The Austrian Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying (BEV) has recently updated their web appearance. Now a new portal is available providing information about the Austrian Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying. One of the biggest enhancement is the new online purchasing platform for geodata.
Following shops are available:
- BEV Shop Light
- BEV Shop
- BEV Shop PLUS
- BEV Web GIS
Some services do not work until now and are announced for the future. The BEV tries to integrate recommondations of the INSPIRE initiative, but I’m not sure how felicitous this new portal is according this issue.
Some drawbacks of the portal I identified on the first glimpse are:
- Fonts too small
- few free geodata
- Austrian Map online implementation using antiquated technology
- No foreign langage support (at least english recommended)
Link: www.bev.gv.at
Written and submitted from Home, using my 802.11g WiFi network.
There is an interessting Article about the current status of GIS in Europa. There the trend of GIS into mainstream markets are discussed. Euproean companies playing only inferior standing.
GIS, from a geoinformation perspective’ (availability of data sets) as well as from a methods, techniques and software technology perspective, certainly is a globalized phenomenon. The GIS industry is mainly based on some global players, with regional differences in societal frameworks, and thus policies and operational practice, limited to a few areas like cadastre or approval of permits.
Another citeation:
There seems to be a decreasing market share of European software technologies, even more so in the hardware sector.
Other topics in this article are INSPIRE, GALILEO and GMES. You can find the full article unter: http://www.zgis.at/team/strobl/GISEurope_GISDevJan08.pdf
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