Table of Contents

Part 1 The creation of multinational databases: International aspects of spatial data exchange, Peter Burrough, Ian Masser; from an understanding of European GI economic activity to the reality of a European data set, Francois salge; transboundary European GIS databases - review of the Baltic region experiences, Sindre Langaas. Part 2 Multinational databases for specific applications: development of a GIS for hydrological modelling of the River Rhine, Jaao Kwadijk, Erik Sprokkereef, Hein Prinsen; developments in cross-border standards for geodemographic segmentation, Richard Webber. Part 3 Multinational database products: European geoinformation publishing - understanding the commercial volume industry, Vanessa Lawrence; data integration for commercial information products - experiences from EC's impact 2 programme, Roger Longhorn. Part 4 Legal and institutional issues associated with the development of multinational databases: legal protection of geographic information in the EU, Mirelle M.M. van Eechoud; intellectual property and mapping - a European perspective, Laila Aslesen; legal and institutional issues to be resolved with respect to the integration of European data, Andrew larner; intellectual property rights in disseminating digital geographic data, products and services - conflicts and commonalties among EU and US approaches, Harland Onsrud, Xavier Lopez.