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| - | ====== Data Format Policy ====== | ||
| - | In order to ensure interoperability for all different platforms and operating systems used by partners, we introduced strict guidelines about formats to be used for both data and documents. | ||
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| - | ===== Geodata formats policy ===== | ||
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| - | All formats used to exchange geo data of any kinds among partners must be INSPIRE compliant and based on [[http://www.ogc.org/|OGC (Open GIS Consortium)]] recommendations, in order to ensure easy interoperability, even when different programs are used. Also, keep in mind that target sites are localized in various areas of the globe, so a global coordinate reference system should be preferred. | ||
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| - | ==== Raster data ==== | ||
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| - | * Preferred format (up to 4GB): multiband/multifile GeoTiff | ||
| - | * Reference ellipsoid/datum: WGS84 | ||
| - | * Reference plane projection: UTM (zone depends on area considered -> to be detailed later) | ||
| - | * Optional Color table: 24 bits (note that only 8 bit LUTs per band are supported by *all* programs) | ||
| - | * Always provide a companion world file (.TFW) to allow at least a rough localization for people who do not use GIS tools | ||
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| - | === Useful hints === | ||
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| - | * Use NULL/ALPHA whenever reasonable/useful | ||
| - | * You have to adopt a suitable tiling for big grids (> 4.GB) and possibly provide a vector skeleton of the tiles boundings in geo coordinates | ||
| - | * Avoid as much as possible proprietary formats (e.g. ECW, Kakadu, MrSid, etc.) | ||
| - | * Eventually ask for advice before providing/ordering data | ||
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| - | ==== Vector data ==== | ||
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| - | * Vector formats: shapefile and/or KML | ||
| - | * Reference ellipsoid/datum: WGS84 | ||
| - | * Reference plane projection: UTM (zone depends on area considered -> to be detailed later) | ||
| - | * Provide an OGC WKT (or .PRJ) companion file. | ||
| - | * Avoid non ANSI 7bits ASCII encoding for alphanumeric data, or use [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8|UTF8]] just in case. | ||
| - | ==== UTM zones (to be checked) ==== | ||
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| - | * Italy: 33-34N | ||
| - | * Portugal: 29-30N | ||
| - | * Brasil: 21-22S | ||
| - | * Greece: 34N | ||
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| - | ==== Geotools ==== | ||
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| - | Geographic data can be manipulated using quite a lot proprietary and free tools, available on different platforms. Each tool is capable of managing at different levels of usability/flexibility most of the common formats and all formats suggested in this policy. | ||
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| - | === Free-as-in-freedom desktop tools === | ||
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| - | * [[http://grass.osgeo.org/|Grass GIS]] | ||
| - | * [[http://www.qgis.org/|Qgis]] | ||
| - | * [[http://www.saga-gis.org/|SagaGIS]] | ||
| - | * [[http://www.mapwindow.org/|Mapwindow]] | ||
| - | * [[http://www.orfeo-toolbox.org/otb/monteverdi.html|Monteverdi]] | ||
| - | * [[http://fwtools.maptools.org/|Gdal/FWtools]] | ||
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| - | === Free-as-beer desktop tools === | ||
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| - | * [[http://www.tatukgis.com/|TatukGIS Viewer]] | ||
| - | * [[http://www.erdas.com/products/ERDASERMapper/ERDASERViewer/Details.aspx|Erdas Viewer]] | ||
| - | * [[http://www.erdas.com/products/ERDASTITANClient/Details.aspx|Erdas Titan Client]] | ||
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| - | === Commecial/Proprietary tools === | ||
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| - | * ESRI ArcGis | ||
| - | * ITT Envi/IDL | ||
| - | * Erdas Imagine | ||
| - | ===== Document formats policy ===== | ||
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| - | BIOSOS documents have to be provided in ISO/IEC 32000-1:2008 Portable Document Format (PDF) for all (read-only) deliverables. | ||
| - | It is strongly suggested to use the ISO/IEC 26300:2006 Open Document Format (ODF) for all internal use editable documents (text, presentations and spreadsheets), which could be shared among partners. The reference platform for that is Open/LibreOffice 3.2+. MS Office 2007 SP2 has native ODF support, even. (previous versions have ODF plugins supported). That would avoid usual mess among different platforms and versions of proprietary formats and tools. | ||
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