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On GI/GIS Matters for the PHARE Countries 2001 EDITION Workshop on GI/GIS matters for the PHARE countries THEME 1 EUROPEAN General PAPERS & STUDIES PAPERS COMMISSION 1statistics A great deal of additional information on the European Union is available on the Internet. It can be accessed through the Europa server (http://europa.eu.int). Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2001 © European Communities, 2001 Printed in Belgium PRINTED ON WHITE CHLORINE-FREE PAPER Population and social conditions 3/2001/E/15 Workshop on GI/GIS matters for the PHARE countries Held in Luxembourg 24 Oct. 2001 The views expressed in this document are the author’s and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Commission Copyright: European Commission 2001 TABLE OF CONTENTS Meeting of the Workshop on GI/GIS matters for Phare Countries – Final report 4 WS/PHARE-Doc. 2 Management of territorial units over time 25 WS/PHARE-Doc. 3a. Questionnaire on the use of GI and GIS in the NSIs and NMAs of the Candidate Countries; Analytical report 43 WS/PHARE-Doc. 3b. Mission report of the visit to the NMA and NGI of Poland and Romania 89 WS/PHARE-Doc. 4. Report on the use of GI in CSO and the NMA in Poland 123 WS/PHARE-Doc. 5a. Report on the use of GI in the NSI in Romania 131 WS/PHARE-Doc. 5b. Report on the use of GI in the NMA in Romania 143 WS/PHARE-Doc. 6. Report on the use of GI in the NSI in Estonia 159 WS/PHARE-Doc. 6b. Report on the use of Census Maps in Estonia 169 WS/PHARE-Doc. 7. Report on the use of GI in the NMA and the NSI in Latvia 175 WS/PHARE-Doc. 9a. Report on the use of GI in NMA in the Czech Republic 197 WS/PHARE-Doc. 9b. The use of GI in the NSI in the Czech Republic 203 WS/PHARE-Doc. 10a. Report on the use of GI in the NSI of the Slovak Republic 211 WS/PHARE-Doc. 10b. Report on the use of GI in the NMA of the Slovak Republic 221 WS/PHARE-Doc. 11. Report on the use of GI in the NSI and the NMA in Slovenia 233 WS/PHARE-Doc. 12. Report on the use of GI in the NSI and the NMA in Hungary 247 Document: WS/PHARE-Finalreport Original: EN Meeting of the Workshop on GI/GIS matters for Phare Countries Joint meeting with National Statistical Offices and National Mapping Agencies of the Phare Candidate Countries Luxembourg, October 24, 2001 JEAN-MONNET-Building (JMO-Room M/5) Beginning of the meeting: 10 a.m. FINAL REPORT SPATIAL APPLICATIONS DIVISION K.U.LEUVEN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Vital Decosterstraat 102, B-3000 LEUVEN TEL.: 32 16 32 97 32 FAX: 32 16 32 97 60 URL: http://www.sadl.kuleuven.ac.be Colophon Title: Meeting of the Workshop on GI/GIS matters for Phare Countries – Final report Author(s): T. Steenberghen, D. Vandenbroucke, A. Willekens Version, of: 19-11-01 Printed on: 19-11-2001 Reference: Phare\Workshop\Finalreport As from 1 October 2001, the R&D Divisions Ground for GIS (GfG) and Leuven Earth Observation (LEO) have merged into the new R&D Division SADL (Spatial Applications Division Leuven) SADL/K.U.Leuven Research & Development Vital Decosterstraat 102 B-3000 LEUVEN TEL.: +32 16 32 97 32 FAX +32 16 32 97 60 URL: http://www.agr.kuleuven.ac.be/gfg Currently six university research units participate in SADL: • the Institute for Urban and Regional Planning; • the Laboratory for Soil and Water Research; • the Laboratory for Forest, Nature and Landscape Research; • the Institute for Social and Economic Geography; • the Laboratory for Experimental Geomorphology and • the PSI-VISICS research group of the department of electrical engineering Final report ...........................................................................................................................4 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 7 Synthesis of the workshop ............................................................................................................... 7 Conclusions and evaluation of the workshop................................................................................. 14 ANNEX 1 ANNOTATED AGENDA .......................................................................................17 ANNEX 2 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS.......................................................................................19 6 Introduction This document presents the final deliverables related to the “Meeting of the Workshop on GI/GIS matters for Phare Countries”. The main document consists of the synthesis and the evaluation of the workshop. The available working documents and presentations can be consulted at the following Internet address: http://forum.europa.eu.int/Public/irc/dsis/giss/library Synthesis of the workshop 1. Introduction and adoption of the agenda. Mr. D. Rase and Mr. G. Decand (10.00 – 10.30). Document WS/PHARE-Doc. 1. The agenda was adopted as it stood. Mr. Rase, chairman of the meeting, welcomed the participants. Mr. Decand introduced the meeting. The need for GI and GIS is increasing, particularly in the fields of regional development, transport, environment and agriculture. This implies a stronger link between statistical information and geographic information. The purpose of this meeting is to increase collaboration between national mapping agencies and statistical institutes by presenting the activities and sharing experiences. The format of the meeting is a workshop, thus allowing discussion. The main activities of unit E4 of ESTAT are in the fields of regional statistics, demographic statistics and geographic information (GISCO). 1. Regional statistics. In the Commission, regional statistics are frequently used in combination with geographical data. A few examples were mentioned: the computation of eligibility for funding from the structural funds (objective 1) based on gross domestic product, the regional distribution of unemployment rates (objective 2), the computation of spatial distribution of GDP/inhabitant for use by DG Regional policy, DG Agriculture and DG Competition. 2. Demographic statistics Examples of the use of demographic statistics include the computation of classic demographic parameters, migration statistics, census data. These data are collected at national, regional and local levels by the NSI and need definition of the needs related to co-ordination. There is currently no legal basis for the NUTS classification but the Commission has made a proposal. After adoption by the Commission, the draft Regulation was sent to the Council and the Parliament, and the co-decision procedure is applied. This includes the use of the current NUTS definition and the set up of a system to modify the NUTS. For the Candidate Countries, a NUTS-like classification is currently in use, called "Statistical Regions". When a Candidate Country becomes an EU Member State, these regions will be integrated in the NUTS classification. 7 2. CONC/MODA, Eurostat’s requirements for transmission of geographical information. Mr. T. Carlquist (10.30 – 11.15). Document WS/PHARE-Doc. 2. After giving an overview of GISCO, Eurostat presented the CONC/MODA transfer format to be used by Candidate Countries for reporting changes to the local units to Eurostat. It was agreed that the first concrete co-operation between Eurostat and the NSIs and, to a smaller degree, NMAs in the Candidate countries will be the collection of change information to local units according to the CONC/MODA format. This implies the setting up of structures in each country to be able to submit reports according to this format. Depending on the country, it involves only the NSI or it involves strengthened co-operation between the NSI and the NMA. Because Eurostat will collect population census data retroactively from the 1991 census round for the candidate countries, the CONC/MODA reports should cover the whole period from 1991 or the time of the census onwards. Eurostat will carry out an inventory of local units and processes inside the countries to update local units. This inventory will be similar to the BOUndary study made for the Member states and it will be funded under the PHARE project. The presentation also raised a discussion on the co-operation between GISCO and EuroGeographics, the umbrella organisation for NMAs. There is currently discussion on a Euro-global map, at scale of 1/1.000.000 covering most topographic data. This map was found of insufficient quality to be included in the GISCO database. A pilot study is performed on the production of a topographic map at scale 1/250.000 for 2-5 countries. 3. The use of geographic information in the NSIs and NMAs of the Candidate Countries. Mrs. T. Steenberghen (11.15 – 11.50). Documents WS/PHARE-Doc. 3a and WS/PHARE-Doc. 3b. The presentation was based on the questionnaires filled in by the NSIs and NMAs of the candidate countries, and on the missions to Poland and Romania. The number of years of GIS use and the number of GIS licences were considered irrelevant as indication of GIS expertise. The type of use was a better indicator. Most important in the results of the questionnaire, was the description of data sets, the property rights and the collaboration between NSI and NMA in different member states. Major differences in GIS expertise in different countries was also demonstrated, and the overall higher experience in working with GIS in mapping agencies compared to statistical institutes. Differences in nomenclature updates procedures, scales, projection systems, datum and the use of meta-data, are reasons for concern when data will need to be integrated in Eurostat databases in the future. Countries invited to the workshop included the candidate countries from Phare countries. It was reminded that GISCO deals with one institute per country, not with both NSI and NMA separately. This requires collaboration between NSI and NMA. Corrections to the preliminary analytical report on the questionnaire were provided. The report in annex D includes these updates. 8 The missions to Poland and Romania illustrated how better understanding of the use of GI and GIS in the NSI and NMA can be obtained. The other Candidate Countries will be visited next year during a boundary study similar to the boundary study performed for the Member States in 1994.
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