Introduction to Geoportal

The ECDC Geoportal is an application aiming to:

establish a single integrated spatial data infrastructure at ECDC
strengthen geospatial analysis capacity, improve the understanding of disease and determinant geo-spatial distributions and relationships
be the single stop shop for GIS-related resources
allow for mapping diseases and other data of interest at European and World scale.
allow visual exploratory analysis by combining in a single map view layers from different sources, including ECDC Surveillance Atlas, determinants data, events and threats data.

Currently, Geoportal contains Geocatalogue, EMMa Map Maker and Networks.

Geocatalogue serves as the Home page of Geoportal application.

Document edition

This user documentation is version 1.0.0, where:

1.0 is the Geoportal version number.

0 is this edition of the documentation for that release.

Copyright

Copyright © European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 2021.

All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission of European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.

Trademarks

Product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Help edition: 1.0.0 for Geoportal version 1.0 or later.

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E3 GEOPORTAL DISCLAIMER

All information and materials presented on this geoportal have been prepared solely for the purpose of sharing and exchanging knowledge and expertise through collaborative working under the European Environment and Epidemiology (E3 Network) Project.
While this Geoportal makes every effort to provide useful data and information materials in the E3 area of focus, it offers no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the information it contains.
A number of materials on this Geoportal may contain live references (or pointers) to information created and maintained by other organizations. Please note that this Geoportal does not control and cannot guarantee the relevance, timeliness, or accuracy of these external materials.

These external materials may also be protected by copyright law. They may not be reproduced or redistributed without the prior written permission of their respective source organizations.

Unless otherwise specified, your access to the information on this Geoportal does not imply a license to reproduce and/or distribute this information and you are not allowed to any such act without the prior approval of Prof. Jan Semenza.

All enquiries about permission should be directed to the Geoportal’s Administrator.

Under no circumstances will ECDC be liable to any person or business entity for any direct, indirect or other damages based on any use of this Geoportal. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this web site are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under EU penal codes . Information regarding such acts may also be used for authorized law enforcement investigations.

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this system may employ software programs to monitor network traffic, or to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.

This Geoportal's administrator welcomes suggestions on how to improve all aspects of the service that the E3 Geoportal provides.