Annex II. List of Spatial Information Networks

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1 Annex II. List of Spatial Information Networks FAO- SPATIAL INFORMATION NETWORKS Agro-Maps Data Sources CLIMWAT Country Profiles and Mapping Information System CROPWAT Ecocrop EcoPort Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases FAOCLIM Farming Systems and Poverty FishCode Gateway to Land and Water Information GIS Unit Global Livestock Production and Health Atlas 48

2 Global Soil and Terrain Database Global Terrestrial Observing System GlobeFish Information System for the Promotion of Aquaculture in the Mediterranean Countries Key Indicators Database System Livestock, Environment And Development Locust and Other Migratory Pests Group OneFish Problem Soils Database Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative TERRASTAT Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites The State of (food and agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture, forests, food insecurity) World Agriculture Information Centre World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies 49

3 World River Sediment Yields Database Non-FAO SPATIAL INFORMATION NETWORKS Africa Chapter of International Association of Landscape Ecology Africa Environmental Information Network African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development African Conservation Foundation African Data Dissemination Service African Remote Sensing Data Bank Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa Central African Regional Program for the Environment Cephalopods Base Centre for International Earth Science Information Network Comité permanent Inter-États de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel Data Distribution Centre of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 50

4 Earthshots Satellite Images of Environmental Change East African Environmental Network Environmental Information Circulation and Monitoring System on the Internet in Africa FishBase Global Fire Monitoring Center Global Land Cover Facility Global Runoff Data Centre Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Horn of Africa Mapping Site Integrated Forest Management System for Central Africa International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage Mapping Malaria Risks in Africa NASA Earth Observing System Data Gateway Network for Long Term Ecological Monitoring Observatories (ROSELT) Programme 51

5 Niger Basin Authority Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa SADC RRSU Geospatial Data Clearinghouse Sahara and Sahel Observatory Sahelian Agricultural, Hydrological and Metrological Centre Southern Africa Humanitarian Information Network TREES (Forest mapping and monitoring) UNDP AFRICA UN Atlas of the Oceans UN Commission for Sustainable Development UN Economic Commission for Africa UNEP - GEMS/Water U.S. Geological Survey / EROS Data Center - Distributed Active Archive Center World Bank World Commission on Dams 52

6 World Conservation Monitoring Centre World Conservation Union World Health Organization World Resources Institute Earth Trends World s Water - Information on the World's Freshwater Resources World Water Council 53

7 Annex III. References Documents - Developing Spatial Data Infrastructures: The SDI Cookbook Doug Nebert, NASA Geospatial Interoperability Return on Investment Study - April Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Geospatial Portal Reference Architecture September Software - GeoServer A Transactional Web Feature Server and Web Map Server. The application allows the publishing and updating of interactive spatial data on the Internet or intranet. - MapServer A very powerful and fast Web Map Server. Can be used for several types of interactive map services (WMS, WCS and WFS). - udig User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (udig) is an open source spatial data viewer/editor, with special emphasis on the OpenGIS standards for Internet GIS, the Web Map Server and Web Feature Server standards. udig will provide a common Java platform for building spatial applications with open source components. - gvsig An open source, platform independent GIS desktop application with emphasis on OpenGIS standards. The application is developed as part of the Spanish national SDI. - PostgreSQL-PostGIS A free extension on the popular free and open source PostgreSQL Database Management System providing spatial extensions. PostGIS is always used in combination with PostgreSQL and can be used as a GeoDatabase back end for applications as the abovementioned GeoServer, MapServer, udig and gvsig. Websites - GeoNetwork opensource - ESRI GeographyNetwork - Deegree - GeoConnections Canada 54