What is the Geolink
Project?
The
project is being undertaken within the framework of the Community initiative programme
INTERREG III-B SUDOE, and has been developed by Administrations of three of the
beneficiary countries of this programme: Spain, United Kingdom and Portugal, together with
the support of various associated entities.
The project is aimed at the creation of geographical information
that will be accessible to town councils, public services, companies and citizens. This
will assist in the aim of introducing information and communication technologies within
territories that have low density populations and in which the existence of certain
natural factors hinder inter-territorial relations. The project involves transnational
co-operation amongst national, regional and local authorities belonging to the European
Union.
WHO ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE
PROJECT?
The project is a
partnership made up of the following:
Diputación Provincial De Castillón (Spain) –
Lead Partner
Associacao de Productores Florestais (AFLOPS)
– Association of Foresters – Portugal
Diputación Provincial De Málaga (Spain)
Government of Gibraltar (Department of trade and
Industry-Town Planning Section)
Universidad Autónoma De Madrid – Associate
What are the stages of the
project?
Stage 1 - Study of existing information and scope of application for each of
the territories.
Stage 2 - Analysis of the GIS
requirements of each partner.
Stage 3 – Development of the
GIS
Stage 4 - Implementation of a
centralised GIS based on different databases:
·
Cartography
·
Local
infrastructure
·
Land
registry and property data
·
Town-planning
·
Land use
·
Flooding
and pollution risks
Stage 5
- Dissemination of information relating to the GIS.
What are the main AIMS of
the project?
1. Overcoming
the limitations of cartographic information held in paper format.
A GIS allows the
storage of information in electronic format, and thereby facilitates easier storage,
reproduction and updating.
2.
Allowing the incorporation of several
cartographic sources:
Aerial surveys,
topographical surveys, images from aerial photographs, scanned images, etc.
3.
Standardising the structure of digital
cartography:
Improvement of the
exploitation of the geographical information and creating new ways of communication.
4.
Facilitating maintenance of the territorial
information..
5.
Promoting the use of GIS as an instrument
for land management and interrogation:
Solving of
problems
Answering of enquiries and questions
Assisting in decision-making.
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