{"id":4803,"date":"2021-08-30T18:33:19","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T16:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revistaitransporte.com\/?p=4803"},"modified":"2021-09-07T14:57:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T12:57:46","slug":"in-depth-mapping-for-the-mediterranean-corridor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revistaitransporte.com\/in-depth-mapping-for-the-mediterranean-corridor\/","title":{"rendered":"In-depth mapping for the Mediterranean Corridor"},"content":{"rendered":"
On 24 March 2021, Adif unveiled the new Geographic Information System (GIS) of the Mediterranean Corridor to celebrate the European Year of Railway. The need to develop a GIS arose in response to requests received by the Commissioner\u2019s Office from institutional, economic and social actors: an official, accessible and user friendly, but at the same time technically and graphically detailed means of consultation.<\/p>\n
There are interesting and pioneering examples of GIS applications to trans-European corridors, such as the European Commission\u2019s TENtec interactive map of the 9 trans-European corridors or the CIS (Corridor Information System) of the Rhine-Alpine Corridor. However, neither case manages to combine the precision and quantity of information, the speed of consultation and the ease of use that today\u2019s information society demands. For this reason, Adif has emphasised that the Mediterranean Corridor GIS should set four fundamental objectives: providing up-to-date information on its development; displaying its complexity, identifying all the connection nodes; showing its cross-border and European scope; and visualising the work of the Office and the monitoring of the works. The materialisation of these objectives in the form of this interactive portal has attracted attention in the EU, where the tool has been received with interest. Its excellent reception, which exceeded 10,000 visits in the first month, has prompted Adif to plan the development of a GIS for the Atlantic Corridor as well.<\/p>\n