This metadata refers to the whole content of GISCO reference database, which contains both public datasets (also available for the general public through http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gisco/geodata) and datasets to be used only internally by the EEA (typically, but not only, GISCO datasets at 1:100k).
The European inventory of Nationally designated areas holds information about designated areas and their designation types, which directly or indirectly create protected areas. The Nationally designated areas is the official source of protected area information from the 38 European member countries to the World Database of Protected Areas (WDPA). The Nationally designated areas data can be queried online in the European Nature Information System (EUNIS). Two versions of the public dataset are provided. The full dataset includes the entire geographical coverage including nationally designated areas in overseas entities. The European dataset excludes the overseas entities. The datasets are accompanied by tabular data which 1) includes information on the nationally designated sites and designated boundaries for public dissemination; and 2) contains information about designation types and the national and international legislative instruments, which directly or indirectly create protected designated areas in Europe.
GISCO (Geographic Information System of the COmmission) is responsible for meeting the European Commission's geographical information needs at three levels: the European Union, its member countries, and its regions. In addition to creating statistical and other thematic maps, GISCO manages a database of geographical information, and provides related services to the Commission. Its database contains core geographical data covering the whole of Europe, such as administrative boundaries, and thematic geospatial information, such as population grid data. Some data are available for download by the general public and may be used for non-commercial purposes. For further details and information about any forthcoming new or updated datasets, see http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gisco/geodata. This metadata refers to the whole content of GISCO reference database extracted in May 2021, which contains both public datasets (also available for the general public through http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gisco/geodata) and datasets to be used only internally by the EEA (typically, but not only, GISCO datasets at 1:100k). The database is provided in as a single GDB and also as individual GPKG file per feature, with datasets at scales from 1:60M to 1:100K, with reference years spanning until 2021 (e.g. NUTS 2021). Additional information and metadata is provided with the dataset in the folder docs. The database manual, a file with the content of the database, a glossary, and a document with the naming conventions are included in this folder. The document GISCO-ConditionsOfUse.pdf provided with the dataset gives information on the copyrighted data sources, the mandatory acknowledgement clauses and re-dissemination rights. The license conditions for EuroGeographic datasets in GISCO are provided in a standalone document "LicenseConditions_EuroGeographics.pdf". The main updates with respect to the previous version of the full database in the SDI (from June 2020) are the addition of the following datasets: - Coastline boundaries, 2020 (COAS_2020) (N.B.: An update is expected soon) - Degree of Urbanisation, 2020 (DGURBA_2020) - Exclusive Economic Zones, 2020 (EEZ_2020) - FAO Fishing Areas, 2020 (FAO_FISH_2020) - Healthcare services (HEALTH) - LAU Historical Census data (LAU_CENS_1961-2011) - Local Administrative Units, 2017 (LAU_2017), 2019 (LAU_2019) and 2020 (LAU_2020) - LUCAS, 2018 (LUCAS_2018) - Metropolitan Regions, 2021 (MREG_2021) - Postal Codes, 2020 (PCODE_2020) (N.B.: DE is to be updated soon) When available, the model specifications of these new layers are also provided with the database (under the folder docs). NOTE: This metadata file is only for internal EEA purposes and in no case replaces the official metadata provided by Eurostat. For specific GISCO datasets included in this version there are individual EEA metadata files in the SDI: NUTS_2021, MREG_2021 and CNTR_2020. For public products, continuous updates are being published in the public website of GISCO: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gisco/geodata. The original metadata files from Eurostat for the different GISCO datasets are available via ECAS login through the Eurostat metadata portal on https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/inspire-sdi/srv/eng/catalog.search#/home For more information about the full database or any of its datasets, please contact the SDI Team (sdi@eea.europa.eu).
The Urban Sprawl datasets shows the physically expanding urban areas - the spatial arrangement of built-up areas and their utilization. The European Environment Agency (EEA) has described sprawl as the physical pattern of low-density expansion of large urban areas, under market conditions, mainly into the surrounding agricultural areas. Sprawl is the leading edge of urban growth and implies little planning control of land subdivision urban sprawl metrics .
Bei Naturkatastrophen wie z.B. Überschwemmungen, Erdbeben, Vulkanausbrüchen, Lawinen und Waldbrände, sowie von Menschen verursachten Katastrophen wie Tankerunglücken mit anschließender Ölverschmutzung des Meeres und der Küsten, Chemieunfällen, nuklearen und biologischen Verseuchungen ist es eine der wichtigsten Anforderungen die räumliche Ausdehnung des Katastrophengebietes schnell zu bestimmen. Dies ist das Ziel des Projektes EOLES. EOLES verwendet hierzu Satellitenbilder, welche innerhalb von Minuten bis wenigen Stunden nach der Aufnahme durch den Satelliten den Katastropheneinsatzkräften zur Verfügung stehen. Ermöglicht wird dies durch die im EOLES-Projekt entwickelte optimierte Prozesskette vom Empfang der Bildrohdaten über die Bildaufbereitung und Georeferenzierung bis zu ersten Bildinterpretationen und Datenintegration in Geoinformationssysteme zum Katastrophenmanagement. So kann beispielsweise innerhalb weniger Stunden die Ausdehnung von Überflutungszonen und die jeweilige Wassertiefe in den überfluteten Gebieten mittels EOLES ermittelt werden. EFTAS konnte durch die Mitarbeit im EOLES-Konsortium einen wesentlichen Beitrag zur Umsetzung des GMES-Projektes (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) liefern, indem EOLES als Basistechnologie zur schnellen Aufbereitung und Übermittlung von Satellitenfernerkundungsdaten für weitere Projekte im GMES-Verbund zur Verfügung steht. Hauptauftragnehmer im Ausland: Parc Scientifique du Sart-Tilman; Angleur; Belgien.
GISCO (Geographic Information System of the COmmission) is responsible for meeting the European Commission's geographical information needs at three levels: the European Union, its member countries, and its regions. In addition to creating statistical and other thematic maps, GISCO manages a database of geographical information, and provides related services to the Commission. Its database contains core geographical data covering the whole of Europe, such as administrative boundaries, and thematic geospatial information, such as population grid data. Some data are available for download by the general public and may be used for non-commercial purposes. For further details and information about any forthcoming new or updated datasets, see http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gisco/geodata. This metadata refers to the whole content of GISCO reference database extracted in June 2020, which contains both public datasets (also available for the general public through http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gisco/geodata) and datasets to be used only internally by the EEA (typically, but not only, GISCO datasets at 1:100k). The document GISCO-ConditionsOfUse.pdf provided with the dataset gives information on the copyrighted data sources, the mandatory acknowledgement clauses and re-dissemination rights. The license conditions for EuroGeographic datasets in GISCO are provided in a standalone document "LicenseConditions_EuroGeographics.pdf". The database is provided in GPKG files, with datasets at scales from 1:60M to 1:100K, with reference years spanning until 2021 (e.g. NUTS 2021). Attribute files are provided in CSV. The database manual, a file with the content of the database, a glossary, and a document with the naming conventions are also provided with the database. The main updates with respect to the previous version of the full database in the SDI (from Jul. 2018) are the addition of the following datasets: - Administrative boundaries at country level, 2020 (CNTR_2020) - Administrative boundaries at commune level, 2016 (COMM_2016) - Coastline boundaries, 2016 (COAS_2016) - Exclusive Economic Zones, 2016 (EEZ_2016) - Farm Accountancy Data Network based on NUTS 2016, 2018 (FADN_2018) - Local Administrative Units, 2018 (LAU_2018) - Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, 2021 (NUTS_2021) - Political regions (NB.: defined by the Committee of the Regions), 2018 (POLREG_2018) - Pan-European Settlements, 2016 (STLL_2016) and 2018 (STLL_2018) - Transport Networks (NB.: railway lines, railway stations, roads, road junctions, levelcrossings, ferry routs and custom points), 2019 (TRAN_2019) - Urban Audit Areas, 2018 (URAU_2018) and 2020 (URAU_2020) NOTE: This metadata file is only for internal EEA purposes and in no case replaces the official metadata provided by Eurostat. For specific GISCO datasets included in this version there are individual EEA metadata files in the SDI: NUTS_2021 and CNTR_2020. For other GISCO datasets in the SDI, it is recommended to use the version included in this dataset. The original metadata files from Eurostat for the different GISCO datasets are available via ECAS login through the Eurostat metadata portal on https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/inspire-sdi/srv/eng/catalog.search#/home. For the public products metadata can also be downloaded from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gisco/geodata. For more information about the full database or any of its datasets, please contact the SDI Team (sdi@eea.europa.eu).