• Introduction
• Technical analysis
• Issues and recommendations
• European SIF

Technical analysis

The GIGAS project is studying the interoperability issues between the GEOSS, INSPIRE and GMES initiatives, taking into account the ISO, OGC and CEN standards and results from research projects. This is done by following a strict methodology to arrive at the following analysis results:

• GIGAS Methodology: this document explains the GIGAS approach to analyzing and comparing interoperability issues across the different initiatives.

Loop 1

• Technology watch documents loop 1: this set of documents provide an overview of interoperability issues in the different initiatives. The documents are summarised here.
  • Architecture
  • Meta-data and catalogue
  • Observation & Measurements
  • Web Mapping Services
  • Ordering
  • Sensor Planning Service
  • Interoperability tools (a.o. persistent testbed)
• Comparative analysis loop 1: this document makes a comparative analysis of the topics in the list above across the three initiatives.
• All these activities lead to a set of “identified issues” and “corrective recommendations”.

Loop 2

• Technology watch documents loop 2: this set of documents provide an overview of interoperability issues in the different initiatives. The documents are summarised here.
  • Architecture
  • Meta-data and catalogue
  • Cross-Initiative Scenario
  • Data Interoperability
  • Data Access and Processing
  • Interoperability tools (a.o. persistent testbed)
• Comparative analysis loop 2: this document makes a comparative analysis of the topics in the list above across the three initiatives.

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