Telematics and environment in Greece

This article aims at giving a general overview of the telematics role in environmental information management in Greece. The main scope is to present the existing situation, the current problems and needs, as well as the possibilities and perspectives for the future. The topics of the article include first of all a description of current environmental information management in Greece and the production of information, as well as the presentation of the EPPER programme for the environment, together with the telematics applications used for environmental management in Greece. A brief introduction to the scope and objectives of the National Air Quality Network and National Environment Information Network is also given, together with an analysis of the needs for a National Catalogue of Data Sources. Last, the role of YPEXODE in the REMSSBOT project is presented, with the benefits obtained from this participation, as well as future perspectives for developments in the field of telematics and environment in Greece.