Biodiversity is important for the role it plays in its contribution to the sustainable function of different ecosystems and for the goods and services essential for human survival. Network of excellence provides a significant support for the biodiversity research. Center for Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing of Network of Excellence has been built up at the Institute of Landscape of the Ecology Slovak Academy of Sciences. The Institute belongs to the most respected European organisations in ecology and landscape ecology research and is an essential member of several European scientific consortia in the field of biodiversity research.