Support and Testing of the Communications Components for the Hamburg Environmental Information Systems (HUIS)

(Unterstützung bei der Durchführung der Teststellung zur Kommunikationskomponente des Hamburger Umweltinformationssystems (HUIS))

Short Description: The Hamburg Environmental Information System (HUIS) will be installed based on the existing information system developments at the Environmental Protection Agency Hamburg. In the test phase, the systems GISU Geographical Information System Environment, LIUS State Environmental Information System Brandenburg and DAS Documentation and Evaluation System shall be evaluated on the basis of requirements defined for the conceptually distinct HUIS components (Meta-, Background-, Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Information System and Environmental Reporting System). The test position is used to evaluate the access on distributed environmental specialist databases and spatial datasets, as well as on interpreted, evaluated and aggregated environmental information (reports, surveys, diagrams, thematic maps).

Responsible: Dipl.-Ing. Harry Storch

Duration: 11/1996 - 01/1997

Funding Institution: Free and Hansecity Hamburg, Agency for Public Management, Policy Issues and Energy Policy, IT Unit

Key Words: Environmental Information System, Geographical Information System, Metadata Management, Environmental Specialist Databases, Environmental Protection Agency