BSDI and Related Services

General

BSDI is a prototype of the geoportal as a free service for public benefit. One of its main objectives is to provide database services and operational capacity of Bulgarian organizations, with priority:

  • European Strategy for Sustainable Development "Europe 2020";
  • Danube Strategy;
  • Program for Earth observation - Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES); in integration with the development of the satellite navigation system GALILEO;
  • European directives and regulations on harmonization of spatial data, data quality assurance, land cover/land use monitoring, risk management and security.

The integration of information from satellite images with various other data layers allows to synchronize a variety of data to verify their reliability, to update and create the opportunity to provide the basis/foundation of effective and sustainable management. Joint use of data from space and from in-situ sources, and also the continued monitoring of the land (land cover and land use), ensures security and reliability of the information, services, that are oriented towards end users and effective results of the accompanied analysis, predictive models and assessments. In the beginning the idea was launched with the adoption of the Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria - 761 of 2004. to build a unified national database.

In the beginning the idea was launched with the adoption of the Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria - 761 of 2004. to build a Unified national database.

The initiative is part of the framework/collaborative agreement between the State Agency for Information Technologies and Communications, transformed into Executive Agency for Electronic Communications Networks and Information Systems (ESMIS) to MTITC and the Agency for Sustainable Development and Eurointegration - ECOREGIONS (ASDE), as well as implementation of the tasks of the agreement between ASDE and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission. It includes a development of an experimental geo-database component of research tasks and projects, including the 7th Framework Programme of the European Union. One of the objectives is to facilitate and accelerate the implementation of requirements 02/07/EO Directive of the European Parliament and the Council for establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE).

In the development and upgrading/building of the experimental portal are included experts from several research institutes, research and civil organizations, universities, business structures, united in the Bulgarian Information Office for Earth Observation - Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (BIOG).

Short description

The experimental geo-portal is user friendly based. Besides the capacity of diverse thematic maps, attributive tables with text data are also included. In addition for more and varied information relations a hyperlinks to other websites, like Wikipedia are provided.

БСДИ

The user can open various thematic maps and observe satellite imageries from any vector layer, attached to the map of Bulgaria. To facilitate users in introducing the names of searching items, the data are organized and simplified so that are easily selectable. They can also be selected as linear and polygon vector objects.

The database will be constantly supplemented with new layers of information that will come from various government, academic and municipal structures. They will be timely filed in electronic form with some extent of tolerance.

Since the geo-portal is still under construction and synchronization of the connection to the different sources of information, direct access to it is provided only to ESMIS – Executive Agency "Electronic communications networks and information systems". In the near future will be provide a link with the Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Regional Development, the Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Agriculture and Food and other benefitieries. At the next stage will be included a possibility for non-government organizations and companies to access the data via the terms and using conditions. Each stage of the development of the system will be implemented in partnership with experts from relevant ministries, in accordance with the requirements of Directive 02/07/EO, but also with a real possibility and scope of the data.

The task is realized by a team of specialists from ASDE and Remote sensing application center (ReSAC) and also are involved experts from Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski".

Support in this task, give partners within the Standing Committee Bulgaria-Bavaria (SCBB), and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.

In the process of work are also included experts from different state and municipal structures, research institutes, civil society organizations and specialized companies.

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