INSPIRE Data Specification for Transport Networks published

Date: 9/12/2009

Source: inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

The third version of the INSPIRE Data Specification on Transport Networks has been finalised and published. The document can be downloaded from inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/.

This version (v3.0.1) provides:

• the basis for the development of the Implementing Rule, related to the spatial data theme of Transport Networks
• the implementation guidelines that will accompany the Implementing Rule on the Interoperability of Spatial Data Sets.

INfrastructure for SPatial InfoRmation in the European community (INSPIRE), is an EC Directive concerning the sharing and harmonisation of spatial datasets across Europe. INSPIRE has considerable implications for the Highways Agency and other UK road administrations, because such organisations will be required to create standardised metadata (descriptions of the spatial data), as well as having to provide access to data that has been collected or created in standard form.

The extensive data specification has been prepared by the INSPIRE Thematic Working Group Transport Networks (TWG-TN), a multinational team of experts in the field drawn from different parts of the European Union. This version of the data specification has been compiled from reference material submitted by the Spatial Data Interest Communities (SDICs) and Legally Mandated Organisation (LMOs) of INSPIRE, plus the responses to the User Requirements Survey.

The INSPIRE website says that:

“[This document] will supplement the Implementing Rule for Interoperability of Spatial Data Sets and Services and allow for preparation for implementation. Together with the relevant materials (GML application schemas, UML models and registries), [it] will support the implementation and provide a better understanding of the requirements of the Implementing Rule.”

The data specifications have been published for all Annex I Data Themes, which includes Transport Networks. A call has been issued to SDICs and LMOs for participation in the development of INSPIRE Data Specifications for Annex II and III Themes.

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ITS Radar International will continue to monitor developments in INSPIRE

Keywords: Geographic information, Standard