European Directive (2007/2/EC) INSPIRE sharing soil data in interoperable way EIONET Workshop on Soil, Ispra, 10 th -12 th December 2012 Robert Tomas, Ph.D European Commission Joint Research Centre Digital Earth and Reference Data Unit Serving society Stimulating innovation Supporting legislation
Why Europe needs a spatial data infrastructure (SDI)? Natural Disasters and as well as other environmental phenomena do not stop at national borders! 20% of the EU citizens (115 million) live within 50 Km from a border 70% of all fresh water bodies in Europe are part of a trans-boundary river basin!!
Building a European SDI is complex Europe is a patchwork of several countries with different traditions, cultures and socioeconomic models This is reflected in the different ways in which geospatial data is managed
Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community -INSPIRE Directive INSPIRE lays down general rules to establish an infrastructure for spatial information in Europe for the purposes of Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment. INSPIRE based on the infrastructures for spatial information established and operated by the Member States INSPIRE is a distributed infrastructure. INSPIRE does not require collection of new spatial data INSPIRE does not affect existing Intellectual Property Rights Entry into force 15 May 2007
INSPIRE Components INSPIRE is a Framework Directive Detailed technical provisions are laid down in Implementing Rules on Metadata Interoperability of spatial data sets and services Network services (discovery, view, download, transform, invoke) Data and Service sharing (policy) Coordination and measures for Monitoring & Reporting Once adopted, Implementing Rules become European legislative acts and national law in 27 Member States and in some EFTA countries
INSPIRE - current Legal framework Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (INSPIRE) 14.03.2007 INSPIRE Metadata Regulation 03.12.2008 Commission Decision regarding INSPIRE monitoring and reporting 05.06.2009 Regulation on INSPIRE Network Services 19.10.2009 (View and discovery) Corrigendum to INSPIRE Metadata Regulation 15.12.2009 Regulation on INSPIRE Data and Service Sharing 29.03.2010 Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 976/2009 as regards download services and transformation services 10.12.2010 COMMISSION REGULATION implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 10.12.2010 (Annex I) COMMISSION REGULATION amending Regulation 1089/2010 as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 05.02.2011 (code lists)
Implementing Rules in preparation 2012-06 Submission for opinion of the INSPIRE committee of IR for the services allowing spatial data services to be invoked 2013-03 Submission for opinion of the INSPIRE committee of IRs for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services for Annex II and III spatial data themes
Implementation Roadmap What Metadata available for Annex I+II spatial data Discovery and view services IOC Discovery and View Services operational Download and Transformation Services IOC Download and Transformation Services operational Access to (newly collected / all) Annex I spatial data sets under harmonised conditions Metadata available for Annex III spatial data Access to (newly collected / all) Annex II+III spatial data sets under harmonised conditions When Dec 2010 May 2011 Nov 2011 June 2012 end 2012 end 2012 / 2017 Dec 2013 around Oct 2015 / 2020 http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.cfm/pageid/44
INSPIRE in a nutshell Comprehensive data inventory (Monitoring & Reporting IR) Facilitate data discovery through standardised discovery services & metadata (IR on Network Services & Metadata) Data sharing (IR on Data and Service Sharing) Facilitate data access by allowing view, download and transformation (IR on Network Services) Facilitate data use and interoperability by adopting common cross-domain models to exchange data (IR on Data Interoperability)
INSPIRE Thematic Data Scope Annex I 1. Coordinate reference systems 2. Geographical grid systems 3. Geographical names 4. Administrative units 5. Addresses 6. Cadastral parcels 7. Transport networks 8. Hydrography 9. Protected sites Annex II 1. Elevation 2. Land cover 3. Ortho-imagery 4. Geology Annex III 1. Statistical units 2. Buildings 3. Soil 4. Land use 5. Human health and safety 6. Utility and governmental services 7. Environmental monitoring facilities 8. Production and industrial facilities 9. Agricultural and aquaculture facilities 10.Population distribution demography 11. Area management/ restriction/regulation zones & reporting units 12. Natural risk zones 13. Atmospheric conditions 14. Meteorological geographical features 15. Oceanographic geographical features 16. Sea regions 17. Bio-geographical regions 18. Habitats and biotopes 19. Species distribution 20. Energy Resources 21. Mineral resources
Data interoperability The starting point user user...... Access to spatial data in various ways User has to deal with interpreting heterogeneous data in different formats, identify, extract and post-process the data he needs lack of interoperability dataset dataset dataset
Data interoperability user Network Service...... Network Service user Network Service dataset dataset dataset... and what INSPIRE is aiming at Provide access to spatial data via network services and according to a harmonised data specification to achieve interoperability of data! Datasets used in Member States may stay as they are! Data or service providers have to provide a transformation between their internal data model and the harmonised data specification
Cross-theme data interoperability SD:Species distribution Reporting Waste PD: Population Distribution EL:Elevation PRTR TN:Transport networks ER:Energy Resources SO:Soil HB:Habitats and biotopes US: Utilities and Governmental Services (Waste Management) AF:Agricultural and aquaculture facilities PF:Production and industrial facilities BU:Buildings AM:Area management/ restriction/ regulation zones & reporting units SEVESO Urban Planning Waste Management Plans Environmental Impact Assessment Risk Management
Development of data specification step wise, managed process Directive (2007) Modelling Framework for INSPIRE data specifications (2008) Data specifications for the 9 Annex I data themes (2009) Data specifications for the 25 Annex II/III data themes (2012) Part of the legal framework Implementation mandatory for European Member States Interoperability of spatial data sets and services (Implementing Rule) (2009..2012)
Impl. Rules vs. Technical Guidelines What Member States must implement (abstract specification) legally binding Directive Commission Regulation INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/EC IRs for Metadata, Network Services Interoperability Spatial data sets and services not legally binding How Member States might implement it (implementation specification) Technical Guidance e.g. TG for the Implementation of Discovery Services Implementation Requirements & Recommendations TG Data Specification on Addresses Implementation Requirements & Recommendations
Finding the appropriate level of interoperability in scope out of scope Coordinate Reference System Lake Spring Water quality measurements Reference Grid Watercourse Gauge Discharge Report Spatial data Business data 9 January 2013 Reference systems Widely used and widely referenced spatial objects Applicationspecific referenced and referencing other spatial objects Mostly non spatial, but may contain explicit or implicit references to spatial objects 16
Public consultation / testing of V2.0 6/2011 9/2011 6212 comments received 5218 from review; 994 from testing
General Comments Data specifications too complex Requests for simplification accepted, identified where complexity needs to be reduced and initiated ways to implement INSPIRE should facilitate the obligations on environmental related policies as spatial data infrastructure, including reporting, but the content is defined by the thematic legislations and the associated Technical groups, Full MS Support to the distinction between core model to go into the legal act extended application schema(s) to cover different use cases
MS review of the 1 st Draft of the IR 14.5. 8.6./2012 455 comments received + generic overview statements from 12 countries
Updated roadmap IRs for interoperability of datasets and services Annex II-III Preparation draft IR v1 EC (with TWG support) 23 Apr 11 May 14 May 8 The Review Technical IR v1 Guidelines by MS MS V3.0 rc3 in Jun the 2012 final stage of preparation!! Preparation draft IR v2 (based on MS comments) Inter-service consultation (ISC) Final draft IR (based on ISC comments) EC EC services EC 11 June 9 July 2012 9 July 3 August 2012 3 Aug 21 Sep 2012 Option: Translation in all EU official languages IC meeting (opinion on IR) EC (with MS support) 23.1.2013 March 2013 orx+3weeks?
INSPIRE Soil data theme Definition: Soils and subsoil characterised according to depth, texture, structure and content of particles and organic material, stoniness, erosion, where appropriate mean slope and anticipated water storage capacity. [Directive 2007/2/EC] To develop a specification of soil data to be shared, both within the soil domain and across domain borders for the Spatial Data Infrastructure of Europe.
Scope Soil inventories, providing one-off assessments of soil conditions and/or soil properties at certain locations and at a specific point in time, and allow soil monitoring, providing a series of assessments showing how soil conditions and/or properties change over time. Soil mapping, providing a spatial presentation of the properties linked to the soils, including soil types; typically, soil maps are derived with the help of data available in soil inventories. Also other soil related information derived from soil properties, possibly in combination with non-soil data are within the scope.
Methodology INSPIRE methodology (D 2.6.) was followed - analysis of reference material received from stakeholders (e.g. GS Soil, esoter etc..) 15 Use cases were studied and are described in detail in the TG (annex B) covering: Agri-Environmental Indicators (3x) Thematic maps derived from Soil information (7x) Contaminated sites (4x) Soil monitoring (1x)
Soil & EU regulations
INSPIRE Soil data model One soil data model defines following major spatial object types: Soil profile (both observed and derived) Profile element (including soil layer and soil horizon) Soil Body Soil Derived Object (including both representation types) Soil Site Soil Plot Extensions (in the TG Annex C,D): Draft model for managing information related to contaminated sites as a possible extension to the INSPIRE data model Soil (not to be part of legislation) Provision of soil thematic map elaborated Use case how to provide soil organic carbon content by using the INSPIRE Soil data model
Monitoring Soil data vectors class Soil: Overview SoilSite + geometry :GM_Object + inspireid :Identifier [0..1] + soilinvestigationpurpose :SoilInvestigationPurposeValue «lifecycleinfo, voidable» + beginlifespanversion :DateTime + endlifespanversion :DateTime [0..1] «voidable» + validfrom :DateTime + validto :DateTime [0..1] +locatedon 0..1 «voidable» SoilProfile + inspireid :Identifier [0..1] «lifecycleinfo, voidable» + beginlifespanversion :DateTime + endlifespanversion :DateTime [0..1] «voidable» + localidentifier :CharacterString [0..1] + othersoilname :OtherSoilNameType [0..*] + validfrom :DateTime + validto :DateTime [0..1] + WRBSoilName :WRBSoilNameType Soil profile 1..* +isobservedonlocation «voidable» 1 +ispartof SoilPlot +observedprofile +isderivedfrom + inspireid :Identifier [0..1] +location «voidable» ObservedSoilProfile «voidable» «voidable» + soilplotlocation :Location + soilplottype :SoilPlotTypeValue 1 1 0..* «lifecycleinfo, voidable» + beginlifespanversion :DateTime 0..* + endlifespanversion :DateTime [0..1] +isbasedonobservedsoilprofile «voidable» +isdescribedby «voidable» 1..* Soil derived information SoilDerivedObject + geometry :GM_Object + inspireid :Identifier [0..1] +isbasedonsoilderivedobject «voidable» 0..* ProfileElement + inspireid :Identifier [0..1] + profileelementdepthrange :RangeType «lifecycleinfo, voidable» + beginlifespanversion :DateTime + endlifespanversion :DateTime [0..1] «voidable» + particlesizefraction :ParticleSizeFractionType [1..*] DerivedSoilProfile +isdescribedby 1..* «voidable» DerivedProfilePresenceInSoilBody «voidable» + derivedprofilepercentagerange :RangeType SoilBody + geometry :GM_MultiSurface + inspireid :Identifier [0..1] «lifecycleinfo, voidable» + beginlifespanversion :DateTime + endlifespanversion :DateTime [0..1] «voidable» + soilbodylabel :CharacterString Soil map +isbasedonsoilbody «voidable» 0..* SoilHorizon «voidable» + FAOHorizonNotation :FAOHorizonNotationType + otherhorizonnotation :OtherHorizonNotationType [0..*] SoilLayer + layertype :LayerTypeValue «voidable» + layergenesisenvironment :EventEnvironmentTerm [0..1] + layergenesisprocess :EventProcessTerm [0..1] + layergenesisprocessstate :LayerGenesisProcessStateValue [0..1] + layerrocktype :LithologyTerm [0..*] {geogenicconstraint} constraints
Soil thematic maps coverage class Soil: Overview Coverages (Base)::Coverage + metadata :Any [0..*] + rangetype :RecordType Generic ISO 19123 Coverage classes Coverages (Domain and Range):: CoverageByDomainAndRange + coveragefunction :CoverageFunction [0..1] + domainset :Any + rangeset :Any [0..*] {ordered} constraints {gridfunctionrequiresgriddomain} Coverages (Domain and Range):: RectifiedGridCoverage constraints {domainisrectifiedgrid} Soil thematic map - coverage SoilThemeCov erage + domainextent :EX_Extent [1..*] + soilthemeparameter :SoilThemeParameterType «lifecycleinfo» + beginlifespanversion :DateTime + endlifespanversion :DateTime [0..1] «voidable» + validtimefrom :Date + validtimeto :Date [0..1] constraints {rangesetvaluesconstraint} +isdescribing 0..* {equaldomain} 1 +isdescribedby «voidable» SoilThemeDescriptiv ecov erage + domainextent :EX_Extent [1..*] + soilthemedescriptiveparameter :SoilThemeDescriptiveParameterType «lifecycleinfo» + beginlifespanversion :DateTime + endlifespanversion :DateTime [0..1]
Semantic interoperability WRB (World reference base for soil resources 2006, first update 2007 ) is used as standard soil type classification system; however it is made possible to use national classification systems (additional) FAO (Guidelines for soil description, 4th edition, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, 2006, pp. 67-77.) is used for Soil horizon classification Re-using of classification schemas from geology related to the Soil layer rock and genesis descriptions
Soil parameters in the model Important parameters in the model due to adopted EU Regulations: Soil profile: WRB name (or national soil type), potential root depth, available water capacity, carbon stock, water drainage Profile element: particle size fraction, organic carbon content, N, ph, Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, Hg, Ni Soil derived object: potential root depth, available water capacity, carbon stock, water drainage, particle size fraction, organic carbon content, N, ph, Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, Hg, Ni, Zn Soil site: any chemical, biological, physical properties The integration specialisation of the generic O&M ISO standard to provide soil measurement information
Development of the INSPIRE Soil data specification covers: 11 TWG-SO members 3 years 2010-2012 65+ teleconferences 7 Face to face meetings 3 cross-theme workshops 3 major versions of the document 190 pages in version 1.0 196 pages in version 2.0 372 pages in version 3.0 15 Use cases 240 received comments on version 2.0 4 recieved comments on the 1 st Draft of the IR 3 INSPIRE conferences
The people behind TWG INSPIRE Soil: Arnold Arnoldussen (TWG Facilitator), Stijn Keijers (TWG Editor), Jandirk Bulens (TWG co-editor), Christine Le Bas, Edoardo Costantini, Einar Eberhardt, Marc van Liedekerke, Stephan Marahrens, Ainara Senar, Kees Versluijs, Robert Tomas (JRC contact point).
The faces behind..(2010) The faces behind..(2012)
In Summary INSPIRE is now! MSs are implementing Inspire compliant services. The 2012, 2015, 2017 and 2020 deadlines for Annex I, II & III mean that work to comply with INSPIRE needs to be starting now. INSPIRE is an opportunity - widens the use of data held by thematic environmental communities. INSPIRE is a multi-purpose infrastructure Activities on-going to re-use INSPIRE in other policy areas (Digital Agenda for Europe, WFD ) INSPIRE facilitates the use of international standards (ISO, CEN, OGC, WRB, FAO) as well as taking active part in their development e.g. OGC GWML 2.0 Interoperability experiment
Coordination Transparency and inclusiveness Stakeholder consultations Support to Member States on the implementation Extend INSPIRE to and ensure consistency of different policy domains Promote INSPIRE in international standardisation
More information: INSPIRE http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ INSPIRE data specifications Overview http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.cfm/pageid/2 Data models http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.cfm/pageid/2/list/d atamodels Schemas http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/schemas/