Alex and Marco: For wider use of INSPIRE data please consider funding client libraries, GeoTools, OGR, etc... Adding support for the data formats, and the web services, to libraries allow integration in a wind range of applications, utilities and automation activities. -- Jody Garnett
On Thu, 12 Dec 2019 at 17:09, Marco Minghini <marco.minghin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > at the European Commission - Joint Research Centre (JRC) we have been > working with our Contractors (WeTransform and Epsilon Italia) on a set of > actions aimed at improving the usability of INSPIRE data sets. For those > who are not familiar with INSPIRE [1], this is the European Spatial Data > Infrastructure (SDI) built on top EU Member States infrastructures to > support European environmental policies. > > The rationale behind these actions is that GML is the default encoding for > INSPIRE data because INSPIRE xml schemas are generated automatically from > the conceptual UML models. These schemas are complex and many existing > (web, desktop and mobile) client applications are not able to fully consume > or make use of data shared according to these schemas. > > Two actions have been completed over the last year in order to: > 1) improve client support for INSPIRE data > 2) develop an alternative encoding for INSPIRE data (GeoJSON) > > Within the first Action [2], we compiled a "can I use" matrix [3] > describing which functionality associated with the consumption of INSPIRE > data (both in GML and GeoJSON) is supported by which client. The clients > tested are QGIS, GRASS GIS, hale studio, OpenLayers and LeafletJS as well > as some proprietary solutions. > > This e-mail is first of all to inform you about this Action and to show > that, as you can notice in [3], open source solutions are currently the > most successful ones, but some improvement is still possible. In this > regard, we have established communication with the software PSC and/or > communities and discussed the prioritisation of functionalities that should > be improved or developed for each software to best satisfy user needs. > > Whenever other encodings (e.g. GeoPackage) for INSPIRE data will become > available, the same approach should be followed. > > In addition, since the Action is formally completed but the outcomes will > still be very important for the INSPIRE community in the future, we are > currently exploring how to ensure the sustainability of the tool. In > particular, we would open an invitation to anyone (project developers, > users or communities, or simply interested people) to contribute to keep > the matrix up-to-date by testing new/future versions of specific OSGeo > tools (in particular those mentioned above - QGIS, GRASS GIS, OpenLayers > and LeafletJS - but also other tools). The tests, described at [4], consist > of general GIS tasks and do not require INSPIRE-specific knowledge. > Interested people can also submit content through issues or pull requests > in the GitHub repository [5] or contact us. > > Thank you all for your attention. > Best regards, > Alex and Marco > > > [1] https://inspire.ec.europa.eu > [2] > https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/wikis/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=418580131 > [3] https://inspire-mif.github.io/caniuse/generator/out.html > [4] https://github.com/INSPIRE-MIF/caniuse/tree/master/docs > [5] https://github.com/INSPIRE-MIF/caniuse > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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