HUNAGI

Full name :

Hungarian Association for Geo-Information

Date of foundation :

November 9, 1994

Type of association :

Non-profit, interdisciplinary, umbrella association (since 2002: public benefit category)

Goal of the association :

Mission goals:

to promote, stimulate, encourage and support the evelopment and use of GI and its associated technologies
to strengthen the institutional links between the multidisciplinary GI communities in Hungary and in abroad.

The objective of the Hungarian GI Association is to provide representation of the GI community's interests in the European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information (EUROGI), and to build up contacts with similar national GI associations. HUNAGI carries out actions related to the EUROGI membership and provides representation of its members' interest on international fora.

Number of members :

105 institutions, 8 nationwide projects' managements, 21 students

Represented sectors :

Data and value added products and service providers; data brokers; academic institutions, governmental agencies and users of the following disciplines and application areas: Geographical Information Strategy, Spatial Data Infrastructure, Information Technology and Computer Sciences, Applied Geospatial Data Technologies, Products and Related Services, GI-related Marketing, Internet Supported Spatial Data Services, Legal Issues and Data Policy, Land Administration and Management, Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Earth Observation, Geodesy and Satellite Positioning, Geography, Geographical Names, Geology, Geochemistry and Mineral Research and Soil Sciences; Meteorology, Climatology, Agricultural Informatics, Precisioon Farming, Location based services, Animal sciences, Forest Management, Water Management, Nature and Wildlife Protection, Biodiversity and Biotop mapping, Botanics, Vegetation science, Plant and Soil Protection, Resource and Environment Monitoring, AM/FM, Utilities, Public Administration Informatics, Urban Planning, Village Renewal, Rural and Regional Development, Landscape Planning, Environmental Management, Knowledge Transfer, Advanced Education and Vocational Training, Public-Private Partnership, SMEs in GI Sector, EU-related LIS/GIS/RS application

Budget :

Less than 10 000 euro

President :

Mr. Zsolt Sikolya

Secretary General :

Dr. Gábor Remetey-Fülöpp

Address :

c/o FVM FTF
P.O. Box 1
H-1860 Budapest 55
Hungary

Fax :

+36 1 3014719

Telephone :

+36 1 3014052

E-mail :

gabor.remetey@fvm.hu (online during official hours)
hunagi@axelero.hu (short messages only)

Newsletter title :

Newsletter (average: 5/week) for members using a mailing list of 150+
Regular news service for the journal Térinformatika (GIS) Regular news service for Column "Short News" in Geodézia és Kartográfia

Language :

Hungarian, English

Availability brochure :

HUNAGI: Networking the Spatial Data Interest Community

Language brochure :

English

Homepage :

http://www.hunagi.hu/

Last update: 1 January 2005