IDEC: Spatial Data Infrastructure of Catalonia

Sectoral initiatives

The strategy for development of the Catalan SDI is based on the promotion of SDIs thematic or specialized on specific domains, so maintaining an own identity and services contribute their resources to IDEC, enlarging the global network of geodata and services suppliers, while presenting to end's users the specific, sectoral and specialized vision that needs.

The benefits of this strategy are:

• Increase the participation of stakeholders to participate in the SDI activities, which results in the creation of more metadata records, increasing the number of users, etc.
• It makes know about the IDEC and interoperability concepts between the different communities of users in a faster and better way.
• It's easier to demostrate the direct benefits that is generated from the exchange of information between public organizations that provide information and between them and end users.
• Offers better opportunities for PPP and official relations with the private sector (users and providers) become more nearby.
• Know more precisely can be the real needs of end users, as they have common interests in a particular domain.
• It promotes the interest of GIS value-added companies to introduce interoperability technologies in their new projects.
• Improves the position of SDI in the field of GI.

Sectoral initiatives in Catalunya:

IDEC Sensors Link: http://www.geoportal-idec.cat/geoportal/sensors/cat/ IDEC Sensors is a sensor network with the aim of bringing together the sensors that are distributed by the Catalan territory, composing a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI).

IDEC Univers Link: http://www.geoportal-idec.cat/ideunivers/local.jsp?lang=en IDE Univers is a universities network that give a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) which allows dynamic access, exchange and the interoperability of the big quantity of geoinformation of university and research centers through your projects.

IDEC Litoral Link: http://www.geoportal-idec.cat/idecostes/index.jsp Catalan Coastal Spatial Data Infrastructure collects geoinformation from different public administration as also public and private institutions which are working with coastal information. At the map viewer there is all the coast cartography and a catalog to search and find the available geoinformation.