Common coding of isolated buildings in Catalonia and their official territorial implementation and management in the emergency and security GIS

Abstract

The Department of the Interior and Public Security of the Generalitat of Catalonia has developed a database of isolated buildings to improve emergency and security management. Each building has associated information and in a first stage a unique code generated from its geopositioning and the Cartographic Orientation System (SOC). This code is used as a common identifier in the relationships between the various units of the Department and their control rooms. The project began in 2014 in Osona-Lluçanès and since 2018 it has been spreading to a large part of the Catalan territory. The data set became part of the cartographic plan of Catalonia following the revision of Decree 53/2022, it has more resources and the Cartographic and Geological Institute of Catalonia (ICGC) has been permanently incorporated into the project. By 2024, more than 24,500 buildings in the regions of Central Catalonia and Girona have been inventoried and coded, covering more than 24% of the surface and the information of 16 regional councils is being managed to become to cover 60% of the territory, with the final target of completing the entire Catalan territory.