The document discusses the INSPIRE theme of Buildings and its main achievements and open issues. It describes the theme's focus on the physical view of buildings rather than activity/service. Core 2D and 3D profiles have been developed, including common attributes for buildings and constructions. Issues remain around the scope of "other constructions", status of cadastral data, and classification of buildings between physical and activity-based aspects.
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INSPIRE Conference, Edinburgh 2
Theme <Buildings>
Overview description
INSPIRE Directive
– Geographical location of buildings
TWG BU
• A wide definition including buildings and constructions
– Considered as under scope of the theme Buildings are constructions
above and/or underground which are intended or used for the shelter
of humans, animals, things, the production of economic goods or the
delivery of services and that refer to any structure permanently
constructed or erected on its site.
• Articulation with themes AF, PF and US
– Theme BU focus on physical view point
– Themes AF, PF, US focus on the activity/service view point
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Theme <Buildings>
Main achievements - Use cases
Safety Urban
expansion
Environment Infrastructures
Census - Statistics
Communication – Public awareness
Natural risks
(flood, fire,
earthquake,
landslide)
Human risks
(transport)
Prevention /
rescue
management
Definition of urban
areas
Urbanism planning
and monitoring
Pollutions (air,
noise, sol)
Quality of habitat
Sustainable
buildings (energy,
…)
Historical interest
Location for new
infrastructure
Infrastructure
management
Public patrimony
management and
valorisation
Risk / travel
maps
City maps Thematic / tourism
maps
3D models
Census Urban units Environmental statistics / Reporting
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Theme <Buildings>
Main achievements - Profile approach
Basic semantic Rich semantic
2D geometry Core 2D profile
(normative)
Extended 2D
profile
(illustrative)
3D geometry Core 3D profile
(normative)
Extended 3D
profile
(illustrative)
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Harmonisation
at European level
Harmonisation at
national/local level
WidelyavailableRarelyavailable Out of INSPIRE
theme BU
Basic
topographic
data
Basic
cadastral
data
Detailed
topographic
data
Owner/tenant
Interior of building
Detailed activity
Core profile Extended profile
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Theme <Buildings>
Main achievements - Core 2D profile
Common attributes of
OtherConstruction and
AbstractBuilding are
grouped under feature
type
AbstractConstructionCommon attributes
to feature types
Building and
BuildingPart
Only 3 instanciable
feature types:
-Building
-BuildingPart
-OtherConstruction
City GML
concept
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Theme <Buildings>
Open issues – Status of cadastral data
• Cadastral data
– building units
– link to addresses and to cadastral parcels
– official area
– official value
• Benefits: give flexibility at MS level to adapt INSPIRE profile to national
context and regulation
• Risk: no effort (no fund) is spent to make cadastral data conformant to a
non-normative profile
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Theme <Buildings>
Open issues – Classification of buildings
• Current status classification according to:
– the activity hosted by the building (for management use cases)
– the physical aspect (for mapping purposes)
Based on
Eurostat
classification
More information to be found in
themes AF, PF and US
Mainly based on international
use cases (air traffic, marine
navigation)
Both code lists are extensible by MS
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Theme <Buildings>
Open issues – Classification of buildings
• Open issues
– Technical :
• some inconsistencies with US
• possible improvements
– Political:
• Data producers have more detailed classification of Buildings (schools, hospitals,
…)
• This information should/might be provided under theme US (or AF or PF)
• But data producers would prefer to supply it under theme BU
Review also data specifications of facilities themes (mainly Governmental
Services)
Should TWG BU propose more detailed classification of buildings? Give your
point of view on this issue
Provide available information about responsibilities at MS level (if already
defined)
Editor's Notes
There are 4 profiles of application schemas for theme Buildings:
Normative profiles
One for 2D data (that may also accommodate 2,5D data)
One for 3D data : this normative profile has been added to enable producers of BU 3D data to conform to INSPIRE without having to flatten their data
Illustrative profiles
One for 2D data
One for 3D data
These extended profiles are provided as examples / recommendations; they are a reservoir for extensions by MS.
The extended profiles do not need to be adopted as a whole; only a subset of the additional element may be adopted.
There is a small number of attributes:
Location of buildings in space: geometry, height, number of floors, elevation
The inspire identifier (common to all themes)
The name (more or less common to all themes)
Temporal attributes
In real life: dates of construction/renovation/demolition + condition of construction (project, construction, functional, …)
In data set: begin/endLifespanVersion (common to all themes)
Classification of buildings:
According activity: current use
According physical aspect: specificInterest or constructionNature
The possibility to link to other information systems
E.g. to other views on BU to ensure consistency
E.g. to cadastral register to find information about owner, comfort elements (heating, …)
The number of dwellings required by Noise Directive, Census Directive
