INSPIRE Directive (Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community)

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The INSPIRE Directive is a European Union legislative framework that establishes a standardized infrastructure for sharing and interoperating spatial (geographic) data across member states to support environmental policies and related activities.

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instanceOf European Union directive
legal framework
acronymMeaning Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community NERFINISHED
adoptedBy Council of the European Union NERFINISHED
European Parliament NERFINISHED
aimsTo establish an infrastructure for spatial information in the European Community
support environmental policies
support policies and activities that may have an impact on the environment
appliesTo European Union Member States NERFINISHED
covers area management and restriction zones
elevation
energy resources
environmental monitoring facilities
geology
habitats and biotopes
hydrography
land cover
mineral resources
protected sites
reference data such as coordinate reference systems
spatial data themes needed for environmental applications
species distribution
statistical units
transport networks
enteredIntoForce 15 May 2007
establishes INSPIRE spatial data infrastructure NERFINISHED
fullName Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council NERFINISHED
geographicalCoverage European Union NERFINISHED
implementedThrough national legislation of EU Member States
legalBasis Article 175(1) of the Treaty establishing the European Community
legalCitation Directive 2007/2/EC NERFINISHED
policyArea environment
geographic information
spatial data infrastructure
promotes cross-border access to spatial data
interoperability of spatial data across borders
reuse of public sector spatial information
sharing of spatial data between public authorities
standardisation of spatial data
relatedTo EU environmental acquis NERFINISHED
European spatial data infrastructure NERFINISHED
requires coordination mechanisms in Member States
harmonisation of spatial data themes
interoperability of spatial data sets and services
metadata for spatial data sets and services
monitoring and reporting by Member States
network services for discovery, view, download, transformation and invoke
use of common implementing rules and technical guidelines
scope public sector spatial data sets
spatial data services
shortName INSPIRE NERFINISHED

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Instituto Geográfico Nacional (Spain) follows INSPIRE Directive (Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community)