GeoSUR

Geospatial Information for Latin American and Caribbean Integration

Eric van PraagCAF – The Latin American Development Bank

GeoSUR Program Profile

Geographic area: Latin American and the Caribbean

Implementation period: 2007 - 2013

Coordinating agencies• Latin American Development Bank (CAF)• Pan-american Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH)

Technical assistance• U.S. Geological Survey/EROS• Military Geographic Institute of Chile• National Geographic Institute of Colombia• Military Geographic Institute of Ecuador

Participating agencies• National Geographic Institutes• Environmental agencies• Ministries of infrastructure and planning• Others

1. Instituto Geográfico Nacional Argentina

2. Instituto Geográfico Nacional El Salvador

3. Instituto Geográfico Nacional Costa Rica

4. Instituto Geográfico Nacional Perú

5. Instituto Geográfico Nacional Guatemala

6. Instituto Geográfico Venezuela Simón Bolívar

7. Instituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi

8. Instituto Geográfico Militar Chile

9. Instituto Geográfico Militar Ecuador

10. Instituto Geográfico Militar Bolivia

11. Instituto Cartográfico Militar Rep.Dominicana

12. Instituto Geográfico Tommy Guardia

13. Servicio Geográfico Militar Uruguay

14. Servicio Geográfico Militar Paraguay

15. IBGE Brasil

16. INEGI México

17. CLIRSEN Ecuador

18. Ministerio del Ambiente Perú

19. Ministerio del Ambiente Rep.Dominicana

20. Ministerio del Ambiente Costa Rica

21. Ministerio del Ambiente Guatemala

22. Ministerio de Ambiente Ecuador

23. Ministerio de Ambiente Colombia

24. Ministerio de Ambiente Brasil

25. Dirección Nacional Medio Ambiente Uruguay

26. IDEAM Colombia

27. Secretaría de Ambiente Paraguay

28. Autoridad Nacional Ambiente Panamá

29. Comisión Nacional de Medio Ambiente Chile

30. Ministerio Obras Públicas Chile

31. Ministerio Obras Públicas Paraguay

32. Ministerio Desarrollo Urbano El Salvador

33. SEGEPLAN Guatemala

34. CIREN Chile

35. ANATI Panamá

36. Insituto Venezolano Invesitgaciones Científicas

37. Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas Bolivia

38. Instituto Nacional Estadística Panamá

39. Instituto Nacional Estadística y Censos Costa Rica

40. Instituto Socio Ambienta Brasil

41. Programa Regularización Catastro Costa Rica

42. Instituto Geológico INGEMMET Perú

43. Intendencia de Montevideo

44. Centro Internacional Agricultura Tropical

45. Land Information Council Jamaica

46. Water Resources Authority, Jamaica

47. Electoral Office, Jamaica

48. Land Information Center Belize

49. Management Instituut Suriname

50. Surveys and Mapping Division Trinidad&Tobago

51. Empresa SIGIS

52. The Nature Conservancy

53. University of West Indies

54. IABIN

Participating Agencies

The GeoSUR geoservices

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Maps from participating institutions

GeoSUR Regional Map Service

Topographic Processing Service

Portal y Servicios WMS

GeoSUR Program – Accomplishments

GeoSUR has developed the first portal to provides access to geographic information from all South American countries.

The Topographic Processing Service developed by GeoSUR, which allows for the dynamic generation of derivative datasets from the SRTM 30-meter DEM, is the first of its type in the developing world due to its resolution and geographic coverage.

The GeoSUR portal provides access today to more than 90 WMS services, 30 maps viewers and 10 metadata catalogs. More than 10,000 metadata records are available on its repository.

The Program is changing the way planners and developers in the region execute projects, by providing easy access to data that lets them analyze potential environmental impacts or estimate benefits to the population, among other benefits.

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Use of standards in GeoSUR

OGC and ISO standards underpin the interoperability of the GeoSUR geoservices and those of partner agencies.

GeoSUR relies on well tested specifications that are known throughout Latin America.

PAIGH currently supports the development of the Latin American Metadata Standard (LAMP).

GeoSUR has offered training in a limited set of specifications : WMS, ISO19115, ISO19119, CSW.

GeoSUR´s philosophy is to support a basic set of standards and specifications that allow for some basin interoperability.

Standards used in GeoSUR

WMS: The most popular standard in the Program, around 90% of partner´s geoservices rely on it.

CSW: Used by around 80% of the catalogs services operated by partner agencies.

FGDC CSDGM: Not frequently used anymore. Around 30% of metadata records in the region rely on it.

ISO 19115: Main standard used by partner agencies to describe data.

ISO 19119: Main standard used by parner agencies to describe geoservices.

GeoSUR

Geospatial Information for Latin American and Caribbean Integration

Eric van PraagCAF – The Latin American Development Bank

CAF The Latin American Development Bank

http://www.geosur.info

3) Topographic Processing Service

Watershed delineation Raindrop trace Viewshed analysis Altitude profiles Shaded relief Classified shaded relief Slope Classified slope Aspect

SRTM 30 m. SRTM 90 m. GTOPO 250 m. GTOPO 500 m. GTOPO 1Km.

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