The Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the EU

INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/EC

Hugo.De-Groof@ec.europa.eu

Directorate-General Environment

Governance, Information & Reporting Unit

EC/EEA INSPIRE TEAMEEA– DG Environment – Joint Research Centre

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INSPIRE Policy FoundationsINSPIRE Policy Foundations

The EU 6th Environmental Action Programme 2002-2012

Seven Thematic Strategies

1. Clean Air For Europe (CAFE) 2. Soil protection 3. Sustainable use of pesticides 4. Marine environment 5. Waste prevention and recycling 6. Sustainable use of natural resources 7. Urban environment

Four Priorities

1. Climate Change 2. Nature and Biodiversity3. Environment and Health4. Natural resources and waste

+ Mitigation of natural and man-made hazards leading to disasters

Emphasis on « knowledge-based » policy making, assessment and implementation

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Policy Needs

• Better information needed to support policies

• Improvement of existing information flows

• Differentiation across regions to be considered

• Revision of approach to reporting and monitoring, moving to concept of sharing of information

But … EU has islands of

information & data of different standards and

quality...

ChallengesChallenges 20022002

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Status 2002 ResponseStatus 2002 Response

Situation in Europe1. Data policy restrictions

– pricing, copyright, access rights, licensing policy

2. Lack of co-ordination– across boarders and

between levels of government

3. Lack of standards – incompatible information

and information systems4. Existing data not re-usable

– fragmentation of information, redundancy, inability to integrate

5. Missing data 6. Data quality

• Not comparable, not timely available, …

July 2004 - EC Proposal COM(2004) 516 for a Directive establishing an infrastructure for spatial information in the Community – INSPIRE

DIRECTIVE 2007/2/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCILof 14 March 2007establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE)

Entry into Force on 15 May 2007

Transposed in National Law by 15 May 2009

NOT INSPIRE

NOT INSPIRE

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INSPIRE principlesINSPIRE principles• Data should be collected once and maintained at the level

where this can be done most effectively

• Combine seamlessly spatial data from different sources and share it between many users and applications (the concept of interoperability)

• Spatial data should be collected at one level of government and shared between all levels

• Spatial data needed for good governance should be available on conditions that are not restricting its extensive use

• It should be easy to discover which spatial data is available, to evaluate its fitness for purpose and to know which conditions apply for its use

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Bringing data together Bringing data together through a Spatial Data Infrastructurethrough a Spatial Data Infrastructure

Data easily discoverable

and accessible to users

Like a road infrastructure makes it possible to

connect different sites, a spatial data infrastructure

makes it possible to connect data located at

different sources

Easier development of new applications

and services

InstitutionalInstitutional frameworkframework

DataDataServicesServices

Fundamental Fundamental data setsdata sets

Technical Technical standardsstandards

ComponentsComponents

Spatial Data Infrastructure

5 cm/year

ITR F93

NNR-NUVEL1A

Meta-dataNetwork services

DiscoveryViewDownload

- TransformInvoke

Spatial Data Standards

Meta-dataNetwork services

DiscoveryViewDownload

- TransformInvoke

Spatial Data Standards

Data integrationData integration

Spatial data sets

Catchments

Meteo data

Land Cover

DEM

INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/EC

Data policies and co-

ordination

Institutional framework

Technicalstandards

Spatial Data Services

Spatial data sets

What is Spatial Data ?

Use Cases

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TN:Transport networks

EL:Elevation

BU:Buildings

SO:Soil

PF:Production and industrial facilities

AF:Agricultural and aquaculture facilities

ER:Energy Resources

HB:Habitats and biotopes

SD:Species distribution

AM:Area management/ restriction/ regulation zones & reporting units

PD: Population Distribution

US: Utilities and Governmental Services (Waste Management)

Urban Planning

Water Management Plans

Environmental Impact Assessment

Risk Management

Citizens Information

Public Inspections

…

PRTR

SEVESO

Waste

Reporting

General ProvisionsGeneral Provisions

• general rules to establish an infrastructure for spatial information in Europe for the purposes of Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment

• based on the infrastructures for spatial information established and operated by the Member States

• does not require collection of new spatial data

Spatial Data Sets

• held by or on behalf of a public authority operating down to the lowest level of government when laws or regulations require their collection or dissemination

• 34 Spatial Data Themes

Data Scope

Annex I1. Coordinate reference

systems2. Geographical grid systems3. Geographical names4. Administrative units5. Addresses6. Cadastral parcels7. Transport networks8. Hydrography9. Protected sites

Annex II1. Elevation2. Land cover3. Ortho-imagery4. Geology

Data ScopeAnnex III

1. Statistical units2. Buildings3. Soil4. Land use5. Human health and safety6. Utility and governmental

services7. Environmental monitoring

facilities8. Production and industrial

facilities9. Agricultural and

aquaculture facilities10.Population distribution –

demography

11.Area management/restriction/regulation zones & reporting units

12.Natural risk zones13.Atmospheric conditions14.Meteorological geographical

features15.Oceanographic geographical

features16.Sea regions17.Bio-geographical regions18.Habitats and biotopes19.Species distribution20.Energy Resources21.Mineral resources

Example: Directive on the Example: Directive on the Assessment and Management of Floods Assessment and Management of Floods

• A preliminary flood risk assessment – Including art.4 a-f

• (e) Likelihood of future floods and projected impact of climate change and land use trends

• Prepare flood risk maps by 2013 – with 6 yearly updates

• Flood risk management plans by 2015

INSPIRE & INSPIRE & Environmental Environmental acquisacquis

Information systemFloods Risks

Source: GMES BICEPS Report

Source: GMES BICEPS Report

I-8Hydrography I- 2 ElevationIII – 7Environmental Monitoring Facilities

III - 12Natural Risk Zones

III – 14Meteorological geographical featuresIII – 13Atmospheric conditions

III – 3Soils

III – 4Land-use

II – 2Landcover

III – 18 Habitats and biotopesIII – 19 Species distributionIII-10 Population distribution — demographyIII- 6 - Utility and governmental services

Environmental Monitoring Facilities

III – 11Area management/restriction/regulation zones & reporting units

INSPIRE Data ThemesInformation systemFloods Risks

Data Policies : sharing between public bodies

Article 17: sharing• open to:

• public authorities of other Member States • to the institutions and bodies of the Community

• derogations:• the course of justice, public security, national defence or

international relations• Arrangements

• arrangements:• may be accompanied by requirements under national law

conditioning their use.

Data policy: sharing with the public

• Article 11: Network Services available to the public • shall be easy to use• accessible via the Internet or any other appropriate

means of telecommunication

• Article 13: Derogations• IPR, confidentiality, course of law, international

relations, public security, national defence, protection environment, …

• interpreted in a restrictive way, public interest test

Article 18

• Member States shall ensure that appropriate structures and mechanisms are designated for coordinating, across the different levels of government, the contributions of all those with an interest in their infrastructures for spatial information.• users, producers, added-value service providers• user needs

• The Commission at EU level assisted by relevant organisations and, in particular, by the European Environment Agency.

Co-ordination

Implementing Rules (IR)

• Objective :

• To ensure that the spatial data infrastructures of the Member States are compatible and usable in an EU and trans-boundary context.

• Scope of the Implementing Rules:

1) Metadata2) Network Services 3) Spatial Data and Spatial Data Service Specifications4) Data and Service Sharing 5) Monitoring and Reporting

• Adopted as Commission Regulations/Decisions (No transposition)

• Following a logical roadmap

Technical

Procedure

Technical Standards

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RegistersService Metadata

Data Set Metadata

Registry Service Discovery Service

DT MD

DT

NS

GeoRM layers

Application and Geoportals

Service Bus

InvokeSDService

Transf. Service

Spatial Data Set

TWG TWG TWG

Thematic DS

Framework for harmonized DS

DT DS

ViewService

DownloadService

INSPIRE - Architecture

Service Layer

DataSource

s

Spatial Data Specifications

dataset dataset dataset

... ...

NetworkService

NetworkService

NetworkService

dataset

NetworkService

user user

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

• "Living well, within the limits of our planet", will guide environment policy up to 2020

• to enhance Europe's ecological resilience and transform the EU into an inclusive and sustainable green economy

EU Environment Action Programme to 2020 (7th EAP)

EU Environment Action Programme to 2020 (7th EAP)

• Three thematic priority objectives• Protect nature and strengthen ecological resilience • Boost sustainable resource-efficient low-carbon growth • Effectively address environment-related threats to health.

• Supported by enabling framework• promote better implementation of EU environment law • ensure that policies benefit from state of the art science • secure the necessary investments• improve the way environmental concerns and requirements are reflected in other

policies.

• Two more priority objectives• enhancing the sustainability of EU cities• improving the EU's effectiveness in addressing regional and global challenges

related to the environment and climate change.

2013-14 INSPIRE MID-TERM POLICY ASSESSMENT

Thank you for your attentionFor more information http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

‘SHARING IS EVERYTHING’

Source: Clare Hadley, INSPIRE Conference,2010