A persistent geospatial testbed for Europe

Citation

Swan J, Foerster T, Lemmens R, Hobona G, Anand S & Jackson M (2008) A persistent geospatial testbed for Europe. PTB. http://sdi-testbed.eu/

Abstract
At the joint AGILE-EuroSDR-OGC Workshop on Persistent Geospatial Test-beds held on 8th May 2007, it was proposed that a persistent geospatial test-bed be established within the European research community. This test-bed acts as a research test-bed for collaborative European research in geospatial interoperability through the following aims: - To aid the assessment of current standards for geospatial interoperability in terms of research compatibility, completeness, consistency and ease of use and extensibility - To provide an environment for teaching standards and techniques for geospatial interoperability - To provide a resource to AGILE/EuroSDR/OGC for the coordination of research requirements as well as definition, testing, validation and development of open standards. The test-bed will be distributed throughout Europe and will be comprised of data, web services, hardware, software, tools and human resources. It will be based upon both ISO/OGC geospatial standards and appropriate IT standards (e.g. from W3C and OASIS).