NATURE-GIS

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NATURE-GIS Kick Off Meeting DUBLIN,
July 2nd 2002
GIS Center (SIGTE)
University of Girona, SPAIN
Mrs. Aurora Armesto Project Coordinator from UdG
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SIGTEthe GIS Center of the University of Girona

• Started in 1994 (Mr. David Comas)
• Profile RD orientation to the market
• 2002 10 GIS Analysts 20 researchers/users
• Well-Known quality GIS Center in Spain
  LatinAmerica

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SIGTE 4 lines of activity

• Support to UdG users Active suport to academic
  personnel, technicians and researchers
• 2. Applied GIS projects Autofinanced external
  projects municipalities, provincial and
  autonomous government offices, environmental
  organizations, etc, in urban cadaster, urban and
  regional planning, environmental management
  applications, local development, agriculture and
  utility companies

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SIGTE 4 lines of activity
3. Network (EU) projects International
scientific networks within GIS sector that
connect us with Europe and USA .
Secretariat for the Spanish Association of GIS,
. Idrisi Resource Center in Spain,
. Spanish Secretariat for Leonetwork GISIG,
. UNIGIS node in Spain. 4. GIS Education
training gisCampus. Org We coordinate the UNIGIS
International Distance Learning Programme in GIS
for Spanish speaking countries. We have developed
a GIS Virtual Campus in Spanish to host not only
the UNIGIS courses, but also many more resources.
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SIGTE
http//www.giscampus.org campus virtual de
Información Geográfica
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SIGTEInterest in NATURE-GIS Project

• contribution on user functional
  needs assessment 
• networking at a National level
• participation in a team for definition of a
  training package based on the Guidelines
• specific contribution to WP3, WP6, WP7, WP8