Part of the Practical Guide Integrating the shoreline into Spatial Policies,
MESSINA partners have contributed to the design and the implementation
of three Coastal Geographical Information System dedicated
to shoreline management and planning at the local level.
 

Sète-Marseillan's lido (France)

Example of coastal GIS :
1. Orthophotography mosaic; 2 : Topographic overlay; 3. Zooming to the Triangle of Villeroy (City of Sète).

 

Upper Normandy Cliffs (France)

 

QUIBERVILLE (Seine-Maritime, France)

 

Theme: Chalky cliff retreat

 

 

Current coastline position and estimated coastline positions
 in 25 years,
 ___50 years
and 100 years.

Infrastructures endangered and threatened in the coming years are highlighted.
 

 

Rewal Coast (Poland)

 
Examples of maps obtained by the coastal GIS set for the Municipality of Rewal
by the University of Szczecin - Institute for Marine Sciences (Poland)

The maps are representing the areas lost with pessimistic view
in next 20, 50 and 100 years with limited protection scenario.
The maps are representing the areas lost with optimistic view
in next 20, 50 and 100 years with limited protection scenario.
 

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