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John Pepper United Kingdom Hydrographic Office

INSPIRE Directive of the European Parliament and the Council establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community. John Pepper United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. Institutional framework. Technical standards. Fundamental data sets. Information Services.

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John Pepper United Kingdom Hydrographic Office

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  1. INSPIREDirective of the European Parliament and the Council establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community John Pepper United Kingdom Hydrographic Office

  2. Institutional framework Technical standards Fundamental data sets Information Services Bringing data and services together through a Spatial Data Infrastructure Data and services easily discoverable and accessible to users Easier development of new applications and services Like a road infrastructure makes it possible to connect different places, a spatial data infrastructure makes it possible to connect data and services located at different sources Components

  3. Why INSPIRE? Increasing number of environmental policies that have a strong spatial dimension • Marine thematic strategy • Thematic strategy on natural resources and on recycling • New soil monitoring system • Revision of SEVESO Directives on hazardous substances • Proposal for Directive on control of pipelines • Integrated Coastal Zone Management • The revised forest monitoring regulation • Noise Directive • Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) • European Action programme on flood risk management

  4. Example: Proposed Directive on the Assessment and Management of Floods (2006) • In the period 1998-2002 floods comprised 43% of all disaster events in Europe • 100 major floods • 700 dead • Half a million displaced people • 25 billion Euros uninsured economic loss • Along the Rhine, 10 m people live in areas liable to extreme flooding, potential damage estimated at 165 bn. Euros • 101,000 kms of coastline, population doubled in last 50 years. Assets within 500 mt of coast = 500-1000 bn euros.

  5. Agreement that a common strategy is needed 70% of all fresh water bodies in Europe are part of a trans-boundary river basin !! Risk assessment is compounded by problems related to quality of land use data, protected areas, etc.

  6. Past approaches have limitations • CORINE “Coordination of Information on the Environment” - 85/338/EEC: Council Decision 27/6/1985 • Experimental project for gathering, coordinating and ensuring the consistency of information on the state of the environment and natural resources in the Community • Problems: • Variable data access policy • Lack of consistency with other data • Irregular updating • No long term perspective • Lack of quality/reliability • Lack of synchronization with other MS data

  7. NATURA 2000 • Directive 92/43/EEC and 97/62/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora • SCI (Sites of community importance) • SAC (Special Areas of Conservation) • Directive 78/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds • SPA (Special Protection Areas) Natura 2000 22.500 areas, 12-15% of the EU15

  8. What are the problems?Different quality anddifferent types of attribute information • Data compiled by Member States: • Paper map / site • Descriptive database • Digital Spatial data • Data are validated and integrated by DG ENV • Data sources: • In general 1/100.000, on topographic maps • Exceptionally 1/250.000 (very large sites) • Often 1/25.000 –1/1.500 (cadastre)

  9. Natura2000 Data harmonisation problems

  10. Data utilization problems Natura2000 – Typical Questions • In which administrative region is the site? • Major roads running through the area? • Variation of altitude and slope? • Location of nearest villages and cities? • How are the land cover and land use distributed? • Where are potentially polluting nucleus’ situated? • Is there an area eligible for Community funding? Only data of poor quality are available to answer those questions….

  11. But good local dataalready exist and areaccessible !

  12. Environmental Needs Better information needed to support policies [6EAP] Improvement of existing information flows Diversity across regions to be considered Revision of approach to reporting and monitoring, moving to concept of sharing of information Situation in Europe Data policy restrictions Lack of co-ordination across borders and between levels of government Lack of standards incompatible information and information systems Existing data not re-usable fragmentation of information, redundancy, inability to integrate In Summary: Environmental data • 90% of is linked to geography • Out of 58 data components needed for environmental policy : • 32 are multi-sectoral • 16 are environmental only • 10 are related to other sectors • These 32 components allow to: • link different ENV themes together: policy coherence • link with other sectors: integration source EEA EC Proposal for a Directive establishing an infrastructure for spatial information in the Community – INSPIRE

  13. INSPIRE Directive General Provisions • INSPIRE lays down general rules to establish an infrastructure for spatial information in Europefor the purposes of Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment. • This infrastructure shall build upon infrastructures for spatial information established and operated by the Member States. • INSPIRE does not require collection of new spatial data – electronic format • INSPIRE does not affect Intellectual Property Rights

  14. INSPIRE COMPONENTS • METADATA • INTEROPERABILITY OF SPATIAL DATA SETS AND SERVICES • NETWORK SERVICES • DATA SHARING (policy) • COORDINATION AND COMPLEMENTARY MEASURES – Monitoring & Reporting INSPIRE is a Framework Directive Detailed technical provisions for the issues above will be laid down in Implementing Rules (IR)

  15. What Kind of Spatial Data ? • Whose ? - Spatial data held by or on behalf of apublic authority operating down to the lowest level of government when laws or regulations require their collection or dissemination • Which data ? - INSPIRE covers 34 Spatial Data Themes laid down in 3 Annexes – (required to successfully build environmental information systems)

  16. Annex I Coordinate reference systems Geographical grid systems Geographical names Administrative units Addresses Cadastral parcels Transport networks Hydrography Protected sites Annex II Elevation Land cover Ortho-imagery Geology INSPIRE Spatial Data Scope Harmonised spatial data specifications more stringent for Annex I and II than for Annex III

  17. Annex III Statistical units Buildings Soil Land use Human health and safety Utility and governmental services Environmental monitoring facilities Production and industrial facilities Agricultural and aquaculture facilities Population distribution – demography Area management/restriction/regulation zones & reporting units Natural risk zones Atmospheric conditions Meteorological geographical features Oceanographic geographical features Sea regions Bio-geographical regions Habitats and biotopes Species distribution Energy Resources Mineral resources INSPIRE Thematic Scope

  18. Air Pollution and Cancer - Creation of SDI to assist in the analysis of health impacts • Exposure Data • Health Data • Socio - economic data • Geographical data • Environmental data Air Pollution Cancer Cases Why are all these themes needed ?- Just another example ....

  19. INSPIRE Data Sharing Policy • Member States shall adopt measures for the sharing of data and services between public authorities for public tasks relating to the environment without restrictions occurring at the point of use. • Public authorities may charge, license each other and Community institutions provided this does not create an obstacle to sharing. • When spatial data or services are provided to Community institutions for reporting obligations under Community law relating to the environment then this will not be subject to charging.

  20. From Commission proposal to Community Directive implementation • Preparatory phase (2004-2006) • Co-decision procedure • Preparation of Implementing Rules • Transposition phase (2007-2008) • Directive enters into force • Transposition into national legislation • INSPIRE Committee starts its activities • Adoption of Implementation Rules by Comitology • Implementation phase (2009-2013) • implementation and monitoring of measures

  21. Metadata Member States shall create metadata and keep them up to date • Metadata shall include: • Conformity with IR on interoperability • Conditions for access and use • Quality and validity • The public authorities responsible • Limitations on public access • Once Implementing Rules adopted: • Created within 2 years for Annex I, II • Created within 5 years for Annex III

  22. Interoperability of spatial data sets and services (1) Implementing Rules shall be adopted for interoperability and where practical for harmonisation of spatial data sets and services • Based on relevant user requirements • Integrate existing international standards, if appropriate • Feasible, proportionate, cost-benefit into account (Member States shall provide information on request) • Member States shall once IR adopted: • Make services and new data conform within 2 years • Make other spatial data still in use conform (can be done through transformation service) within 7 years • Stakeholders shall be given opportunity to participate in development of this Implementing Rule

  23. Interoperability of spatial data sets and services (2) • Harmonised data specifications • Annex I, II, III: • definition and classification of spatial objects • geo-referencing • Annex I, II: • common framework of unique identifiers for spatial objects; • relationship between spatial objects; • key attributes and corresponding multilingual thesauri; • Information on the temporal dimension of the data; • how to exchange updates of the data. • 3rd parties shall have access to these specifications at conditions not restricting their use • Cross-border issues shall be agreed on

  24. Network Services Member States shall operate a network of the following services available to the public for data sets and services for which metadata has been created: • Discovery services; No charge • View services; No charge (exceptions) • Download services; • Transformation services, • Services allowing spatial data services to be invoked - Access to services may be restricted - Services shall be available on request to 3rd parties under conditions - Implementing Rules will be adopted (cost-benefit considerations) - INSPIRE GEO portal shall be established – Member States geo-portals

  25. INSPIRE Roadmap (1/3)

  26. INSPIRE Roadmap (2/3)

  27. INSPIRE Roadmap (3/3)

  28. Implementing INSPIRE • Needs to consider the broader context of existing initiatives which could contribute • Interfaces with initiatives GMES, GEO/GEOSS, GALILEO, global developments of spatial data infrastructures • Bottom-up implementation by Spatial Data Interest Communities, SDIC • SDIC bundle the human expertise of users, producers and transformers of spatial information, technical competence, financial resources and policies. Many SDIC exist today, generally organised by region, thematic issue or sector (industry).

  29. MS apply Public reviews Proto-types test Pilotsvalidate Experts are proposed Projectscontribute CEN, ISO, OGC contribute INSPIRE process 2005-2009 Commission Services co-ordinate EC adopts INSPIRE Expert Group advises INSPIRECommitteevotes Review Formal Internet Consultation Draft Implementing Rules Implementing Rules Existing Reference Material Call for Interest Consolidation Team Drafting Teams LMOsreview Spatial Data Interest Communities participate Association phase Drafting phase Review phase

  30. The role of SDIC Spatial Data Interest Communities • To collect and describe user requirements, • To submit/develop reference materials • To allocate experts to the drafting teams, • To participate in the review process, • To implement pilot projects • to test/revise/develop the draft Implementing Rules, • To contribute to cost/benefit analysis • to assess costs of the draft Implementing Rules, • To contribute to awareness raising and training

  31. The role of Legally Mandated Organisations (LMO) • To collaborate within the SDICs, or autonomously in providing technical specifications • To help identify user needs • To contribute to the analysis of the technical and operational feasibility of implementation of proposed draft Implementing Rules • To provide feedback on the cost/benefit consequences of Implementing Rules at Member State level.

  32. Results of the call for ExpertsOpened on 1 March 2005Experts registered per country

  33. The role of Drafting Teams (DT) • To analyse and review the reference material • To write draft INSPIRE Implementing Rules • To provide recommendations to the Consolidation Team, CT (EC) - in case of conflicting technical specifications • To provide suggestions to the CT for testing any proposed specification

  34. The role of projects, pilots and prototypes • To develop representative use-case scenarios • To develop/test specifications for IR development • To demonstrate the feasibility and advantages of interoperability-based solutions • To acquire experience in implementing interoperability-based solutions • To determine cost and benefit of interoperability based solutions on the basis of real cases

  35. Example of participative process in IR development • Call for experts March 2005 • Drafting Teams established in October 2005 • Draft IR for Metadata published on 2nd Feb. 2007 based on requirement of Directive, review of existing material submitted by SDICS and LMOs, international standards, and drafting team knowledge. • Open for comments by SDICs and LMOs over an 8 week period • Revised Draft to be published in the Summer 2007 • Open for public consultation for an 8 week period NOW • Commission develops its proposal based on all input received and submits to Regulatory Committee

  36. Conclusions • INSPIRE is a framework Directive with top-down Implementing Rules developed But… • Bottom-up development of Implementing Rules through stakeholder participation - the “Spatial Data Interest Communities” • Open and transparent drafting and review of Implementing Rules • Pilots and Projects play a key role to define and validate the Implementing Rules • INSPIRE is a pillar of GMES • INSPIRE is a major EU contribution to GEO/GEOSS

  37. Thank you for your attention http://www.ec-gis.org/inspire/

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