1. INSPIRE Geoportal Thematic Views Application
Robert Tomas
EC&EEA INSPIRE CT Team
Eionet NRC – EIS Meeting, Copenhagen; November of 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 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 Data 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. 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.

12. Priority datasets for e-Reporting Content visualisation
REFIT on INSPIRE = INSPIRE Thematic Viewer
Priority datasets for e-Reporting
Simplified MS data access & use
Better Regulation in e-reporting = re-use of INSPIRE
Application of advanced ICT methods & tools
Tool to communicate INSPIRE
Progress monitoring
Content visualisation
MS “benchmarking”
Hiding complexity
max. benefits for all
Nr. of MS Datasets –
Nr. of MS View services –
Nr. of MS Download services –

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

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