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History & Achievements

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Since its inception in 1993, EUROGI has strived to take geographic information out of its elite scientific corner, and bring it into the mainstream of society.

Achievements to date include:

  • GINIE, Geographic Information Network in Europe (an European Commission funded project).
    • Other European Commission funded projects: ETeMII, ESMI, GISEDI, LaCLEF, Panel GI, GeoWEB, eSDI-Netplus, Euradin, Plan4All.
  • Joint EUROGI JRC Workshops.
  • EU Industry Days, where a delegation of leading representatives from Europe's geographic information (GI) industry to share their stories of success and the bottlenecks they face with regard to European policy.
  • Member Meetings, where EUROGI members exhange and receive information from invited speakers such as the European Commission and GI related industry.
  • Country Reports, explains and evaluates the extent of progress of SDI's throughout Europe.
  • National Geographic Information Association Studies (2001, 2003, 2005), typical examples of National GI Associations in Europe.
  • Legal and Economic issues, an overview of what is happening in different European countries with respect to data policy and geographic information policy.
  • Geodata for all workshops.
  • Raising GI awareness campaign.
  • GSDI 1 Conference, Bonn 1996.
  • GSDI 6 Conference, Budapest 2002.