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SESSION SDI Spatial data needed for good governance should be available on conditions that are not restricting its extensive use* Respecting the present legal framework, the Ministry of Life bought the data with the option - where possible - to use them for all related institutions, as long as they do their work as a contractor of the Ministry. Therefore the data can be used in a fast and effective way with minimal effort. Under the umbrella of the Ministry the Spirit of INSPIRE is working. It should be easy to discover which spatial data is available, to evaluate its fitness for purpose and to know which conditions apply for its use* The eGIS application is clearly structured, so it is easy to use and leads even unexperienced GIS users to best results. Fitness for purpose is defined by the experts that develop and improve the application. Conclusions From the point of view of GIS for the environment, the Spirit of INSPIRE is working in the Ministry of Life. The eGIS Coordinators and the involved institutions prove how thematic experts can work together and produce GIS analyses without losing time for negotiations about licenses and money. In Austria the Ministry of Life has the experience how INSPIRE can work. To transpose the INSPIRE Directive into national law and to define useful and effective implementing rules will be a demanding challenge. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management and its partners are prepared to do the work. Web References *) http://inspire.jrc.it/principles_en.html (29. March 2006) 4
SESSION SDI Will INSPIRE come up to all expectations? R. Gissing Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying, Vienna, Austria A few years ago, after the aims and principles of the INSPIRE initiative had been published and the benefits of a comprehensive European spatial data infrastructure had been anticipated, almost everybody and each institution within the “spatial data community” was filled with hope that a new age, a golden one, of producing, maintaining, disseminating and using spatial data and services was about to arise. In accordance with the different roles, tasks and intentions of the various groups of stakeholders, INSPIRE stimulated the growth of different expectations in a remarkable extent as well. These differences may be seen as the main reason for the difficulties in the co-decision process for a final INSPIRE directive. In order to overcome these obstacles it might be helpful to identify the different expectations and requirements and to point out the relevant conditions regarding technical, organisational, financial and legal aspects. Taking into account all these facts it should then be possible to create a balanced solution. This presentation tries to encourage such a process. The expectations of the producer and the provider of spatial data and services on the one hand focus on setting European standards for the content and quality of their data and services without losing control over their national specifications fulfilling individual needs. On the other hand, they expect the establishment of synchronised access mechanisms and comparable pricing and licensing systems and procedures in order to increase the use of their spatial data. The users expect to become fully informed about available data and services, to be able to get adequate information out of a pool of harmonised data and to choose between the options of downloading data physically or to use the data via customised services. Availability is expected 24 hours per day and 7 days per week. The charges for the data and services, if any, have to be minimal, restrictions concerning the re-use and the dissemination of the data to third parties should not be imposed. One might say that users expect spatial data and services to be customised for all their different requirements and to pour out of a wall outlet straight into their computers – easy to use, just like plug ‘n play hard- and software. INSPIRE relevant conditions comprise inter alia the necessity to distinguish between the basically different types of data and services. This applies particularly to the fundamental reference data which has to meet the requirements of the stakeholders of all technical and political sectors and to the thematic data dealing with specific issues. The different requests concerning these diverse types of spatial data have to be considered during the discussions of the directive and the drafting of implementing rules. Another point is the – widely underestimated – complexity of achieving harmonisation and interoperability. We have to face the fact that automated procedures to generate instantly compatible spatial data from different sources and producers simply do not exist. Moreover, to interfere with well operating systems and to change long-term maintained data and its structures without thoroughly anticipating the consequences could endanger the continuous availability of this data. Thirdly, all these efforts in order to make INSPIRE come to life will cost a lot of money and require huge amounts of manpower and technical infrastructure. Even if the figures of the initial impact assessment are telling the truth and the benefits will be much greater than the expenditures, there is still to be taken into account that the respective national institutions in the EU member States will have to cope with the additional expenses. There are still some other basic conditions influencing the directive and determining the way to its success. But if we seriously try to regard the circumstances, restrictions and possibilities of all players involved we eventually will be able to establish the envisaged spatial data infrastructure on the European level. 5
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