Post on 31-Dec-2015
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Reportnet for beginners
Hermann Peifer, EEA
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What is Reportnet?
The EEA’s data collection machinery.
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What is Reportnet?
Reportnet is a system of
integrated IT modules and
processes creating a shared
information infrastructure
to support the reporting
of environmental data
and information in Europe
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Reportnet modules
1. Reporting Obligations Database ROD
(A database of reporting obligations)
2. Directory DIR
(Database of data reporters)
3. Central Data Repository CDR
(The website to upload the data.
Including: data conversions
and automated quality checks)
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Evolution of data reporting
Regular mailFax
TapesCD-ROM
Floppy disks
Emailwith
attachments
Reportnet:centralisedweb-based
80‘s 90‘s 21st century
Paper based reporting >> Electronic data reporting
Towardsdata
sharing
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DataCollection
DataProcessing
Disseminationof information
Production line
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From theory to practice
http://rod.eionet.europa.eu/
http://cdr.eionet.europa.eu/
Eionet directory
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Deliveries in Reportnet:7667 released envelopes (on 7 May 2010)
Files: 123621
Feedbacks: 25020
Obligations:
~20 (in 2002)
100+ (since 2005)
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GIS data in Reportnet (1)
Point data, e.g.:• monitoring stations• industrial facilities• airports (noise source)
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GIS data (2)
Line data, e.g.:• river network• roads, railways
Polygons, e.g.:• river basins• protected areas• land cover
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Automatic QA
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Manual QA
IDs in shapefilesvs. XML data file
Show shapefile as image
Reported coordinatesvs. geocoded address