Whenever I have to deal with the European Environmental Agency, I’m deeply impressed by their data service. Basically it’s very simple, no or little fancy online mapping applications, but therefore it offers fast and easy to use data searching and data browsing features. I wish more European Agencies would offer such a service. Finding the right data or indicators can be painfully and, at the worst, take ages.
Besides the downloads, a very convenient feature is that the EEA data service manages your agreements. Especially in the case of national data sets (e.g. Corine land cover) in cross-border regions it’s very useful and time saving. You select the data, fill out a form and the data service takes care about the agreement with each involved national agency. You see all given permissions and details in one single overview, without the need of finding the right person to ask in each country.
Well, finding and talking to the right person can result in new projects, but in this case I was only interested in getting the data quickly.
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