• SDICS
• LMOS
• Themes

The information accessible on this area of the INSPIRE site has been provided by Spatial Data Interest Communities (SDICs) and Legally Mandated Organisation (LMOs) via the ongoing Call for Expression of Interest for INSPIRE development.

The information includes:

LMO Description
Organisation	Statistics Norway
Projects
GEOSTAT – Representing Census data in a European population grid GEOSTAT	View Project
Details
Level of authority	National Kingsdom of Norway
Formal Mandate	Formal mandate by Statistical Act to gather georeferenced information for making official statistics; related to i.e. statistical units, buildings, population enterprises, land use and agriculture.
Main Activities	Official statistics in Norway
LMO URL	http://www.ssb.no/english/
Comments	Foreseen roles are none-binding
LMO CONTACT INFORMATION
Contact Person	Vilni Verner Holst Bloch
Organisation	Statistics Norway
Function	Adviser
Address	Oterveien 23
Country	NORWAY
Tel	+47/62885097
Fax	+47/62885420
PROPOSED ROLE IN INSPIRE DEVELOPMENT
Which role(s) do you foresee for the LMO in INSPIRE development
allocate experts to Drafting Teams submit reference material as input to the Drafting Teams register a project to test/revise/develop the draft Implementing Rules collect and describe user requirements related to Environmental policies participate in the review process implement pilot projects to test/revise/develop the draft Implementing Rules contribute to cost/benefit analysis of the draft Implementing Rules contribute to awareness raising and training be kept informed
Area of work/experience
Geographic Domain:	National Description of geographic extent: Kingdom of Norway
Societal Sector	Central government
Specific Expertise	Metadata Data Specifications
INSPIRE Data Themes	Theme User Producer Coordinator Coordinate reference systems     Geographical grid systems     Geographical names     Administrative units     Addresses     Cadastral parcels     Transport networks     Hydrography     Protected sites     Elevation     Land cover     Orthoimagery     Geology     Statistical units   Buildings   Soil     Land use   Human health and safety     Utility and governmental services   Environmental monitoring Facilities     Production and industrial facilities   Agricultural and aquaculture facilities   Population distribution and demography   Area management/restriction/regulation zones & reporting units     Natural risk zones     Atmospheric conditions     Meteorological geographical features     Oceanographic geographical features     Sea regions     Bio-geographical regions     Habitats and biotopes     Species distribution     Energy Resources     Mineral Resources
Previous Experience relevant for INSPIRE development	Previous work as geodata coordinator in a municipality. Work with environmental statistics and national maps and georeferenced registers in Norway. Statistics related to socio-economic topics; buildings, dwellings, population, urban settlements, centre zones, neighborhoods, land use, statistical grids etc. President of European Forum for GeoStatistics.
Primary Business	Statistics
Environmental application domains	Official statistics

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