1. INSPIRE Geoportal Thematic Views Application
Robert Tomas
EC&EEA INSPIRE CT Team
INSPIRE MIG-T WORKSHOP, Ispra; 30-31st of October 2017

2. Geoportal Thematic Views - Why?
The concept of a wide multi-thematic data portal is usually failing to satisfy specific (domain, temporal, scale, location..) user requirements.
INSPIRE Geoportal is not an exception.

3. Geoportal Thematic Views - Why?
Difficulties in finding (with decent level of reliability) e.g. national datasets related to various types of environmental reporting.
INSPIRE MD Regulation contains only one “reliable” MD element for filtering various environmental domains/reporting – INSPIRE Data themes.
The use of other potentially suitable MD elements (e.g. Keywords) are not used at all or not used in a consistent/ harmonised way.
The impressive number of MD records the number of downloadable data.

4. Geoportal Thematic Views - What?
Main objectives:
To develop a set of “Thematic views” to facilitate users to discover, view and use/download selected datasets
To simplify the way users can interact with the content of Geoportal
To provide a tool for monitoring provision and facilitating access to e.g. Priority datasets necessary for environmental reporting (MIWP ), Annex I-III data (12/2017), Core datasets for SDGs (UNGGIM)..

5. Geoportal Thematic Views - How?
New GUI
Develop a new user interface to facilitate user interaction with filtered Geoportal data/services
Spatial filter (national x other datasets)
Develop a spatial filter based on comparing provided bounding boxes with official (Eurostat) country spatial extents
Thematic/domain filters (Priority datasets, Inspire themes..)
Advanced text searching utilising the Apache SOLR search engine functionality
Provided MD Inspire theme keywords
Text data mining methods on translated (new EC translation service) MSs MD records (coming soon)

6. Geoportal Thematic Views – Current status?
Two Thematic Views
Priority datasets for eReporting (Birds & Habitats Datasets)
INSPIRE data themes
Two monitoring/data accessing levels
EU level
National level
Thematic/domain filters
Advanced text searching utilising the Apache SOLR search engine functionality
Text data mining methods on translated (new EC translation service) MSs MD records

7. Geoportal Thematic Views – Current status?
LIVE DEMO

8. Geoportal Thematic Views – Applied principles
Dashboard like GUI – fast orientation – good monitoring – reporting function
Modularity of the application - to be re-used for other possible Thematic views on Geoportal content (e.g. Open Data, environment M&Os datasets only,..)
Hide the complexity of Inspire Network services (dataset driven)
Quality vs Quantity – (e.g. only working “links” = permanent effort)
Both types of data filtering (thematic & spatial) – indication only!!
Content is changing (MS harvesting schedule + consolidation)

9. Geoportal Content – Consolidation
Broken/missing links between resources
Duplicates resources
Different use of dataset series concept
Data organisation for View/Download

10. Geoportal Content Broken/missing links between resources
15 tests to check: completeness, consistency, availability of MS harvested resources
Tests results stored and used by Front end apps
Test results discoverable for MS administrators to check and improve (Validation reports, Resource browser)

11. Interoperability Aspects tested
Spatial Data (Sets or Series)
View Service Layers
Download Service Spatial Data Sets
Service metadata
Network Services

12. Short description of tests

13. Resource Browser enhanced to support Interoperability Aspects
Query on verified aspects
Query on missing aspects
13 November 2018

14. Example: Identifying Spatial Data Services with no valid resource locator to the Network Service
13 November 2018

15. New banner and meter in reports showing average interoperability degree
13 November 2018

16. Duplicates resources The causes of such duplications are:
Actual duplication of metadata files describing the same resource. Each copy might be a different, usually an updated version of the base one.
A metadata is harvested by the National Discovery Service from a regional one but the Discovery Service scenario is federated or client and the INSPIRE Geoportal receives one copy from each service.
Reuse of the same fileIdentifier in different metadata documents describing different resources.
Technical issues with load balancing multiple nodes which return inconsistent answers during a single harvesting.
Software bugs in the Discovery Service (e.g. GeoNetwork)

17. Geoportal Content – Ways forward?
The new Thematic Viewer application available from December 2017.
Reports can be provided to all MSs (if requested)
Interaction with JRC Geo-portal team via nominated MS contacts
Issue Tracker will be used
Start checking the Priority datasets + Annex I data

18. Geoportal Thematic Views – Ways forward?
Serve as a data monitoring & accessing platform for Priority datasets for eReporting (MIWP2016.5)
Collaborative (EC&EEA x MS) - step wise approach on improvement of the content (e.g. joint recommendations on the MD, data/service organisation and “tagging” of datasets)
Continue to simplify access & use of Inspire data (e.g. new Thematic views)
Integration with the M&R Dashboard tool + Reference Validator
Collecting feedback to shape mid-longer term strategy for the role of INSPIRE Geoportal and its content.

19. Thank you for your attention. robert.tomas@ec.europa.eu
Interoperability is better achieved
…sharing solutions in a collaborative way

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