatial Data Quality have issued a final call for abstracts. Submissions covering a wide range of topics, including ways in which data providers can ensure that their data continues to be trusted, ways of bringing together data from multiple sources to ensure seamless, high-quality datasets, and ways to
To meet end user requirements regarding data content and quality, Copernicus Services need access to open, up-to-date, and harmonised geospatial information across Europe. Data produced by National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authorities, the members of EuroGeographics, is therefore key to its success. The European Environment Agency (EEA) and EuroGeographics are strengthening cooperation to improve
More than 4,000 registered users have downloaded around 4,700 datasets and carried out 6 million web service transactions via Open Maps For Europe. The figures were announced by EuroGeographics, the not-for-profit membership association for Europe’s National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authorities, which coordinated the project in partnership with the National Geographic Institute (NGI) Belgium. The
Abstracts are now being accepted for the fourth International Workshop on Spatial Data Quality to be held in Brussels and online on 11 and 12 October 2023. The deadline for submissions is 17 July. The 2023 event is organised by not-for-profit organisations, EuroGeographics, which represents Europe’s National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registry Authorities (NMCAs), and
