Recerca i projectes/Investigación y proyectos/Research and projects


Recerca i projectes/Investigación y proyectos/Research and projects	^© Xavier Pons

Research and projects involving MiraMon development or where MiraMon is the central software.

List of competitive projects

List of contracts

Other works

List of competitive projects

Project title: "EGIDA. Coordinating Earth and Environmental cross-disciplinary projects to promote GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems)"
Funding entity: European Comission. 7th Framework Programmme
Participating entities: Italian National Research Council (Coordinator) (IT), The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Incorporated, France section IEEE (FR), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis IIASA (AU) Institute for Environmental Protection and Research ISPRA (IT), Norwegian Institute for Air Research NILU (NW), Max-Planck-Society for the Advancement of Sciences e.V. MPI-C (DE), GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht GKSS (DE), Swedish Environmental Institute IVL (SW), Institute Jozef Stefan IJS (SLOVENIA), Natural Environment Research Council NERC (UK), Bente Lilja Bye BLB (NW), Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut DMI (DENMARK) and the Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications CREAF (ES)
Duration, from: 09/2010 to: 09/2012
Budget (Euro): 994 656.00 € (Subpr.: 46 010.00 €)
Principal investigator: Dr. Stefano Nativi (la Sapienzia); Joan Masó (Subprj. CREAF)

Project title: "Procedimiento automático de adquisición, interpolación y generación de mapas de abundancia y distribución de fauna y flora. Aplicación al sistema de cartografía de biodiversidad del Parque Nacional de Doñana"
Funding entity: Instituto de Cartografía de Andalucía (Ayudas a la investigación en materia de información geográfica: Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía 90, 13-05-2009)
Participating entities: CREAF, EBD
Duration, from: 01/11/2009 to: 31/10/2010
Budget (Euro): 57 660
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons y Dr. Javier Bustamante
Number of participating researchers: 6

Project title: "Grupo de Investigación Consolidado Grup de mètodes i aplicacions de teledetecció i sistemes d'informació geogràfica (GRUMETS)"
Funding entity: Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca, AGAUR, Generalitat de Catalunya.
Reference: 2009 SGR 1511
Participating entities: UAB, CREAF
Duration, from: 01/11/2009 to: 31/12/2014
Budget (Euro): 33 600.000
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 14

Project title: "GMES and Earth Observation with Position-based Image and sensor Communications Technology for Universal Rescue, Emergency and Surveillance management (Geo-Pictures)"
Funding entity: European Commission
Reference: Granted project, without code at the moment of this updating.
Participating entities: AnsuR Technologies, UNITAR/UNOSAT ;UAB, KONGSBERG SATELLITE SERVICES AS, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V., Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Secretaria do Estado de Ciência e Tecnología do Brasil, D.M.A.T. Consulting e.U.
Duration, from: 2009 to: 2011
Budget (Euro): 3 104 033 (Subproyecto: 313 908)
Principal investigator: Dr. Harald Skinnemoen (Subp: Dr. Xavier Pons)
Number of participating researchers: 32 (Subp: 3)

Project title: "Compresion escalable y transmisión y procesado interactivo de imágenes masivas (SCAITOMI)"
Funding entity: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Reference: TIN2009-14426-C02-02
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 01/12/2009 to: 30/11/2012
Budget (Euro): 63 000
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 8

Project title: "MONTES: Spanish woodlands and global change: threats and opportunities"
Funding entity: CONSOLIDER-Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Reference: CSD2008-00040
Participating entities: CREAF, UB, UdL, CTFC, UGR, UCLM, IRT-URJC, U.Princeton, EBD-CSIC, IJA-CSIC, CCMA-CSIC, CIEMAT
Duration, from: 01/01/2009 to: 31/12/2013
Budget (Euro): 4 000 000
Principal investigator: Dr. Javier Retana
Number of participating researchers: 78

Project title: "Els Sistemes d'Informació Geogràfica (SIG) i el territori: un material educatiu per a l’ensenyament secundari a Catalunya"
Funding entity: Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca, AGAUR.
Reference: 2008ARIE00026
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 15/09/2008 to: 19/06/2009
Budget (Euro): 10 000
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 6

Project title: "Incorporació de tècnics de suport a la recerca als grups d’investigació (TSR2006)"
Funding entity: UAB-Departament d’Universitats, Recerca i Societat de la Informació.
Reference: TSR2006-30
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 01/01/2007 to: 31/12/2009
Budget (Euro): 75 417
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 3

Project title: "Compresión y transmisión interactiva de imágenes de alta resolución. Aplicaciones en Teledetección, Sistemas de Información Geográfica y Telemedicina (INCO)"
Funding entity: Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología
Reference: TSI2006-14005-C02-02
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 01/12/2006 to: 30/11/2009
Budget (Euro): 129 228
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 8

Project title: "El desarrollo sostenible de los océanos: la aves marinas como indicadoras (AMCI)"
Funding entity: Fundación BBVA
Participating entities: UB, U. do Rio Grande, UAB-CREAF, UPF, U. dos Açores, U. do Maranhao.
Duration, from: 01/10/2005 to 01/10/2008
Budget (Euro): 165 000
Principal investigator: Dr. Jacob González-Solís
Number of participating researchers: 14

Project title: "Grupo de Geografía Aplicada"
Funding entity: Direcció General de Recerca, Generalitat de Catalunya. Project 2005SGR00942
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 01/10/2005 to 01/10/2009
Budget (Euro): 38 600
Principal investigator: Dr. Antoni F. Tulla
Number of participating researchers: 35

Project title: "Compresión wavelet de imágenes para aplicaciones de Teledetección y SIG. Implicaciones en el proceso digital de imágenes"
Funding entity: Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología
Reference: TIC2003-08604-C04-03
Participating entities: UAB-CREAF-UOC
Duration, from: 01/12/2003 to: 30/11/2006
Budget (Euro): 33 600
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 4

Project title: "Linking pan-European land cover change to pressures on biodiversity (BIOPRESS)"
Funding entity: European Commission
Reference: EVK2-2002-00590
Participating entities: CEH, CREAF, Metla, Alterra, GIM, ILE-SAS, TU-Dresden, GISAT
Duration, from: 2003 to: 2005
Budget (Euro): 1 090 000 (Subproyecto: 295 800)
Principal investigator: Dr. France Gerard (Subp: Dr. Joan Pino)
Number of participating researchers: 64 (Subp: 4)

Project title: "Grupo de Geografía Aplicada"
Funding entity: Direcció General de Recerca, Generalitat de Catalunya. Project 2001SGR-00153
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 01/11/2001 to: 31/12/2004
Budget (Euro): 30 050.61
Principal investigator: Dr. Antoni F. Tulla
Number of participating researchers: 41

Project title: "GIS-I2: Cartografia i imatges de satèl•lit sobre I2-CAT (Internet de 2ª generació)"
Funding entity: Centre de Supercomputació de Catalunya (CESCA-FCR)
Reference: I2CAT-374
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 2001 to: 2002
Budget (Euro): 24 040.48
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 3

Project title: "Usos del suelo, paisaje y desarrollo sostenible en espacios rurales de montaña. Reconstrucción paleoambiental y prospectiva del paisaje."
Funding entity: DGI (MCYT). Project nº REN2001-1896/GLO
Participating entities: UAB, UdG, CREAF
Duration, from: 28/12/2001 to: 27/12/2004
Budget (Euro): 60 101.21
Principal investigator: Antoni F. Tulla Pujol
Number of participating researchers: 19

Project title: "Series de imágenes de satélite de alta resolución para el estudio del riesgo estructural de incendios y de la regeneración post-incendio de la vegetación"
Funding entity: CICYT
Reference: AGL 2000-0678
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 2001 to: 2003
Budget (Euro): 51 158.15
Principal investigator: Dr. Francisco Lloret Maya
Number of participating researchers: 4

Project title: "Estudio integrado del cambio socioambiental en la franja costera: una contribución a la gestión sostenible del litoral." Subproyecto: "El cambio en los ecosistemas terrestres"
Funding entity: CICYT
Reference: SEC2000-0836-C04-04
Participating entities: UAB, CREAF
Duration, from: 2001 to: 2003
Budget (Euro): (34 125.47)
Principal investigator: Dra. F. Breton. Dr. Joan Pino (CREAF)
Number of participating researchers: (3)

Project title: "Ayudas de soporte a los grupos de investigación de Cataluña"
Funding entity: Direcció General de Recerca, Generalitat de Catalunya.
Reference: 2000SGR 00050
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 01/09/2000 to: 31/10/2002
Budget (Euro): 24 040.48
Principal investigator: Dr. Antoni F. Tulla
Number of participating researchers: 32

Project title: "Análisis y gestión del territorio. Usos del suelo, paisaje y desarrollo sostenible en espacios naturales protegidos"
Funding entity: DGES (Dirección General de Educación Superior e Investigación Científica), MEC (Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia).
Reference: PB97-0197
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 01/10/1998 to: 01/10/2001
Budget (Euro): 30 050.61
Principal investigator: Dr. Antoni F. Tulla
Number of participating researchers: 20

Project title: "Grupo de Geografía Aplicada"
Funding entity: Direcció General de Recerca, Generalitat de Catalunya.
Reference: 1998SGR-00049
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 01/09/1998 to: 31/10/2000
Budget (Euro): 22237.40
Principal investigator: Dr. Antoni F. Tulla
Number of participating researchers: 30

Project title: "Grupo de Geografía Aplicada"
Funding entity: CONACIT, Direcció General de Recerca, and Generalitat de Catalunya.
Reference: 1996SGR-00019
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 1996 to: 1998 Budget (Euro): 18 631.38
Principal investigator: Dr. Antoni F. Tulla
Number of participating researchers: 30

Project title: "Land use change interactions with fire in Mediterranean landscapes, LUCIFER"
Funding entity: European Commission
Reference: ENV-CT96-0320
Participating entities: UCM,UAB-CREAF, CEAM, etc.
Duration, from: 1996 to: 1998
Budget (Euro): 375 000.00 (Subp: 120 000.00)
Principal investigator: Dr. J.M. Moreno (Subp: Dr. J.Terradas: UAB/CREAF)
Number of participating researchers: (7)

Project title: "Concept study of a Forestry Observing System"
Funding entity: European Space Agency (ESA)
Reference: ESA contract 11707/95/NL/CL
Participating entities: INSA, INTA, CREAF
Duration, from: 1995 to: 1996
Budget (Euro): (168 283.39)
Principal investigator: Dr. J.M. Dorado (INSA) (Dr. Xavier Pons: CREAF/UAB)
Number of participating researchers: 9

Project title: "Caracterización del régimen de fuegos en comunidades vegetales mediterráneas durante los últimos 21 años y su influencia en los procesos de regeneración de la vegetación"
Funding entity: CICYT
Reference: AMB94-0881.
Participating entities: UAB-CREAF
Duration, from: 1994 to: 1996
Budget (Euro): 3 365.67
Principal investigator: Dr. Jaume Terradas Serra
Number of participating researchers: 5

Project title: "Grupo de Geografía Aplicada"
Funding entity: Direcció General de Recerca, Generalitat de Catalunya.
Reference: 1993SGR-02040
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 01/11/1993 to: 31/10/1995
Principal investigator: Dr. Antoni F. Tulla
Number of participating researchers: 30

Project title: "Desertification Risk assessment and land use planning in a Mediterranean Coastal area"
Funding entity: European Commission
Reference: N.EV5V-0043.
Participating entities: UB, Universiteit van Amsterdam, UAB, etc.
Duration, from: 1992 to: 1994
Principal investigator: Drs. M. Sala (UB) y J. Sevink (Universiteit van Amsterdam)

Project title: "Desarrollo de Sistemas de Información Geográfica para la gestión de áreas de montaña"
Funding entity: CICYT
Reference: INF91-0476
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 23/07/1991 to: 23/07/1994
Budget (Euro): 60 101.21
Principal investigator: Dr. Antoni F. Tulla.
Number of participating researchers: 11

Project title: "Desarrollo de Sistemas de Información Geográfica (GIS) para la gestión de áreas de montaña"
Funding entity: DGICYT
Reference: PB90-0689
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 26/09/1991 to: 26/09/1994
Budget (Euro): 27 045.54
Principal investigator: Dr. Antoni F. Tulla.
Number of participating researchers: 11

Project title: "Análisis y cartografía de comunidades vegetales mediterráneas."
Funding entity: CIRIT
Reference: AR/89-138
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 1990 to: 1992
Budget (Euro): 2 434.10
Principal investigator: Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 1

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Contract title: "Seguimiento de innivación, evapotranspiración y estadio hídrico de cultivos en Cataluña 2009"
Funding corporation or administration: Agencia Catalana del Agua (DMA)
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 2009 to: 2009
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 4
Budget (Euro): 116 000.00

Contract title: "Implantación del SIG de la Agencia Catalana del Agua. 6ª Fase."
Funding corporation or administration: Agencia Catalana del Agua (DMA)
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 2009 to: 2009
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 5
Budget (Euro): 302 812.00

Contract title: "Seguimiento de innivación, evapotranspiración y estadio hídrico de cultivos en Cataluña 2008"
Funding corporation or administration: Agencia Catalana del Agua (DMA)
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 2008 to: 2008
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 4
Budget (Euro): 238 639.88

Contract title: "Implantación del SIG de la Agencia Catalana del Agua. 5ª Fase."
Funding corporation or administration: Agencia Catalana del Agua (DMA)
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 2008 to: 2008
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 5
Budget (Euro): 279 308.00

Contract title: "Seguimiento de innivación, evapotranspiración y estadio hídrico de cultivos en Cataluña 2007"
Funding corporation or administration: Agencia Catalana del Agua (DMA)
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 2007 to: 2007
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 4
Budget (Euro): 229 021.00

Contract title: "Análisis de la accesibilidad de los ciudadanos a los recursos sanitarios de la Generalitat"
Funding corporation or administration: Departament de Salut. Generalitat de Catalunya
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 2006 to: 2007
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 3
Budget (Euro): 27 842.36

Contract title: "Seguimiento de innivación, evapotranspiración y estadio hídrico de cultivos en Cataluña 2006"
Funding corporation or administration: Agencia Catalana del Agua (DMA)
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 2006 to: 2006
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 4
Budget (Euro): 223 000.00

Contract title: "Implantación del SIG de la Agencia Catalana del Agua. 4ª Fase."
Funding corporation or administration: Agencia Catalana del Agua (DMA)
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 2006 to: 2007
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 5
Budget (Euro): 458 362.07

Contract title: "Estudio de ubicación de recursos sanitarios y de implementación en un SIG de las unidades de gestión sanitaria en Cataluña"
Funding corporation or administration: Departament de Salut. Generalitat de Catalunya
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 2005 to: 2006
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 3
Budget (Euro): 16 794.80

Contract title: "Soporte a la utilización gratuita de MiraMon en la Administración Pública y estudiantes"
Funding corporation or administration: Departament d’Universitats, Recerca i Societat de la Informació
Participating entities: CREAF
Duration, from: 2005 to: 2008
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 5
Budget (Euro): 744 000.00

Contract title: "Estandarización de la base topogràfica 1:5000 v2.0 del ICC a través de ISO19110, esquemas y distribución de datos GML y visualizaciones HTML"
Funding corporation or administration: Instituto Cartográfico de Cataluña (ICC)
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 2005 to: 2005
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 3
Budget (Euro): 10 155.17

Contract title: "Ampliación del SIG para la Dirección General de Pesca Marítima de la Generalitat de Catalunya"
Funding corporation or administration: Dept. Agr.,Ram. i Pesca. Gen. de Cat.
Participating entities: CREAF
Duration, from: Ener-2005 to: Dic-2007
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 2
Budget (Euro): 206 896.55

Contract title: "Implantación del SIG de la Agencia Catalana del Agua. 3ª Fase."
Funding corporation or administration: Agencia Catalana del Agua (DMA)
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 2005 to: 2005
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 5
Budget (Euro): 227 586.20

Contract title: "Estudio de clasifición de imágenes Landsat para SIGPAC"
Funding corporation or administration: Dept. Agr.,Ram. i Pesca. Gen. de Cat.
Participating entities: UAB y CREAF
Duration, from: 2005 to: 2005
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 3
Budget (Euro): 14 557.76

Contract title: "Seguimiento mediante Teledetección de la innivación y del consumo de agua en cultivos de Cataluña. 3ª Fase"
Funding corporation or administration: Agencia Catalana del Agua (DMA)
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 2005 to: 2005
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 3
Budget (Euro): 151 724.14

Contract title: "Escanneig i publicació en DVD del vol fotogramètric de 1956-57 sobre Catalunya"
Funding corporation or administration: Dept. Medi Ambient i Habitatge. Gen. de Cat.
Participating entities: CREAF
Duration, from: 2004 to: 2004
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 4
Budget (Euro): 4150.00

Contract title: "Soporte técnico en metadatos ISO 19139 y licencia MiraMon-WMS para dar servicio de WCS"
Funding corporation or administration: Infrastructura de Dades Espacials de Catalunya (IDEC)/ICC
Participating entities: CREAF
Duration, from: 2004 to: 2004
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 2
Budget (Euro): 3 000.00

Contract title: "Estudio e implementación de mejoras del sistema gestor de metadatos del DMAH"
Funding corporation or administration: Dept. Medi Ambient i Habitatge. Gen. de Cat.
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 2004 to: 2004
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 2
Budget (Euro): 23 470.42

Contract title: "Implantación del SIG de la Agencia Catalana del Agua. 2ª Fase."
Funding corporation or administration: Agencia Catalana del Agua (DMA)
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 2003 to: 2004
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 5
Budget (Euro): 153 326.00

Contract title: "Seguimiento mediante Teledetección de la innivación y del consumo de agua en cultivos de Cataluña. 2ª Fase"
Funding corporation or administration: Agencia Catalana del Agua (DMA)
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 2003 to: 2004
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 3
Budget (Euro): 145 972.00

Contract title: "Estudio de las barreras arquitectónicas urbanísticas de la ciudad de Sabadell"
Funding corporation or administration: Ayuntamiento de Sabadell
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 2003 to: 2004
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 2
Budget (Euro): 52 831.40

Contract title: "Estudio, diseño e implementación de un sistema gestor de metadatos"
Funding corporation or administration: Dept. Medi Ambient. Gen. de Cat.
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 2002 to: 2003
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 2
Budget (Euro): 48 000.00

Contract title: "Implantación del SIG de la Agencia Catalana del Agua. 1ª Fase."
Funding corporation or administration: Agencia Catalana del Agua (DMA)
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 2002 to: 2003
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 5
Budget (Euro): 179 694.00

Contract title: "Seguimiento mediante Teledetección de la innivación y del consumo de agua en cultivos de Cataluña. 1ª Fase"
Funding corporation or administration: Agencia Catalana del Agua (DMA)
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 2002 to: 2003
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 3
Budget (Euro): 252 600.00

Contract title: "Consolidación de un SIG para la Dirección General de Pesca Marítima de la Generalitat de Catalunya"
Funding corporation or administration: Dept. Agr.,Ram. i Pesca. Gen. de Cat.
Participating entities: CREAF
Duration, from: Ener-2002 to: Dic-2004
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 2
Budget (Euro): 234 394.70

Contract title: "Realización de un Atlas Climático de Cataluña con técnicas geoestadísticas y edición de un CD-ROM"
Funding corporation or administration: S. de Meteorologia de Cat. (DMA)
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 14/12/2001 to: 14/12/2002
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 3
Budget (Euro): 11 991.40

Contract title: "Colaboración en la realización del Mapa de Cubiertas del Suelo de Andorra 1:5000"
Funding corporation or administration: Centre de Biodiversitat. Inst. Estudis Andorrans
Participating entities: CREAF
Duration, from: 2000 to: 2001
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 3
Budget (Euro): 19 232.38

Contract title: "Generación del Modelo Digital de Elevaciones 1:5000 del Estado de Andorra"
Funding corporation or administration: Dep. de Medi Ambient. Govern d'Andorra
Participating entities: CREAF
Duration, from: 2001 to: 2001
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 2
Budget (Euro): 1 712.88

Contract title: "Sistema de Gestión de la Información sobre Patrimonio Natural de la Generalitat de Catalunya"
Funding corporation or administration: Dept. Medi Ambient. Gen. de Cat.
Participating entities: CREAF
Duration, from: Sept-2000 to: Sept-2003
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 2
Budget (Euro): 162 302.12

Contract title: "Ampliació en abast i termini de les tasques a realitzar previstes en el conveni de 16 de juliol de 1998 "
Funding corporation or administration: Dept. Medi Ambient. Gen. de Cat.
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 01/01/2000 to: 31/12/2000
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 2
Budget (Euro): 42 671.86

Contract title: "Asesoría técnica para el estudio de hábitats, patrimonio arquitectónico y desarrollo urbano en Marruecos"
Funding corporation or administration: Col•legi d'Aparelladors i Arquitectes Tècnics de Barcelona
Participating entities: CREAF
Duration, from: May-2000 to: Feb-2001
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 2
Budget (Euro): 2 440.11

Contract title: "Creació d'un Sistema d'Informació Territorial a la comarca de la Garrotxa (Girona): Projecte SITGar"
Funding corporation or administration: Consell Comarcal de la Garrotxa y Dep. Medi Ambient.
Participating entities: CCG, CREAF
Duration, from: 2001 to: 2003
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 3
Budget (Euro): 109985.22

Contract title: "Implantación de un SIG para la Dirección General de Pesca Marítima de la Generalitat de Catalunya"
Funding corporation or administration: Dept. Agr., Ram. i Pesca. Gen. de Cat.
Participating entities: CREAF
Duration, from: Ener-1999 to: Dic-2001
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 2
Budget (Euro): 221 143.61

Contract title: "Disseny i execució d'un Sistema d'Informació Geogràfica per a l'article 9 de la Llei 3/1998, de 27 de febrer, d'intervenció integral de l'Administració ambiental"
Funding corporation or administration: Dept. Medi Ambient. Gen. de Cat.
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 1998 to: 1999
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 2
Budget (Euro): 210 354.24

Contract title: "Flora i Cartografia de les plantes i la vegetació de Catalunya"
Funding corporation or administration: Institut d'Estudis Catalans
Participating entities: UB, UAB, UdG, etc.
Duration, from: 1996 to: 2008
Principal investigator: Dr. O. de Bolòs y Dr. J. Vigo (UB)
Number of participating researchers:

Contract title: "Implantación de un SIG para el Servicio de Parques Naturales de la Diputación de Barcelona. 1ª fase"
Funding corporation or administration: Diputación de Barcelona.
Participating entities: CREAF
Duration, from: Ener-1999 to: Dic-1999
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 2
Budget (Euro): 48 080.97

Contract title: "Adaptación de la base de aguas del Prat de Llobregat a un SIG para su consulta y análisis espacial"
Funding corporation or administration: Ajuntament del Prat de Llobregat
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 05/12/1997 to: 30/01/1998
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 1
Budget (Euro): 3583.59

Contract title: "Creació d'un Sistema d'Informació Geogràfica, amb efectes d'informació i gestió per al P.N. de la Z. Volc. de la Garrotxa (Girona): Projecte Vulcà"
Funding corporation or administration: Depart. Medi Ambient.
Participating entities: PNZVG, CREAF, ICC
Duration, from: 1995 to: 1999
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Number of participating researchers: 3
Budget (Euro): 162 273.27

Contract title: "Cartografia digitalitzada sobre vegetació del Parc de Collserola"
Funding corporation or administration: Patronat Metropolità Parc de Collserola
Participating entities: UAB
Duration, from: 16/12/1994 to: 16/03/1995
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons
Budget (Euro): 3358.37
Number of participating researchers: 3

Contract title: "Estudio sobre la implantación de aplicaciones SIG al Parque Natural de la Zona Volcánica de la Garrotxa"
Funding corporation or administration: Dept. Med. Ambient. Gen. de Cat.
Participating entities:
Duration, from: Oct-1994 to: Dic-1994
Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Pons.
Budget (Euro): 3 005.06
Number of participating researchers: 1

Contract title: "Informatización de la cartografía del Plan Especial del Parque de la Zona Volcánica de la Garrotxa (municipio de Santa Pau)"
Funding corporation or administration: Parque Natural de la Zona V. de la Garrotxa.
Participating entities:
Duration, from: 1992 to: 1993
Principal investigator: Miquel Campos and Xavier Pons.
Budget (Euro): 2 103.54
Number of participating researchers: 2

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Other works

Department of the Environment (DMA) (Generalitat de Catalunya)
http://www.gencat.es/mediamb

MiraMon is the desktop GIS in all DMA (Central Services, Territorial Delegations, etc).
The MMZ format is used to publish cartography in Internet; this implementation win the special mention of the 8 Möbius International Award, in Paris, to the best application in Science and Technology in Internet in the year 2000 (http://www.gencat.es/mediamb/sig/premimobius.htm).
More than 270 bases of information in May 2001, and more are continuously added to http://www.gencat.es/mediamb/sig. It is distributed at no cost in MMZ format in Internet. · Organization of the GIS of the General Direction of Natural Patrimony.

Maps of weather alert (Risk Meteorological situations) published daily in the web page of the Catalonia Weather Service. They are generated
automatically with MiraMon. They are freely accessible in the Internet.
http://www.gencat.es/servmet/smr/index.htm

Water Catalan Agency (ACA)
http://www.gencat.es/aca

The ACA chose MiraMon as its GIS after evaluate several alternatives.
System of monitoring of stations and control of water in real time.
Remote Sensing: Adquisition and geometric and radiometric process of all Landsat images acquired over Catalonia during 2002.

GIS of the Garrotxa County Council

Involved participants: Natural Park of the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone, Cartographic Institute of Catalonia, Department of the Environment and the Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications.

Agriculture, Stockbreeding and Fishing Department (DARP) (Generalitat of Catalunya)
http://www.gencat.net/darp/C/PESCAMAR/sigpesca/CSIG25.htm

Coastal and maritime GIS. More than 20 maps published. It is distributed at no cost in MMZ format in the Internet.
Cartography in Mercator projection and UTM with correct calculations of distances and areas over the ellipsoid.
Digitizing of nautical charts. Determination of the batimetries based on direct measurements.
GPS navigation in real time allowing to show and determine the position on the maps.

Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona. Digital Climatic Atlas of Catalonia
https://www.uab.cat/atles-climatic

Publication of the 70 sheets of the new Digital Climatic Atlas of Catalonia. maximum, minimum, and average air temperatures; precipitation; solar radiation. It's distributed at no cost in MMZ format in the Internet.
It will be published soon in CD-ROM thanks to the support of the Catalonian Weather Service

Institute of Andorran Studies (IEA) (Government of Andorra)
http://www.iea.ad/cbd/MCSA/index2.html

Map of land use and land cover basen on ortHophotos and topographical 1:5000 maps (18000 polygons). It's distributed at no cost in MMZ format in the
Internet (also the topographical 1:5000 is distributed). · Digital Elevation Model with 5m resolution, generated with the MiraMon interpolation software.

European Topic Center Of Terrestrial Environment

The European Commission has the European Agency of Environment subdivided in topic centers.
The Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona has the European Topic Center on Terrestrial Environment (ETCTE), also devoted to coasts. ·
Generation of the new CORINE 2000 based on satellite present images.
The ETCTE uses MiraMon for several tasks.

The Center for Ecological Research and forestry applications (CREAF)
https://www.creaf.uab.cat/mcsc/index.htm

305 sheets of land cover and soil maps of Catalonia in 1:10000 scale. All Catalonia with polygons at least 500 square meters!, more than 700000 polygons, etc. It is distributed at no cost in MMZ format in the Internet.
Land cover map of Catalonia at 10 m resolution (in beta phase); can be seen with only a web browser without any other software (it is not necessary to
install any plug-in, not even the MiraMon Map Reader).
Ecological and Forestal Inventory of Catalonia (IEFC).

University of Virginia. LUCC.
http://miombo.gecp.virginia.edu/cd

Near 600 Mbyte of cartographic and alphanumeric bases of several kind from the Miombo African zone and, in some cases, from the whole Africa or the
entire world. It's distributed at no cost in MMZ format in the Internet.

City hall of Barcelona
http://www.mediambient.bcn.es/cat/mapa/MEB/Index.htm

Ecological maps from the city in 1:10000 scale from the years 1977, 1993 and comparative. It's distributed at no cost in MMZ format in the Internet.

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Last review 29-october-2009
Old version: 28-june-2002