GeoSolutions is an Italian company founded in 2006 that specializes in geospatial data processing, visualization, and open source software development. They discuss their work developing and supporting open source geospatial projects like GeoServer, GeoTools, GeoNetwork, and GeoBatch. They also discuss their experience implementing INSPIRE network service standards and addressing OpenData challenges through these open source solutions.

1. GeoSolutions,
Taming OpenData and INSPIRE challenges with Open Source:
lessons learned and real-world use cases from an SME
Ing. Simone Giannecchini, GeoSolutions

2. Outline
 Who we are
 What we do
 What we have done
 My Perspective on INSPIRE and OpenData

3. GeoSolutions
 Founded in Italy in late 2006
 Expertise
• Image Processing, GeoSpatial Data Fusion
• Java, Java Enterprise, C++, Python
• JPEG2000, JPIP, Advanced 2D visualization
 Supporting/Developing FOSS4G projects
 GeoTools, GeoServer
 GeoBatch, GeoNetwork
 Clients
 Large NGOs, Public Administrations
 Private Companies
 Good balance between Italian and International Clients
 http://www.geo-solutions.it

4. Reference Architecture
GeoWebCacheGeoServer
GeoBatch
GeoNetwork
MapStore
Ingest & Preprocess
Metadata Maps & Data Tiles & KML
Mashups
Data & Styles WMS
Metadata

5. FormatsandProtocols
WFS
1.0, 1.1,
2.0
WMS
1.1.1
1.3.0
PostGIS
Oracle
H2
DB2
SQL Server
MySql
Spatialite
GeoCouch
Shapefile
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ArcSDE
WFS
PNG, GIF
JPEG
TIFF,
GeoTIFF
SVG, PDF
KML/KMZ
Shapefile
GML2
GML3
GeoRSS
GeoJSON
CSV/XLS
Raw vector
data
Servers
Styled
maps
DBMS
Vector files
WCS
1.0,1.1.1
2.0.1
GeoTIFF
WMS
ArcGrid
GTopo30
Img+world
Mosaic
MrSID
JPEG 2000
ECW,Pyramid, Oracle GeoRaster, PostGis Raster
Raster files
Raw raster
data
GeoTIFF
ArcGrid
GTopo30
Img+World
GWC
(WMTS,
TMS,
WMS-C)
KML superoverlays
Google maps tiles
OGC tiles
OSGEO tiles
KML
WPS
1.0.0

6. GeoWebCache
 Tile Oriented Geospatial Cache
 Java Enterprise
 Maps Acceleration ( 10x to 100x )
 Standards compliant
 OGC WMS 1.1.1, WMTS 1.0
 TMS
 WMS-C
 Google Earth/Maps support
 Stand-Alone or Integrated in
GeoServer
GeoWebCache
Persistent raster/KML
tile cache

7. MapStore
 Create, Manage, Share Stunning Maps easily
 Mashing-up various sources of data
 Inject markers and tracks with custom
HTML pop-up
 Embed in existing sites and portal
 Use as complete geoportal solution

8. GeoNetwork
COMMON
LANGUAGES
EXCHANGE
FORMATS
CATALOGUES/
WEB SERVICES
• Metadata
– ISO19115:2003, ISO19119:2005, ISO19110:2005,
ISO19139:2007
– FGDC, Dublin Core
• Export/Import
– RSS & GeoRSS newsfeeds
– XML + XSL
• Catalogue interfaces
– OGC CSW 2.0.2 ISO Profile
– OAI-PMH
– Z39.50
– Geo-OpenSearch
– GeoRSS
– WebDAV
• Web Mapping Client
– OGC standards for WMS, WMC
• Web Map Server (through GeoServer)
– WMS, WFS, WFS-t, WCS, KML

9. GeoBatch
 Real-time produced data
 Remote Sensing, In situ, Models, etc..
 Recognizable, isolate data streams
 Flow
 Incoming series of geospatial data
 Specific format
 Defined rules for preprocessing
 Defined rules for ingestion and/or exploitation
 Automatic Ingestion and preprocessing  No manual intervention
 Example, flow of EO raster
Producer
GeoServer
GeoWebCache
Tile Pyramid Publish

10. INSPIRE – Who does What
 Discovery service  GeoNetwork
 View, Download, InvokeSD, Transformation
Service  GeoServer

11. INSPIRE Discovery Services
GeoNetwork
 GeoNetwork implements CSW 2.0.2 ISO Profile
 INPIRE extended constraints in metadata should
be explicitly enabled in GeoNetwork
 Complies with almost all main requirements in
Metadata Implementation and Discovery Services
 Main compliancy issues in:
 Handling federated catalogues
 in Discovery Service Metadata and Link Discovery Service
operations
 Federated metadata retrieving
 no CSW, only Z39.50
 Publishing in pull mode
 matching CSW Harvest operation in GN is not stable yet

12. INSPIRE View Services
GeoServer
 Historically well supported WMS 1.1.1
 GeoServer Stable 2.1.x Supports WMS 1.3
 Ordnance Survey (UK) funded the work
 INSPIRE compliancy still partial
 Harmonized Names (available since 2.2.0 beta)
 SOAP Support missing (recommended, not mandatory)
 Scenario 2 not supported
 Partial support for multilingualism
 INSPIRE Community Extension
 Separate plugin
 Plugs-in additional
fields for Multilingualism
and Service Metadata

13. INSPIRE View Services
GeoServer
 Language support:
 Single language declaration support
 Limitations
 No multilingual metadata on layers
 Missing localized support for exceptions
 Missing localization support for contents (e.g.,
GetFeatureInfo, GetMap labels)
 Robust support for Mandatory CRS (ETRS89)
 Support for Mandatory Encoding Formats (PNG,
GIF)
 Support for SLD 1.0 solid and mature
 Many Additional Vendor Options

14. INSPIRE View Services
GeoServer
 Support for SE 1.1 present
 extra operations available in SE 1.1 and not in
SLD 1.0 are not supported
 Some of the above are available as SLD 1.0
vendor extensions (same functionality, different
syntax)

15. INSPIRE View Services
GeoWebCache
 Full support for WMTS 1.0 (tiled view services)
 Harmonized names possible
 INSPIRECRS84QUAD tile matrix set not built-in,
but manually configurable
 Missing INSPIRE extensions:
 WMTS Capabilities document does not contain
the required INSPIRE extensions (WMS-C do
though)
 No layer metadata links
 Internationalization support missing
 No SOAP support

16. INSPIRE Download Services
GeoServer
 GeoServer 2.2.0 beta first release to support WFS
2.0 and GML 3.2.1
 IGN France Funding
 SOAP supported
 Missing some functionalities
 Standard Capabilites Extension missing
 Local and Remote Resolve
 GetPropertyValue Interactions with
AppSchema/Complex Features
 Basic Workflow for Complex features
 Store original datasets in ad hoc schema database
 Generating Object-Relational mappings
 On-the-fly output transformations

17. INSPIRE Coordinate
Transformation Services - GeoServer
 GeoServer provides coordinate transformation
tools with the gs:Reproject WPS process
 Requires some changes to become compliant
 Name change
 List supported SRS
 Use different mime types for GML
 Add “test transformation” mode (does not
actually transform, checks only if possible)

18. INSPIRE InvokeSD Services
GeoServer
 GeoServer Support OGC WPS 1.0.0
 Interaction with external WFS and WCS
 Automatic Ingestion of produced data
 Basic process chaining is supported
 Interaction with BPEL/BPMN engine to be
tested

19. Florence OpenGeoData Portal

20. Florence OpenGeoData Portal

21. Progetto CERCO

22. Progetto CERCO

23. LaMMa - MetOc

24. NURC - CMRE

25. Acque Wiz EU Project
 Crowdsourcing of data losses reports and data
quality
 Participative approach to water resourcing and
planning

26. Cultura Italia - MuseiD Portal
 Integrate with OpenCMS & SOLR
 Inject custom markers and tracks with custom
HTML pop-up
 Mobile Enabled Version
 Link-back to managed
resources
 Example here
 No INSPIRE!

27. Open Data
 Tremendous push for business and
innovation
 Bottom-up process
 Current Infrastructures shortcomings
 Focus on data rather than on services
 Mostly unidirectional
 Split between geospatial and non geospatial
 Interoperability between Hubs is an open
point
 There’s room for improvement

28. INSPIRE
 Top-down process
 Works by imposition
 Complexity, Complexity, Complexity
 We really needed more docs to read!
 Adapting to INSPIRE is expensive
 Existing products
 Existing infrastructure
 Existing data repositories
 Real world moves faster than
standardization bodies
 Open Data provides momentum, let’s use it!

29. Conclusions
 We work for people
 People ask for more data & services not more rules
 Complexity generate confusion
 Confusion generate failures
 Innovation
 development of new values
 solutions that meet new requirements
 inarticulate needs
 old market needs in new ways
 Open Data initiatives are fostering innovation
 INSPIRE does generate business, but innovation?

30. The End
Thanks for your time
simone.giannecchini@geo-solutions.it

31. GeoSolutions
 We don’t just use Open Source
 We contribute to creating real Open Source
products
 New Features
 Bug Fixing
 Contributions Review and Acceptance
 Community Management
 Documentation*
 Communication (conferences, events…)
 No investors, we sustain ourselves with our
revenue

32. Team – Key Members
 Ing. Simone Giannecchini
 Founder, GeoServer PSC, GeoTools PMC, ImageIO-Ext Architect, JAI-Tools founder,
GeoBatch founder
 Ing. Alessio Fabiani
 Founder, GeoServer PSC, GeoTools Committer
 Ing. Andrea Aime
 GeoServer PSC, GeoTools PMC, JAI-Tools Lead, ImageIO-Ext committer
 Ing. Daniele Romagnoli
 GeoServer Committer GeoTools PMC, ImageIO-Ext Lead, JAI-Tools Committer
 Ing. Emanuele Tajariol
 GeoServer Committer, GeoTools Committer, GeoNetwork PSC
 Ing Mauro Bartolomeoli
 GeoServer Committer, GeoTools Comitter, GeoBatch Committer

33. INSPIRE
 Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the
European Community
 2007/2/EC Directive, 14/03/2007
 Fully in place by 2019
 Implementing Rules and Technical Guidance to
implement EU-wide Interoperable SDIs
 IR are legally binding
 TC are not legally binding
 Main Aspects Covered
 Metadata
 Network Services
 Data and Service Sharing
 Data Specification
 Monitoring and Reporting
 Maximum Reuse of existing standards (OGC, ISO, W3C)

34. INSPIRE – Network Services
 Discovery Services
 View Services
 Download Services
 Transformation Services
 Invoke Spatial Data Services
 Rights Management Layer

35. INSPIRE – Discovery Services
 Discovery of spatial dataset and services
 Provide operations on services
 query about service capabilities
 register other federated Discovery Services
 Provide operations on metadata
 search
 update (both push and pull modes),
 perform federated searches
 Based on Metadata specs from ISO
 TG requires CSW 2.0.2 ISO AP as starting point

36. INSPIRE – Download Services
 Account for copies of spatial dataset, or parts of
them to be downloaded and/ accessed directly
 Predefined Dataset (or part) VS Direct access
 Presence of Query Capabilities
 Different Discovery Metadata
 Based on OGC WFS 2.0 and ISO/DIS 19142, 19143
for Direct Access
 May allow WFS 1.1 in the future
 Support for European CRS is Mandatory (See
Annex I of directive)

37. INSPIRE – Download Services
 Support for GML 3.2.1 is Mandatory
 SOAP Encoding is suggested
 Multilingualism Support is key
 Support for the Temporal dimension is Mandatory
 Support for Vector Data is rather mature
 Support for Raster Data is unclear
 WCS 1.1.2? WCS 2.0?

38. INSPIRE – View Services
 Display, Navigate, zoom in/out, pan or overlay
viewable dataset and legend information
 Based on OGC WMS 1.3.0 – ISO 19128 with OGC
SLD and SE
 INSPIRE Profile
 WMTS 1.0.0 for tile services with INSPIRE
extensions
 WMS 1.1.1 (INSPIRE PROFILE) is also acceptable
 2 Available Scenarios
 Scenario 1: GetCapabilities document is extended with a link to a
Catalogue
 Scenario 2: Extra elements are embedded into the GetCapabilities
document itself

39. INSPIRE – View Services
 Support for European CRS is Mandatory (See
Annex I of directive)
 SOAP support is suggested
 Support for the Temporal data dimension
 Mandatory output formats for Maps are PNG and
GID
 Multilingualism Support is key

40. INSPIRE – InvokeSD Services
 Invoking individual spatial services as well as
combinations of them
 synchronously or asynchronously
 Middleware per processing
 Technical Papers recommend OGC WPS as basic
building block
 BPEL is recommended between the others for
Service Chaining and Workflow
 SOAP should be mandatory
 IR and TG not available yet