Who we are and what we do?


Information about the IDEC's Support Center
and its functions and activities


In December 27th 2005, the Geographic Information Law, conferred the functions of creation, diffusion, organization and maintenance of Catalonia’s Spatial Data Infrastructure to the “Institut Cartogrāfic”, and included into its chapter 5, which regulates the Infrastructure, the Support Center as a technical organization to promote, exploit and maintain the SDI. The Support Center is a Unit of the ICC.

The IDEC's Support Center is the technical basis for the organization, promotion, exploitation and maintenance of the spatial data infrastructure, with the purpose of promoting geo-information and related services, making them more accessible in order to assure their shared use.

The C.S. IDEC's activities emphasize the next action lines:

Basic and monitoring activities, which include:
- Development of the functions which in accordance with regulations, are entitled to the Support Center.
- Difussion, promotion and spreading of the Infrastructure.
- The participation / collaboration in several activities from other organisms and, specially, the monitoring of the INSPIRES Guideline's development.

Promotion and development of Thematic and sectorial SDIs

Technological monitoring and inter-operability Pilot Projects
Development of pilot projects of inter-operability technology applications in the framework of sectorial SDIs.

SDI Geo-services and applications development

Diagram Support Center IDEC

Diagram Support Center IDEC

Centre de Suport IDEC | Institut Cartogrāfic de Catalunya | Parc de Montjuīc- 08038 Barcelona | Tel. +34 93 567 15 00 - Fax. +34 93 567 15 67 e-mail: idec@icc.cat