Challenges in Integrating Global Environmental Data with GISCO Administrative Layers: A GIS Perspective
The Geographic Information System of the Commission (GISCO) manages the European Commission’s geographical reference database, providing key geospatial datasets. These datasets support various Commission services, with regular use by several Directorates-General (DG), including the Joint Research Centre (JRC). This report presents a number of challenges experienced by three JRC units working on global issues when using GISCO’s country-level administrative boundaries and Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) datasets across different services. A variety of global datasets are used by the Digital Observatory for Protected Areas (DOPA) of the EC Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity, the EU Observatory on Deforestation and Forest Degradation (EUFO), and the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS) in support to global EU policies and we share here a few observations and challenges faced when integrating GISCO's global products with other global environmental spatial datasets. This report should therefore help improve data, methods and processes when delivering global information.
LAZARO Cristina;
MANDRICI Andrea;
DELLI Giacomo;
CAUDULLO Giovanni;
BOURGOIN Clement;
COLDITZ Rene;
VAN DE KERCHOVE Ruben;
DUBOIS Gregoire;
2025-08-22
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC140752
978-92-68-31096-0 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 40427,
OP KJ-01-25-427-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC140752,
10.2760/8183010 (online),
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