Water Information Systems to support water managers and decision-makers

Deltares is developing Water Information Systems in projects in several parts of the world. The aim of the systems is generally to validate, store and retrieve all kinds of water-related data and to provide easy access to the information. Furthermore, some of the systems are used to facilitate working with mathematical simulation models. They are configured for different users, draw on common open source and freeware components, such as PostgreSQL, PostGIS, Geoserver and FEWS, and they work with custom services like WPS. The components and services are loosely coupled and bundled as OpenEarth Water Information Systems. The systems also use common standards for data exchange like WCS, WFS and OPeNDAP.