European marine information system: Eumaris prototype

Author

Caiaffa, Emanuela

Author_Institution

Dipt. Ambiente, ENEA, Rome, Italy

Volume

3

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1569

Abstract

The present paper summarises the activities developed by ETC/MCE, under European Environment Agency (EEA) contract, on the geographic information system. The aim of present paper is to introduce some general concepts about the geographic information systems and to investigate the potential of GIS as tool for the assessment of the European seas. Care has also been taken to explain the main technical and educational reasons that led to EUMARIS GIS birth, its evolution in the last year, till to its presentation at the InterRegional Forum of the European Conventions held in Venice. GIS is a technological tool phenomenon involving various aspects and different issues; many examples of thematic maps involving that different subjects are shown in the paper

Keywords

geographic information systems; geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; oceanographic techniques; Eumaris; European Environment Agency; European marine information system; GIS; geographic information system; geophysical equipment; ocean; prototype; Contracts; Europe; Geographic Information Systems; Information systems; Marine technology; Monitoring; Paper technology; Protection; Prototypes; Sea measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2000 MTS/IEEE Conference and Exhibition

Conference_Location

Providence, RI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6551-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2000.882164

Filename

882164