Digital Map of the Baltic Sea Region MapBSR A new tool for co-operation in the Baltic Sea Region

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Digital Map of the Baltic Sea RegionMapBSR A
new tool for co-operation in the Baltic Sea
Region

National Land Survey of Finland
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MapBSR Aims of the project

• to provide basic map data for
• the Baltic Sea Region (nominal scale 11
  million)
• - seamless, homogeneous data
• - up-dating secured
• to promote co-operation in the Baltic Sea Region
• http//www.mapbsr.nls.fi

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Background

• Meeting of the Baltic Region Ministers of
  Physical Planning (1992)
• A coordinated map data system should be created
  covering the entire Baltic Sea Region with basic
  geographic in formation.
• Feasibility study
• including user questionnaire

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MapBSR The Project Area

• Countries as whole
• Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Latvia,
  Lithuania, Estonia, Belarus
• The administrative units that intersect the
  Baltic Sea drainage area in
• The Russian Federation
  
• Germany
• The Czech Republic
• the Slovak Republic
• Ukraine

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Data content

• Primary Secondary
• Administrative Boundaries
• 1. State boundary
• 2. County boundary
• 3. Municipality boundary
• 4. Boundary of territorial waters
• Hydrography
• 1. Coast line (sea) 1. Drainage areas
• 2. Lake and
  subareas
• 3. River
• 4. Canal
• 5. Glacier
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Data content (cont.)

• Primary
• Transport
• 1. Road
• 2. Railway
• 3. Airport
• 4. Port
• Settlement
• 1. Population centre
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Data content (cont.)

• Primary Secondary
• Elevation
• 1. Contour line
• 2. Altitude points
• 3. Depth contour line
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• Nature 1. National parks /
• restricted areas
• Geographical names
• 1. Names

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Data

• Each National Mapping Agency was responsible
  for the production and supply of data over own
  area
• The data was collected and joined into
• one seamless database (ArcInfo) by NLS of
  Finland
• WGS84, geographical coordinates

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MapBSR
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Experiences

• Problem how to obtain the same kind of data
• In MapBSR Project
• - data from many different sources (NMAs)
• - data created in various scales and for
  various purposes
• the feature, quality and data model for the
  project
• specifications which everyone able to follow
• the same level of generalisation
• commitment is essential

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Current Status next steps

• MapBSR 2000 CD-ROM available
• next up-date 2001
• extension of MapBSR to whole Europe ?
• http//www.mapbsr.nls.fi

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EuroGlobalMap 11 million

• Background
• Global Mapping initiative
• experiences and ready data provided by MapBSR
• idea in Europe that European data should be
  harmonised, seamless, quality-checked and
  up-dated
• Feasibility Study
• The results of the Feasibility Study
  questionnaire showed that providing data to
  EuroGlobalMap specifications should be easily
  feasible for most NMAs.
• http//www.eurogeographics.org

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Participation in EuroGlobalMap (status April
2001)

• Participants
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• Not members of EuroGeographics

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EuroGlobalMap

• Main milestones (2001-gt)
• EGM Specification ready
• signature of the Project Agreement with
  EuroGeographics
• End of 2002
• release of EuroGlobalMap version 1
• covering all / most of Europe
• http//www.eurogeographics.org