INSPIRE Thematic Clusters - building communities to support INSPIRE implementation Robert Tomas INSPIRE Thematic clusters coordinator MIWP 2016.4 Action TC Evaluation Workshop, Ispra; 13-14 of March 2018

Share – Find – Propose - Discuss Since 11.12. 2014 INSPIRE Thematic Clusters - What ? On-line INSPIRE users collaborative platform .. to share User’s implementation “knowledge base” .. to find Incubator for change/addition proposals .. to propose (e.g. 1st set of corrigenda published end of 2016) Discussion forum for e.g. links with other environmental policies .. to discuss Share – Find – Propose - Discuss https://themes.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

INSPIRE Knowledge base – Thematic Clusters Since 11.12. 2014 INSPIRE Knowledge base – Thematic Clusters http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/ https://themes.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

INSPIRE Thematic Clusters – How? Coordinated by JRC with the help of 9 Facilitators and MIG Liaisons Defined in the endorsed INSPIRE MIG Working Plans: MIWP 2014-2016: Action MIWP14 MIWP 2016-2020: Action 2016.4: Theme specific issues of data specifications & exchange of implementation experiences in thematic domain https://themes.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

INSPIRE Thematic cluster Statistics on use 893 Registered members 50  Groups (groups + sub-groups) 655 Discussion topics 1693  Responses 252  Files uploaded 194  Issue/topic dedicated pages created 161 News Note: No need to register to read/use (e.g. download) any information!! Visits: from 1-1-2018 until 09-03-2018: 4488 Pageviews:  from 1-1-2018 until 09-03-2018: 13819 136 100 211 143 99 94 201 119 members 147 https://themes.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

INSPIRE Thematic Clusters Content statistics.. https://themes.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

The most popular discussion topics (by number of replies - having 15 + replies Topic: domainExtent vs gml:boundedBy (EL & OI coverages encoding) - Group: Elevation, Orthoimagery, Reference Systems and Geographical Grids Cluster 33 Replies Topic: It seems that there is only one fully compliant solution to serve multiple harmonised datasets trough WFS 2.0 - Group: Biodiversity and Management Areas Cluster Topic: Usability of the 'Zoned Geographic Grid' (Grid_ETRS89-GRS80) - Group: Geographical Grid Systems 24 Replies Topic: INSPIRE download services published providing INSPIRE compliant PS data - Group: Protected Sites Topic: Need more guidance for Elevation encoding and correct example (for ElevationGridCoverage) on the basis of GMLCOV schema - Group: Elevation 23 Replies Topic: baseType version 3.2 vs. 3.3 - Group: Biodiversity and Management Areas Cluster 17 Replies Topic: An example of harmonizing a dataset to the INSPIRE data model - Group: Earth Science Cluster 16 Replies Topic: Inconsistencies/errors found in the INSPIRE TGs on orthoimagery - Group: Orthoimagery Topic: Inspire Agricultural and Aquaculture Facilities (4.0) model. Language of “name” element in Holding type. - Group: Facilities, Utilities and Public Services Cluster Topic: Orientation of polygons created using HALE - Group: Biodiversity and Management Areas Cluster Topic: PS: Suppressing Geometry Information - Group: Biodiversity and Management Areas Cluster Topic: missing a Statistical Unit type in the datamodel - Group: Statistical Units [SU] 15 Replies Topic: Experiences on encoding of Elevation and Orthoimagery coverages - Group: Elevation, Orthoimagery, Reference Systems and Geographical Grids Cluster Topic: WFS vs. SOS: Which Features are provided by which download service? - Group: Environmental Monitoring and Observations Cluster

Most viewed discussion topics 1 Download Service WFS: StoredQuery and ResponsePaging for large datasets? 3634 Distinct metadata for INSPIRE harmonised datasets? 3619 Experiences on encoding of Elevation and Orthoimagery coverages 3060 domainExtent vs gml:boundedBy (EL & OI coverages encoding) 2842 It seems that there is only one fully compliant solution to serve multiple harmonised datasets trough WFS 2.0 2821 INSPIRE CountryCode code list 2495 Usability of the 'Zoned Geographic Grid' (Grid_ETRS89-GRS80) 2441 Layer naming 2346 Codelist for Corine Land Cover (CLC) published 2323 Need more guidance for Elevation encoding and correct example (for ElevationGridCoverage) on the basis of GMLCOV schema 2286 Advantages and disadvantages of using TIFF/GeoTIFF files to store coverage values 2208 Protected Sites Simple - Marine Institute Prototype implementation 2150 Update of the INSPIRE Network model 2055 Web Coverage Service (WCS) - A missing piece in INSPIRE? 1964 The Corine Land Cover code list (CorineValue) maintained by EEA 1891 Download services using ArcGIS for INSPIRE 1603 Contents of attribute nilReason (e.g. unknown vs: http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/VoidReasonValue/Unknown) 1531 How in practice do I ensure INSPIRE compliance using the data specifications? 1430 Inspire D2.9 (O&M & SWE guidelines) update: Request for feedback on implementation experience 1407 Examples of INSPIRE view and dowload services for LC/LU 1358 What is best practice for implementing INSPIRE in the topographic and cadastral reference data community? 1320 Use of the 'Equal Area Grid' (Grid_ETRS89-LAEA) 1259 EMODnet Human Activities Hydrocarbon Extraction 1208

Most viewed discussion topics 2 Existing validation rules for INSPIRE data sets (EL & OI + other themes) 1198 Land Cover GML files not correctly displayed in GIS environment: a matter of mapping 1184 How to encode coverages (GMLCOV example files) and improvement of TG related explanatory sections 1175 baseType version 3.2 vs. 3.3 1167 On line validation of datasets 1145 Copernicus RDA EU-DEM EGCS naming 1142 Misalignments between coverages produced by different data providers (e.g. orthoimages) 1133 Joining tabular and geographic data, Merits and possibilities of the Table Joining Service 1089 Inconsistencies/errors found in the INSPIRE TGs on orthoimagery 1074 Orientation of polygons created using HALE 1067 Is the Land Cover Class code list to be used or not? 1065 INSPIRE download services published providing INSPIRE compliant PS data 1060 FYI: interpreted coordinate order flipped in GML files with URI format srsName 1032 PS: Suppressing Geometry Information 1030 Suggest check the imminent (January 23rd 2015) final publication of the INSPIRE recommended codelist URI values 990 Combining datasets for data harmonisation: how to deal with metadata? 979 Harmonizing population grid data into the INSPIRE data model 968

TAGs – most used SOS portrayal platform utilization reporting PLU CLC inspire-ken statistics view services OGC End users applications using INSPIRE Apps msfd marine LU planned land use Bio-geographical regions topographic data Technical Guidelines Observations & Measurements CIS data modelling ELF HH buildings Cadastral parcels implementation SU eurogeographics Administrative units PD addresses Copernicus Geographical names inspire Codelists inspire conference 2015 Protected sites download service WFS interoperability reference data Experiences webinar Platform - Organization / Utilization registry observation Metadata inspire conference 2016 LC transformation Elevation cross-cluster Orthoimagery coverages Land cover validation WCS conformity ETS land use raster Encoding Geographical grids network service Validator Coordinate reference systems workshop GML GMLCOV Statistical Units hydrography Transport networks O&M Population Distribution Presentations SOS MIWP-14 MIG cross-border best practices PS code lists data provision INSPIRE GWF 2015 conference corine EF inspire conference 2017 land monitoring standards services Production and Industrial Facilities Utility and Governmental Services example extension of INSPIRE DS HALE data transformation SDI project

INSPIRE Thematic Clusters Upcoming events European Forum for Geography and Statistics 2017 – 02/11 Dublin UNECE Workshop on Integrating Geospatial and Statistical Standards – 06/11 Stockholm Land use/land cover products: challenges and opportunities workshop – 15/11 Brussels Copernicus Land Monitoring Service: Corinne Land Cover+ Technical Workshop – 16/11 Brussels Implementation of INSPIRE Coverage Webinar – 06/11 - 10:30-12:00

INSPIRE Thematic Clusters “recent” activity Facilitator structured reports on Inspire Conference 2017 activities e.g. Meetings with cluster members, dedicated Worksop etc. - MIG collaborative platform Facilitator first-cut technical/expert evaluation of the IR change proposals New system for documenting, status monitoring of changes/additions proposed by TC facilitators / MIG-T liaisons.

System for documenting & status monitoring of changes/additions INSPIRE Thematic Clusters TC Issue tracker System for documenting & status monitoring of changes/additions Process steps: 1) Registration of a proposal by TC facilitators – new issue Status 2) Evaluation by members of MIWP 14 subgroup (MIG-T liaisons, facilitators, EC) – working in progress Status (if accepted) 3) Presentation of selected proposals to MIG-T by authors during face to face or virtual meetings 4) MIG-T decision and agreed follow-ups (e.g. ad- hoc expert group) https://ies-svn.jrc.ec.europa.eu/projects/thematic-clusters/issues/new    

INSPIRE Thematic Clusters Common issues Fear to publish an issue, question, even a best practice on the EC managed platform. Interoperability is better achieved …sharing solutions in a collaborative way Full encouragement to publish imperfect solutions

Thank you for your attention. robert.tomas@ec.europa.eu https://themes.jrc.ec.europa.eu/