Geographic Information Systems How GIS technologies improve regional or local energy plans Emanuela Caiaffa caiaffa@casaccia.enea.it UNESCO Casaccia, 2006.

Geographic Information Systems

How GIS technologies improve regional or local energy plans

Emanuela Caiaffa caiaffa@casaccia.enea.it

UNESCOCasaccia, 2006 28th July

The present lecture is divided in two parts

The first one concerns the GIS technology

and how it is a good support tool for

managers, designers and operators who

want approach, in a territorial way, their

studies for renewable energy solutions

The second one concerns the

e-learning course SIGEO that is a

distance learning course on GIS

and on Geographic Information

Science

Renewable energy

GIS: a common language to connect policy-makers with scientific community

GIS: a tool for GIS: a tool for producing producing integrated integrated

and and dynamic dynamic

KnowledgeKnowledge

Integrated knowledge

in a sense of a lot

of different data type,

different data format, and

so on, all in one

dynamic knowledgein sense

of informationdynamically

linked tothe territory

like orthoimages…

…like

text files

dynamically

linked

to the

concerning

territory

http://www.itctsatta.it/ http://www2.minambiente.it/

http://www.bellagiopoint.com/

http://www.ecodibergamo.it/

http://www.governodelterritorio.it/

SIGEO is an educational course for the dissemination of

Geographic Information theory

Geographic Information Systems

SIGEO is working on ENEA web site devoted to Distance Learning:

www.odl.casaccia.enea.it

Project in charge:Ing. Anna Moreno

Web site in charge:Ing. Flavio Fontana

SIGEO addresses

decision makers

advisor institution for policy makers and stakeholders

working for public administration

anyone would start own knowledge about GIS and its applications

SIGEO looks to furnish theoretical and practical fundamental elements useful for

to acquire a basic knowledge of the GIS meaning

to evaluate effective GIS designing and building opportunity having clear in mind what are the final objectives

to be able “to read” and to interpret elaborated data through thematic maps that represent the GIS top achievement

Methodological approach

SIGEO course contents are structured following KM2 methodology

SIGEO as a product of both GIS and methodological expertise combination

Self-assessmentStudies in depth

Lecture 1

Terminology Link for curiosity

Unit

Lecture 2

Unit

Lecture 3

Lecture 4

Unit

Lecture 5Unit

Module 2Module 2

Lecture 1

Unit

Lecture 2

Lecture 5

Lecture 3

Unit

Lecture 4

Module 1Module 1

Unit

Unit

Module 3Module 3

Lecture 1

Lecture 2

Lecture 4

Lecture 5

Lecture 3

Module Module 55

Lecture 1

Lecture 2

Module Module 44

Lecture 1

Lecture 2

Lecture 5Lecture 5: Real examples of GIS applicationsReal examples of GIS applications

MODULE 1: GIS Introduction

Lecture 4Lecture 4: : What is a What is a GIS applicationGIS application

Assessment

PianificazioneTerritoriale

LABORATORI O GI SLABORATORI O GI SE.Caiaffa PROT/PREV

Cartografiatematica

e-government

Lecture 1Lecture 1: What is a GIS: What is a GIS

Lecture 2Lecture 2:: How to build a GISHow to build a GIS

Lecture 3Lecture 3: : What a GIS doesWhat a GIS does

MODULE 2: GIS elements

GISGIS

ProcedureProcedure

DatiDati

HardwareHardware

SoftwareSoftwarePersonePersone

Lecture 4: Digital cartography meaning

Lecture 5: Coordinate reference systems, projection reference system

Lecture 1: GIS components

Lecture 2: Data/geographic information concept. Spatial Relations

Earth shape

MODULE 3: Data models

Lecture 1: Data vectorial model

Lecture 2: Data raster model

Lecture 3: Data tree dimensional model

Lecture 4: What are data structures in a GIS

Lecture 5: Data model object oriented: Geodatabase

Lecture 1: GIS functions

MODULE 4: GIS functions and operatorsMODULE 4: GIS functions and operators

Lecture 1Lecture 1: Involved technologies in Internet GIS: Involved technologies in Internet GISLecture 2Lecture 2: Internet GIS: Internet GIS

MODULE 5: Internet GIS

Lecture 2: GIS operators

makes able users to enter a fine collection of articles GIS involved as well as to get acquainted with scientific communications, technical notes, and so on.Studies in depth Studies in depth

Editore:Editore: IGMIGM

Scheda:Scheda: Arezzo, Palazzo Comunale, 21 giugno - 30 settembre 2003.Arezzo, Palazzo Comunale, 21 giugno - 30 settembre 2003.A cura di A. Catile.A cura di A. Catile.Firenze, 2003; br., pp. 384, ill. b/n col. num n.t., cm 23x30.Firenze, 2003; br., pp. 384, ill. b/n col. num n.t., cm 23x30.(Disponibile anche in edizione rilegata Euro 70). (Disponibile anche in edizione rilegata Euro 70).

ISBN:ISBN: 88-523-0001-588-523-0001-5

Soggetto:Soggetto: Codici Miniati e Manoscritti Codici Miniati e Manoscritti

Periodo:Periodo: XV-XVIII sec. Rinascimento XV-XVIII sec. Rinascimento

LEONARDO GENIO E CARTOGRAFO

Rappresentazione del territorio tra scienza ed arte: oltre a renderci partecipi del mirabile percorso nella evoluzione dei simboli e dei mezzi con cui di epoca in epoca l’uomo ha inventato la rappresentazione del territorio, ci informa su un Leonardo che iniziò la sua attività di cartografo dopo aver studiato la geometria di Euclide dal 1496 al 1504

LEONARDO GENIUS AND CARTOGRAPHER:territory representation between science and art

CONCLUSIONS

Before concluding my lecture let me express some conclusions

The aim of the today lecture was to give you some starting points to approach a new way to face the renewable energy plans realization conducted by using GIS: by analysing thematic maps, it is possible to find solutions to critical environmental, social, economic, anthropogenic and other situations; in other words, all kinds of situations related to the territory management, or its governance.

Growing interest in Geographic Information and the success of GIS technologies have stimulated the development of new application fields, technologies, hardware and software to meet a very wide range of requests from both the scientific research community and the environmental policymaking community.

CONCLUSIONS

A tool as GIS could be important to help them in power plants design as regards their location, shape, size.

On the other hand GIS can help to individuate areas that, for different reasons, could not sustain a renewable font plant as well as through GIS analysis it could result that a certain area is not convenient by logistic point of view.

GIS use can also help to accomplish national safety standards, according to Local Authorities mandatory rules and to verify the state of the technical art as well as of the technological solutions.

Urban planners and decision makers must take into account the use of renewable sources for the energetic plans definition.

SIGEO distance learning GIS course was ideated and implemented in order to fill a gap in GI and GIS dissemination often affected by too professional treatment or too basic notional treatment.

The e-learning tool permits us to reach several kinds of students and users having different cultural level and extraction.

On our intention SIGEO should furnish a power tool to induce the highest number of people to access GIS technologies and to familiarize with difficult concepts, often new, that are the basic principia of the Geographic Information Science.

At least I should like also to express some conclusions about the SIGEO course.

Thank you for your attention!

caiaffa@casaccia.enea.it