2009 Research Programmes of the HCMR - Hellenic Centre for ...

makers, a broader sphere of users and the wider public. BOSS4GMES will mainly address the three
fast-track services defined in 2005 (ocean, land and emergencies) to contribute to the success of
their short term implementation and their integration with a wide set of specialized services. For the
mid- and longer term, BOSS4GMES will support the definition of new services and address
transverse issues.
Development of a Framework for Data Harmonisation and Service Integration
(HUMBOLDT/ 652).
Contract Number: 030962
Scientific Coordinator:
Main Coordinator:
Dr E. Balopoulos (till 16/09/09) & A. Lykiardopoulos
Daniel Holweg (Framehofer Institute for Computer graphics)
Funding: EU (46,11 %) & GSRT (53,89 %)
Starting Year: 2006
Duration: 48 months (01/10/06-30/09/10)
Total Budget: 194.500 €
Study Area:
Continental Europe and seas surrounding European Countries.
Scientific team (ΗCMR): Dr Ε. Balopoulos, Α. Iona, Α. Lykiardopoulos, P. Gotsis (TILL
15/10/07), B. Lakes, P. Karagevrekis
Other participants: (1) Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.,
Germany FHG-IGD, (2) ETRA, Spain ETRA, (3) Help Service Remote Sensing, Czech Republic
HSRS, (4) LogicaCMG UK, United Kingdom LOGCMG, (5) Institut Geographique National,
France IGN, (6) Intergraph CR spol. s r.o., Czech Republic INGR, (7) Swiss Federal Instutite of
Technology Zürich, Switzerland ETHZ, (8) Delft University of Technology , Netherlands TUD, (9)
University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy ULSoR, (10) Institute of Geodesy, Cartography and
Remote Sensing, Hungary FOMI, (11) Marine Information Service 'MARIS' BV, Netherlands
MARIS, (12) Kaunas University of Technology Regional, Lithuania KTC, (13) The Foundation
“INI-GraphicsNet Stiftung”, Germany IGS, (14) Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation
de la Mer, France IFREMER, (15) National Environment Research Council, United Kingdom
NERC/BODC, (16) Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece HCMR, (17) Swedish
Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Sweden SMHI, (18) University of the West of England,
Bristol, United Kingdom UWE, (19) Telespazio, Italy TSP, (20) Geographical Information Systems
International Group, Italy GISIG, (21) Round Table Geographic Information Systems, Germany
RT-GIS, (22) CNR IREA, Italy IREA, (23) Ustav Pro Hospodarskou Upravu Lesu Brnadys Nad
Labem (Forest Management Institute), Czech Republic FMI, (24) Instituto Geografico Portuges,
Portugal IGP, (25) Collecte Localisation Satellites, France CLS, (26) University of Gävle, Sweden
UoG, (27) Promitheas Business Innovation Centre, Cyprus PRO
Brief Description of the Program: HUMBOLDT will contribute to the implementation of an
European Spatial Data Infrastructure (ESDI) that integrates all the diversity of spatial data available
from the multitude of European organizations, it is the aim of this project to manage and advance
the implementation process of this ESDI. To achieve this objective and to maximize the benefits
gained from this integration, the requirements of INSPIRE, of GMES, of the environmental
agencies and of other related activities in the EU will be met.
HUMBOLDT will start with an analysis to facilitate the re-use of existing concepts, processes,
implementations and experiences. This also includes the analyses of harmonization processes in other
application areas. Following HUMBOLDT will extend the existing by the needs of users and
administrators especially in the area of GMES. As a cornerstone for future businesses, citizen
security, risk management and many more opportunities, the ESDI has to be a lasting development,
prepared for the steps that will inevitably follow with the continuing progression of globalization. To
enable this, the HUMBOLDT project suggests an optimized, community-centered implementation
process. New knowledge will then be gained and new processes will be developed from the possible
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