1. GISCO The Geographical Information System of the COmmission How and when users can use it and what can we offer? Workshop on “Best practices exchanges” Luxembourg, 25-26/1/ Daniele Rizzi, Unit E-4 Regional Statistics and Geographic Information
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2. Mission of GISCO within Eurostat
GISCO (Geographical Information System of the COmmission) provides a reference database and related services to Eurostat and other DGs of the Commission.
Management of GISCO database:
Update on existing layers of information
Acquisition of new data
From Commission and Agencies
By public procurement
Public domain
Different IPRs è rights of dissemination
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3. Geographical layers of GISCO
Administrative boundaries (NUTS0 to NUTS3, LAU1 and 2);
Transport networks (roads, railways, airports, railway stations, ports, ferry lines, waterways);
Hydrography (rivers, lakes, coastlines, river catchments, watersheds)
Digital elevation model
Miscellaneous layers:
DoU (Degree of Urbanisation)
Land use
Settlements
Urban Audit Sub-City districts
LFA (Less Favoured Areas), Structural Funds and Interreg III areas
Different scales:1: , 1: and 1:
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4. GISCO Database Content
Administrative units and NUTS
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5. GISCO Database Content
Rivers and Lakes
Administrative units and NUTS
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6. GISCO Database Content
Settlements
Rivers and Lakes
Administrative units and NUTS
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7. GISCO Database Content
Roads, railways
Settlements
Rivers and Lakes
Administrative units and NUTS
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8. GISCO Database Content
Airports, Ports
Settlements
NUTS
Rivers and Lakes
Physical heights
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9. GISCO Database Content
Airports, Ports
Settlements
NUTS
Rivers and Lakes
Land cover/ use
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Where to find GISCO
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What’s in: maps, …
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… posters, …
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… and geodata
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16. What can you do with a GIS?
Selectively retrieve bits and pieces of one or more maps.
Count, group, reclassify, isolate, and quantify features and their patterns on the landscape.
Measure lengths, widths, distances, heights, and volumes of features.
Overlay one map on another to compare features and create new maps.
Visualize, interpolate (predict missing values), slice, cross-section, and generalize surfaces of all kinds.
Track movements and changes in patterns, and predict and exploit pattern change.
Find the shortest, fastest, or most beautiful path, identify potential customers, and locate businesses.
Perform various topographic feature analyses, such as groundwater (subsurface movement of liquid), surface flow (liquids running on the surface), accumulation (liquid gathering in low spots), visibility (places you can see from a specific location), and a host of other analyses.
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17. geoinformation is layered…
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18. …and can be « spatially » combined
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19. Statistics can be georeferenced
Population
2004 
be341
53.9
be342
42.3
be343
52.1
be344
57.0
be345
49.8
be351
102.1
be352
289.6
be353
62.6
deb21
100.2
deb22
114.3
deb23
95.8
deb24
64.1
deb25
139.4
dec01
345.9
dec02
106.4
dec03
145.1
dec04
211.6
dec05
155.2
dec06
94.7
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This is GIS
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21. Usage statistics Jan-Dec 2009: maps
19687 maps downloaded in total
Best sellers: NUTS2 regions (418 times)
Unemployment rates, February 2009 (306 times)
More than 1100 maps available
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22. Usage statistics Jan-Dec 2009: geodata, documents
69 datasets available
8442 files downloaded in total
Best sellers: NUTS 2006 at different scales: 4302 times
(at 1: scale:1657 times)
Urban Audit 2004: 693 times
several other datasets more than 100 times
17 documents available, 2258 downloads
Best sellers: Guidelines for Geographical Data, GISCO progress report 2009, downloads each
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What’s next?
Search maps by navigation tree
(same as for statistical main tables/database)
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What’s next?
Choose maps by icons
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…and more
Interactive web map services
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