1. (4) INSPIRE in action
Vlado Cetl
European Commission
Joint Research Centre
Institute for Environment
and Sustainability
Digital Earth and Reference
Data Unit
www.jrc.ec.europa.eu
Serving society
Stimulating innovation
Supporting legislation
3. INSPIRE Geoportal
Central access point to the INSPIRE
infrastructure and resources (operated
by the EC)
“The face” of INSPIRE
Connection to all MS
network services
cross-border data
discovery and
visualisation
support to European
policy making
•
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4. Main challenges and requirements
Objective: fully functional access to all operational European
INSPIRE network services
Requirements:
• specific entry point to INSPIRE discovery and view services
from MS
• User-friendly interface for easy finding and use of spatial data
and services
• Modular, scalable and based on open standards
• Interfaces through open standards with additional services
(registries, thesauries)
• COMPLIANT with INSPIRE Directive, Implementing Rules AND
Technical Guidance documents
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5. Portal Operational Pilot
(http://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu)
•
•
•
•
One single interface for discovery and view services with all
functionalities accessible from one page (view on the left,
search-find on the right)
Advanced search provided through filtering
Basic gazetteer
functionality
(GeoNames web
service)
Automatic
translation
of MD textual
fields (Microsoft
Translator)
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6. Architectural overview
Metadata
Discovery service View service
Discovery service View service
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Data Specification Theme x
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7. Architectural basis
Metadata
Discovery service View service
Discovery service View service
Content
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8. Architectural basis
(Web) services
Metadata
Discovery service View service
Discovery service View service
Content
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Data Specification Theme x
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9. Architecture : national view
Public authority 2, responsible
For INSPIRE Data of Theme y
Public authority 1, responsible
For INSPIRE Data of Theme x
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10. Architecture : national view
National INSPIRE Geoportal
National INSPIRE Geoportal
Offering central access for
Offering central access for
-
-
Discovery
Discovery
View
View
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Network services
Network services
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11. Architecture : European View
UK INSPIRE
UK INSPIRE
Geoportal
Geoportal
German INSPIRE
German INSPIRE
Geoportal
Geoportal
Spanish INSPIRE
Spanish INSPIRE
Geoportal
Geoportal
Italian INSPIRE
Italian INSPIRE
Geoportal
Geoportal
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12. Architecture : European View
UK other NS…
UK other NS…
UK Discovery NS
UK Discovery NS
UK INSPIRE
UK INSPIRE
Geoportal
Geoportal
UK View NS1
UK View NS1
UK View NS2
UK View NS2
UK View NS3
UK View NS3
UK View NS…
UK View NS…
German INSPIRE
German INSPIRE
Geoportal
Geoportal
Spanish INSPIRE
Spanish INSPIRE
Geoportal
Geoportal
Italian INSPIRE
Italian INSPIRE
Geoportal
Geoportal
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13. Architecture : European View
UK other NS…
UK other NS…
UK Discovery NS
UK Discovery NS
UK INSPIRE
UK INSPIRE
Geoportal
Geoportal
UK View NS1
UK View NS1
UK View NS2
UK View NS2
UK View NS3
UK View NS3
UK View NS…
UK View NS…
German NS…
German NS…
German NS…
German NS…
German NS…
German NS…
German NS… other NS…
German
German NS… other NS…
German
German NS…
German NS…
German Discovery NS
German INSPIRE
German INSPIRE
German Discovery NS
Geoportal
Geoportal
Spanish INSPIRE
Spanish INSPIRE
Geoportal
Geoportal
Italian INSPIRE
Italian INSPIRE
Geoportal
Geoportal
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14. Architecture : European View
UK other NS…
UK other NS…
UK Discovery NS
UK Discovery NS
UK INSPIRE
UK INSPIRE
Geoportal
Geoportal
UK View NS1
UK View NS1
UK View NS2
UK View NS2
UK View NS3
UK View NS3
UK View NS…
UK View NS…
German NS…
German NS…
German NS…
German NS…
German NS…
German NS…
German NS… other NS…
German
German NS… other NS…
German
German NS…
German NS…
German Discovery NS
German Discovery NS German INSPIRE
German INSPIRE
Geoportal
Geoportal
EU INSPIRE Geoportal
EU INSPIRE Geoportal
Offering central access for
Offering central access for
Discovery
Discovery
View
View
Download
Download
Transformation
Transformation
Invoke
Invoke
Network services
Network services
Spanish INSPIRE
Spanish INSPIRE
Geoportal
Geoportal
Italian INSPIRE
Italian INSPIRE
Geoportal
Geoportal
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15. Architecture : European View
UK other NS…
UK other NS…
UK Discovery NS
UK Discovery NS
UK INSPIRE
UK INSPIRE
Geoportal
Geoportal
UK View NS1
UK View NS1
UK View NS2
UK View NS2
UK View NS3
UK View NS3
UK View NS…
UK View NS…
German NS…
German NS…
German NS…
German NS…
German NS…
German NS…
German NS… other NS…
German
German NS… other NS…
German
German NS…
German NS…
German Discovery NS
German INSPIRE
German INSPIRE
German Discovery NS
Geoportal
Geoportal
EU INSPIRE Geoportal
EU INSPIRE Geoportal
Offering central access for
Offering central access for
Discovery
Discovery
View
View
Download
Download
Transformation
Transformation
Invoke
Invoke
Network services
Network services
Spanish INSPIRE
Spanish INSPIRE
Geoportal
Geoportal
Italian INSPIRE
Italian INSPIRE
Geoportal
Geoportal
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16. INSPIRE in Action – Practical usage of
INSPIRE Geoportal
• http://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/
• Instructions for exercises
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