MENIoR
MENIoR aims to enable better environmental monitoring (indoor air quality and thermal comfort conditions) in industrial operations by leveraging the potential of Internet of Things (IoT) with the application of Augmented Reality techniques and Digital Twins. The solution is pilot-tested by two industries in Spain: an industry in manufacturing and repairment of industrial machinery (Fagesta…
EIFFEL
EIFFEL will offer the EO-based community the ground-breaking ability to exploit existing GEOSS and external datasets, with minimal new data collection activities. Added-value services, interoperable with GEOSS, will be designed using cognitive search and metadata augmentation tools, based on Artificial Intelligence (AI), such as Natural Language Processing (NLP). These tools will leverage advanced cognitive features…
MICRO4BIOGAS
Anaerobic digestion (AD) of organic matter is a robust technology, used for biogas synthesis from different types of waste (sewage sludge from water treatment, animal slurry, bio-waste, etc.). The main goal of AD is the production of methane, a renewable energy source that can be used to generate electricity, heat or as vehicle fuel. Biogas…
BIO4Africa
The project aims to support the deployment of the bioeconomy in rural Africa via the development of bio-based solutions and value chains with a circular approach to drive the cascading use of local resources and diversify the income of farmers. It focuses on transferring simple, small-scale and robust biobased technologies, which are adapted to local…
REXUS
REXUS offers a comprehensive strategy for mainstreaming Water-Energy-Food-Climate (WEFC) Nexus thinking and promoting Resilient Nexus Systems. Resilience in REXUS stands for the capacity of systems to adapt quickly to changes and disruptions. This is done through research and innovation activities that support multi-level and multi-scalar action in the domains of governance, policy development, decision making…
LENSES
Over the last decade, significant effort has been made to improve the understanding of the Water, Ecosystem, Food (WEF) Nexus (connection) as a framework for resource security and sustainable development. There is still a need for approaches capable of overcoming the sector segregation, allowing for an equitable and socially acceptable allocation of resources. Moving beyond…
Virtual Hackathon
The project aims to facilitate adaptation to distance learning and virtual activities, to create collaboration opportunities among students from different countries (in a virtual environment), to promote the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Just Transition, and to help students develop soft skills. To this end, the project will design and develop the training plan and…
CALLISTO
CALLISTO aims to bridge the gap between the Data and Information Access Services (DIAS), platforms provided by the European Union’s Earth Observation programme Copernicus, and the users of the Copernicus data through dedicated Artificial Intelligence solutions. CALLISTO has the ambition to enable virtual presence and situational awareness in any desired area of interest, through Virtual,…
HOOP
The HOOP Project will help to unlock bio-based investments and deploy local bio economies in Europe through a systemic and cross-cutting approach. The main objective of the project is to provide Project Development Assistance (PDA) to a group of eight lighthouse cities and city clusters in order to build their administrative, technical, economic, financial and…
REGENCY
The REGENCY project aims to optimise energy efficiency in electricity consumption by developing appropriate models for the analysis of big data. REGENCY will use machine learning algorithms, and an Integrated Platform for the Monitoring, Analysis, and Support of Energy Management for commercial customers, so as to allow the provision of energy services and products by…
ENVISION
ENVISION aims to develop a ready-to-market commercial platform of services that couples cutting edge Earth Observation (EO) technology with state-of-the-art methodologies along with heterogeneous types of open data, providing Paying Agencies (PAs) and Certification Bodies (CBs) with timely cost-efficient and actionable insights for the compliance monitoring procedure of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) agri-environmental standards….
WairIt
WairIt project aims to improve the current methodologies for monitoring of individuals’ exposure to outdoor air pollution with the use of innovative wearable sensors, advanced techniques of data integration, and methodologies of estimation of personalized air quality indices. The collected data will be made available to the individuals who carry the wearables through a mobile…
BISEC
BISEC Data Hub is a tool for finding and collecting in-situ and satellite data that enables stakeholders that are active in the service development domain to locate big open data and easily use it with a single call to a single provider, with the use of open modern standards. BISEC openly utilizes large volumes of…
DigiCirc
Europe’s transition to a circular and climate-neutral economy is as much an environmental, economic and social necessity, as it is an opportunity for European businesses and citizens. DigiCirc aims to empower SMEs to leverage digital technology as a key enabler for innovative circular services, processes and business models. The project targets 3 strategic high-growth domains…
Urbana
The Urbana project will create a technologically innovative application to engage citizens in urban and peri-urban farming methods and build a bridge of knowledge exchange between Agricultural Advisors and citizens – Urban Cultivators. Urbana will act as a crowd-sourced repository of DIY (Do-It-Yourself) projects with step-by-step instructions regarding urban agriculture, smart balcony, greenhouses, community gardens…
FoodSHIFT2030
The FoodSHIFT2030 project takes departure in the EU Food 2030 Research and Innovation Policy Framework, the EU’s commitment under the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to launch an ambitious citizen-driven transition of the European food system towards a low carbon circular future, including a shift to less meat and more plant…
AgriPLaCE
Exploitation of agricultural waste for the production of innovative plastic materials in the light of the circular economy The main objective of AgriPlaCE is to create the necessary knowledge base in the field of plastic industry, agricultural sector and information and communications sector for the exploitation of agricultural waste for the production of secondary materials…
aqua3S
aqua3S is a H2020 project that will create strategies and methods, enabling water facilities to easily integrate solutions regarding water safety. aqua3S combines novel technologies in water safety and security, aiming to standardise existing sensor technologies complemented by state-of-the-art detection mechanisms. aqua3S coordinator is the Information Technologies Institute (ITI) of CERTH and more specifically the…
WaysTUP!
WaysTUP! aims to demonstrate the establishment of new value chains for urban biowaste utilisation to produce a range of new biobased products, including food and feed ingredients, through a multi-stakeholder approach in line with circular economy. The project will showcase a portfolio of new ‘urban biowaste to biobased products’ processes starting from different feedstocks i.e….
agROBOfood
agROBOfood is an EU funded project aiming to build a European ecosystem for the effective adoption of robotic technologies in the agri food sector, which in turn will become more efficient and competitive. The heart of the project is formed by Innovation Experiments, organized and monitored by Digital Innovation Hubs. In 7 Regional Clusters, Initial…
EXHAUSTION
EXHAUSTION aims to quantify the impact on health of extreme heat and air pollution, including air pollution from wildfires, provide adaptation mechanisms, and calculate the associated socio-economic costs. The project will establish exposure-response relationships for short- and long-term impacts of extreme temperature and high air pollution on health. In addition, EXHAUSTION targets to provide quantitative…
e-shape
The e-shape project aims to implement a coordinated and comprehensive EO data exploitation initiative through collaboration amongst the European GEO Members and Participating Organizations in order to accelerate the users’ uptake of open EO data and information for the benefit of Europe. Towards this direction, e-shape develops operational EO services with and for users active…
PARSEC
PARSEC aspires to build a cross-sectoral/cross-border ecosystem whereby SMEs and innovative start-ups will gain access to: knowledge: PARSEC will provide of a holistic portfolio of support services, including market, technology and investment training/ information as well as tailored coaching support; technology: three large scale demonstrators will be developed in the framework of PARSEC acting as…
EMISSION
The aim of EMISSION is the development of an integrated platform for the better monitoring and display of air pollution levels in Athens. For the purposes of the project, low- and mid- costs sensors will be designed and placed in the city. The EMISSION platform will enable public authorities in their compliance with the European…
Sealoc
Operational oceanography is called the group of scientific methods and systems which systematically monitor, forecast and inform on the conditions of a given sea area. One of the main scopes of operational oceanography is the provision of an accurate and reliable set of information on current and future (forecasting) sea conditions. The systems which provide…
CUTLER
Coastal urban development incorporates a wide range of development activities that are taking place as a result of the water element existing in the fabric of the city. This element may have different forms (i.e. a bay, a river, or a brook) but in almost all cases the surrounding area constitutes what maybe considered as…
SiEUGreen
SiEUGreen aspires to enhance the EU-China cooperation in promoting urban agriculture for food security, resource efficiency and smart, resilient cities. Building on the model of zero-waste and circular economy, it will demonstrate how technological and societal innovation in urban agriculture can have a positive impact on society and economy, by applying novel resource-efficient agricultural techniques in urban and peri-urban…
AirQast
The ambition of the AirQast project is to build a one-stop portal platform that provide air quality services based on Earth Observation data. These services are updated emission inventories, advanced forecasting system, street-level air quality information, and decision making tools to manage air quality events in order to reduce their economic and societal impact. AirQast…
AfriCultuReS
AfriCultuReS aims to design, implement and demonstrate an integrated agricultural monitoring and early warning system that will support decision making in the field of food security. AfriCultuReS will deliver a broad range of climatic, production, biophysical and economic information, for various regions in Africa. The project will apply geospatial science to sustainable agricultural development, natural…
CARPO
Carpo is an Agrometeorological Web Reporting and Prognostic System developed by DRAXIS for the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Management and Forestry of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is funded by UNDP. The system is utilizing observations from a local network of agrometeorological stations to produce pest and disease forecasts for different crop types,…
GenOptics
One of the biggest challenges in Life Sciences is the high complexity and volume of the involved bio-data, as well as the lack of appropriate analysis tools that can be employed for the extraction of new knowledge. Visual analytics, namely the simultaneous use of computational data analysis tools with interactive visualizations, is a powerful way…
NH3END
ΝH3END aims to develop an innovative method of enriching and preserving mixed methanogenic populations in anaerobic bioreactors capable of fully respond to the current levels of NH3 concentrations that biogas plants in Greece operate. In addition, in order to improve the environmental footprint of biogas plants, NH3END will develop a combined modified process where the…
Sympnia
The Sympnia project aims to develop an easy-to-use platform that provides targeted information to citizens about the current and forecast levels of air pollution. Except from data from official ground-based air quality monitoring stations, Sympnia will use satellite data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), and measurements from low-cost sensors that will be placed…
APOLLO
APOLLO is an EU-funded innovation project aiming to develop a market-ready platform of agricultural advisory services focused primarily, but not exclusively, at smallholder farmers in Europe. The APOLLO project aims to bring the benefits of precision agriculture to farmers through affordable information services, making extensive use of free and open Earth Observation data, such as…
hackAIR
hackAIR aims to develop an open technology platform for citizen observatories on air quality. Following a co-creation process with users and the development of the hackAIR platform and its components, the hackAIR platform will be pilot tested in Norway and Germany starting in September 2017 in order to validate the service platform and contribute towards…
RECAP
The EU policy tool for integrating environmental requirements into the Common Agricultural Policy is the Cross Compliance Scheme. EU farmers shall respect cross-compliance rules, legislative standards and obligations, in order to receive payments, but more importantly cross-compliance enhances awareness among them and helps European farming to be more compatible with the expectations of society. Farmers’…
AUDITOR
The goal of AUDITOR is the implementation of novel precise-positioning techniques based on augmentation data in custom GNSS receivers to improve the performance of current augmentation services and reducing costs. These techniques are already patented by the consortium and proven to offer better accuracy with faster convergence times than solutions commercially available. More sophisticated atmospheric…
NATCONSUMERS
The key objective of NATCONSUMERS is to develop an advanced and integral user-centred framework for the implementation of efficient energy feedback programmes in the domestic area. NATCONSUMERS approach relies on the complete characterisation of the EU energy consumer, and the design of specific personalised actions tailored to each consumer pattern detected based on the use…
eEnviPer
eEnviPer is an integrated web-based platform for the application, administration and consultation of environmental permits. By making the environmental permits process more transparent, accessible and efficient, eEnviPer helps to reduce the environmental impact of economic activities through the environmental permits process in a cost-effective manner. n 2012-2014, eEnviPer set-up and tested its existing multi-purpose cloud…
FATIMA
FATIMA addresses effective and efficient monitoring and management of agricultural resources to achieve optimum crop yield and quality in a sustainable environment. It covers both ends of the scale relevant for food production, viz., precision farming and the perspective of a sustainable agriculture in the context of integrated agri-environment management. FATIMA aims at developing innovative…
iPIM
The iPIM is a robotic mechanism that is being developed out of a sophisticated prototype of an In-Line Inspection (ILI) PIG for non-destructive technique (NDT) inspection of pipelines (oil & gas). The existing prototype will be further developed in collaboration with our potential end users and will be made available for commercialization. iPIM will monitor…
STEP
STEP is a digital web Platform (available also as a mobile app) enabling youth Societal and Political e-Participation in decision-making procedures concerning environmental issues. The STEP platform brings together several ideas and technologies with the goal to engage Young European Citizens and Public Authorities in decision making about environmental strategies, policies, plans, programmes, laws, and…
turn2bio
turn2bio is a combination of an online market place and a library tool on organic food, which was created so as to bring together organic farmers and consumers who are looking for certified organic products. turn2bio introduces customers to a new shopping experience. Through the turn2bio online market organic producers can sell their products directly…
ADRIATIC-ROUTE
ADRIATIC-ROUTE aims at promoting cultural, gastronomic and other alternative forms of tourism in the surrounding countries of the Adriatic Sea basin through the use of multimodal transport systems. The ultimate goal is to increase mobility in the participating regions for thematic tourism purposes, while at the same time promoting accessibility from one region / country…
Technical Support to the Special Secretariat for Waters in Overseeing the operation of the National Monitoring Water Network
HPC PASECO, DRAXIS Environmental SA and EPSILON SA, as the Consultants of this project supported the Greek Special Secretariat on Water in the monitoring of the operation of the National Program for Monitoring the Water Quality in Greece. Among the responsibilities of the Consultants were: Monitoring of the operations performed by the agencies responsible for…
ICME
The project ICME (Integrated Coastal Monitoring of Environmental Problems in Sea Region and the Ways of Their Solution) aims at developing innovative tools for the monitoring and management of sea regions with pilot implementation in four countries (Greece, Georgia, Armenia and Turkey). In Greece, the study is focused in Thermaikos Gulf area with a twofold…
Update of air quality mapping through the use of emmission inventories & mathematical models
The purpose of the project is to create a cartographic mapping of atmospheric pollution in accordance with the requirements of Directives 96/62/EU on “Ambient air quality assessment and management” and other directives on limit values of individual pollutants. The technical description of the project includes the following tasks: Country division into zones and agglomerations. Specification…
CHORUS
CHORUS is a technological Cluster operating in the fields of Clean Energy, Clean Tech and Circular Economy. The CHORUS Clean Energy Cluster brings together companies and research entities in order to establish an arsenal of renewable and zero / low carbon footprint technologies, transformable into innovative, integrated products and solutions for the global Clean Energy…
Sustainable management of water resources to safeguarding drinking water
The project aims to highlight the rich aquifer systems in the cross border area of Greece-Italy and to seek state-of-the-art methods for their protection. The main benefit of the implementation of the programme is the rehabilitation of contaminated groundwater and of the natural environment, optimizing the monitoring network of water basin and the optimal management of…
Integrated Water Resources & Civil Service of the Municipality of Paxos in Water Saving System issues
In the framework of the project “”Integrated Water Resources and Civil Service of the Municipality of Paxos in Water Saving System issues””, DRAXIS was responsible for the implementation of the following: Subsystem – Water Data Monitoring Center Water consumption benchmarking subsystem Application – water saving guide Training services for the staff of the organization Technical…
Reclaim
The Project aims at building a temporary pilot application on productive scale in order to mine parts of existing landfills and to separate useful materials and produce suitable products (concentrates), both ferrous and non-ferrous, which can be fed into a metallurgical process. In the framework of the project DRAXIS was assigned the development of the…
GREEN VINEYARD
In the light of the real need to practically improve the environmental performance of viticulture and prevent the misuse of pesticide and chemical fertilizers, soil erosion and their effects on water quality, the overall aim of GREEN VINEYARD is to develop an innovative approach that integrates Precision Agriculture (PA) technologies and Integrated Crop Management (ICM)…
AGROCLIMA
The AGROCLIMA research project investigates the consequences of climate change on coastal agricultural zones (e.g. river deltas), which form the most wealth-producing but vulnerable ecosystems. The principal project’s objectives were: a) The study of the natural processes controlling the formation and evolution of coastal lands (i.e. deltas), as a result of the interaction of terrestrial,…
AeroVis
AeroVis Project aimed at the development of a generic, extendable visualization software for map-based visualization of long time series of air pollution and climatic data, which enables a better understanding of the urban sources of air pollution and of the effects of anthropogenic aerosols on the climate. Moreover the project determines the needs of the…
ENVI4ALL
ENVI4ALL is a mobile application that offers information on the current, forecast, and historical air pollution levels, making use of open data on air quality and user-generated information. It uses air pollution measurements for the calculation of the Air Quality Index (AQI): an index for reporting daily air quality based on the associated health effects…
POMIS
The Waste Management Authority of Eastern Macedonia–Thrace took the initiative to investigate the problem of waste management in the cross border area of Greece-Bulgaria in cooperation with regional public authorities. The main objective of the project was to accelerate the operation of the existing and under completion infrastructure for the Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management…
PIGWaves
The PIGWaves project targets at developing an in-service pipe inspection tool capable of inspecting both piggable and currently unpiggable oil pipelines of steel construction and internal diameter 150-350mm that provides 100% volume inspection for features such as hard spots, stress corrosion cracking, corrosion and erosion. Long Range Ultrasound Guided Waves (LRUG) will be employed by…
Citizen Time
The purpose of this project is the enhancement of the active citizen’s participation through the development of an integrated e-participation system. Using the latest technologies this ICT platform provides citizens with the services below: – Audiovisual Interaction and Public Participation, called debate with the Mayor – “Citizen Time”, that enables the participation of citizens in…
ENORASIS
ENORASIS offers an irrigation management Decision Support System (ENORASIS Service Platform and Components) for environmentally optimised and thus sustainable irrigation management for farmers and water management organizations. ENORASIS is a server based system that gathers data from satellite observations and remote sensing field equipment and exploits meteorological forecasting models to provide high spatial accuracy estimations…
Digital Waste Registry
The Digital Waste Registry (DWR) enables online procedures for registration and verification in a database for companies (waste producers, transporters and waste recipients). DWR facilitates the users to fulfill their obligation of submitting annual waste report about waste use, management and disposal, so as to both hamper the uncontrolled waste distribution and help Ministry of…
Digital Environmental Registry
Digital Environmental Registry – DER originates from a European funded project under the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, which has been adapted to provide an operational permitting tool for the Greek Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change. DERs’ main objective is to optimize the environmental permitting processes by transforming the current…
Intelligent System for Saving Water Resources of the Municipality of Amfilochia
The purpose of this project is the installation of a wireless system that reports the indications of the hydrometers at regular time periods. The system translates the indications into results and disseminates them to the consumers. The system enables citizens to pay online their bills, to be informed for their consumption through Web and mobile…
CASSANDRA
Project CASSANDRA aimed to build a platform for the realistic modeling of the energy market stakeholders, also involving small-scale consumers (with possible small-scale production). CASSANDRA did not just provide another tool for visualization. Rather, it provided users with the ability to test and benchmark working scenarios that can affect system operation, company policies, and environmental…
Navigation & tour system in Metsovo Municipality
The project aimed in the development of an integrated automatic navigation and guiding system in Metsovo by leveraging the features of the GPS satellite system. This application acts as a touristic guide which provides real time multilingual information to the visitors of Metsovo. Using their mobile devises, tourists are be able to use detailed maps…
ENVI
The aim of the project is the protection of environmental resources and the encouragement of local communities to participate actively in this process. Municipality of Delta and Municipality of Kavadarci have the common need for the protection of the rivers that run through their geographical area: the river of Axios and the river of Luda…
QUALIBLADE
The QUALIBLADE project offers a solution for all blade repairs, in wind turbines, to be carried out without the blades being dismantled, thus eliminating all transport costs and the associated downtime. This solution is provided through a complete in situ system for damage identification and location, repair and repair quality assurance that can be rapidly…
CYCLECITIES
CYCLECITIES aims to carry out transfers of experience and exchanges of good practice among European cities, as well as to build up a knowledge capital supporting the integration of cycling into urban mobility management schemes for improving traffic conditions and city environments. In the framework of the project DRAXIS implemented the report: 4.1.2: “Gains and…
GNORASI
GNORASI aimed to advance the current state of the art in research and development of knowledge-based image interpretation applications by providing a generic, modular, platform for the systematic coupling of image processing algorithms and formal knowledge. With a special focus in remote sensing, “GNORASI” aspired to make an essential contribution towards the effective analysis and…
Maintenance of the Water Quality Monitoring Telemetric Network
DRAXIS completed successfully two consecutive projects for the “Integrated management and control system of water quality and optimisation of olive trees cultivations with control of Dacus extortion with GIS in Kavala Prefecture. The projects constitute an integrated system of environmental follow-up that focuses οn two basic sectors, water quality and dacus extortion in olive trees…
GEOCLIMATE
The project “Geoclimate” aims at developing an integrated Geographic Information System which will have the potential for management, analysis, modelling and visualization of the information that is related directly or indirectly with the climate of Greece, the factors that determine its time evolution from the past to present as well as the projections in the…
NATOUR
The project aimed to create the appropriate innovative tools to promote ecotourism in these ecologically sensitive areas. By sharing the common characteristics and the exchange of know-how between the stakeholders, NATOUR aimed to seize the opportunity of promoting ecotourism and in the same time preserving the natural resources of the area. The overall objectives of…
EDHE
The project aimed to design and develop an integrated system for real time monitoring of the available solar potential in Greece, to produce detailed solar energy maps and to predict solar energy in short term periods. The system is supported by an updated climatologic study for solar energy regarding the past 10 years. All developed…
PEOPLE
PEOPLE project aimed to speed up the uptake of smart cities through the rapid implementation, deployment and take-up of innovative internet-based services to allow developed cities to tackle their main current challenges and future ones concerning quality of life. This was enabled by designing and implementing user-driven open innovation methodologies and processes. During the project’s…
A.P.I.C.E.
APICE – a project financed by the European program for territorial Cooperation MED 2007/2013 (www.programmemed.eu) – intended to develop a knowledge-based approach for air pollution mitigation and sustainable development of port activities, managed by spatial planning policies at local level, which includes the territory around the ports. The inter-comparison of data acquired in five different…
AUTONEST
The AutoNest project addresses the need for effective monitoring of water resources and the improvement of water related policies in respond to the WFD implementation in the riverbasin of Nestos/Mesta. The overall objective of this strategic project is to develop an operational supportive mechanism for the Competent Authorities of water management in Bulgaria and Greece…
Development and implementation tools for integrated coastal zone management of Thermaikos Gulf
DRAXIS as external contractor to the project was responsible for the installation study of physicochemical telemetry monitoring station in the western coastal zone of Thermaikos gulf, which included: a feasibility study and action for the supply & installation of telemetric stations; a site selection for the installation of telemetry stations and alternative scenarios; an installation…
Development & implementation tools for the integrated coastal zone management of Thermaikos Gulf
The aim of the project was the development and implementation of IT tools for the integrated coastal zone management of Thermaikos Gulf, as well as the pilot application in the western coastal zone. A study for the installation of telemetric stations, for monitoring the physico-chemical parameters of the marine environment of the Thermaikos Gulf, was…
Water, Soil & Ecosystem Management System of lake Karla
The scenarios include potential water supply and demand conditions aiming at the optimisation of the operation of the Projects system, as well as the rational exploitation and sustainable management of the water resources of the area. Furthermore, a system was designed for the monitoring of the projects, water, soil and ecosystems. Based on the systematic…
EU-WATER
The general objective of the project was the development of shared methodologies and the application of demonstrative and innovative interventions towards the integrated management of water resources in rural areas, to move toward sustainable development models framed by EU legislation. The main goals were to give concrete answers to the problem of water consumption and…
BACKGROUNDS
As subcontractor to the project, DRAXIS was responsible for the implementation of two environmental impact assessment studies. More specific DRAXIS conducted one study for selected multimodal corridors in the region of the Thessaloniki port and analysis of environmental constraints that prevent the growth of the port of Thessaloniki. Additionally, a second study on the same…
Development of digital backgrounds for the Management Centre of Traffic Control
Thessaloniki’s Intelligent Urban Mobility Management System is a unified effort of the key players of the city dealing with urban mobility, transport and environment. The system aims, through the services provided, to help citizens move around the city easily avoiding the traffic congested areas and also to raise the environmental public consciousness and to promote…
THERMOPOLIS 2009
The research project THERMOPOLIS 2009, aimed in an in-depth study of the urban heat island of Athens. The research expedition combined qualitative data collection based on geographical coordinates of hyper-spectral instruments that collect data from the air (flying aircraft), data from satellites and measurements from instruments on the ground (from fixed weather stations and mobile…
Study to Map Greek Requirements and Capabilities in Earth Observation
The «Mapping of the Greek requirements and capabilities in EO» was a study that concerned the mapping of existing and emerging public sector needs and the mapping of the available industrial expertise that could be applied to ESA EO programs and the sustainable exploitation of EO data by public and private users. The study focused…
Development of a G.I.S. application for the Cyprus Agricultural Payments Organisation
The aim of the project was the development of custom tools in the ArcGIS environment to support the work of the Cyprus Agricultural Payments Organisation (CAPO) GIS experts. The tools facilitated the organization data workflow and reporting. The application was developed as add-on to the ArcGIS Desktop platform. In addition, a security platform was also…
GIS for the Municipality of Lamia
The project consists of the development and installation of a Geographic Information System, which provides an online web environment that offers geographic data from the Municipality of Lamia to its citizens. The system is based to the ArcGIS Server platform. Geocortex Essential was also used for the development and management of the web applications. DRAXIS…
Provision of electronic tourism services to the Prefecture of Rodopi
The aim of the project was the development of innovative location-based e-services for citizens and visitors of the area over public wifi hotspots and the internet. The project included software development, hardware procurement and installation, training and support services for the authorities. The developed platform for the project included 3 subsystems: WebGIS : allows the…
Operational monitoring of the air pollution in the country– members of the BSEC
The scientific consortium that was formed aimed to support country– members of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation regarding the operational monitoring of the air pollution. The main tasks of the project that were undertaken by DRAXIS were to identify: i) the available photochemical dispersion models and their technical characteristics; ii) the requirements for the development…
Promotion of the use of broadband access networks for the Development of Chalkidiki
The aim of the project was the development of e-services for the citizens and the visitors of one of the most touristic area in Greece. A portal for providing current geo-located information regarding Tourism, Civilization and entrepreneurship was developed. 12 wifi hotspots were installed in 4 different villages of the area. DRAXIS was responsible for…
NERIES
Design and Development of an Internet Application for sharing information related to the sites of accelerometers under “”NERIES“. NERIES responded to the needs of the seismological research and surveillance communities as well as to concerns from society. Earthquakes are recorded in the larger European-Mediterranean region by over 100 seismic monitoring systems and observatories in 46…
Integrated Management System for the olive cultivation in Kavala Region
The subject of the specific project was the development of an Information system for managing and editing spatial information, necessary for the design of policies for the water quality control and olive cultivation optimization in the Prefecture of Kavala, with the use of GIS. DRAXIS has undertaken the following tasks: Supply of GIS Software; Data…
Automatization of the Hellenic National Meteorological Service filling system
The aim of the project was to design an Integrated Information System for the automatization of the update of the meteorological database from stations all around Greece. A web application that calculates statistical meteorological indicators was also developed. DRAXIS took part in following: Study implementation; Implementation of AutoArchive software; Implementation of quality system; Expansion, adaption…
Analysis of the reports submitted by Member States on the implementation of Directive 96/61/EC
The project’s aim was to analyse, as a follow-up of the previous analysis, the reports submitted by Member States on the implementation of the IPPC Directive for the period 2003-2005 and provide summary fact sheets for each Member States. Furthermore, the project aimed at analysing the information submitted in the reports on representative limit values…
Creation of a GIS for the Municipality of Evosmos
The projectʼs aim was the creation of a Geographic Information System. Several internet GIS applications were developed among which: city guide, public transport, transportation and land use, parks. All aplications were developed using the ESRI’s ArcGIS Server Application Framework. DRAXIS was responsible for: a) The development and maintenance of GIS Applications; b) The supply of…
Development of an Information System using GIS for the Ring Road of Thessaloniki
The project aims to provide real time information for the traffic conditions in the Thessaloniki ring road. For that purpose the required hardware was installed (VMS, traffic cameras, network and computer infrastructure etc) as well as the necessary software (licenses and custom applications). The following activities were performed by DRAXIS: a) System design report; b)…
Study & Development of a GIS application on advanced intelligent transportation systems
The project’s aim was to develop a Geographical Information System for the creation of a transportation management center in Cyprus. The project included, among others, the supply of the necessary IT equipment and computer software, as well as the development of a web portal which uses G.I.S. to inform the public. All aplications were developed…
AXIOS ECOTOUR
The main objective of the project was the development of an IT application – as well as the supply of adequate hardware – for the spatial monitoring of the River Axios Estuaries area focusing on eco-touristic activities. The project’s aim was the promotion of ecotourism as well as the protection and appointment of the cultural…
Development of Laboratory Infrastructure for Water Quality Monitoring
The project was implemented for the needs of the General Chemical State Laboratory (Ministry of Economy Finance)and included support and consulting on the actions needed for the successful water quality monitoring. More precisely, the processes concerned the following: i) Statistical data analysis of the measurements of the water quality; ii) Cartographic presentation and analysis of…
Development of a Data Management & Analysis Platform for the Hellenic Institute of Transport
The aim of the project was to develop an integrated and information system for data management and specialized applications in the section of transportations. DRAXIS was responsible for the design, the software development, and the provision of consulting services to the Hellenic Institute of Transport. For the purposes of the project a unified web interface…
Environmental Monitoring of the water bodies in the Prefecture of Kilkis
The subject of the specific project was the development of an Integrated System for Environmental Monitoring of the water sources in the Prefecture of Kilkis using GIS. The project included the following tasks: a) Development of an Environmental System for monitoring Water Sources; b) Supply and installation of all the necessary equipment; c) Consulting services…
Environmental Impact Assessment Studies Computer System, ENIASS
The project ENIASS aimed to the design and development of an Environmental Information System that would manage data, documents and information used for the Environmental Impact Assessments. The system was accompanied by a WEB GIS platform for the management and dynamic presentation of geographic data. The main objective of the specific project was to create…
Consolidation of Romanian Statistical System
The overall objective of this project was to strengthen the institutional capacity of the INS and of the statistical infrastructure, as well as to provde of a stock of reliable and comprehensive data in the statistical fields that were little approached so far, through the activities below: – Harmonising and improving the statistics on information…
Preparation of proposals concerning the environment at the border region Greece-FYROM
The project was part of the “Development of a knowledge network of educational and research Institutes active in environmental issues for the development of a common cooperation framework, for the harmonization with EU legislation and know-how transfer” financed by INTERREG III/A and aimed at recording the present situation at the Greece –FYROM border region in…
Development of Environmental GIS for the Lignite Center of West Macedonia
The aim of the project was to design and implement a Geographical Information System for the Environmental Department of the Lignite Center of Western Macedonia. In the framework of the project the following tasks were undertaken: i) Design of the geodatabase; ii) Implementation of a multi-user geodatabase in ArcGIS with ArcSDE in an Oracle RDBMS;…
Preparation of emergency response plans for major industrial accidents
The objective of the project was the desing of emergency response plans, according to the SEVESO directive, for each industry that produces or stores dangerous substances. The major tasks in this project were: i) Recording of Seveso industries in Greece; ii) Development of a geographical database for emergency planning; and iii) Development of a custom…
Estimation of Pollution from Static Sources (IPPC), PHARE-RO (INS)
The purpose of this project was the development of custom IT tools for: a) Environmental reporting according to the EU policy; and b) Emission inventory systems from stationary sources. The four main tasks of the project were the following: i) Development of a central database system for data storage and management; ii) Development of custom…
Compliance of Romanian statistics with European statistical system – Environment statistic surveys, Romania – EuropeAid/114921/D/SV/RO
The aim of this project was the compliance of the Romanian Environmental statistics of the National Institute of Statistics (NIS) with EU, Eurostat requirements. For this purpose detailed surveys were designed for waste, water and air pollutants. An information system was also developed to perform data storage and analysis. The results of the surveys were…
