1. (4) INSPIRE in action
Vlado Cetl
European Commission Joint Research Centre
Institute for Environment and Sustainability
Digital Earth and Reference Data Unit
Serving society Stimulating innovation Supporting legislation

2. Outline INSPIRE Geoportal Architectural overview
INSPIRE in Action (practical usage of geoportal)

3. INSPIRE Geoportal
Central access point to the INSPIRE infrastructure and resources (operated by the EC)
 “The face” of INSPIRE
Connection to all MS network services
cross-border data discovery and visualisation
support to European policy making

4. Main challenges and requirements
Objective: fully functional access to all operational European INSPIRE network services
Requirements:
specific entry point to INSPIRE discovery and view services from MS
User-friendly interface for easy finding and use of spatial data and services
Modular, scalable and based on open standards
Interfaces through open standards with additional services (registries, thesauries)
COMPLIANT with INSPIRE Directive, Implementing Rules AND Technical Guidance documents

5. Portal Operational Pilot (http://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu)
One single interface for discovery and view services with all functionalities accessible from one page (view on the left, search-find on the right)
Advanced search provided through filtering
Basic gazetteer functionality (GeoNames web service)
Automatic translation of MD textual fields (Microsoft Translator)

6. Architectural overview
Metadata
Discovery service
View service
Download service
Transformation service
Invoke service
Data Specification Theme x

7. Architectural basis Metadata Discovery service View service
Download service
Transformation service
Invoke service
Content
Data Specification Theme x

8. Architectural basis Discovery service View service Download service
Transformation service
Invoke service
Metadata
Data Specification Theme x
Content
(Web) services

9. Architecture : national view
Public authority 2, responsible
For INSPIRE Data of Theme y
Public authority 1, responsible
For INSPIRE Data of Theme x

10. Architecture : national view
National INSPIRE Geoportal
Offering central access for
Discovery
View
Download
Transformation
Invoke
Network services

11. Architecture : European View
UK INSPIRE
Geoportal
German INSPIRE
Geoportal
Spanish INSPIRE
Geoportal
Italian INSPIRE
Geoportal

12. Architecture : European View
UK Discovery NS
UK other NS…
UK INSPIRE
Geoportal
UK View NS1
UK View NS2
UK View NS3
UK View NS…
German INSPIRE
Geoportal
Spanish INSPIRE
Geoportal
Italian INSPIRE
Geoportal

13. Architecture : European View
UK Discovery NS
UK other NS…
German NS…
UK INSPIRE
Geoportal
German NS…
German NS…
UK View NS1
German NS…
German other NS…
UK View NS2
German NS…
UK View NS3
UK View NS…
German Discovery NS
German INSPIRE
Geoportal
Spanish INSPIRE
Geoportal
Italian INSPIRE
Geoportal

14. Architecture : European View
UK Discovery NS
EU INSPIRE Geoportal
Offering central access for
Discovery
View
Download
Transformation
Invoke
Network services
UK other NS…
German NS…
UK INSPIRE
Geoportal
German NS…
German NS…
UK View NS1
German NS…
German other NS…
UK View NS2
German NS…
UK View NS3
UK View NS…
German Discovery NS
German INSPIRE
Geoportal
Spanish INSPIRE
Geoportal
Italian INSPIRE
Geoportal

15. Architecture : European View
UK Discovery NS
EU INSPIRE Geoportal
Offering central access for
Discovery
View
Download
Transformation
Invoke
Network services
UK other NS…
German NS…
UK INSPIRE
Geoportal
German NS…
German NS…
UK View NS1
German NS… X
German other NS…
UK View NS2
German NS…
UK View NS3
UK View NS…
German Discovery NS
German INSPIRE
Geoportal
Spanish INSPIRE
Geoportal
Italian INSPIRE
Geoportal

16. INSPIRE in Action – Practical usage of INSPIRE Geoportal
Instructions for exercises

17. Thank you for your attention!
Vlado Cetl
Thank you for your attention!