Web Portals
Iceland Continental Shelf Portal
The Iceland Continental Shelf Portal (ICSP) provides access to information about data pertaining to the Icelandic Continental Shelf, in particular initially to the northern Dreki Area. All data is presented online in an accessible format, and includes a block system for the licensing area, an overview of geophysical data, and metadata on surveys of the Dreki Area. One of the objectives of the Portal is to assist those seeking information on the licensing area. For example it depicts blocks that are available in the licensing round, and provides an overview of the available data; who collected it and when, where the data is stored and how it can be accessed. The ICSP was launched online in early 2009. The Portal is available in Icelandic and English.
Iceland Energy Portal
The Iceland Energy Portal (IEP) has replaced the Energy Resources Data Viewer (ERDV). The IEP publishes online information regarding spatial data about Iceland in subject categories that fall within the operational scope of the NEA. The ERDV was closed in December 2011. Datasets of the Authority are continuously updated, which includes the updating of metadata for the datasets. Additional spatial datasets are under development which are intended for publication in the IEP. The web software is the same as that used by the ICSP.
Energy Resources data viewer
(Closed December 2011)
The Energy Resources Data Viewer (ERDV) published selected information from the database of the National Energy Authority. The NEA and its predecessor (the Office of Electricity Affairs) have collected data about Iceland's natural resources for over half a century. The Viewer, which was in Icelandic and English, was launched online in March 2004. Members of the cooperative project were the Energy Division of the NEA, the Hydrological Service, then a division within the NEA, and Iceland GeoSurvey (ÍSOR). Later, data from the Environment Agency of Iceland was added. The Iceland Energy Portal replaced the ERDV.
Iceland Nature Portal
(Closed December 2011)
The Iceland Nature Portal (INP) was a cooperative project of several institutes with the objective of providing access to information on Icelandic nature from geographical databases. The INP was launched online in October 2008, and contained multiple types of data from diverse sources relating to the essence of Icelandic nature on land, at sea and in fresh water, all accessible in the same Web Portal. Preparatory work for the Portal was funded by Rannís, the Icelandic Centre for Research, but the cost of the project itself was divided equally between the Icelandic Project on the Information Society and the NEA, in addition to the contribution from digital design company Gagarín that developed the software. Custodianship of the Iceland Nature Portal accompanied the Hydrological Service when it was transferred from the NEA to the Icelandic Meteorological Office in the beginning of 2009.