ENERGIC OD

European NEtwork for Redistributing Geospatial Information to user Communities – Open Data

The world of geographic information (GI) is extremely heterogeneous. Multiple and diverse user and system requirements have led to an utter lack of agreement on interoperability standards, creating a barrier to realizing the full exploitation potential of GI.
ENERGIC OD addressed these problems by adopting a broker architectural approach in which specific components (the brokers) perform all interoperability actions required to interconnect heterogeneous systems.
ENERGIC OD deployed a set of Virtual Hubs by integrating an existing broker framework with other selected technologies to provide users with a single point of access to geospatial datasets provided by new or existing platforms and infrastructures, including INSPIRE-compliant systems and GMES/Copernicus services. This innovative approach was aimed to facilitate the development of new and multidisciplinary applications based on the full exploitation of (open) GI, hence stimulating innovation and business activities