A distributed information system for public forest and wildlife management in the Walloon Region (Belgium) using open GIS standards

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-220

  Farcy, C ^a   De Terwangne, B ^b   Blerot, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b STAR INFORMATIC sa   (Belgium)

^c Ministry of Walloon Region   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Distributed information system; Forest information system; Interoperability; Open GIS; Web mapping; Web services

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION SYSTEMS; FOREST COVER; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; SPECIALIZATION;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; INTERNET;

FORESTRY; GIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; STANDARDS;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WALLOON BRABANT; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 18844427043     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2004.12.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (22)

1. S. Aronoff Geographic Information Systems: A Management Perspective 1991 WDL Publications Canada
2. J.K. Berry Spatial Reasoning for Effective GIS 1995 GIS World Books Fort Collins, Colorado
3. Conseil Canadien des Ministres des Forêts, 2003. Système National d'information Forestière. http://nfis.org/.
4. European Commission, 2003. Natura 2000. Environment DGs. Nat. Newslett. 16.
5. C. Farcy, P. Blerot, and F. Devillez Decision Support Tools in the framework of a distributed Information System for nature and forest public management in the Walloon Region (Belgium) Proceedings of the IUFRO Conference on "Decision Support for Multiple Purpose Forestry" Vienna, 23-25 April 2003
6. K. Gardels The Open GIS approach to distributed geodata and geoprocessing Proceedings of the Third International Conference/Workshop on Integrating GIS and Environmental Modeling Santa Fe, 21-22 January 1996
7. F. Harvey, W. Kuhn, H. Pundt, Y. Bishr, and C. Riedemann Semantic interoperability: A central issue for sharing geographic information Ann. Reg. Sci. 33 2 1999 213 232
8. J.R. Herring The Open GIS data model Photogrammet. Eng. Rem. Sens. 65 5 1999 585 588
9. K. Kuroiwa, S. Sobue, and O. Ochiai Forest monitoring prototype system using Web mapping technology Proceedings of the Regional conference on Digital GMS Pathumthani, Thailand, 27 February 2003
10. R. Laurini, and F. Milleret-Raffort Les bases de données en géomatique 1993 Hermès Paris
11. L. McKee, and C. Kottman Inside the Open GIS Specification. OGC Info Photogrammet. Eng. Rem. Sens. 65 12 1999 1345 1359
12. Miller, P., 2000. Interoperability, what is it and why should I want it? Ariadne Issue 24. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue24/interoperability.
13. Ministère de la Région Wallonne, 2000. L'environnement wallon à l'aube du XXIème siècle, Approche évolutive. Namur.
14. H. Mintzberg Structure et dynamique des organisations 1982 Les éditions d'organisation Paris/Montréal
15. OGC, 2000. Web Map Server Interface Implementation Specification, Revision 1.0.0. http://www.opengis.org/.
16. OGC, 2001. Geographic Markup Language Implementation Specification, Revision 2.0.0. http://www.opengis.org/.
17. OGC, 2002a. Style Layer Descriptor Implementation Specification, Revision 1.0.0. http://www.opengis.org/.
18. OGC, 2002b. Web Feature Server Interface Implementation Specification, Revision 1.0.0. http://www.opengis.org/.
19. Päivinen, R., Schuck, A., Miina, S., Zudin, S., Varis, S., Heikkinen, E., Köhl, M., Hehmke, M., Römisch, K., Voss, H., Andrienko, G., Andrienko, N., Richards, T.,Wood, R., 2002. European Forest Information System (EFIS). Executive Summary, Project 17186-2000-12 F1ED ISP FI, Joint Research Center, European Commission.
20. Richards, T., Reynolds, J., 1999. Global Forest Information Service, Technical Options Paper. Intergovernmental Forum on Forest, 3-14 May 1999. Geneva.
21. J. San Miguel Ayanz, P.M. Barbosa, G. Schmuck, and G. Liberta The European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) Proceedings of the Joint International Workshop of EARSel SIG on Forest Fire and the GOFC/GOLD Fire Program: Innovative Concepts and Methods in Fire Danger Estimation Ghent, 5-7 June 2003
22. Schuck, A., 2002. EFIS - Forestry Information to Users' Needs. Efi News, 1, pp. 8-9.