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

2. Share – Find – Propose - Discuss
Since
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

3. INSPIRE Knowledge base – Thematic Clusters
Since
INSPIRE Knowledge base – Thematic Clusters

4. 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 : Action MIWP14
MIWP : Action : Theme specific issues of data specifications & exchange of implementation experiences in thematic domain

5. 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 until : 4488
Pageviews:  from until  : 13819
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119 members
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6. INSPIRE Thematic Clusters Content statistics..

7. 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 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 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

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

9. Most viewed discussion topics 2
Existing validation rules for INSPIRE data sets (EL & OI + other themes)
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
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
Is the Land Cover Class code list to be used or not?
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

10. 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

11. 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/ :30-12:00

12. INSPIRE Thematic Clusters “recent” activity
Facilitator structured reports on Inspire Conference 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.

13. 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)  

14. 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

15. Thank you for your attention. robert.tomas@ec.europa.eu