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Case Study

Cross-border cooperation for the development of maritime spatial planning

Cross-border cooperation for the development of maritime spatial planning

Description

Project Contract with the subject of “Development of an Interoperable Geo-Information Infrastructure for the monitoring, management and implementation of maritime policy by the Ministry of Shipping and the Aegean”

Within the framework of the strategic project “Cross-Border Cooperation for the Development of Maritime Spatial Planning” co-financed by the Cross-Border Cooperation Programme “Greece-Cyprus 2007-2013”.

Project Scope

Contract 05/2015 concerns the creation of a Specialized and Interoperable Geoinformation Infrastructure for Marine Spatial Planning, which can be connected to other dynamic systems of the Ministry of the Interior or other bodies and disseminate information to individual services as well as via web-GIS.

In particular, the project includes:

  1. The development of a Geographic Information Processing, Production and Management Subsystem (GIS).
  2. The development of an Internet Information Dissemination Subsystem (IDIS).
  3. The design and development of a Cartographic Database (CDB) and an index with a cartographic background.
  4. The supply and installation of the necessary system hardware and software.
  • IBM HS23 blade servers
  • Projection Modules
  • Pre-built Software (SYMC BACKUP, ARCGIS X)
  • LCD video wall for high and mid-end applications
  1. The training of the YNA staff at various levels of specialization.
  2. The integration of the new systems with the existing IT and communications infrastructures of the YNA.
  3. The provision of Technical Support services that cover issues of proper use and management of applications as well as failure of equipment or software components.
  4. The guarantee of proper operation of the overall system.

Project Equipment

The Contractor, within the framework of the Contract, has offered, installed, adjusted and put into operation the appropriate equipment (hardware and software), in order to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of the Infrastructure. In addition, it has proceeded to any necessary parameterization / adaptation of the offered equipment, in accordance with the requirements of the Service.