MÉTA, the multi-attributed vegetation Database of Hungary published by GIM International

Feature article in the GIM International. Image: by the courtesy of Reed Business, 2008
MÉTA in the GIM International

The Authors Ferenc Horváth, responsible for the development and maintenance of the database and Zsolt Molnar, program leader are with the Insitute of Ecology and Botany of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, The Institute is member of HUNAGI since many years and was the 1st prize winner of the GSDI Association's Small Grant Program some years ago.
The MÉTA, a grid-based, satellite-image supported and multi-attributed vegetation mapping method and database has also user interface on the Internet. Its portal has been chosen by HUNAGI as the Portal of the Week last year.
Background information:
Molnár Z. et al., 2007: A grid-based, satellite-image supported, multi-attributed vegetation mapping method (MÉTA), Folia Geobotanica, Vol. 42, pp. 225-247
MÉTA website:
www.novenyzetiterkep.hu/meta/
http://reports.eea.europa.eu/COR0-landcover/en
Communication: horvfe@botanika.hu

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