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ESPON M4D Multi-Dimensional Data Design and Development ESPON M4D Multi-dimensional Data Design and Development SECOND INTERIM REPORT th 28 June 2013 This second interim report represents the first results of a research project conducted within the framework of the ESPON 2013 programme, partly financed through the INTERREG III ESPON 2013 programme. The partnership behind the ESPON Programme consists of the EU Commission and the Member States of the EU25, plus Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Each country and the Commission are represented in the ESPON Monitoring Committee. This report does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the members of the Monitoring Committee. Information on the ESPON Programme and projects can be found on www.espon.eu The web site provides the possibility to download and examine the most recent document produced by finalised and on-going ESPON projects. ISBN number: This basic report exists only in an electronic version. Word version: 2013 © The ESPON Monitoring Committee and the partners of the projects mentioned. Printing, reproduction or quotation is authorized provided the source is acknowledged and a copy is forwarded to the ESPON Coordination Unit in Luxembourg. ESPON M4D – Second Interim Report – 30 th June 2013 List of contributors to the FIR UMS RIATE (FR) Claude Grasland Ronan Ysebaert Isabelle Salmon Nicolas Lambert Timothée Giraud NCG (IE) Martin Charlton Alberto Caimo LIG-IMAG (FR) Jérôme Gensel Benoit Le Rubrus Camille Bernard Laurent Poulenard Marlène Villanova-Oliver UAB (ES) Roger Milego César Martinez Maria-José Ramos UMR Géographie-cités (FR) Anne Bretagnolle Antonin Pavard Hélène Mathian Marianne Guérois TIGRIS (RO) Octavian Groza Alexandru Rusu Daniel Tudora Aurelian Nicolae Roman 3 ESPON M4D – Second Interim Report – 30 th June 2013 TABLE OF CONTENT INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 6 WORKING PACKAGE A – APPLICATION .......................................................................................... 8 1.1 COMPUTER (WPA1) ................................................................................................................................. 8 1.1.1 Methodology: Agile Management Method Scrum .............................................................................. 8 1.1.2 New features ................................................................................................................................................... 9 1.1.3 Web Services SWOT Analysis ................................................................................................................. 15 1.1.4 Next steps ...................................................................................................................................................... 16 1.2 STATISTICS (WP A2) ............................................................................................................................. 16 1.2.1 Outlier handling ........................................................................................................................................... 16 1.2.2 Outlier handling ........................................................................................................................................... 18 1.3 MAP KIT (WP A3) ................................................................................................................................. 21 1.4 DATABASE UPDATES (WP A4) ............................................................................................................. 22 WORKING PACKAGE B - THEMATIC ................................................................................................. 26 2.1 REGIONS (WP B1) ................................................................................................................................. 26 2.1.1 Time-series .................................................................................................................................................... 26 2.1.2 Functional indicators .................................................................................................................................. 30 2.2 CITIES (WP B2) ..................................................................................................................................... 33 2.2.1 Database integration: contribution to the Dictionary of spatial nomenclatures (M4D) .... 33 2.2.2 Populating ESPON urban database with local data ......................................................................... 34 2.2.3 Expertise on FUA construction methods ............................................................................................. 36 2.2.4 Time series on urban data ....................................................................................................................... 38 2.3 GRID AND OLAP CUBE (WPA3&B3) .................................................................................................. 40 2.3.1 Thematic part ............................................................................................................................................... 40 2.3.2 Technical part / Webtool ........................................................................................................................... 41 2.3.3 Future steps (until the end of the year) ............................................................................................. 44 2.4 LOCAL DATA (WP B4) ............................................................................................................................ 44 2.5 EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD (WP B5) ............................................................................................... 51 2.5.1 Regional neighbourhood ........................................................................................................................... 51 2.5.2 Neighbouring cities ..................................................................................................................................... 54 WORKING PACKAGE C-D – NETWORKING ACTIVITIES & SUPPORT TO THE ESPON COORDINATION UNIT ............................................................................................................. 56 3.1 ESPON DATABASE PORTAL AND FOLLOW -UP OF ESPON PROJECTS (WP C1-2-3) ...................... 56 3.2 NETWORKING WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS (WP C4) .......................................................................... 58 3.3 SUPPORT TO THE ESPON COORDINATION UNIT (WP D4) ................................................................ 59 ANNEX 1 – QUALITY CHECK OF THE ESATDOR INDICATORS ........................................... 62 ANNEX 2 – NOMENCLATURE UPDATE REPORT, MOROCCO ................................................ 66 4 ESPON M4D – Second Interim Report – 30 th June 2013 List of figures Figure 1 - A metaphor of the lifecycle of database in ESPON programming period ....................... 6 Figure 2 : SCRUM. Source: http://www.qikkwit.com (2013-06-20) ............................................ 9 Figure 3 - The “DATA” filter (previously called “General”) ........................................................ 10 Figure 4 – The filter Where? ................................................................................................ 11 Figure 5 – The filter What? .................................................................................................. 11 Figure 6 – The filter When? .................................................................................................. 11 Figure 7 – Search query interface ......................................................................................... 12 Figure 8 - Overview page .................................................................................................... 13 Figure 9 – The Metadata page .............................................................................................. 13 Figure 10 – The “News” management tool ............................................................................. 14 Figure 11 – User’s registration page ..................................................................................... 14 Figure 12 – Online registration form ..................................................................................... 15 Figure 13 – Regional neighbourhood mapkit adapted to cartographic purpose (on the left) and layer adapted for GIS calculation (e.g. land cover calculation etc., on the right). ................................ 21 Figure 14 – Example of metadata enhancement (ESPON 2006 indicator) ................................... 23 Figure 15 – Concrete situation of time-series estimation ......................................................... 28 Figure 16 – LOCF and autoregression methods for backforecasting ........................................... 29 Figure 17 - Population reached in 4 hours by car .................................................................... 31 Figure 18 – Time needed to reach 10 million inhabitants ......................................................... 31 Figure 19 – Inputs needed to create functional indicators ........................................................ 31 Figure 20 - Which urban DB for which scientific target? ........................................................... 33 Figure 21 - Demographic ageing in European cities (UMZ) in 2008 ........................................... 35 Figure 22 - Congestion gradient, from description to model ....................................................
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