EuroGeographics has signed a four-year agreement with the European Commission to provide geospatial information to the European Union’s statistical office, Eurostat. Thus, the company gives access to the European Commission’s staff to information through its geographical information service, GISCO.
The geographic data will support policy making related to protection against natural hazards, agricultural and environmental monitoring, transport, and economic growth at a regional and national level, according to Ekkehard Petri, Team Leader ‘Geographical Information’ at Eurostat.
The data includes administrative units and statistical regions as well as 1:250 000 scale topo-geographic information from National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registry Authorities, such as EuroBoundaryMap and EuroRegionalMap.
“Confidence that the information provided is consistent and comparable — regardless of its national source — is key. We are delighted to be providing Eurostat, and through it the Commission, with authoritative, harmonised geographic information and related services from the European National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registry Authorities”, said Angela Baker, EuroGeographics' Sales, Marketing and Channel Manager.
