CoastGIS’99: geomatics and coastal environment
Lastly, many projects are being funded on a shared cost basis to support
the creation ol new products, slowly contributing to build up EGII.
The GI cross-programme line of action within the 5
th Framework
Programme
This line of action is still under discussion for inclusion in the IST work
programme for 2000. Its aim is to develop technologies and applications that support citizen mobility, i.e. developing the technical foundations for mainstreaming the use of multimedia geo-information
including geographic information, large-scale, heterogeneous and distributed collection of geo-spatial data and services into everyday enterprise Information Technology (IT) and mobile applications. Research
will be targeted at providing generic solutions to fundamental problems
recurring in most spatial and geographic information applications. Work
should also cover legal and ownership issues, quality, trust and confidence in geographic data and business models, as well as the creation
of a sustainable European landscape tor geographic data creation, use,
management and publishing, based on standards and best practice.
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