Understanding CORDA: Facilitating NMCAs role as Data Providers for Copernicus

CORDA (https://corda.eea.europa.eu/) represents the gateway to authoritative geospatial reference data from official sources such as National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies (NMCAs) for Copernicus. It is a convenient single entry point in the complex landscape of national and subnational data provision, offering Copernicus service providers an index of URLs linking to datasets at varying levels of regional organizations, all while maintaining a common language and a standardized method of data organization.

CORDA was launched in 2015 as part of a major investment by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in coordinating cross-cutting access to In Situ Data by Copernicus. Access to the platform is restricted to the Copernicus Entrusted Entities, its service providers, and the actual in situ data providers, and it hosts more than 300 active users and more than 1800 datasets from nearly 300 data providers.

National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies (NMCAs) and other data providers play a crucial role in achieving optimal reference data coverage that meets the user requirements of Copernicus Entrusted Entities. To this end, the recently revised partnership agreement between the EEA and the EuroGeographics will facilitate increased availability and access to essential geospatial data for the Emergency, Land and Security Services.

 EuroGeographics organised this webinar to present a set of CORDA user guidelines to NMCAs in order to facilitate the implementation of this agreement.

The draft agenda was as follows:

• Introduction – Sallie Payne, EuroGeographics
• Understanding CORDA – Jose Miguel Rubio, European Environment Agency, Olga López de Turiso Martínez & Iñaki Diaz de Cerio Paniagua, CORDA team
• Q&A using Sli.do

Webinar Recording (Opens in YouTube)