1. www.jrc.ec.europa.eu Serving society Stimulating innovation Supporting legislation INSPIRE Thematic Cluster on Land Cover and Land Use Highlights of the activities Lena Hallin-Pihlatie

2. Activity Report - Group Statistics LC and LU cluster group level  100 Members  13 Discussion topics  17 Discussion replies  15 Uploaded files  8 Pages  4 News LC sub-group LU sub-group  38 Members25 Members  18 Discussion topics 4 Discussion topics  65 Discussion replies 1 Discussion replies  2 Uploaded files1 Uploaded file  0 Pages14 Pages  0 News0 News

3. Thematic LC sub-group discussions Good channel for communication/feedback  Corine Land Cover Code List published – 594 Views  Possible errors in LC xml schemas – 460 Views Land Cover GML files not correctly displayed in GISLand Cover GML files not correctly displayed in GIS  New Plugin for QGIS software Complex GML Info Alternative 1: address by reference … … … … Alternative 2: embedded mapping … … …

4. Activity report on Thematic Cluster How to build working WFS using present tools, following the INSPIRE Guidelines?  You can only map to each object type once per GeoServer instance  For example provision of CLC from several years according to LandCoverVector application schema How to deal with duality and overlaps?  Which datasets to report to LC, LU, both? –Topographic maps –Land Parcel Identification System & IACS information –Forestry data

5. Activity report on Thematic cluster Sample data provided  3 GMLs according to Land Cover Vector  GML according to Existing Land Use  ESRI’s Land Cover Vector database populated (ArcGIS for INSPIRE) Events –phase 2  Webinar for data providers in the LC theme 16.9  Eionet NRC Environment Information System meeting in EEA 25-26.11 Projects providing feedback and implementation examples related to the Land Cover theme  ELF  eENVplus  EAGLE INSPIRE project (EEA – Copernicus Land)

6. Activity report on Thematic Cluster Low activity in the Land Use sub-group  Lack of implementation examples and feedback to TG LU  Annex III  No pilots/projects related to this theme Some issues take a long time to resolve (no replies)  Issue has not been encountered by other implementers yet  Not my responsibility/lack of time  Answer dependent on cross-thematic discussion  Issue cannot alone be solved within the INSPIRE community  Software issues

7. Thematic Cluster proposals Projects/pilots to involve the community  Feedback to the TG  Implementation examples for others to follow (Blue print)  Increase of INSPIRE know-how in the communities Cross-thematic and/or unresolved issues  Work flow: MIWP14 meetings -> MIG-T?  Agreements on who to pick these up (actions) Continue with on-going TC activities

8. Questions?