{"id":710,"date":"2016-06-23T12:07:45","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T12:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egsnews.eurogeosurveys.org\/?p=710"},"modified":"2016-06-23T12:54:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T12:54:01","slug":"european-geological-data-infrastructure-launch-event-the-version-1-0-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egsnews.eurogeosurveys.org\/?p=710","title":{"rendered":"European Geological Data Infrastructure launch event. The version 1.0 is here!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Data worth hundreds of millions of Euros has been made available through a first version of the European Geological Data Infrastructure (EGDI). This will enable users to access information and data in INSPIRE compliant formats about geology and earth resources across Europe. The EGDI was launched last Tuesday 14th June at the European Geological Surveys (EGS) Secretariat in Brussels.<\/strong> The interest expressed by the participants and speakers, mainly composed by representatives from EU DGs, was large: Marie Donnelly, Director of Renewables, research and Innovation, Energy Efficiency, (European Commission’s DG Energy) said \u201cThe kind of information you are putting together is hugely useful for the EU\u201d, as well as Slavko Solar, DG GROW has confirmed: \u201cEGDI is a great step forward\u201d supported by Chris Steenmans, Head of ICT and Data Management, European Environment Agency (EEA). Positive reactions also came from \u00a0the Joint Research Centre (JRC), Constantin Ciupagea Head of Land and Raw Materials (European Commission’s DG), who highlighted: \u201cEGDI is the big platform for EGS. Extremely happy to see EGDI go forward\u201d as well as from Iain Shephard, Head of Maritime Policy Atlantic, outermost regions and Arctic, (European Commission’s DG for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries,) said \u201cEGDI is a great initiative\u201d and Gilles Ollier Head of Earth Observation (European Commission’s DG Research and Innovation) added :\u201cEGDI has a very important role to play in the in-situ part of Copernicus and GEOSS\u201d.<\/p>\n

Europe – as does the rest of the world \u2013 faces a growing need for access to data on nature, environment and raw materials across the borders in order to manage resources appropriately. The EGDI is a platform for geological data from the geological surveys and it gathers thousands of pan-European and national datasets covering Energy, Groundwater, Mineral Resources, Geohazards and Soil. During his presentation, J\u00f8rgen Tulstrup (Head of Department at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, GEUS), explained that the platform enables cooperation between EGDI and other initiatives such as Copernicus, EMODNet and the European Plate Observing System (EPOS) to ensure a quick access to thematic views of pan-European data.<\/p>\n

Visit the EGDI at http:\/\/www.europe-geology.eu\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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