Iceland Energy Portal
The Iceland Energy Portal (IEP) has replaced the Energy Resources Data Viewer (ERDV) that published spatial data for Iceland in fields that fell within the operational scope of the NEA. The IEP project involves data from the NEA that was previously published in the ERDV and the transfer of the data into a new and improved software environment for publication on the Internet. In addition, the NEA intends to develop further spatial datasets covering additional fields than to date, and publish information on the datasets in the IEP.
One of the reasons for these changes was the need to upgrade the ERDV software. Furthermore, two of the partners that originally participated in the project on the ERDV, NEA Hydrological Services, now a part of the Icelandic Meteorological Office and the Environment Agency of Iceland, stopped updating their data, preferring to publish it in the Iceland Nature Portal (INP) which was closed in 2011.
Software
The IEP uses a software solution (Flashmap) originally developed by the digital design company Gagarín for the INP. The project was initially funded by Rannís, the Icelandic Centre for Research, and then by the Icelandic Project on the Information Society and the NEA. The software solution was cooperatively developed by companies and institutions over a period of several years. In the wake of the INP project, the NEA had that software developed further, which was subsequently used in the Iceland Continental Shelf Portal (ICSP). This solution then became the foundation of the IEP. Design focused on creating a user-friendly environment that simplified both entering and communicating standardized information about data from diverse sources. The Portal incorporates several tools, e.g. zoom, repositioning windows, print, scale bar and latitude/longitude values of the pointer. It is also possible to reposition data layers on the list of Active Layers in order to focus on different features of interest. The Portal makes it possible to communicate various types of information on the datasets, such as metadata, general and detailed information, in which it is possible to provide links to data tables and other materials on the website of the NEA, as well as links to other websites. The IEP has the capability to publish information in two languages and the data is displayed in the ÍSN93 coordinate system.
Data
The IEP chiefly publishes both vector datasets and raster graphics available through web services along with general information, metadata and details on the datasets. The only data from other parties is the SPOT satellite mosaic of Iceland. The NEA has permission from the National Land Survey of Iceland regarding the use of the SPOT mosaic. In addition, two elevation maps have been generated for the NEA by Iceland GeoSurvey for publishing in the IEP.
Posters
Energy Resources Data in Icelandic Geoportals
Access to Map Sheet Indexes in the Iceland Energy Portal
Conference: LIBER GdC in Tallin, Estonia 15.-18. June 2010 (17th Conference Groupe des Cartothecaires de LIBER)
Contact and more information
Data and materials: Þorvaldur Bragason, thorvaldur.bragason (at) os.is – Hilmar Sigvaldason, hs (at) os.is. Software: Gagarín - Geir Borg, geir (at) gagarin.is