IGP
- Full name :
- Instituto Geografico Portugues
- Date of foundation :
- February 1990
- Type of association :
- Agency from the Public Central
Administration, in charge of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure
(NSDI) , which has been officially named "National Geographical
Information System, SNIG"
- Goal of the association :
- Being a public administration agency, it is not an association.
The main goal of CNIG is to implement and maintain the operation of the
portuguese NSDI. Being a research agency, the other goal of CNIG is to
to develop R&D activities in the following areas:
a) Models, Systems and Analysis of Geographic Data in Environment,
Land Management and Social and Human Sciences;
b) Models, Analysis and Digital Processing of Remotely Sensed Data
from Earth Observation Satellites.
- Number of members :
-
- Represented sectors :
-
- Budget :
- 1 500 000 euro
- President :
- Arménio dos Santos Castanheira
- Vice President :
- Rui Pedro Juliao, Prof. Dr.
- Address :
- Rua Artilharia Um, 107
1099-052
LISBOA
Portugal
- Fax :
- +351 21.381.96.99
- Telephone :
- +351 21.381.96.00
- E-mail :
- rpj@igeo.pt
- Newsletter title :
- Forum SNIG
- Language :
- Portuguese
- Availability brochure :
- Yes
- Language brochure :
- English
- Homepage :
- http://www.igeo.pt
Last update: 10 November 2002