This document summarizes a webinar about implementing INSPIRE in Luxembourg using FME. The webinar agenda covered harmonization principles for INSPIRE spatial data infrastructures, development stages using FME examples, and con terra's INSPIRE solution pack for FME. It also discussed Luxembourg's INSPIRE solutions developed by Jeff Konnen and how FME tools support INSPIRE. Additional topics were INSPIRE trends and consuming INSPIRE data by reading and building value-added services.

1. FME INSPIRE Webinar:
Implementation in Luxembourg
Jeff Konnen, Luxembourg National Geoportal
Don Murray, Safe Software
Dean Hintz, Safe Software
July 2012

2. Agenda
 Harmonization principles for INSPIRE SDIs
 Development stages and FME examples:
 assembly, transformation, validation and
publication
 con terra’s INSPIRE Solution Pack for FME
 Solutions for Luxembourg by Jeff Konnen
 FME tools to support INSPIRE
 INSPIRE trends
 Consuming INSPIRE
 Reading
 Building value added services

3. INSPIRE - Goals
 Assist EU environmental management
 Extend Member States’ SDIs using:
 Common data model
 Open standards
 INSPIRE SDI should:
 Combine spatial data from different sources
 Share spatial data between public authorities

4. INSPIRE - Challenge
 You want to meet INSPIRE data provision
requirements, but your data is organized rather
differently
?

5. Poll Question
What INSPIRE efforts have you worked on to date?

6. What we do …
?
We build data bridges

7. Poll Question
How long have you been using FME?

8. Harmonization Core Concepts
 Harmonization: implied INSPIRE requirement.
 Disparate sources must be mapped to a common
destination data model to support integration
 Core to the harmonization workflow is a process
called schema mapping.
 Delivered by services based on open standards

9. INSPIRE Harmonization Principles
Typical stages:
1. Evaluation
2. Assembly
3. Transformation
4. Validation
5. Publication
Based on the Spatial ETL concept (Extract,
Transform and Load), as applied to INSPIRE SDI’s

10. Evaluation
 Assess destination schema and data
requirements
 Assess source datasets and schema
 Consider fundamental differences in
representation, resolution
 Closely inspect actual representative datasets

11. Data Assembly
 Assess the diversity of source data types:
 vector, raster, CAD, GIS, database, text, XML, web,
3D, sensor and non-spatial
 Review format and semantic translation needs
 Decide how to perform necessary joins
 ID joins, spatial relates, nearest neighbor, one to
many relationships
Goal is to build a data structure that corresponds
with INSPIRE requirements

12. Translation
FME supports reading from a wide array of data
formats and types
 275+ formats, with more added each year
 CAD, GIS, XML, raster, database, non-spatial, 3D

13. Lithuania Geographic Information
Infrastructure - Highlights
Wide range of format support required by member agencies
Solution combines FME, ArcGIS and con terra tools
 Conversion rules key to harmonization process
 Centralized workflow and common data model
simplified source to destination mapping
 FME Server supports sharing for LGII partners, business,
education and research institutions, NGOs
 LGII provides real value with broader access to
seamless data via a common INSPIRE schema

14. LGII – Lithuania Geospatial
Portal Translation Support
File Formats: Coordinate systems:
 AutoCAD DXF / DWG  LKS94
 ESRI Personal Geodatabase  WGS84
 Shape  ETRS89
 MapInfo TAB  1963
 Microstation Design V8  Pulkovo 1942
 GML  UTM (34, 35 zones)
 GIF / PNG
 JPEG Other data sources:
 TIFF  WFS
 ERDAS IMG  SDE
 ECW  Files

15. LGII Geoportal Central
System Components
 FME Server
 Data conversion for download
 Transformation and schema mapping between data schemes,
data models and formats
 con terra’s SDI Suite
 Content and user management
 E-Commerce and accounting
 Reporting
 ArcGIS Server
 WxS services (WMS, WFS, WCS)
 Catalog services (CAT)
 Metadata harvesting (CSW, WAF)
 Spatial data editing, redlining functionality

16. Data Transformation - Schema
 Reshape source data to match required
destination schema
 Schema mapping
 feature type
 attribute name
 new attribute creation
 code lists
 conditional value
mappings

17. Schema Mapping in FME
Feature Type Mapping in FME Workbench
Attribute Mapping in FME Workbench

18. FME Data Model Restructuring:
Attribute Names & Values
 Value Mapping

19. FME SchemaMapper:
INSPIRE geographic names
FME Workspace
Name mapping
Name &
value mapping

20. INSPIRE Pilot:
Swedish Protected Sites
 Swedish EPA project with Metria of Sweden
 Read from 3 different data sources (pilot):
 Swedish Protected Areas
 Helsinki data commission (Helcom)
 European Natura2000 habitats
 Perform required joins, generate IDs
 Transform to INSPIRE schema
 Load INSPIRE-like staging database (PostGIS)
 Publish INSPIRE web services based on staging
database

21. Helsinki Commission
Source Data

22. Results in Staging Database
* Data provided by Lantmäteriet, the Swedish mapping, cadastral and land registration authority www.lantmateriet.se , and Metria, Sweden www.metria.se.

23. Protected Sites Schema
Mapping: NVR to INSPIRE
Filter
Attribute Destination
FilterAttribute Value SourceAttributeField_Inspire AttributeValue DestinationAttribute
INSPIRE_APPLICATIONS
Full CHEMA
DID INSPIRE_LOCALID
SE INSPIRE_NAMESPACE
VALID_FROM_DA INSPIRE_
TE LEGALFOUNDATION
DATE
DECISIONDATE INSPIRE_DATE
INSPIRE_DATETYPE
creation
IUNC_CATEGORY Empty value INSPIRE_DESIGNATION
0
IUNC_CATEGORY INSPIRE_DESIGNATION
Ia strictNatureReserve
IUNC_CATEGORY INSPIRE_DESIGNATION
Ib wildernessArea
IUNC_CATEGORY INSPIRE_DESIGNATION
II nationalPark
IUNC_CATEGORY INSPIRE_DESIGNATION
III naturalMonument
IUNC_CATEGORY null Empty value INSPIRE_DESIGNATION
OBJECTNAME INSPIRE_SITENAME
PROTECTIONTYPE 1 natureConservation INSPIRE_PROTECTIONC
LASSIFICATION
PROTECTIONTYPE 2 natureConservation INSPIRE_PROTECTIONC
LASSIFICATION

24. Transformation: Geometry
 Non-spatial to spatial
 Geometry extraction (spatial to GML)
 Representation transform: CAD drawing lines with
labels to GIS polygonal features with attributes
 Coordinate System Reprojection (ED50 to ETRF89)
 Simple to complex geometry
 Source point and polygon data to multiple geometric
representations (city as point / area, river as line / area)
 Generalization and interpolation
 Highly granular national and regional datasets often
require thinning to be usable on pan-European scales

25. Validation
 INSPIRE schema validation (xsds)
 Data integrity
 Unique IDs
 Geometric integrity (closed polygons)
 Null values (nullable?)
 Valid values: ranges and domain codes
 Data gaps
 Bounds
 Network integrity
 Custom validity rules specific to domain
 Validation automation via FME Server upload
Ensure data quality throughout the data transformation
process.

26. Swedish Transportation Administration:
Validation
 System supports propagation of municipal and
regional road data to national dataset
 Data model transformation and QC to translate
2.5 million road links into NVDB
 Transform between NVDB and INSPIRE
 Workflows automated by FME and FME Server
 Validation key to support upload services

27. Publication
 Produce INSPIRE compliant GML
 Provide discovery, view or download services, for
WxS, GML and other desired formats
 Publish with FME Server or integrate with your
geo web server of choice:
 ArcServer (ArcGIS for INSPIRE)
 Deegree
 GeoServer
 MapServer
 Spatial Data Services

28. Publication
How to make data most accessible?
 Support for mandated open standards and OGC
services
 Support for defacto industry standards,
proprietary and legacy agency systems
 Possibilities for Invoke Spatial Data Services as a
bridge
 accepts user request
 queries required INSPIRE OGC services
 provides desired web service (KML, PDF)

29. Swedish Transportation Administration:
Invoked Services
 Supports estimation of new road costs
related to archeological and protected sites
 Site potential using terrain model and
historic coast lines
 WFS Sources:
 The Swedish Transport Administration roads
 Swedish EPA Protected sites
 Swedish National Heritage Board
Archaeological findings
 Result: PDF showing site potential

30. FME Tools for INSPIRE
 Format translation
 Schema mapping
 String and list manipulation
 Data validation
 Database load and extract
 XML,GML,WFS: reading, validation, publication
 Web services: WFS, WMS, integration with others
 Metadata support
 Enterprise services
with FME Server

31. Poll Question
Specifically related to INSPIRE, in what areas have
you used FME?

32. Harmonization Stages:
Geographic Names Demo

33. Geographic Names: GML Result

34. Other INSPIRE Examples
 Finnish National Land Survey
 GML to Shape conversion
 Data upload and validation
 WPS test pilot – FME Server / Deegree integration
 Technical University Of Munich
 XMI mapping of UML schema transformation rules
 Maps between AAA and INSPIRE data models
 Uses FME to perform schema mapping based on XMI
 Nature SDI: Datasiel, Liguria Region, Italy
 FME data harmonization -> loads staging database
 Generates protected sites GML for WFS
 Croatian NSDI: Geoportal
 By State Geodetic Administration (SGA)
 Central register of base map, ortho, spatial units, cadastre
 FME used primarily in data migration and updates

35. Example INSPIRE Solutions
by FME Partners
 INSPIRE Solution Pack from con terra (> 20
implementations across Europe)
 Metria, Sweden (Protected Areas Pilot; Swedish
Department of Transportation)
 HNIT Lithuania (LGII)
 Technical University of Munich (multiple
INSPIRE projects)
 AED Sicad (NAS to INSPIRE conversions)
 Spatialworld, Finland (National Land Survey)

36. con terra – FME INSPIRE
Solution Pack Highlights
 Simplify data transformation and schema mapping for
ArcGIS for INSPIRE
 Predefined FME Workbench templates help jump
start the data migration and Harmonization process
 Connect your existing databases to the standardized ESRI
INSPIRE Geodatabase
 Automate data load and update processes
 Quality assurance and metadata
 Publish once and use many times

37. con terra – FME INSPIRE Solution Pack:
3 Key Tasks
Consumers
transformation & integration
Internal information/ INSPIRE fusionCenter –
storage systems Data models and web services
European SDI
2. Integration into 1. Data Models for spatial 3. Access via INSPIRE network
business processes and data sets compliant to services meeting the Quality-
transformation of data to INSPIRE data specifications of-Service requirements (COTS
INSPIRE (COTS product) product)

38. con terra - FME INSPIRE Solution Pack:
Schema Mapping
ETL Workflow description
import create
destination
import
destination
schema Load Data
source data mapping INSPIRE GDB
schema schema
FME data import process
FME INSPIRE
Solution Pack
automated

39. Components of the FME
INSPIRE Solution Pack
 Additional INSPIRE information
 Tutorial workspace (complete sample mapping [AdminUnits])
 Additional HTML Workbench Help (description of INSPIRE GDB data model)
 Direct access to the INSPIRE data specification (link to specific themes)
 Additional functionality
 Template workspaces (destination schema and predefined workspaces)
 Destination data schema for all Annex 1 themes (INSPIRE GDB of ArcGIS for
INSPIRE http://resources.arcgis.com/de/content//arcgis-inspire/1.0/about )
 More than 100 additional INSPIRE transformers
 INSPIRE specific value and attribute mapping (voidable values)
 transformer for recurrent tasks (ID management, lifespan setter)

40. Solution Pack
Template Workspaces
 one template Workspace per Annex I theme
 predefined datasets (INSPIRE GDB)
 predefined attribute-creation and settings
 predefined attribute-mapping
 integrated description for mapping file
completion

41. INSPIRE Transformers
(Attribute and Value Mapping)
 Automated filling of obligated attribute
 legalStatus
 legalStatus_void
 Possible values for obligated attributes (if not void)
 agreed
 notAgreed
 Predefined void value reasons (if void)
 0 = no reason given
 1 = reason: unknown
 2 = reason: unpopulated
 AttributeRenamer functionality
 usable if attribute already
existing

42. FME – the pillar of an
INSPIRE Infrastructure
Jeff Konnen
Administration du Cadastre et de la Topographie
Service Géoportail
Grand-Duché de Luxembourg

43. Or ...
Thanks to FME, the red lion
is juggling with INSPIRE

44. About the ACT
 ACT : Administration du Cadastre et de la
Topographie
 Administration depending on the Ministry of Finance
 130 people
 Responsible for:
 Cadastral documentation
 Administrative boundaries and frontiers
 Delimitation of properties
 Management of property-related and topographic databases
 Management of the national address register
 Topographic documentation / maps
 Management of geodetic networks
 Management and hosting of the national Geoportal

45. About the ACT: website

46. About the geoportal
 Central SDI platform for the Luxembourgish State
 Visualization of national geodata
 General viewer (http://map.geoportal.lu )
 Thematic viewers (eg http://tourisme.geoportal.lu)
 Mobile Viewer (http://m.geoportal.lu )
 Geo-Applications
 Routing (http://routing.geoportal.lu )
 Distance map
 Coordinate conversion
 Shop
 Maps
 Cadastral extracts
 Geodata
 etc

47. About Geoportal.lu

48. Map.geoportal.lu

49. Map.geoportal.lu
with other sauces

50. map.geoportal.lu
 About 130 different layers
 Very fast (everything is tiled and precalculated)
 Easy to use (Google Style)
 Based on Mapfish Technology
 Single Search Field searching in 1Mio different
entries (Addresses, Parcels, Localities, Rivers etc)
 Stats: 1300+ single users per day, tendency
growing
 API

51. About me
 Jeff Konnen
 Project Leader at the ACT / Geoportal
 Long time FME User
 FME Professional & Trainer
 jeff.konnen@act.etat.lu

52. Geoportal vs INSPIRE
 ACT and especially the Geoportal crew have been
designated as INSPIRE Point of Contact (NPOC)
for Luxembourg
 The Geoportal crew has to manage metadata and
Network Services for the Luxembourgish Node of
INSPIRE
 Since May 2010, Luxembourg is reporting and
monitoring about its Network Services and since
November 2011, the Discovery and View Services
for Annex I & II Themes are available online
(http://inspire.geoportal.lu/geoportal)
 Since June 2012, a first set of Download services
is available (IOC)

53. INSPIRE Portal

54. Geoportal vs INSPIRE
 The Geoportal crew of Luxembourg consists of 5
people
 1 Manager
 1 Project Leader
 2 Developers
 1 IT Manager
 There are not a lot ressources for INSPIRE
 A complete solution for serving INSPIRE relevant data
had to be found
 ArcGIS for INSPIRE

55. ArcGIS for INSPIRE
 INSPIRE Datamodel for the Geodatabase
 We didn’t have to implement the INSPIRE datamodels by
ourselves
 INSPIRE Geoportal
 Management of the INSPIRE Metadata and the INSPIRE
Discovery Service
 Caveat: Our main Metadata management is multilingual (4
languages). By using INSPIRE Geoportal we decided to go English
only for the INSPIRE relevant metadata
 INSPIRE Add-on for ArcGIS Desktop
 Create maps for INSPIRE based on the INSPIRE datamodel
 INSPIRE Add-on for ArcGIS Server
 Creates INSPIRE View Services and Download Services with
one click

56. ArcGIS for INSPIRE .

57. ArcGIS for INSPIRE ..
 What ArcGIS for INSPIRE does not do:
 Convert your data into the INSPIRE Datamodel
 That’s where we need FME
 FME is the tool used to convert data from the
production databases into the INSPIRE datamodel
 The con terra ISP (INSPIRE Solution Pack) helps to
understand the technical aspects of the mapping that
has to be done and to streamline your efforts
 The semantical mapping of the data has to be
done by the thematic experts, no solution will
do it for you

58. FME and ISP
 Using FME and ISP, a set of scripts has been
created
 These scripts can be executed regularly to fill the
INSPIRE Datamodel
 The INSPIRE View Services are based on the
content of the INSPIRE Datamodel
 Loading takes about 24 hours
 Executed once a year or more often
 Themes:
 Annex I: AU,AD,CP,GN,TN,(PS),HY as INSPIRE View
Services
 Annex II: OI,EL,LC,GE as WMS 1.3.0 as A4I not
ready yet

59. Example: Mapping of the Annex I
Theme AD

60. FME and INSPIRE : Lessons
learned
 FME is the right tool to transform your data
 ISP helps you to streamline your efforts
 The complicated part is not FME,
it’s the semantic mapping (!)
 Plan a lot of time for this part
 A lot of discussions / compromises to find

61. FME and INSPIRE : Next steps
 Activate some more download services for Annex
I (and II) until the end of the year
 Only « one click » but a lot of questions to clarify
(pricing)
 Do the mapping for Annexes II and III
 Wait for the datamodels to be final
 Activate their view and download services
 Permanently : Keep up with new data

62. Uses of FME Server: Shop

63. Uses of FME Server: Shop
 Shop: Automatic Extraction of orders

64. Uses of FME Server: Shop
(Orchestration with Syncserv)

65. Other Uses of FME
 Weekly syncronization of production data in the
geoportal databases
 STAR (CAD) -> ORACLE
 ORACLE -> PostGIS
 Daily conversion of measurement files (STAR) to
DWG
 Quality control
 QC of Administrative Unit data
 Statistics
 Count features issued by the different WFS services

66. Other uses of FME (Server)..
 Online coordinate conversion (CSV File
conversion from WGS84 -> LUREF (EPSG:2169)
using FME Server

67. Other uses of FME (Server)..
 Preview of DWG in files in the shop before
ordering
 Streaming service doing a generic transformation
from DWG to PNG

68. Other uses of FME ..
 Weekly generation of an address point database
based on the centerpoints of the biggest building
inside a parcel

69. Other uses of FME ..
 Weekly transformation of heterogeneous data
stored in production tables into one
homegeneous search table for the Full-Text-
Search used in the geoportal

70. Other uses of FME ..
 One – shot analysis and export jobs
 Mosaicking and Production of ECW – Files for
background rasters

71. Other uses of FME:
Grayscale conversion

72. About FME and its use
 The general credo of the geoportal is to use a
maximum of FOSS components:
 PostGIS
 Mapserver
 Mapfish (OpenLayers, ExtJS, GeoExt)
 Exceptions:
 Use of ArcGIS:
 Complex symbologies
 Data delivered by FGDB / MXD
 ArcGIS for INSPIRE
 Use of FME
 FME is the only tool which allows us to really
MANIPULATE geodata, there is no alternative

73. Any questions?
 Email: Jeff.konnen@act.etat.lu
 Follow us on twitter: @geoportal_lux

74. INSPIRE Trends
 Integration between proprietary and open
standards – especially as deployment moves to
regional and local agencies
 Increased focus on consuming INSPIRE services
and GML
 More opportunities for spatial data and invoke
services to bridge this gap
 Examples: machine to machine communication to
provide seamless support for KML and PDF
streaming
 Success = User isn’t aware they are
accessing INSPIRE

75. INSPIRE Compliant GML –
Now What?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><gml:FeatureCollection xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml/3.2" xmlns:ps-f="urn:x-inspire:specification:gmlas:ProtectedSitesFull:3.0" xmlns:ps-n2000="urn:x-
inspire:specification:gmlas:ProtectedSitesNatura2000:3.0" gml:id="id-0">
<gml:boundedBy>
<gml:Envelope srsName="EPSG:4326" srsDimension="2">
<gml:lowerCorner>0 360</gml:lowerCorner>
<gml:upperCorner>0 360</gml:upperCorner>
</gml:Envelope>
</gml:boundedBy>
<gml:featureMembers>
<ps-f:ProtectedSite xmlns:ps="urn:x-inspire:specification:gmlas:ProtectedSites:3.0" xmlns:gco="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gco"
xmlns:gmd="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:tn-a="urn:x-inspire:specification:gmlas:AirTransportNetwork:3.0"
xmlns:base="urn:x-inspire:specification:gmlas:BaseTypes:3.2" xmlns:tn="urn:x-inspire:specification:gmlas:CommonTransportElements:3.0"
xmlns:gn="urn:x-inspire:specification:gmlas:GeographicalNames:3.0" xmlns:net="urn:x-inspire:specification:gmlas:Network:3.2"
gml:id="ID_0A16FE5BFD6C9CB51DE1DEE17804A757">
<ps:geometry>
<gml:MultiSurface gml:id="id-9e3bfd62-aa14-4f81-a3ef-9af6d5129518-0" srsName="EPSG:4326" srsDimension="2">
<gml:surfaceMember>
<gml:Surface gml:id="id-9e3bfd62-aa14-4f81-a3ef-9af6d5129518-1">
<gml:patches>
<gml:PolygonPatch>
<gml:exterior>
<gml:LinearRing>
<gml:posList>59.42 18.87 59.42... </gml:posList>
</gml:LinearRing>
</gml:exterior>
<gml:interior>
<gml:LinearRing>
<gml:posList>59.41 18.89 59.47 ... </gml:posList>
</gml:LinearRing>
</gml:interior>
</gml:PolygonPatch> …

76. Now What?
“How is anyone going to use INSPIRE?”
 FME allows you to consume INSPIRE compliant
GML as well as create it.
 Why not build value on the web services every
one else is investing in?
 Extract and flatten complex INSPIRE structures
for use within your GIS applications
Add spatial data services to transform INSPIRE into
data streams suitable for widely accessible client
applications (PDF, KML, GeoJSON)

77. XML vs. Relational
Relational
attribute1 attribute2 Active Active
Date_From Date_To
John Vancouver 11-22-99 12-11-09
June Surrey 02-25-05 9-15-10

78. Reading INSPIRE GML:
with flattening

79. Output to PDF

80. INSPIRE Hydrography from
Luxembourg WFS on FME Viewer

81. Poll Question
Which areas would you like to see enhancements to
FME’s support for INSPIRE?

82. FME Tools for INSPIRE
 Format translation
 Schema mapping
 String and list manipulation
 Data validation
 Database load and extract
 XML,GML,WFS: reading, validation, publication
 Web services: WFS, WMS, integration with others
 Metadata support
 Enterprise services
with FME Server

83. FME Tools for INSPIRE XML
 GML reading and writing (3.2.1 and earlier)
 XML Reading – read virtually any XML and extract
features
 XML Processing – validate, format, and update XML
 Geometry Extraction (features > GML objects)
 XML Writing - Write XML or GML no matter how
complex
 XMLTemplater
 FME merges attribute values into a template structure
 Template per feature type and dataset
 XML Validation – validated to ensure compliance with
INSPIRE schemas

84. Complex GML Geometry Support:
CityGML (basis for Annex III Buildings)

85. FME Tools for INSPIRE
FME provides a full range of tools for INSPIRE, our
partners provide complete solutions
 Data modeling interface makes it easier to
handle schema mapping - no coding required.
 Automated workflows save time in creating and
maintaining transformation processes.
 Self-documenting workspaces ease collaboration
 Easily integrates with INSPIRE-compliant
services:
 Esri ArcGIS Server
 Deegree, MapServer and GeoServer
 Scalability and performance support quality of
service requirements

86. Summary: Solution Approaches
 Typical stages for SDI projects: Evaluation, assembly,
transformation, validation and publication
 FME provides tools that empower solutions for each
step of the INSPIRE harmonization process
 Our partners provide a range of solutions
 Conterra’s INSPIRE Solution Pack for FME
 Luxembourg Implementation of by Jeff Konnen
 INSPIRE trends
 consuming INSPIRE data
 need for spatial data services to support common clients
 FME provides tools to support INSPIRE, our partners
apply these to provide solutions

87. Poll Question
Interested in a free seat of online training?

88. Thank You!
?
Questions?
For more information:
Jeff Konnen
jeff.konnen@act.etat.lu
Dean Hintz
dean.hintz@safe.com
www.safe.com/inspire
www.fmepedia.com (examples)