On Sat, 14 Dec 2019 at 13:57, Moritz Lennert <mlenn...@club.worldonline.be> wrote: > > As a heads up: >
the code to run the tests is here https://github.com/lucadelu/caniuse/tree/grass it should be improved, but right now I have no time > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Improving usability of INSPIRE data in FOSS4G > client applications > Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 17:09:13 +0100 > From: Marco Minghini <marco.minghin...@gmail.com> > To: disc...@lists.osgeo.org > CC: marco.mingh...@ec.europa.eu > > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > grass-dev mailing list > grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev -- ciao Luca www.lucadelu.org _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev