Meeting on OGC Sensor Observation Service (SOS) for INSPIRE Christian Ansorge – European Environment Agency

Previous SOS experiences Scope: Air Quality Reporting – Dissemination of AQ data Delivered content: Air quality (provided) Noise (consumed) Technologies / software used: ArcGIS – Server Extension

Existing connections to INSPIRE Other download services available: WFS for several environmental themes Cross-reference of download services: Not yet

Discussion: Why an INSPIRE/SOS? General question: Extended filtering features But Can SOS be discussed independent from the schema it originally serves (O&M, SensorML)?

Discussion: Technical issues Generic data model vs. specific thematic needs Is a service customized regarding specific thematic needs still a standard SOS? Large amount of data difficult to handle (XML encoded)

Discussion: Download service TG options Do you see any problems (in terms of support in the MS) with defining yet another TG option (SOS in addition to Atom and WFS) for INSPIRE download services? …

Discussion: Wish list Which features would you like to see in an INSPIRE download service for observation data? Harmonization and coordination of specific application profiles of O&M Operational SOS showcase within mixed technology SDI framework Support for NetCDF (to avoid huge size of XML files)

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