Multimedia and Geo-Referenced Information Delivery Systems

Objective

The GEOWORKS project aims to provide assistance services for information selection and presentation which meet the demands of geo-reference, non-technical data users in the European public sector who need access to multimedia data.

Municipalities and public organisations are an important and growing target market for IT products, and particularly for office and multimedia systems (electronic document management, photographic libraries) and geographical information systems (GIS). Many important tasks of these organisations, such as urban planning, public transport development, and the management of visitor and tourist information services, require facilities that make it easy for users to retrieve and combine information coming from new systems (multimedia systems, GIS) and from more traditional resources (databases, online services). Similar needs can be found in other markets.

Concurrent computerised handling and accessing of this type of information is a very complex task. It necessitates mixing different types of graphic and non-graphic data such as digital maps, statistics, technical material and legal texts. These data are often located in separate proprietary databases and may be stored on different media and platforms.

The work undertaken in GEOWORKS will consist of the design and development of new tools and in the adaptation and interconnection of the external systems integrated in the platform (assistant services). The main result will be a user-friendly environment allowing non-technical users to benefit from the integrated multimedia/GIS platform without any knowledge of the underlying assistant services.

The products and services developed in GEOWORKS will be pilot tested by two large local government administrations and a national administrative agency. These have been chosen because they are representative samples of the European public sector with respect to size, geographic coverage and IT usage patterns and will provide a strong basis for development of exploitation activities.

Fields of science

• humanities › arts › modern and contemporary art › radio and television
• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › databases
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › physical geography › cartography › geographic information systems
• social sciences › economics and business › business and management › commerce › e-commerce
• social sciences › social geography › transport › public transport

Programme(s)

• FP3-ESPRIT 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of information technologies, 1990-1994

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Coordinator

Bull SA

Address

Tour Bull 1 Place Carpeaux Puteaux
92039 Paris La Défense
France

Participants (12)

CMSU-COMMUNICATION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM UNIT

Greece

Address

Evelpidon Street, 31
11362 Athenes

COMUNE DI BOLOGNA

Italy

Address

Piazza Maggiore 6
Bologna

DECISION SYSTEMS

Ireland

Address

Earlsfort Terrace
Dublin 2

INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA DE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES

Portugal

Address

Apartado 10105, Rua Alves Redol, 9
1017 Lisboa

ISSI

France

Address

9 Rue De Conde
75006 Paris

Institut Géographique National

France

Address

39 Rue Gay Lussac
75005 Paris

KOMMUNEDATA

Denmark

Address

Vester Soegade, 10/vi
1601 Copenhagen

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Denmark

Address

Vejlsovej
8600 Silkeborg

SIEMENS AG

Germany

Address

Otto-hahn-ring 6
81739 München

Systena

Italy

Address

Piazza Del Colosseo 9
00184 Roma

TELESYSTEMES

France

Address

115 Rue Du Bac
75341 Paris

VILLE DE LILLE

France

Address

59033 Lille