The open data mapping platform dedicated to transport and logistics in North-Western Europe

1. GEOWEAStflows
The open data mapping platform dedicated to transport
and logistics in North-Western Europe
APRIL, 2015
Freight forwarders, charterers, ope-
rators, transporters, municipalities,
consultants and decision-makers:
upload your data, create your own
maps, share them, analyse them
and decide
GeoWeastflows is the first platform wholly
dedicated to transport and logistics combining
interactive cartography and open data for all
of Europe’s North-West regions.
This platform targets all stakeholders in the supply
chain: freight forwarders, charterers, operators,
transporters, municipalities, consultants and
decision-makers.
This is a free-of-charge service, which just requires
registration and users can then upload nearly 200
data sets and access over 50 maps. They can also
create their own maps, combine open data with
their own private or shared data.
GeoWeastflows,
the interactive Weastflows
European project platform
GeoWeastflows gives you on-line accessibility
for cartography data and statistics of the
Geographical Information System implemented
for Weastflows and dedicated to freight transport
infrastructures and transport corridors in North-
Western Europe. It also gives general data and
information concerning various transport modes,
in particular those involving ports, as well as the
estimated interregional exchanges of goods for
each transport mode.
Open data from the OpenStreetMap project
are the bases of this platform, which is visually
enhanced and enriched to respond to the project’s
requirements. GeoWeastflows, with the same
license, makes this data accessible to all.
Far beyond its technical functions, the
GeoWeastflows tool allows users to:
centralise key data required to understand
the stakes involved in freight transport in
North-Western Europe;
share the vision that players of different natures
and different nationalities have in common;
mutualize, capitalise and even add data to
this project, thanks to the open license.
Lastly, this approach complies with European
requirements in terms of:
accessibility, interoperability and cataloguing
of geographical information, mainly stemming
from the INSPIRE directive;
sustainability, as data will remain accessible
for a duration of five years after the project
has ended.
Register now at
http://geo.
weastflows.eu
A French and English
bilingual platform
Registration is
free-of-charge
GeoWeastflows was
developed thanks to
a transnational
partnership between
AURH and LIST,
in the framework
of the Weastflows
European project

2. Over 50 maps are already online and nearly 200 data sets are in use.
Internet users can either display or hide different layers of
information; selection is user-friendly and just requires ticking
boxes:
infrastructures (either existing or planned);
European corridors;
Data on traffic and in particular port traffic (modal changes,
breakdown of inland waterway transport according to type of
ships, etc.);
administrative borders (country, NWE, NUTS);
demographic and economic data (GDP, population, etc.).
From global to local
Start off on the European level, zoom onto the country of your
choice, and then zoom in again on you region.
This makes it easy to understand how your region ranks and the
potential that it has.
It’s easy to pinpoint new supply chain routes, whatever the scale
you are looking at.
Consult THEMATIC maps, create your own maps,
add your own data, contribute
Create your own maps using our models
You can use your personal space to duplicate any of the 50
theme-based maps we have, then change them by adding or
deleting layers of information, the page layout, or by putting
your town or region in the middle.
Become a contributor:
you can upload your own data, either for
the general public or for private use, and
work with your data with our open license
You can upload your data and share this with the open
license with the community of users. You can also create
maps by combining data that is already present on the site
with data you have uploaded.
Example of a theme-based map
Your personal map created using this model
Europe
Ireland
Dublin

3. The research module allows you to quickly find in all North-Western
Europe:
existing or planned infrastructures and their details:
airports, maritime connections, railways, roads, navigable
inland waterways, European transport corridors, intermodal
hubs, administrative borders for Europe, countries, regions and
departments;
Statistics on infrastructures and their use: traffic on all these
transport modes and in particular, a description of port traffic
(modal change, breakdown of maritime traffic according to the
type of navigation, etc.,) population density, GDP.
This information
and data is
documented,
thus easy to use
and understand.
Upload nearly 200 data setS with an Open Data license
Linked to transport and logistics
Uploading formats
Home office formats that you can easily analyse and
use in your own reports, graphs or presentations:
PDF,
Excel,
simple text,
JPG or PNG images.
Map formats:
KML for Google,
GeoJson,
Shapefile.
Become a part of this new community when
you share data using Open Data
Following the revision of the European Directive to open public
data, in June, 2013, many local administrations and municipalities
are now giving public access to information concerning transport
and the supply chain, usually with an open license.
Do you have an interesting source you would like to share with
the GeoWeastflows community? It is easy to import this data into
GeoWeastflows, thus allowing everyone to make better decisions.
Write down your favourite maps and share
them on social networking sites
Whether you prefer LinkedIn, Facebook, Google+ or Twitter, one
simple click is all it takes to share your maps on these sites.
Share with other contributors or users in the
Open Data transport and logistics community
GeoWeastflows includes an internal messaging service. This
means that you won’t have any spam in your inbox, as all
correspondence takes place within the community platform.
You can request assistance in interpreting the data or how to use
the platform from anyone of the 300 members of the community,
from all over Europe.
The platform has a FAQ section. It also includes a structured help
group that you can access via Google Groups.
Share your creations on the social networking sites
Discuss with the community of users
Example of information shared on LinkedIn
Example of geographical information
(Open Data) on the Île-de-France Region
Information shared with the
GeoWeastflows community

4. Document created with the support of the INTERREG IV B European programme
in the framework of the Weastflows European project
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Any questions or comments: geoweastflows@aurh.fr
Register on http://geo.weastflows.eu
GeoWeastflows is currently available in English and French.
To access the maps, you will be required to set up a free account.
GeoWeastflows was developed through a transnational AURH-LIST partnership,
in the framework of the European project, Weastflows
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