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Sectoral initiatives

What are the sectoral initiatives?

A sectoral initiative is the sum of SDI work of different administrations and / or organizations involved in a specific theme. The common tasks of a SDI initiative are refer to the configuration of a map server with OGC standards and the development of metadata of their geoinformation according to ISO 19115.
What sectoral initiatives are there? What is available?

IDEC currently has 2 initiatives:
1 - IDEC Univers

Network of map servers, geoinformation catalogs of academic world.
2 - IDEC Coastal

Network of map servers, geoinformation catalogs of coastal area.


Local initiatives

What are the local initiatives?

A local initiative is the sum of some SDI made by local adminstrations, set map servers OGC and geoinformation metadata with the standard ISO19115.
What local initiatives exist? What is available?

Currently, the IDEC has 4 initiatives:
1 - IDEC Local Initiative

Network map servers, catalogs and geoportals with local geoinformation of all Catalonia.
2- IDE Barcelona

Map server and catalog with local geoinformation of the Barcelona province.
3 - BCN Geoportal

Map server with local geoinformation from ‘Ajuntament de Barcelona’.
4- Portal AMB

Map server and catalog with local geoinformation from ‘Área Metropolitana de Barcelona’.


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