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The eContentplus project "Assessment and strategic development of INSPIRE compliant Geodata-Services for European Soil Data (GS Soil)" started on June 1, 2009 and will last until the end of May 2012 (36 month). The project leader is the German Environmental Information Portal (PortalU) with additional 33 partners from 18 countries participating in the project.
The most central outcome of the GSSoil project can be found through the GS Soil portal. A huge number of european soil dataset is available as a service and can be queried in actually 13 different languages.
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Thu 15.12.11 GS SOIL at national seminar in France |
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The national seminar of the "Inventory, Management and Soil Conservation "(IGCS) was held on 1th and 2nd of December in Strasbourg (France) at the Home of Agriculture.
Co-organized by the Association for Agricultural Renewal in Alsace (ARAA) and InfoSol unit of INRA Orléans, various presentations followed by discussions were held on different aspects of soil science:
- How to meet the needs of users who need more detailed local data, especially with regards to the available soil data 1:250.000?
- Monitoring of soil organic matter,
- Access to digital data on soils,
- Examples of applications of enhancing soil data in France and in neighbouring territories
The event was a chance for the GS SOIL partner Region Alsace to gain a complete overview of programs and knowledge of soil monitoring in France: IGCS, Network Quality Measurement of Soil (RMQS) and bank analysis land (BDAT).
It was also a great opportunity to present the European experiences of ARAA and the Regional Council of Alsace made through their contribution to the project GS SOIL. Together with the project partner BGR (German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources) the French partners work on a joint French-German test case in the framework of the establishment of the GS SOIL deliverable “Best Practice Guidelines for Soil Data Se-mantic Harmonization”. The aim of which is to test the feasibility of presenting small scale soil data of France and Germany in one harmonized map. The results of the harmonisation efforts were presented brilliantly by Rainer Baritz (BGR). The feedback on the work done in GS SOIL was very positive and the organizers hope the presentations provided new ideas to our French friends to be inspired!
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Mon 21.11.11 "INSPIRE and soil data" - National workshop held in Salzburg |
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On Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th November a national Workshop on "Inspire and soil data in Austria" was held at the University of Salzburg. More than 70 participants from Austria and Germany covering all INSPIRE-affected organisations including the soil domain attended this event organised by the GS Soil partners "University of Salzburg", "Environmental Agency Austria" and "AGES". The focus was laid on challenges, prospects and chances regarding the implementation of the INSPIRE directive with respect to the dedicated chapter "Soil" of ANNEX III. The presentations held are publicly available in the "Downloads" area.
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Fri 18.11.11 Fourth GS SOIL Newsletter published |
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The fourth project newsletter was published today and comprises the main project activities during the last months. This issue focusses on the contributions of GS Soil to INSPIRE and shows first results of the work on selected test cases.
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Fri 21.10.11 GS SOIL finishes INSPIRE testing |
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Today, in due time, the contributing partners in GS SOIL submitted the comments regarding the INSPIRE data specification for the annex III theme “soil” to the JRC for further acknowledgement. The contributing partners tested their datasets regarding the feasibility of the INSPIRE schema, for example for monitoring data, derived soil profiles, map units, soil sample points, soil thematic maps etc.
The GS SOIL group generally states that the provided data specification and data model is “partly feasible”. Comments and proposed changes are submitted. Further testing results are in addition mapping tables and transformed data. |
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Tue. 27.09.11 pre-announcement GS SOIL Final Conference |
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The dates for the final GS Soil conference have been fixed. It will take place on May 2 & 3, 2012 in Berlin at the premises of Lower Saxony at the federal government, Germany.
Further information on the registration rules, schedule, venue and scope will be distributed during winter.
Please mark these dates in your calendar!
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