WPLA workshop, Athens 1 INSPIRE – Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe Nick Land EuroGeographics

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

WPLA workshop, Athens 3 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 4 Obstacles & Policy measures 1.Gaps in data 2.Lack of documentation 3.Incompatible datasets 4.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 5 INSPIRE vision DB A DB B DB C ISO EuroSpec Pricing & Licensing policy Euro Metadata Users Legal Framework INSPIRE Data Own data

WPLA workshop, Athens 6 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 7 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 8 Pre-implementation phase Metadata profile Specifications for INSPIRE datasets Prototyping a ‘geo-portal’ Development of technical guidelines (‘cookbook’) Interoperability demonstrator

WPLA workshop, Athens 9 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 10 DENMARK GERMANY Tønder Süderlügum Højer Neukirchen Aventoft Møgeltønder Datasets

WPLA workshop, Athens 11 RGE 3 As 3OSs Existing projects Ortho Addr Road Topo Adm Elev Cad 1:1M 250k 100k 10k (scale) SABE E.G.M. E.R.M. EuroRoadS EuroDEM EULIS GiMoDig

WPLA workshop, Athens 12 RGE 3 As 3OSs « full » interoperability Ortho Addr Road Topo Adm Elev Cad 1:1M 250k 100k 10k (scale) SABE E.G.M. E.R.M. EuroDEM EULIS GiMoDig EuroRoadS EuroSpec

WPLA workshop, Athens 13 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 14 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 15 Diversity of pricing & licensing policies CountrySingle user, internal business use BelgiumOne-off license, the next license – 80% DenmarkOne-off license, update 15% FranceLicense for 10 years, update 10% GermanyOne-off license, update 13% IrelandAnnual license including update N. IrelandAnnual license including update

WPLA workshop, Athens 16 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 17 Organisation & Coordination ESDI Committee Geospatial Interest Groups Permanent Operational Body NSDI (focal points) ‘Network’

WPLA workshop, Athens 18 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 19 Summary Best Practice!

WPLA workshop, Athens 20 For further information