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A European Spatial Data Infrastructure A European Spatial Data Infrastructure under Constructionunder Construction
Context, Scope and Implementation Progress of the INSPIRE DirectiveContext, Scope and Implementation Progress of the INSPIRE Directive
Hugo DE GROOF
Directorate-General Environment – Chief Scientist, Research and Innovation Unit
European Commission INSPIRE TEAM
Eurostat – DG Environment – Joint Research Centre
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INSPIRE Policy FoundationsINSPIRE Policy Foundations
• The EU 6th Environmental Action Programme 2001-2010
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
Focus on « knowledge-based » policy making and assessment
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Why INSPIRE ?Why INSPIRE ?
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
Situation in Europe• Data policy restrictions
– pricing, copyright, access rights, licensing policy
• Lack of co-ordination– across boarders 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
EU has islands of data of different standards and quality...
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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
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• INSPIRE lays down 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.
• INSPIRE to be based on the infrastructures for spatial information established and operated by the Member States.
• INSPIRE does not require collection of new spatial data • INSPIRE does not affect existing Intellectual Property
Rights
INSPIRE DirectiveINSPIRE DirectiveGeneral ProvisionsGeneral Provisions
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INSPIRE Fundamental Data SetsINSPIRE Fundamental Data Sets
• Spatial data 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
• INSPIRE covers 34 Spatial Data Themes laid down in 3 Annexes – (required to successfully build environmental information systems)
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INSPIRE Data Scope (1)INSPIRE Data Scope (1)
Annex I
1. Coordinate reference systems
2. Geographical grid systems
3. Geographical names
4. Administrative units
5. Addresses
6. Cadastral parcels
7. Transport networks
8. Hydrography
9. Protected sites
Annex II
1. Elevation
2. Land cover
3. Ortho-imagery
4. Geology
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Annex III1. 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
INSPIRE Data Scope (2)INSPIRE Data Scope (2)
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Environmental phenomena do not Environmental phenomena do not stop at national borders!stop at national borders!
• 20% of the EU citizens (110 million) live within 50 Kms from a border.
• 60 million EU citizens live less than half an hour (25 kms) from a border
Near - boundary population importance
115M
82M 70
M64M
60M
60M
59M 45
M39M 23
M22M
16M
12M
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Environment and HealthEnvironment and Health
• 20 million Europeans suffer from respiratory problems every day
• 10% of European children suffer from asthma
• In the EU in 2000, about 350,000 were seriously affected due to air pollution caused by fine particulate matter.
• Current levels of ground-level ozone cause more than 20,000 premature deaths each year and dangerous levels of 'smog', linked with high summer temperatures and nitrous oxide emissions, are on the rise.
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Environment & HealthEnvironment & Health
Assessment of Health Impacts
Exposure DataHealth Data
Socio-economic data
Geographical data
Environmental data
Air Pollution Cancer Cases
Directive on Ambient Air QualityDirective on Ambient Air Quality “Atmospheric modelling and measurements of air pollution demonstrate beyond doubt that the pollution emitted in one Member State contributes to measured pollution in other Member States. This shows that individual Member States cannot solve the problems alone and concerted action at the EU scale is required.”
1313Source: GMES BICEPS Report
I- 2
Elevation III – 14Meteorological geographical
featuresIII – 13
Atmospheric conditions II – 2
Landcover
III – 18 Habitats and biotopesIII – 19 Species distribution
III-10 Population distribution — demographyIII- 6 - Utility and governmental services
Etc.
III – 7Environmental Monitoring Facilities
III – 13Atmospheric conditions
INSPIRE DATA Themes and Air Quality – Impacts information system
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Disaster/Risk Management CycleDisaster/Risk Management Cycle
Source: ORCHESTRA project
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Directive on the 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
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Risk Management System
RISK = HAZARD * Elements at RISK * VULNERABILITY
Risk Mitigation strategies &
response options
Elements at Risk & Vulnerability
Hazards Identification
RiskCommunication- Observations
- History of Events and
Consequences
Monitoring & Surveillance
Early Warnings &Forecasts
Probability & Process Models
Risk Scenarios
& Maps
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Floods Early Warning – Forecast - Impact Assessment Floods Early Warning – Forecast - Impact Assessment Data & Information RequirementsData & Information Requirements
Source: GMES BICEPS Report
I-8Hydrography
I- 2 Elevation
III – 7Environmental Monitoring Facilities
III - 12Natural Risk Zones
III – 14Meteorological
geographical featuresIII – 13
Atmospheric conditions
III – 3Soils
III – 4Land-use
II – 2Landcover
III – 18 Habitats and biotopesIII – 19 Species distribution
III-10 Population distribution — demographyIII- 6 - Utility and governmental services
Etc.
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Floods – FLAPP findingsFloods – FLAPP findings• FLAPP* 'Flood Awareness & Prevention Policy in border areas‘
OBSTACLES TO COOPERATION BETWEEN AUTHORITIES IN FLOOD MANAGEMENT
• Different levels of experience and knowledge on both sides of the border may be an obstacle to successful cooperation. – Different levels of data availability between counterparts will also result in a
lack of meteorological and hydrological data for the whole river system.
– Another possible obstacle is the use of different, non-compatible models, monitoring techniques etc.
– In many cases it is not clear for water managers where to get specific knowledge and information.
– Valuable knowledge at private institutes may be (too) expensive for public water managers.
• Together, these problems can lead to the use of data of different quality on both sides of the border.
* FLAPP: EU- co -funded network http://www.flapp.org/sjablonen/flapp_public/index.asp?subsite=122
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• Risk prevention, mitigation and restoration– Identify risk areas for soil degradation
• Erosion• Organic matter decline• Compaction and decrease of porosity• Salinisation• Landslides
• Soil contamination– Identify contaminated sites – posing a risk to
human health or environment
Soils Thematic StrategySoils Thematic Strategy(proposal for a Soils Directive – no political agreement)(proposal for a Soils Directive – no political agreement)
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Pesticides DirectivePesticides Directiveestablishing a framework for Community action establishing a framework for Community action
to achieve sustainable use of pesticides and amending Directive 2006/42/ECto achieve sustainable use of pesticides and amending Directive 2006/42/EC
• Specific measures to protect the aquatic environment– Buffer zones – defined as a function of the risk of pollution
(soil, climate, etc.) – Measures to limit aerial drift (hedge rows etc.)
• Reduction of pesticide use in sensitive areas– Identify and list sensitive areas
• Non-agricultural areas with high run-off risk or leaching.
• Reporting – info exchange– Through to be defined RISK INDICATORS
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Soils DirectiveSoils Directive
Data & Information RequirementsData & Information Requirements
Source: GMES BICEPS Report
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European Environment and Health European Environment and Health Action Plan 2004-2010Action Plan 2004-2010
EU Environment and Health Information System • Information on environment and health is scattered: not easily
accessible, often not comparable, and not of the right quality..
• Environmental data sets are generally not gathered for exposure and health purposes (i.e., with incomplete geo-referencing and little or no cross referencing to human exposure) and so are of limited direct use for health assessment purposes.
• Grass roots problem: Geo-traceability …..
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Main deficits Main deficits of current developed indicators of current developed indicators for monitoring environmental health policyfor monitoring environmental health policy
• Numerous indicators sets available, mostly aimed at environment OR health, except WHO-EHIS
• No shared institutional infrastructure • Differences in indicator definitions and construction
(geographical scale, age groups, diagnosis, time periods)• Differences in data collection/ reporting systems• Lack of harmonized data quality control• Limitations of international reporting mechanisms in providing
EH relevant data• Many different dataholders/reporting obligations
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Marine Strategy Framework directiveMarine Strategy Framework directive
MSFD Art.4 Marine regions or subregionsArt.8 Assessment
- Environmental status- Physical, chemical features- Habitat types- Biological features- Hydro-morphology
- Pressures and impacts analysis- Economic and social analysis
INSPIRE Annex III.16 Sea Regions
-Requires Consistent methodologies -> Take account of transboundary impacts and features
Several Annex I/II/III themes related
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Marine Strategy DirectiveMarine Strategy DirectiveData and Information Needs ?Data and Information Needs ?
Source: GMES BICEPS Report
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COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT (2009)COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT (2009)““Building a European marine knowledge infrastructure:Building a European marine knowledge infrastructure:
Roadmap for a European Marine Observation and Data Network”Roadmap for a European Marine Observation and Data Network”
• Discovery of Data. It is difficult for potential users to obtain an overview of what data are available for a particular parameter in a particular region.
• Access to data. Those holding the data may not release them either because of confidentiality or security constraints, because they do not or cannot allocate sufficient resources for archiving and maintaining data.
• Use of data. Even where data are available, their use or re-use may be limited by the data policy of the owner.
• Cost of data. The prices imposed by some data-owners undoubtedly reduces the uptake of these data by users.
• Coherence of Data. Developing a complete picture in time and space over a sea-area using data collected by different bodies is complicated by fragmented standards, formats and nomenclature. This is particularly the case when there is a need to study cross-border areas.
• Quality of Data. There are no universally-recognised measures of quality, precision or accuracy. Metadata documentation may be sparse or inadequate so potential users do not know what confidence to ascribe to the data.
• Quantity of Data. Finally there is some concern as to whether enough data is being collected. The current fragmented nature of data collection makes it difficult to determine whether the right data is being collected, whether it is being collected frequently enough or whether there are gaps in its coverage
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INSPIRE - TechnicalINSPIRE - Technical
I. Metadata
II. Interoperability of spatial data sets and
services
III. Network services (discovery, view,
download, transform, invoke) - European
geo-portal
IV. Data and Service sharing EU / MSV. Coordination and measures for monitoring
& reporting
INSPIRE is a Framework Directive
“Implementing Rules” for:
“Implementing Rules” to adopt according to directive “roadmap”
“Implementing Rules” bottom-up development with stakeholders
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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
DataSources
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22-06-2005
01-06-2007 22-04-2009
Spatial Data Interest Communities (SDICs)
139 201 (+45%) 301 (+117%)
Legally Mandate Organisations (LMOs) 89 116 (+30%) 173 (+94%)
Proposed Experts 193 210 (+9%) 284 (+47%)
Referenced Materials 96 144 (+50%) 354 (+296%)
Identified Projects 94 112 (+19%) 122 (+30%)
Proposals testing Annex I data specifications
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Participatory approachParticipatory approach
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TWG-NZTWG-NZNatural Risk ZonesNatural Risk Zones
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INSPIRE - Data Sharing INSPIRE - Data Sharing in force since 15 May 2009in force since 15 May 2009
• 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.
• Member States shall provide the institutions and bodies of the Community with access to spatial data sets and services in accordance with harmonised conditions. Implementing Rule
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ProgressProgress• Preparatory phase (2004-2006)
– Co-decision procedure– Start of preparation of Implementing Rules
• Transposition phase (2007-2009)– Directive entered into force 15 May 2007– Continuation of preparation of Implementing Rules– Transposition into national legislation– Adoption of Implementing Rules by Comitology
• Regulation Metadata 14/5/2008 – in force• Regulation Network Services – part 1 19/12/2008 – in force• Decision Monitoring & reporting – 19/12/2008 – in force
– 15/5/2009 DATA SHARING ENTERS INTO FORCE • Regulation Network Services – part 2 14/12/2009 ….• Regulation interoperability of spatial data sets and services part 1-
14/12/2009 • …… roadmap …..
• Implementation phase (2010-2013)– Implementation and monitoring of measures– Continuation of preparation of Implementing Rules– Adoption of Implementing Rules by Comitology
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