WebAtlas is a French NGO involved in WebMapping and DataMining

EuroSiS Network

Network of National Contact Points involved in the European Science in Society program

A soon-to-be startup that makes amazing topical web portals

About this project...

After a call for interest, organized by the French NCP as task leader of the Webmapping project, 12 NCPs chose to take part in the task : Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal.

These experts of the Science in Society field were actively involved all along the different stages of the task:
- They provided data (websites, tags...)
- They took part in two two-days Workshops in Paris (26 and 27 May, 2008 and 1 and 2 December, 2008)
- They validated the final deliverables.

The first aim of the EuroSiS project is to explore and understand the large, open and dynamic topics dedicated to science in society on the web through the collective construction of a mapping tool. The results of EuroSiS activities consist in a collection of SiS-maps including themes and actors at different levels of analysis (common European themes, national and national neighbourhoods SIS themes, particular themes through national and European dimensions...).
It consists also in the elaboration of a common description schemes and a collective vocabulary for resources description among 12 NCPs involved.

As regards to methods and tools, EURO-SIS mapping project is based on:

A) Use of visualization for communication/promotion of EuroSiS project
B) Production of graphical synthesis of large sets of data
C) Extraction of visual patterns from web data analysis (centre, periphery, clusters, levels of hierarchy, borders...)
D) With different levels of data (zoom) and analysis of SIS European themes.
E) And preparing an information archiving process on specific topics and, beyond, and possible Web Information System (or portal) dedicated to European SIS domains.

You'll find here different documents related to this project.

Cartographies

Documents & Publications