Internet field map for the Danish Agricultural Agency

Internet Markkort (IMK) is the Danish Agricultural Agency’s application and administration system for application, allocation and control of agricultural subsidies. The solution offers detailed and geographically based electronic support for the process of area-based agricultural subsidy programmes. SYSTRA is part of the supplier team responsible for the operation, maintenance and further development of Internet Markkort. 

project description

The solution is a central platform for reporting and administration of cultivation areas, crops and subsidy conditions for Danish agriculture. Internet Field Map is used by farmers and consultants to enter fields in connection with an electronic application for EU subsidies and by the Danish Agricultural Agency’s case officers to check applications and application conditions.

Cornerstone of agricultural subsidies

The Internet Field Map helps 50,000 farmers with electronic applications for agricultural subsidies and allows 500 caseworkers at the Danish Agency for Agriculture to process the applications.

The Danish Agricultural Agency administers agricultural subsidies from the EU and national programmes, with area-based schemes accounting for approx. 70% of payments. 

Internet Markkort is integrated with a larger application, customer and case system. This allows the Danish Agency for Agriculture to offer customers a flexible and user-friendly tool for the increasingly complex applications, while at the same time allowing the administration to cost-effectively process applications electronically, ensuring compliance with the EU’s extensive control requirements.

Efficient technology

The solution is based on open and recognised standards, including the use of well-known and scalable open source GIS solutions such as MapServer, GeoServer and OpenLayers. 

The work was also carried out using technologies and formats such as OIO XML, Oracle, SOAP, XaSD/WSDL/XSLT, WMS, WFS, WS*, SAML and CSS.

The project is thus a good example of how open source and proprietary technologies can be utilised together with governmental frameworks and guidelines to create effective solutions for public administration.

project facts

SYSTRA is responsible for the following services:

• Maintenance
• Operational support
• Detailed design
• Development of public web application
• Development of web application for caseworkers
• Database modeling
• SOAP services