INSPIRE Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe Nick

INSPIRE – Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe Nick Land Euro. Geographics WPLA workshop, Athens 1

Presentation • INSPIRE • Vision & scope • Policy measures • Timetable • What does it mean for us WPLA workshop, Athens 2

INSPIRE • Legislative framework for an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe • DG Environment, Eurostat and JRC • Focus on Environment & formulation, implementation, monitoring of policy at the Community level …. . promoting sustainable development • PSI, 6 th Environmental Action Programme (environmental reporting), Access to environmental information WPLA workshop, Athens 3

Obstacles & Policy measures 1. 2. 3. 4. Gaps in data Lack of documentation Incompatible datasets Lack of harmonised services 5. Restrictive data policies 6. Poor coordination 1. List of essential pan. European datasets 2. Datasets documented to agreed metadata standards 3. Data available to agreed specifications 4. Establish services for viewing, accessing data 5. Licensing framework 6. Coordination structure WPLA workshop, Athens 4

INSPIRE vision DB C DB B Own data INSPIRE Data Users Euro Metadata DB A Euro. Spec ISO Pricing & Licensing policy Legal Framework WPLA workshop, Athens 5

INSPIRE data themes • Geographical location • Administrative units • Properties, buildings & addresses • Elevation • Geophysical environment • Land Surface • Transport • Utilities & facilities • Society & Population • • Area regulation Air & Climate Hydrography Oceans & seas Biota/biodiversity Natural resources Risks Areas under anthropogenic stress WPLA workshop, Athens 6

INSPIRE Timetable • Started end 2001 • Position papers delivered October ’ 02 • • May ’ 03: Public consultation July ’ 03: Consultation within Commission October ’ 03: Commission proposal 2006/7: Adoption of framework legislation by Council and Parliament • 2006/7+ Implementation WPLA workshop, Athens 7

Pre-implementation phase • • Metadata profile Specifications for INSPIRE datasets Prototyping a ‘geo-portal’ Development of technical guidelines (‘cookbook’) • Interoperability demonstrator WPLA workshop, Athens 8

Metadata • Specification – ISO profile • Conversion of data & maintenance • Linking individual metadata services (nodes) within ‘a decentralised framework’ • Timing: • Discovery level services by 2008/9 • More detailed information by 2011/12 WPLA workshop, Athens 9

Datasets DENMARK Højer Møgeltønder Tønder Aventoft GERMANY Neukirchen Süderlügum WPLA workshop, Athens 10

Addr Road Elev E. R. M. Adm Euro. Road. S E. G. M. Topo 3 OSs Ortho 3 As RGE Existing projects SABE Gi. Mo. Dig Euro. DEM Cad EULIS 1: 1 M 250 k 10 k (scale) WPLA workshop, Athens 11

Addr Road Elev Gi. Mo. Dig Euro. Spec SABE E. R. M. Adm Euro. Road. S E. G. M. Topo 3 OSs Ortho 3 As RGE « full » interoperability Euro. DEM Cad EULIS 1: 1 M 250 k 10 k (scale) WPLA workshop, Athens 12

Datasets • Agree the European specifications • Semantic definitions • Unique identifiers • Minimum acceptable quality levels • Ensure national databases can be ‘translated’ to European specifications • Potentially large ‘re-engineering’ task • Additional data capture in the future • More ‘joined up’ approach at national borders • Timing: 2015 at the latest WPLA workshop, Athens 13

Licensing framework • Increasing focus on licensing, rather than pricing • Pricing consistent with national policies (and principles of subsidiarity) – no impact on current business models? • INSPIRE proposes: • metadata should be free of charge • possible to view all data free of charge • some datasets should be free of charge e. g Administrative boundaries • INSPIRE focuses on public sector data WPLA workshop, Athens 14

Diversity of pricing & licensing policies Country Single user, internal business use Belgium Denmark One-off license, the next license – 80% One-off license, update 15% France License for 10 years, update 10% Germany One-off license, update 13% Ireland Annual license including update N. Ireland Annual license including update WPLA workshop, Athens 15

Licensing framework • • Start by understanding the differences Develop common terminology and templates Adopt common standards? Transparency – publish on internet – and consistency • Compliant with the relevant laws e. g competition law, data protection WPLA workshop, Athens 16

Organisation & Coordination ESDI Committee ‘Network’ Permanent Operational Body Geospatial Interest Groups NSDI (focal points) WPLA workshop, Athens 17

Financial impact • Currently assessing the incremental costs of implementing INSPIRE • Comparison with other programmes • Galileo: 3. 4 billion euro programme • GMES: 350 million euros WPLA workshop, Athens 18

Summary Best Practice! WPLA workshop, Athens 19

For further information www. ec-gis. org/inspire www. eurogeographics. org nick. land@eurogeographics. org WPLA workshop, Athens 20