Spain: New Developments in the Integrated National Water Information System (SIA)

Responding to the dynamic and innovative spirit that characterizes the project of the Spanish Integrated Water Information System (SIA) have recently produced a series of changes that are intended to provide the ultimate user access to all information related to the water in Spain.

First, there has been a change regarding the location of the system. The new addresses are available on the website of the Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs, at this url.

Second, the SIA has made changes to the system architecture. On the one hand, used as ArcGIS Server map server, which replaces the ArcIMS. On the other hand, the Tomcat application server has replaced SAP WAS server used in the previous version.

Third, we have proceeded to update a wealth of information offered by the system, specifically, information from major sources such as the National Statistics Institute (INE), the Spanish Geographic Mineral Institute (IGME) and the Centre for Research and Experimentation of Public Works (CEDEX), among others.

The last of the novelties offered by the new Water Information System is the direct access to all system applications through geographical Viewer, by adding a menu in the upper right corner that links directly with the Digital Water Paper, the Indicators System and the Top of the SIA.