Annex I - “Description of Work” - Hlandata

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAThe description of the different Work Packages defined for the HLANDATA project comes next:WT3: Work Package DescriptionsWork package number : 1 Start date or starting event: Month 1Work package title:DIAGNOSTICParticipant number: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Participant short namePerson-months perparticipant:GNTRACASAIGN/CNIGAGI GISAT TDF SEA CEIT6 6 15 6 6 5 4 4 4ISOCARPObjectives (i)The main objectives for this Work Package are shown next:O 1.1 – To explore and assess all Land Use and Land Cover initiatives and projects carried out up to themoment and being carried out at present moment in the EU territory and related international programs (byUNEP, GEOS, etc), and to get an updated inventory of existing initiatives to harmonize Land Use / LandCover Databases at Sub-national, National, European and Global levels.O 1.2 – To assess the different potential users of the Land Data and Land Use geographic information,obtaining a categorized user requirement inventory.O 1.3 – To analyze the existing harmonizing methodologies (hierarchical nomenclatures, feature datamodels, ontologies, etc.) in order to understand their current and potential use, advantages anddisadvantages.O 1.4 – To evaluate the benefits / disadvantages of using each analyzed methodology for land management.Description of work (ii)Task 1.1: Analysis on the current European situation in the field of Land Cover and Land Use dataharmonizationAs explained in the introductory part of this proposal, several important initiatives have been carried out inthe field of Land Use and Land Cover harmonization, although none of these has provided (or is expectedto provide) normalized procedures which are valid for the harmonization of these data at a European leveland for the current needs.This task will assess all these initiatives, making a thorough analysis and assessment of them and takingadvantage of those results which might be valid for the objectives of this project. Those results which mightbe usable for the harmonization objectives of this project will be selected.The running projects which are to a greater of lesser extend related to HLANDATA (such as Plan4All) willbe contacted and inquired to make the selection of the usable results and the analysis of the gaps notaddressed by them.The INSPIRE framework is another perspective to take into account within this task. It has to be taken intoaccount the fact that although at present moment there is no clear INSPIRE activities roadmap for the workwith Land Use and Land Cover datasets, by the time this project starts the roadmap will be clear and willhave to be taken into account for the development of the project activities, as these are intended tocontribute to INSPIRE as the most representative harmonization initiative related exclusively to LandCover and Land Use data from the different perspectives addressed up to the moment.23/03/10 v11 56