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FROM GI2000 HISTORY TO INSPIRE SUSTAINABILITY – THE CHALLENGES AHEAD

Roger LonghornDirector, Info‐Dynamics Research Associates Ltd, UKINSPIRE Expert, Compass Informatics Ltd, Ireland

Chair, GSDI Association Legal & Socioeconomic Working GroupEditor, GEO:connexion International magazine

[email protected]/standingcomms.asp

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow!

• Yesterday (or the many yesterdays!)– 1995‐1999– 2000‐2002– 2002‐2007

• Today – 2007‐2009 & 2010• Tomorrow – 2010 – 2019?• ... and then what?

15 May 2010 2The Challenges Ahead

Yesterday 1995‐1999

• GI2000: Towards a European Policy Framework for Geographic Information– A (draft) Communication from the Commission to the Council, to the European Parliament, to the Economic and Social Committee and to the Committee of the Regions

• Response to 1994 Clinton Executive Order in USA• Slotted into the Information Market portfolio• ‘Died’ in April 1999, ‘Killed’ in October 1999• but ... many valuable lessons were learned and networks of experts formed for the future!

15 May 2010 The Challenges Ahead 3


• Lessons learned?

• Find the right ‘champion’! (We didn’t!)

• Find the right ‘driver’! (‘Information Market’ was not it!)

• Find the right ‘support mechanism’ for initial funding! (EU partial‐funded projects are helpful, but not the answer)

• Engage, engage, engage – with all stakeholders! (or as many as you can find!)



• GI2000 ‐ kept alive via EU‐funded projects– metadata (MADAME ‐Methods for Access to Data and

Metadata in Europe; ESMI – European Spatial Metadata Infrasturcture)

– SDI development issues, including reference data selection (ETeMII – the European Territorial Management Information Infrastructure; CLEAR ‐ Spatial data clearing house Saar‐Lor‐Lux.; others)

• Environmental European Spatial Data Infrastructure (E‐ESDI) – the INSPIRE precursor

• Sixth Environment Action Programme and the European Sustainable Development Strategy – SAVED!


Yesterday 2002 ‐ 2007• 11 April 2002 ‐Memorandum of understanding between

Commissioners Wallstróm, Solbes, Busquin for Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE)

• FUNDS become available!• ... for an “initiative to support Geographical Information for

Community policies” – in a number of areas, not just environment.

• Position Papers produced on most aspects of SDI development(2002‐2003)

• Impact Assessment(s) produced (2003‐2004)• Experts Groups formed (2004)• 23 July 2004 – COM (2004) 516 final published – calls for a

Directive called INSPIRE


Today 2007 – 2009 (& 2010)

• 25 April 2007 – INSPIRE Directive published in the OJ– Calls for adoption by EU Member States by 15 May 2009

• Establishes the basic principles and a regime of implementation actions – the Implementing Rules – to be enacted by separate EU legislation, i.e. EC Regulations &/or Decisions

• 2008 – ‘Roadmaps’, Drafting Teams, preparatory actions

• 4 Dec 2008 – EC Regulation 1205/2008 published covering INSPIRE metadata production and standards


Today 2009 ‐ 2010• 11 June 2009 – Commission Decision of 5 June 2009 for INSPIRE Monitoring & Reporting

• 20 Oct 2009 – EC Regulation 976/2009 covering Network Services for Discovery and Viewing Services.

• 14 Dec 2009 – draft EC Regulation amending 976/2009 to cover Download and Transformation Services.

• 14 Dec 2009 – draft EC Regulation on interoperabilityof spatial data sets and services (data specifications for Annex I data themes).

• 29 March 2010 – EC Regulation 268/2010 on access and sharing of INSPIRE data with EU Institutions.


Tomorrow 2010 – 2019 ?

• December 2010 – metadata to be available for the 13 Annex I and II data themes

• May & Nov 2011 – Discovery and View services to be available (IOC, then full).

• 15 May 2012 – Data specs (interoperability) Regulation to be ready for Annex II and III data themes.

• June 2012 – INSPIRE Reg Comm opinion on ‘Invoke’ Services due.• June 2012 – Download and Transformation Services to be

available.• June 2012 – Annex I datasets to be ‘harmonised’.• Dec 2013 – Metadata for Annex III data themes (21) to be available.• January 2015 – Annex II and III data to be ‘harmonised’.• June 2017 – ‘Legacy’ Annex I datasets to be ‘harmonised’• 30 May 2019 – ‘Legacy’ Annex II and III datasets to be ‘harmonised’.


What Then?

• Information Infrastructure has this nasty tendency of needing to be sustained well into the future – SDI is no different.

• But by 2019, SDI should be well embedded into generic National Information Infrastructure (NII), e‐government and the decision‐making processes of government at all levels.

• By 2019, SDI should be supporting myriad location‐based services throughout society, in commerce and in our daily lives.

• Yes?


Challenges Ahead• How do you sustain an expensive infrastructure in times of financial crisis – such as today!

• What are currently successful Business Models – if any?

• What is the role of private industry in socioeconomic information infrastructure?

• Information Infrastructure evolution makes it difficult to predict ‘future’ challenges:– New technology can overcome some barriers – technical and policy oriented (e.g. IPR)

– New technology can also raise new challenges – e.g. privacy invasion, protection of personal data, etc.


Learn from our successes – and from our mistakes!

• Identify, codify, monitor and diffuse ‘Best Practice’wherever it is found.

• Think laterally! The geo world is not the first to be involved in developing information infrastructure.

• Observe and adopt best practice from allied initiatives – e‐Government, health information infrastructure, etc.

• Continue efforts on awareness and dissemination of information regarding info infrastructure and its benefits –to both decision makers and to those who will be impacted upon by the decisions!

• Most importantly – participate!


Thank you for your attention!Please note the Workshop on Saturday on

“INSPIRE – The Readiness Checklist”

Roger LonghornDirector, Info‐Dynamics Research Associates Ltd, UK

INSPIRE Expert, Compass Informatics Ltd, Ireland

Chair, GSDI Association Legal & Socioeconomic Working Group

Editor, GEO:connexion International magazine

[email protected]

www.gsdi.org/standingcomms.asp


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