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| Project No. | Acronym - Title | |||
| RE4009 | THETIS - A Data Management and Data Visualization system for Supporting Coastal Zone Management of the Mediterranean Sea | |||
| Lead Sector | Other Sectors | Start | End | Project Duration |
| RESEARCH | 1 Jul 1998 | 31 Dec 2000 | 30 months | |
Project Objectives, Summary Description and Anticipated Results:
The THETIS project addresses the frequent requirement of scientists, engineers and decision-makers to access, process and subsequently visualize data held at different locations. These data are often collected and stored in different formats and the need exists for tools that enable the integration of these data, together with their associated data models, interpretation models, and visualization environments.The objective of the THETIS project is to build an advanced integrated interoperable system for transparent access and visualization of data repositories, via the Internet and the WWW. The system will be a working prototype, which will demonstrate its ability to respond to the needs of users such as engineers and local authorities who use scientific information for decision making.
Vast amounts of information exist, collected and processed over many years at different research institutions. The data collections are stored in various databases, files, spreadsheets, or are generated by sophisticated data simulation models, and data processing techniques. These data collections comprise numeric data, images, text documents, audio and video. Data models are implemented in software program codes, that usually need visualization tools to represent their results.
The lack of transparent integration means that data is not practically available for integrated problem solving. Increasingly, solutions to problems require data from several disciplines, and also from different regions and countries. One application area where data integration and visualization is particularly needed is in Coastal Zone Management (CZM) and the prototype system will focus on supporting CZM of the Mediterranean Region of Europe.
Major Validation Sites:
| Organisation | City/Town + Postal Code | Region | Country | |
| FORTH(ICS,IACM) | Heraklion 71110 | GR43 | GR | |
| INRIA | Rocquencourt 78153 | FR1 | FR | |
| Aerospatiale | Cannes La Bocca 06156 | FR82 | FR | |
| RECORMED | Issy Les Moulineaux 92138 | FR1 | FR | |
| HR Wallingford | Wallingford OX10 8BA | UK52 | GB | |
| CNR | Genova 16149 | IT13 | IT |
Other Characteristics of the Project:
| Users involved Scientists and local authorities making use of scientific information. |
| Technologies and/or approach used The technologies used are WWW tools, digital library indexing/search service, heterogeneous database technology, 2D and 3D visualisation tools (GIS and VRML). |
| Expected benefits for the citizens Integrated and easy access to information creates new services, thus new job markets. Integrated data repositories access and interactive use for CZM creates better coastal zone preservation with an immediate impact to the European citizen. In addition, specialised information services help improve job quality. |
| Expected benefits for the users of the application The THETIS system will make available over the web transparently various data repositories and visualisation tools to the scientific community. Visualisation of integrated information is in a form suitable to decision making. |
| Expected benefits for the European Industries Directly the THETIS system will facilitate access to information for CZM. In addition, companies in the "value added" sector will be able to use the system to sell their information and thus create new integrated services for their customers. Finally, consulting firms can make use of the THETIS system and tools to support their business. |
| Contribution to EU-policies Environmental policies concerning the use of coastal resources can be monitored via the integrated information support and easy access of THETIS. Policies on environmental crisis (pollutant spills) of a Mediterranean coastal region can be aided by the information support of the THETIS system. In addition, increased commercial uptake of Earth Observation data is possible via THETIS, thus supporting CEO initiatives. |
Coordinator:
| Name of Organisation | City/Town + Postal Code | Region | Country |
| European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics | Le Chesnay 78153 | FR1 | FR |
Contact Person from the Coordinating Contractor:
| Title, Forename, Surname | Catherine Houstis |
| Address | Institute of Computer Science, FORTH, Vassilika Voutes, Heraklion 71110 |
| Telephone | +30 81 391729 |
| Fax | +30 81 391601 |
| E-mail 1 | houstis@csi.forth.gr |
| E-mail 2 | nikolau@csi.forth.gr |
Other Contractors:
| Code | Name of Organisation | City/Town + Postal Code | Region | Country |
| C2 | Aerospatiale Societé Nationale Industrielle | Cannes la Bocca 06156 | FR82 | FR |
| C3 | Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas | Crete 71110 | GR43 | GR |
| C4 | Réseau de coopération entre Centres de Récherche Maritime et Régions Maritimes de Méditerranée | Issy Les Moulinaux 92138 | FR1 | FR |
| C5 | HR Wallingford | Wallingford OX10 8BA | UK52 | GB |
Updated: 30 July 2000 - telematics@terena.nl