Humboldt - Oceans Scenario
Towards the Harmonisation of Spatial Information in Europe
The four-year EU project Humboldt contributes to the implementation of a European Spatial Data Infrastructure (ESDI) that integrates the diversity of spatial data available for a multitude of European organisations. It is the aim of this project to manage and advance important parts of the implementation process of this ESDI.
The main goal of the Humboldt project is to enable organisations to document, publish and harmonise their spatial information. The software tools and processes created will demonstrate the feasibility and advantages of an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe as planned by the INSPIRE initiative, meeting the goals of Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES).
The project is using a number of scenarios to test data access and fusion for a number of information comunities. The oceans scenario focuses on integrating and testing the Humboldt framework for assessing and managing oil/contaminants spill crises. The aim is to prove how the technical components developed in the Humboldt project can be implemented and configured for the simple and combined use of different and heterogeneous spatial data sources.