6 th EC-GI & GIS Workshop Lyon, 28-30 June 2000 AGILE: A Cornerstone for the Development of Geographic and Territorial Information and Related Systems.

66thth EC-GI & GIS Workshop EC-GI & GIS Workshop Lyon, 28-30 June 2000 Lyon, 28-30 June 2000

AGILE: A Cornerstone for the Development of Geographic and Territorial Information and Related Systems in the EU

Mauro Salvemini chairman of AGILE

Università di Roma La [email protected]


• Presentation of the association ;

• The Development Of Agile Activities In Connection With The Activities Of The EC Relative To The Geographic and Territorial System


AGILE is an Association consisting of geographic information laboratories in Europe.

The mission is :

to promote academic teaching and research on GIS at the European level.


• Association as legal formhttp://www.agile-online.org

• self started and self-sustained association, very low fee

• About members :– research groups (laboratories), not individuals– 50 founder members (1998) 55 ( 2000) some applications pending– 18 countries

Affiliated members :– non-academic research groups (e.g.private sector), Autodesk and Mapinfo


The Conferences (self sustained) :

1998 - Enschede, 1st Conference , the “foundation”(themes: dynamic modelling; data quality; GI-infrastructures; interoperability)

1999 - Rome , 2nd Conference (theme: user-friendly information)

2000 - Helsinki, 3rd Conference (theme:Mobile GIS , Semantic, GI policies)


2001 - Brno Czech Republic April 19-21th, 2001 call for paper end of July 2000

Milan Konecny : chair of LOCAnders Ostman : chair of PC

1st Call for paper within July 15.See : http://www.agile-online.organd :http://www.geogr.muni.cz/agile2001/index.htmlfrom July 15.


Within two years AGILE was able to gather :

about 200 experts, teachers and young researchers;

about 300 participants to conferences;

about 160 papers and presentations

on the following themes :


•Dynamic Modelling of Spatial Processes•Management of Data Quality•Geographical Information Infrastructures•Aspects of Interoperability•Integration of Spatial and Administrative Databases•Spatial Aspects of Socio-Economic or EnvironmentalModelling•Emerging Technologies•GI Infrastructures•Web-based visualisation•GIS for Public Planning•Emerging technologies•Spatial modelling•Transportation and mobile GIS•Geodata usability•GI policies


AGILE’s “columns” :

•research agenda or roster of research activities

•WGs :

GIS and environment, Interoperability, Data policy





European IST Landscape and AGILE Member Activities :

• Members in more than 100 EU projects

•Working groups

•Participation of Association through the WGs in ETeMII project


EC themes :

•infomobility•integration of ITT•large data bases•multimedia •infomobility and e-commerce•multifarious uses of GI•……………..•………………

European IST Landscape and AGILE Member Activities


National mandates for NMAs and other agencies

which rely on/use GI, limiting their activities to the

national boundaries.

A lack of funds to work outside the national

borders

A lack of interest or awareness, jingoism and

nimbyism and fear of exploitation

Political issues and subsidiarity

Too little inter-disciplinary contact

Lack of a clear lead from appropriate EU-DGs and

other EU organisations

Uncertainty or difficulties with copyrighting and

other legal issues.

(P.Burrough 1997)

Conflation and data integration;

GIS and society;

GIS in decision making;

Inter-operability;

Participatory GIS;

Aspects of data quality;

Cartography;

GIS and institutions;

Cadasters

(AGILE Research Agenda 1999)

Some findings :

Positive environment for GI and GIS;

Necessity of joint and coordinated activity

Necessity of clustering

Necessity of transnational and international data and actions

Necessity of common objectives at *all* levels.

Common GI and GIS ( Science and System)

*Interoperability * of higher education

MOU between AGILE and UCGIS signed on 1998 and renewed on the year base.

AGILE/UCGIS bilateral events and r/d activities:• focused on challenging topics or views not yet covered at other meetings•prepared by joint scientific committee/s•targeted to a diverse(research, commercial,

public bodies, etc) but dedicated audience•contributing towards mutual benefits•funding from ESF and NSF


The Development Of Agile Activities in Connection and Collaboration With The Activities of EC relative To Geographic and Territorial System.

The following functions are considered essential:

•that of operativity through the Association itself;•that of operativity through the working groups of the Association;•that of involvement in activities aimed at the development of a

collaboration between academic research and external world;

•that of undertaking specific activities together with Associations from outside the EU;


Scholars, Research and teaching people are customer to

challenges :


Bringing together the research and teaching community for

the progress of GI Science and applications in the EU society

http://www.agile-online.org




6 th EC-GI & GIS Workshop Lyon, 28-30 June 2000 AGILE: A Cornerstone for the Development of Geographic and Territorial Information and Related Systems.

Documents

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agile member activities