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A WebGIS platform to monitor environmental conditions in ports and their surroundings in South Eastern Europe

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The scope of this work is to describe the design and development of a web-based Geographic Information System (GIS) application and highlight its usefulness regarding monitoring and evaluating environmental conditions in several ports and their surroundings in the greater South East Europe (SEE). The system receives inputs and handles two kinds of data that are processed and illustrated through maps and graphs at various temporal and spatial scales in this informational platform. The aforementioned data consists of point measurements from stations operating in the area of SEE ports as well as satellite date sets derived monthly for a period of 10 to 12 years, in terms of sea surface temperature, chlorophyll a, and colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM). The WebGIS platform is based on the client–server model and uses Google Maps API services for data plotting. Advanced designing and development tools and methodologies are used. The available valuable data render the application into a trustful and accurate provider of visual environmental interest information regarding the main ports of southeastern Europe and their surroundings that would operate as a guide for an environmentally sustainable future of ports and sea corridors in SEE.

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Acknowledgments

This work is supported by the “Transnational ENhancement of ECOPORT8 network” (TEN ECOPORT) project with code SEE/D/0189/2.2/X, co-financed by the EU within the South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Program. The authors would like to thank all the partners of the TEN ECOPORT project for the provision of data and all their valuable information and advice.

The authors would also like to especially thank NASA, for the provision to the scientific community, free of charge, of a wide range of high-quality satellite data and products through its official sites and relative web-based applications.

Authors would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their comments and suggestions who helped to improve the clarity and the overall quality of the paper.

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  1. Laboratory of Knowledge & Intelligent Computing (KIC-LAB), Department of Computer Engineering, Technological Educational Institute of Epirus, Arta, Greece

    Stavros Kolios & Chrysostomos Stylios

  2. Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Open University of Cyprus, Latsia, Cyprus

    Stavros Kolios

  3. Institute of Mechanics and Machine Building, Ural Federal University named after First President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin, Mira str., 19, Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russia

    Aleksandr Petunin

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Kolios, S., Stylios, C. & Petunin, A. A WebGIS platform to monitor environmental conditions in ports and their surroundings in South Eastern Europe. Environ Monit Assess 187, 574 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-015-4786-x

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