This document discusses the past, present, and future of INSPIRE, the European Union's Infrastructure for Spatial Information. In the past, attempts to implement INSPIRE in the Netherlands failed due to lack of legal pressure and funding. Currently, INSPIRE has been successfully implemented through projects like PDOK, the Dutch national spatial data infrastructure, and PoweredByInspire. Looking ahead, INSPIRE aims to expand its data themes, make more data openly available and linked, support real-time data, and extend coverage to border regions for safety and security. Geodan supports INSPIRE through projects and by providing INSPIRE services and helpdesk support.

1. Geospatial World Forum 2013
INSPIRE Past-Present-Future
prof dr Henk Scholten CEO Geodan

2. > WHY INSPIRE
> INSPIRE
> Past
> Present
> Future
> Geodan and INSPIRE
Contents

3. >Why INSPIRE
> INSPIRE Past
> INSPIRE Present
> INSPIRE Future
> Geodan and INSPIRE
Contents

4. > Combining datasets of EU member states
> “One Language” (object definition, semantics) + “One Map” (cartography)
Why INSPIRE

5. > Why INSPIRE
>INSPIRE Past
> INSPIRE Present
> INSPIRE Future
> Geodan and INSPIRE
Contents

6. > INSPIRE in the Netherlands…
> IDEFIX project
> National Clearinghouse Geo Information
(NCGI) project
> Failure because of many reasons, e.g.
> No legal pressure
> No budgets after project phase
Past

7. > Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an
Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European
Community (INSPIRE) was published in the official
Journal on the 25th April 2007. The INSPIRE Directive
entered into force on the 15th May 2007
> Legal pressure helps to implement and maintain an
National Spatial Data Infrastructure
> Implementing an SDI helps to make decisions in
discussions on e.g. open data and implementation of
common core datasets and webservices
Past

8. > Why INSPIRE
> INSPIRE Past
>INSPIRE Present
> INSPIRE Future
> Geodan and INSPIRE
Contents

9. > Realisation of PDOK National Spatial Data
Infrastructure for the Netherlands (is also the
INSPIRE portal for the Netherlands)
> Operational since 2011
> Catalog service (CS-W)
> View services (WMS, WMTS)
> Download services (WFS, WCS)
> Geocoding services (OpenLS)
> See www.pdok.nl
Present (PDOK)

10. Present (PDOK)

11. > Powered By INSPIRE Conference
> Bruxelles 4+5th march 2013
> Combining INSPIRE webservices of 4 member states (NL,
GE, BE, UK)
> Focus on the User Perspective 4 International Use Cases
> Harmonization of data and visualization is crucial!
> See http://www.poweredbyinspire.eu
Present (PoweredByInspire)

12. > Why INSPIRE
> INSPIRE Past
> INSPIRE Present
>INSPIRE Future
> Geodan and INSPIRE
Contents

13. > Harmonization takes (too) long… (2017, 2020)
Harmonization takes (too) long…

14. > Stimulate the use of INSPIRE services
Stimulate the use of INSPIRE services

15. > MORE data!
> Base datasets = Annex 1 and Annex 2
> Thematic datasets (environment) = Annex 3
> Also datasets for safety and security (e.g. positions
of water hydrants, security camera’s, …)
> Maybe INSPIRE Annex IV…
Future (more data)

16. > Safety and Security does not stop at the border…
> 50km safety zone around the Netherlands
Future (more data)

17. > More OPEN data!
> Current INSPIRE datasets often closed datasets
(especially download services)
> Stimulate open data in de EU Member states
> Open Dat is the first step to Linked Open Data!
Future (open data)

18. > Connect the Data!
> Linked Open Data (LOD)
> INSPIRE datasets made available via (Geo)SPARQL
> OGC GeoSparql standard
(http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/geosparql)
Future (Linked Open Data)

19. Future (Linked Open Data)

20. > Linked Open Data – What is it?
Future (Linked Open Data)

21. > Realtime data!
> Annex III themes environmental data
> Use OGC SWE Standards to publish realtime data
e.g. weather data or air quality data
> Sensor Observation Services
Future (realtime data)

22. > Why INSPIRE
> INSPIRE Past
> INSPIRE Present
> INSPIRE Future
>Geodan and INSPIRE
Contents

23. Geodan INSPIRE Services
http://www.inspireservices.nl

24. > PDOK design and implementation
> INSPIRE Helpdesk staff
> Support in Powered By Inspire Conference
INSPIRE Related projects by Geodan
> EuroGeoNames
> EuroGeoSource
> European Spatial Data INfrastructure (ESDIN)
Geodan and INSPIRE

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