1. ESDIN - the geospatial reference data and services for INSPIRE David Overton – Project Coordinator EuroGeographics Project Manager www.esdin.eu

2. This presentation argues that; INSPIRE remains a dream with national INSPIRE compliance alone Creating an “E” SDI from an “n”SDI needs standards The resultant common reference unlocks PSI re-use ESDIN has provided tools and best practice for you

3. Content Introduction Overview of the Project From requirements gathering Via proposed processes To a new architecture Demonstration Conclusions

4. Introduction Collaboration of 20 partners plus non-beneficiaries –Data providers –Developers –Academia –Software companies Best Practice –Processes –Services –Specifications Meeting INSPIRE obligations & extending specifications for pan-European use

5. ESDIN outcomes Key Benefits Improve process efficiencies Enable interoperability Support users processes with consistent, reliable reference data Important Results User requirements Harmonised data specifications Transformation rules & services A quality assurance approach Generalisation rules and services Modular pricing & licensing & Geo Product Finder Federations authenticated by Shibboleth Tools for testing infrastructure Proposals and tools for maintenance Solution to technical architecture. On-line demonstrator of Download and View services

6. Understanding the Requirements of Users Desk based Primary research: Design principles Value propositions; –Flexibility to pricing and licensing –Harmonization for multinational work –Consistency –Trustworthy data

7. We already have national INSPIRE serivces, why bother?

8. Using data that does not join-up

9. Data Provider Service Integrator Application Developer User Downstream Mash-up Re-Use? Forget it!

10. Throughout the workflow... Schema/CRS Transformation Data Integration & Conflation Edge Matching Geometric Generalisation Maintain Data Users

11. Harmonised Specifications for Data A history of Harmonisation INSPIRE data specification profiles Extended specification Meet INSPIRE requirements Enable harmonisation

12. Transformation Rules and Services A process that accounts for diversity A standardised template Used with positive results with 7 NMCAs

13. A Comprehensive Quality Approach

14. Generalisation Rules and Services

15. A Modular approach to Pricing and licensing – The Geo Product Finder License and access policy of European NMCAs Break-down of license models into modules One-stop-shop License wizard prototype: "Geo Product Finder"

16. Gaining Access to Data Single-sign-on solution Development with OGC and communicated to INSPIRE.

17. Testing the Infrastructure Reusable automated test components for: spatial data network services data production processes Tools are available under the BSD Open Source License.

18. The management of Maintenance and Update Edge-matching rule sets improve cross border quality Stable Unique-Identifier logic address INSPIRE requirements Incremental change management allows flexibility in life-cycle and update management

19. Proposed Integrated Architecture EuroGeographics Architecture integrated with INSPIRE conceptual model

20. What about the future?

21. An example of viewing and downloading Hydrography Looks at Hydrography theme INSPIRE compliance Does a number of Name searches Uses E.L.F./INSPIRE demonstrator to view and download data Interoperates data with relevant environmental data. <<See our video on Hydrography>>

22. There’s also... Software:BSD license Deliverables INSPIRE demonstrator Tools for consistent data A task force Rules on quality processes www.esdin.eu

23. Mapping / Cadastral agency adopted NMCA decided to implement specifications Joined the Federation Used the code; created INSPIRE services Adopted the E.L.F. extensions Quality process Made their data accessible via the EuroGeographics architecture Boosted usage of their data

24. When a European Agency used data Trusted quality data Used the INSPIRE compliant services with their partner data Realised benefits Spent less time validating More time analysing Boosted their usage

25. ESDIN becoming real now! EuroGeoNames A test federation of NMCAs provide an access for INSPIRE data & services EuroGlobalMap: creating from mid-scale data holdings

26. Conclusion –Prospects for the European Location Framework (E.L.F.) INSPIRE dream will not be realised, unless; ESDIN best practices are adopted for pan-European, Cross border data and services An emergent community supports the E.L.F. www.esdin.eu