1. 1 INSPIRE Conference, Edinburgh 1 Theme Theme

2. 2 INSPIRE Conference, Edinburgh 2 Theme Overview description INSPIRE Directive –Geographical location of buildings TWG BU A wide definition including buildings and constructions –Considered as under scope of the theme Buildings are constructions above and/or underground which are intended or used for the shelter of humans, animals, things, the production of economic goods or the delivery of services and that refer to any structure permanently constructed or erected on its site. Articulation with themes AF, PF and US –Theme BU focus on physical view point –Themes AF, PF, US focus on the activity/service view point

3. 3 Theme Theme Main achievements - Use cases Safety Urban expansion Environment Infrastructures Census - Statistics Communication – Public awareness Natural risks (flood, fire, earthquake, landslide) Human risks (transport) Prevention / rescue management Definition of urban areas Urbanism planning and monitoring Pollutions (air, noise, sol) Quality of habitat Sustainable buildings (energy, …) Historical interest Location for new infrastructure Infrastructure management Public patrimony management and valorisation Risk / travel maps City mapsThematic / tourism maps 3D models Census Urban units Environmental statistics / Reporting

4. 4 Theme Theme Main achievements - Profile approach Basic semanticRich semantic 2D geometryCore 2D profile (normative) Extended 2D profile (illustrative) 3D geometryCore 3D profile (normative) Extended 3D profile (illustrative)

5. 5 Harmonisation at European level Harmonisation at national/local level Widely available Rarely available Out of INSPIRE theme BU Basic topographic data Basic cadastral data Detailed topographic data Owner/tenant Interior of building Detailed activity Core profileExtended profile

6. 6 Theme Theme Main achievements - Core 2D profile Common attributes of OtherConstruction and AbstractBuilding are grouped under feature type AbstractConstruction Common attributes to feature types Building and BuildingPart Only 3 instanciable feature types: -Building -BuildingPart -OtherConstruction City GML concept

7. 7 Theme Open issues – Extension of scope Feature type : OtherConstruction

8. 8 Theme Open issues – Status of cadastral data Cadastral data –building units –link to addresses and to cadastral parcels –official area –official value Benefits: give flexibility at MS level to adapt INSPIRE profile to national context and regulation Risk: no effort (no fund) is spent to make cadastral data conformant to a non-normative profile

9. 9 Theme Open issues – Classification of buildings Current status classification according to: –the activity hosted by the building (for management use cases) –the physical aspect (for mapping purposes) Based on Eurostat classification More information to be found in themes AF, PF and US Mainly based on international use cases (air traffic, marine navigation) Both code lists are extensible by MS

10. 10 Theme Open issues – Classification of buildings Open issues –Technical : some inconsistencies with US possible improvements –Political: Data producers have more detailed classification of Buildings (schools, hospitals, …) This information should/might be provided under theme US (or AF or PF) But data producers would prefer to supply it under theme BU  Review also data specifications of facilities themes (mainly Governmental Services)  Should TWG BU propose more detailed classification of buildings? Give your point of view on this issue  Provide available information about responsibilities at MS level (if already defined)