GeoSUR Geospatial Information for Latin American and Caribbean Integration Eric van Praag CAF – The Latin American Development Bank

GeoSUR Program Profile Geographic area: Latin American and the Caribbean Implementation period: Coordinating agencies Latin American Development Bank (CAF) Pan-american Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH) Technical assistance U.S. Geological Survey/EROS Military Geographic Institute of Chile National Geographic Institute of Colombia Military Geographic Institute of Ecuador Participating agencies National Geographic Institutes Environmental agencies Ministries of infrastructure and planning Others

1. Instituto Geográfico Nacional Argentina 2. Instituto Geográfico Nacional El Salvador 3. Instituto Geográfico Nacional Costa Rica 4. Instituto Geográfico Nacional Perú 5. Instituto Geográfico Nacional Guatemala 6. Instituto Geográfico Venezuela Simón Bolívar 7. Instituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi 8. Instituto Geográfico Militar Chile 9. Instituto Geográfico Militar Ecuador 10. Instituto Geográfico Militar Bolivia 11. Instituto Cartográfico Militar Rep.Dominicana 12. Instituto Geográfico Tommy Guardia 13. Servicio Geográfico Militar Uruguay 14. Servicio Geográfico Militar Paraguay 15. IBGE Brasil 16. INEGI México 17. CLIRSEN Ecuador 18. Ministerio del Ambiente Perú 19. Ministerio del Ambiente Rep.Dominicana 20. Ministerio del Ambiente Costa Rica 21. Ministerio del Ambiente Guatemala 22. Ministerio de Ambiente Ecuador 23. Ministerio de Ambiente Colombia 24. Ministerio de Ambiente Brasil 25. Dirección Nacional Medio Ambiente Uruguay 26. IDEAM Colombia 27. Secretaría de Ambiente Paraguay 28. Autoridad Nacional Ambiente Panamá 29. Comisión Nacional de Medio Ambiente Chile 30. Ministerio Obras Públicas Chile 31. Ministerio Obras Públicas Paraguay 32. Ministerio Desarrollo Urbano El Salvador 33. SEGEPLAN Guatemala 34. CIREN Chile 35. ANATI Panamá 36. Insituto Venezolano Invesitgaciones Científicas 37. Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas Bolivia 38. Instituto Nacional Estadística Panamá 39. Instituto Nacional Estadística y Censos Costa Rica 40. Instituto Socio Ambienta Brasil 41. Programa Regularización Catastro Costa Rica 42. Instituto Geológico INGEMMET Perú 43. Intendencia de Montevideo 44. Centro Internacional Agricultura Tropical 45. Land Information Council Jamaica 46. Water Resources Authority, Jamaica 47. Electoral Office, Jamaica 48. Land Information Center Belize 49. Management Instituut Suriname 50. Surveys and Mapping Division Trinidad&Tobago 51. Empresa SIGIS 52. The Nature Conservancy 53. University of West Indies 54. IABIN Participating Agencies

The GeoSUR geoservices ?< Regional Geoportal Maps from participating institutions GeoSUR Regional Map Service Topographic Processing Service

Portal y Servicios WMS

Guiding principles Respect of participating agencies´ data policies. Decentralized approach, each data producer operates and maintains its own geoservices. Technological neutrality, support of open source and commercial platforms. Emphasis in the use of standards and protocols to reach interoperability. Work is aligned with National SDIs. Public information is considered a public good which supports the development of the LAC countries.

GeoSUR Program – Accomplishments n GeoSUR has developed the first portal to provides access to geographic information from all South American countries. n The Topographic Processing Service developed by GeoSUR, which allows for the dynamic generation of derivative datasets from the SRTM 30-meter DEM, is the first of its type in the developing world due to its resolution and geographic coverage. n The GeoSUR portal provides access today to more than 90 WMS services, 30 maps viewers and 10 metadata catalogs. More than 10,000 metadata records are available on its repository. n The Program is changing the way planners and developers in the region execute projects, by providing easy access to data that lets them analyze potential environmental impacts or estimate benefits to the population, among other benefits. n GeoSUR has developed the first portal to provides access to geographic information from all South American countries. n The Topographic Processing Service developed by GeoSUR, which allows for the dynamic generation of derivative datasets from the SRTM 30-meter DEM, is the first of its type in the developing world due to its resolution and geographic coverage. n The GeoSUR portal provides access today to more than 90 WMS services, 30 maps viewers and 10 metadata catalogs. More than 10,000 metadata records are available on its repository. n The Program is changing the way planners and developers in the region execute projects, by providing easy access to data that lets them analyze potential environmental impacts or estimate benefits to the population, among other benefits.

Use of standards in GeoSUR n OGC and ISO standards underpin the interoperability of the GeoSUR geoservices and those of partner agencies. n GeoSUR relies on well tested specifications that are known throughout Latin America. n PAIGH currently supports the development of the Latin American Metadata Standard (LAMP). n GeoSUR has offered training in a limited set of specifications : WMS, ISO19115, ISO19119, CSW. n GeoSUR´s philosophy is to support a basic set of standards and specifications that allow for some basin interoperability.

Standards used in GeoSUR n WMS: The most popular standard in the Program, around 90% of partner´s geoservices rely on it. n CSW: Used by around 80% of the catalogs services operated by partner agencies. n FGDC CSDGM: Not frequently used anymore. Around 30% of metadata records in the region rely on it. n ISO 19115: Main standard used by partner agencies to describe data. n ISO 19119: Main standard used by parner agencies to describe geoservices.

More information  Eric van Praag, GeoSUR’s Program Coordinator, CAF:  Portal Website:

GeoSUR Geospatial Information for Latin American and Caribbean Integration Eric van Praag CAF – The Latin American Development Bank CAF The Latin American Development Bank

Map Viewer, NMP of Uruguay

(2) GeoSUR´s Regional Map Service

3) Topographic Processing Service  Watershed delineation  Raindrop trace  Viewshed analysis  Altitude profiles  Shaded relief  Classified shaded relief  Slope  Classified slope  Aspect  SRTM 30 m.  SRTM 90 m.  GTOPO 250 m.  GTOPO 500 m.  GTOPO 1Km. WITH

Raindrop Trace

(4) Geoservice Status Checker