The location of the CENTROPE region,
at the intersection of four countries, is unique in Europe. CENTROPE
exemplifies the diversity of its constituent regions. The two EU
capital cities of Bratislava and Vienna, whose agglomerations are
separated by a mere 50 kilometres, the cities of Brno and Györ, as
regionally significant urban centres, as well as numerous other eminent
and attractive cities, are the powerhouses of an economically and
culturally expanding European region. Across more than 50.000 square
kilometres, along the rivers Danube (Donau), Morava (March), Vah
(Waag), and Rába (Raab), strong regions join in which - together even
more than individually - stand for innovation, creativity, growth,
openness, and diversity. For a common development of this region,
cross-border access to adjusted and standardized spatial data sets is
essential. The aim of CentropeMAP is to provide an interface for
geodata stored in four different countries. The project was initialized
in the year 2003 introducing a base map of the region on behalf of the
public planning association PGO, a co-operation of the three Austrian
federal provinces Lower Austria, Burgenland and Vienna. In the
beginning, data exchange took place only offline by distributing
CD-ROMs among the project partners. The CentropeMAP
web including a map server client went on air in the year 2005. Since
this time the user receives maps showing data from servers all over the
region together in the same view. Having established and permanently
improved the online CentropeMAP portal since 2006, there will be very
soon an important extension: CentropeSTATISTICS includes also statistic
data for the whole region. Again, datasets come from local authorities
and are put together in the same table. These data can be queried,
exported, aggregated, and even visualised via the CentropeMAP portal. Regular meetings (approximately twice a
year) with representatives from the statistic offices of the regions
and countries help to ensure that all efforts are put on a solid,
official ground. In an upcoming phase of CentropeSTATISTICS also
spatial planning experts will be invited to these workshops to help
specify the data demand. A prototype version is already running, the
first release availabe for the public is expected at the beginning of
2009.
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