REDLANDS, Calif., April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography in Poland (GUGiK) is implementing an Esri-based solution to support compliance with the European Union's Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE) Directive. The directive sets out a framework and timetable for implementing a pan-European spatial data infrastructure (SDI) to address multinational and multi-agency issues. GUGiK is the central state administration unit responsible for national policy related to geodesy and cartography.

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Esri's ArcGIS technology will be used to create GUGiK's GeoPortal2, a project designed to improve access to government datasets and provide mapping and survey services to other government agencies, citizens, and businesses.

GeoPortal2 includes Esri's ArcGIS for INSPIRE product as well as software from Esri business partner con terra GmbH. The project is being implemented by Esri distributor ESRI Polska sp. z o.o.; Esri partner GISPartner; and the largest IT company in the country, Asseco Poland SA.

GeoPortal2 is scheduled to be completed in November 2012 and will include

• Geographic names and addresses throughout Poland
• Integrated and unified distribution of spatial data services defined by the INSPIRE Directive
• Streamlined and improved data maintenance
• Digital archive of spatial data for the central registry of data
• Uniform maintenance on all orders of data products and services
• More accurate monitoring of distributed resources

"ESRI Polska is excited by this opportunity and fully committed to working with GUGiK to implement this strategic project successfully," says Lech Nowogrodzki, president, ESRI Polska. "We look forward to making a real difference to the development of Poland's, and Europe's, SDI."

Passed by the member states of the European Union and the European Parliament, INSPIRE's goal is to tie European geospatial information producers and users together into a single community to improve decision making and operations for a productive and sustainable Europe.

For more information about ArcGIS for INSPIRE, visit esri.com/INSPIRE.

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