ESDIN the geospatial reference data and services for

ESDIN - the geospatial reference data and services for INSPIRE David Overton – Project Coordinator Euro. Geographics Project Manager www. esdin. eu

This presentation argues that; • INSPIRE remains a dream with national INSPIRE compliance alone • Creating an “E” SDI from an “n”SDI needs standards • The resultant common reference unlocks PSI re-use • ESDIN has provided tools and best practice for you

Content • Introduction • Overview of the Project • From requirements gathering • Via proposed processes • To a new architecture • Demonstration • Conclusions

Introduction • Collaboration of 20 partners plus non-beneficiaries – Data providers – Developers – Academia – Software companies • Best Practice – Processes – Services – Specifications • Meeting INSPIRE obligations & extending specifications for pan-European use

ESDIN outcomes Key Benefits Important Results • Improve process efficiencies • Enable interoperability • Support users processes with consistent, reliable reference data • • • User requirements Harmonised data specifications Transformation rules & services A quality assurance approach Generalisation rules and services Modular pricing & licensing & Geo Product Finder • Federations authenticated by Shibboleth • Tools for testing infrastructure • Proposals and tools for maintenance • Solution to technical architecture. • On-line demonstrator of Download and View services

Understanding the Requirements of Users • Desk based • Primary research: Design principles • Value propositions; – Flexibility to pricing and licensing – Harmonization for multinational work – Consistency – Trustworthy data

We already have national INSPIRE serivces, why bother?

Using data that does not join-up

Re-Use? Appli c Deve ation loper Forget it! er Service Integrator Us Data Provider am e r st -up n w h Do Mas

Maintain Data Schema/CRS Transformation Data Integration & Conflation Users Edge Matching Geometric Generalisation Throughout the workflow. . .

Harmonised Specifications for Data • A history of Harmonisation • INSPIRE data specification profiles • Extended specification • Meet INSPIRE requirements • Enable harmonisation

Transformation Rules and Services • A process that accounts for diversity • A standardised template • Used with positive results with 7 NMCAs

A Comprehensive Quality Approach

Generalisation Rules and Services

A Modular approach to Pricing and licensing – The Geo Product Finder • License and access policy of European NMCAs • Break-down of license models into modules • One-stop-shop License wizard prototype: "Geo Product Finder"

Gaining Access to Data • Single-sign-on solution • Development with OGC and communicated to INSPIRE.

Testing the Infrastructure Reusable automated test components for: • spatial data • network services • data production processes Tools are available under the BSD Open Source License.

The management of Maintenance and Update • Edge-matching rule sets improve cross border quality • Stable Unique-Identifier logic address INSPIRE requirements • Incremental change management allows flexibility in life-cycle and update management

Proposed Integrated Architecture Euro. Geographics Architecture integrated with INSPIRE conceptual model

What about the future?

An example of viewing and downloading Hydrography • Looks at Hydrography theme • INSPIRE compliance • Does a number of Name searches • Uses E. L. F. /INSPIRE demonstrator to view and download data • Interoperates data with relevant environmental data. <<See our video on Hydrography>>

There’s also. . . • • • Software: BSD license Deliverables INSPIRE demonstrator Tools for consistent data A task force Rules on quality processes www. esdin. eu

Mapping / Cadastral agency adopted • NMCA decided to implement specifications • Joined the Federation • Used the code; created INSPIRE services • Adopted the E. L. F. extensions • Quality process • Made their data accessible via the Euro. Geographics architecture • Boosted usage of their data

When a European Agency used data • Trusted quality data • Used the INSPIRE compliant services with their partner data • Realised benefits • Spent less time validating • More time analysing • Boosted their usage

ESDIN becoming real now! • Euro. Geo. Names • A test federation of NMCAs provide an access for INSPIRE data & services • Euro. Global. Map: creating from mid-scale data holdings

Conclusion –Prospects for the European Location Framework (E. L. F. ) • INSPIRE dream will not be realised, unless; • ESDIN best practices are adopted for pan-European, Cross border data and services • An emergent community supports the E. L. F. www. esdin. eu