Annex I - “Description of Work” - Hlandata

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATASection B2. ImpactB2.1a. Target outcomes and expected impactTarget Outcomes:HLANDATA project is relevant to the expected target outcomes listed in the Objective 6.2 in the ICTPSP 2009 Work Programme, as this European Project aims at widening the use of spatial data (LandUse and Land Cover data) by public and private sector organizations and citizens. As previouslyexplained, the project aims at developing 3 pilot projects, based on the harmonization of the Land Useand Land Cover datasets at a European level, which will provide value added services to certain typesof end users. The pilot projects will serve as the validation platform for the harmonization proposalmade in the project. In this context, the project is consistent with the main conditions andcharacteristics enumerated for such Objective 6.2 of the ICT PSP Work Programme, as it is explainedin the next points:Added value: The proposal provides a clear added value compared to other initiatives alreadyimplemented in this field. The added value comes from the fact that HLANDATA project will providea harmonization proposal which will take into account and reuse the previous results available fromother initiatives, and will also incorporate a new perspective: While most of the past initiatives havebeen focused in providing a harmonized data concept model from a generic perspective, theHLANDATA project will incorporate the specific perspective of the different end users and theirspecific needs.Enabling services: As required by the Objective 6.2 conditions, the HLANDATA project aims atdeveloping 3 pilot projects in 5 different European Countries providing added value services whichwill be supported by web services providing several functionalities such as the visualization ofdifferent information layers overlay of information, spatial and temporal analysis…etc . The providedinformation shall come from different sources (partners) situated in different European countries andterritories.Reusable and easily accessible datasets: As explained, the project contemplates the implementationof several web services providing free and universal access and non-limit usability of the collectedinformation and datasets.Multilingual aspects: Since the project is going to be carried out by 9 partners from 7 differentEuropean Countries and is intended to be accessible through separate internet gateways for eachpartner, multilingual aspects of the access to the harmonized information is taken into account.Moreover, for the harmonization of the categorization aspects of the land use and land cover datasets,multilingual aspects need to be a specific issue, closely related to the semantic issues involved in thistask.Quality and quantity of the digital content contributed to the project is ensured through theparticipation of 6 public institutions with the content provider role within the project. The detail of thedigital content provided is given in chapter B2.1b.Significant impact in terms of increasing access and use on a large number of users in the largestpossible number of EU countries: As already stated, the whole set of databases and collectedinformation from all partners is going to be made available at each gateway for every interested citizenor organization. The internet application developed by every partner is going to provide not only itsown harmonized geographic information, but also the one contributed by the other partners. This factwill imply an undoubted increase in terms of the amount of European users being able to access suchinformation.23/03/10 v11 22