ECOPEDOLOGICAL SOIL MAP OF THE ALPS PROTOTYPE VERSION 1.0 SCALE 1:250.000 Giuseppe Triacchini (CRASL Università Cattolica Brescia) 1
Origin of the ECALP project Alpine Convention Protocol on Soil Protection Italy Ministry of the Environment APAT COORDINATION Centro Studi Val d Ossola ARPA Veneto EXCHANGE FORMAT CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY BRESCIA CRASL (Centro di Ricerche per l Ambiente e lo Sviluppo Sostenibile in Lombardia) (Università Cattolica - Brescia) DATABASE SETTING PROTOTYPE MAP ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 2
The final products 2 folders 293 maps Scale 1:250.000 A4 Format (Italian) Final report (Italian) Synthesis (Italian + English) CDRom (Italian + English) Report ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 3
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The final products HOW THE FINAL PRODUCT AND ITS FORMAT ORIGINATED? The main steps of the ECALP project extracted backward from the details of the maps ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 5
Details and elements of each map Logo Title Background theme ECALP Prototype map of the pilot area Scale of representation Location of the pilot area Map ID number Distance bar (km) Colored band ATTRIBUTE of the exchange format represented in the map Legend for basic cartography (boundaries, rivers, ecc) Annotations for reading the map Main Legend (ECALP Theme represented in the map) Reference institution ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 6
Details and elements of each map Logo Title Created since the beginning Now it represents the whole project ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 7
Data sources for the ECALP maps Background theme ECALP Prototype map of the pilot area based on existing data STEP 1 OF THE ECALP PROJECT: CENSUS OF EXISTING ECO-PEDOLOGICAL INFORMATION ON THE ALPS CENSUS OF THE PRODUCERS OWNERS OF EXISTING ECO-PEDOLOGICAL DATA (beginning 2004) ( Census and acquisition of existing data individuation of pilot areas highly representative of the whole alpine territory and it s characteristics. Individuazione dei contributori del dato, detentori del diritto d uso e accreditati come garanti della meta-informazione ) ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 8
AREA OF INVESTIGATION Alpine Territory (Alpine Convention) ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 9
Census of existing data Pedological data on the Alpine Territory and accessibility Database European Soil Database 1:1.000.000 - Vector European Soil Database 1:1.000.000 - Raster Ecopedological Map of Italy 1:250.000 (Only Italian side) Structural Atlas of the Alps (SUSTALP) National and local data of the institutions individuated for participating to the ECALP project (different spatial scale) Accessibility Not pubblic. Impossible to acquire Browsable only via SOMIS (JRC) The raster version with cells of 10 km is public and downloadable for free (eusoils.jrc.it) Accessible by agreement with the Italian Ministry of the Environment (based on few and sparse information on the alpine territory) Accessible by agreement with EURAC Maps all based on municipal administrative boundaries a lot of socio-economical and agronomic indicators (added to the CDRom only for completeness) Different situations - HETEROGENEITY ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 10
The first ECALP board Collaboration among Centro Studi, Unicatt, JRC, ARPA Veneto Group composed by: -almost 10 people -representatives of the entrusted institutions -Expert and scientists involved during the working progress Several meetings Shared solutions Soil and Waste Unit ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 11
Individuation and selection of the international contributors STEP 2 OF THE ECALP PROJECT: Setup and application of the prototype exchange format inside representative pilot areas and definition of the prototype database Proposal of 4 transboundary areas for the individuation of 8 pilot sites: Slovenia Friuli-Venezia Giulia Austria - Veneto Svizzera - Lombardia Francia - Piemonte ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 12
Individuation and selection of the international contributors JRC: First meeting inviting the potential ECALP contributors Harmonization of Soil Information in the Alps JRC ISPRA 1-2 July 2004 ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 13
Establishment of the ECALP NETWORK The ECALP board: -All the international participants ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 14
Details and elements of each map Choice of the pilot areas Proposed by the ECALP international participants Location of the pilot areas Colored band Each pilot area: almost 200 km 2, with boundaries shared by an italian and a foreign participant Distributed on the alpine territory in a signicative way (best representation of the variety of geological and pedoclimatic characteristics) ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 15
Each group of maps (single pilot area) has a band with a different color: Name of the pilot area Colored band ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 16
HOW TO REPRESENT ECOPEDOLOGICAL INFORMATION? WHICH ECOPEDOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTES? (Setup of the attribute dataset: EXCHANGE FORMAT and METADATA) WHICH FORMAT FOR SPATIAL DATA STRUCTURE? Meetings Shared solutions (Traditional soil map or regular grids?) ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 17
HOW TO REPRESENT ECOPEDOLOGICAL INFORMATION? SPATIAL DATA STRUCTURE EXCHANGE FORMAT REGULAR GRID Description of the pixel based on the dominant STU Descriptive parameter of the whole pixel Environmental parameters TABLE OF METADATA INSPIRE (INfrastructure for SPatial InfoRmation in Europe) EUROGRID LAEA ETRS89-2001 ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 18
Details and elements of each map ATTRIBUTE of the exchange format represented in the map ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 19
Integration scheme of data available at different scales DEM, admin. boundaries, hydrography Global Land Cover European Soils Database in vector format at the scale of 1:1.000.000 (SOMIS) European Soils Database in raster format at the scale of 1:1.000.000 (SOMIS) Definition of the legends for the European Soils database in raster format PILOT AREA ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 20
Conformity of the ECALP legend with those of the Eu Soil DB OVERLAY Legend (Basic layers) Legend (ECALP layer mapped) ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 21
Conformity of the ECALP legend with those of the Eu Soil DB Examples of legends reproduced and translated ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 22
Conformity of the ECALP legend with those of the Eu Soil DB ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 23
Scale of representation Scale of representation Distance bar (km) -Cell of the pilot area: 4 mm 1 km -Mapsheet format A4 (21 x 29.7) ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 24
THE DATABASE ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 25
COMPLETENESS OF THE DATABASE ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 26
EXCURSIONS IN THE PILOT AREAS ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 27
EXCURSIONS IN THE PILOT AREAS ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 28
DATES OF THE EXCURSIONS IN THE PILOT AREAS ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 29
DIFFICULTIES, PROBLEMS AND PROPOSALS OF THE PARTICIPANTS MAIN METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES: SPATIAL SCALE LOSS OF INFORMATION VECTOR VS RASTER (EXPLAINED BY EACH PARTICIPANT) ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 30
THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION! ECOPEDOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ALPS - 1:250.000 - Prototype Version 1.0 31