MEUSIS: Regional Reference Grids for Italy (SIAS Projects)

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In the context of INSPIRE it is expected that exchange of soil related data at regional, national and European level will happen in a grid- or raster-like fashion. The basis for such work is the availability of standard or reference grids in a common co-ordinate system with fixed cell sizes and common cell coding. A proposal for such grids has been adopted during the European Reference Grids Workshop, held at Ispra (October 2003).

The LMNH Unit has implemented this proposal and created a number of reference grids for the EU25 countries, with cell sizes of 1km and 10km. Each cell carries a unique cell_id identifier compliant to the grid proposal. All grids are in the ESRI polygon shapefile format. The co-ordinate system is the ETRS LAEA system proposed by INSPIRE and is embedded in the shapefiles.

This idea of using grids as a tool for the exchange of soil data and for the creation of a large map out of many small ones is also applied in the SIAS (Sviluppo di Indicatori Ambientali sul Suolo in Italia - Development of Soil Indicators in Italy) project. This project aims at collecting soil data from soil data providers at regional level in Italy in order to assemble Italian maps.

Therefore, for each Italian region a 1km x 1km grid has been prepared. The cells in a grid are allocated to the region. Each region should provide only data for its cells.

1km x 1km Italian Regional Reference Grids

Find also the Cropped Italian 1km x 1km Reference Grid (Covering only the 306.000 pixels of Italy). The 21 1km x 1km reference grids for each of the 21 Regions of Italy are the following. Note that for SIAS organisational issues, the region of Trentino-Alto Adige is divided into one area for Alto Adige and one area for Trentino). For the sake of reference, for each region also a shapefile with the region's outline is provided.

1km x 1km Reference Grid of Region	Area (Km2)	Borders of Region
Abruzzi	10794	Abruzzi
Alto Adige	7403	Alto Adige
Apulia	19348	Apulia
Basilicata	9992	Basilicata
Calabria	15080	Calabria
Campania	13595	Campania
Emilia-Romagna	22123	Emilia-Romagna
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	7845	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Lazio	17203	Lazio
Liguria	5418	Liguria
Lombardy	23859	Lombardy
Marche	9693	Marche
Molise	4438	Molise
Piedmont	25399	Piedmont
Sardinia	24090	Sardinia
Sicily	25707	Sicily
Trentino	6209	Trentino
Tuscany	22992	Tuscany
Umbria	8456	Umbria
Valle d'Aosta	3262	Valle d'Aosta
Veneto	18364	Veneto

(Note that the names of the regions are in English)
Source: Eurostat (GISCO Project)
Note 1: In case there are similar needs in other Regions of Europe, the LMNH Unit is willing to assist and develop grids for the requested regions.

Find Instructions on how to create a Reference Grid of a Region when you have the borders of the Region

For further information on these grid data, please contact Marc Van Liedekerke or Panos Panagos.

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Panos Panagos (tel. +39-0332-785574)