The European Commission Joint Research Center Selects Intergraph SDI Solution
The European Commission Joint Research Center has selected Intergraph spatial data infrastructure (SDI) technology for a pilot implementation of INSPIRE services for monitoring the air quality in Europe. This pilot project supports the European Commission Shared Environmental Information System and is a test for the implementation of an Ambient Air Quality and Clean Air for Europe (CAFE) directive based on INSPIRE services. Once the pilot project succeeds, Intergraph will be Europe’s first technology provider for supporting clean air initiatives. The project will serve as a blueprint for the larger European Air Quality Information System in the 27 European Union countries.
Airborne pollution does not follow national or administrative boundaries, yet data on air quality are collected by many separate organizations within each member state. This can make it impossible to synthesize consistent and timely pictures of conditions for areas that are larger than the responsibility of a single organization, let alone at a regional level.
Intergraph’s geospatially-powered SDI application ensures harmonized data exchange within the enterprise and between government, businesses and the public for improved communication, collaboration, productivity, ease of maintenance and reduced costs. The solution supports compliance with INSPIRE and other government directives that ease geospatial data sharing. For the CAFE program, Intergraph technology will record and consolidate data across all different government levels and regions of Europe for optimal air quality assessment.
Internet: www.intergraph.com/govt/sdi.aspx
