INSPIRE Land Cover and Land Use
Thursday, 28 May 2015, 0900 – 1230 hrs
Session I: Supporting the implementation of the INSPIRE Directive
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
The workshop will introduce the attendees to the INSPIRE Thematic Clusters Collaboration Platform, developed to support the implementation of the INSPIRE Directive in the Europe. The aim of this platform is to help the sharing of experiences and best practices regarding INSPIRE. It is meant to be the place to raise questions, discuss and resolve implementation issues. The 34 INSPIRE data themes have been grouped into 9 Clusters comprising themes that are closely related. This workshop will be focus on the INSPIRE Thematic Cluster on Land Cover and Land Use.
During this workshop an initial list of detected, relevant implementation issues, on-going projects and developments in the scope of the Land Cover and Land Use themes will be presented, to promote discussion with the audience (implementers, users, technical experts) and to get feedback on these topics.
Attendees will have the opportunity to:
- Learn from the presentations and the participants
- Get information on the status of the INSPIRE implementation in the Land Cover and Land Use
- Compare different approaches and solutions
- Share their experiences and expose their implementation issues related to INSPIRE in the Land Cover and Land Use themes
Attendees will be encouraged to contribute with their knowledge not only during the workshop, but also with their subsequent participation into the collaboration platform. All this knowledge transfer will constitute a significant input for the activity of the INSPIRE Thematic Clusters which will be finally contributing to the Maintenance and Implementation Framework (MIF).
TARGET AUDIENCE
The workshop is targeted to:
- Any data provider of the INSPIRE themes Land Cover and Land Use
- Other public sector professionals responsible for implementing or supporting the implementation of INSPIRE in the Land Cover and Land Use themes
- Other public or private sector professionals interested in the INSPIRE implementation of the land cover and land use themes
- Software developers supporting the INSPIRE implementation
- Existing or potential users of land cover and land use data for specific applications
- European bodies, such as the Commission and the European Environment Agency
WORKSHOP REQUIREMENTS
Pre-workshop preparation (recommendation):
- Check the contents of the web portal for the INSPIRE thematic cluster of Land Cover and Land Use
https://themes.jrc.ec.europa.eu/groups/profile/205/land-cover-and-land-use-cluster - 2) Join the individual cluster sub-groups for the Land Cover and Land Use themes
https://themes.jrc.ec.europa.eu/groups/profile/1767/land-cover
https://themes.jrc.ec.europa.eu/groups/profile/1712/land-use
DETAILED WORKSHOP AGENDA
- Welcome and an introduction to the Inspire Thematic Cluster on Land Cover and Land Use
Presenter: Lena Hallin-Pihlatie, Facilitator of the Land Cover and Land Use Cluster
Duration: 10 minutes + discussion - Corine Land Cover on the way towards INSPIRE
Presenter: Christian Ansorge, European Environment Agency
Duration: 10 minutes + discussion - The Portuguese Land use/land cover INSPIRE data harmonization made within SmartOpenData and eENVplus project pilots
Presenter: Rui Reis, Directorate General for Territorial Development
Duration: 10 minutes + discussion - Experiences using GML Coverage for INSPIRE: case Land Cover
Presenter: Soren Dupke, Conterra
Duration: 10 minutes + discussion - Transforming national Land Cover and Land Use datasets to INSPIRE specifications with FME
Presenter: Julian Hernández Delgado, National Geographic Institute
Duration: 10 minutes + discussion - Wrap-up of the first part of the workshop
Chair: Lena Hallin-Pihlatie
Session II: EAGLE meets INSPIRE
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
The workshop will give an overview of the current state-of-play of the EAGLE concept. The EAGLE group is working on the long-term target to provide a conceptual basis for the operational implementation of a new European land monitoring system. The EAGLE data model for land cover and land use has been drafted to serve as a “cook book” for this goal. The data model has three main targets: (1) assisting in the semantic analysis of class definitions, (2) being a vehicle for data transfer between different classification systems and their data sets and (3) serving as a conceptual basis for information storage of mapping and surveying initiatives. The EAGLE concept embodies an object-oriented data model and follows the principle of descriptive characterization of landscape rather than classifying landscape.
The audience will learn about the motivation background, the content of the data model, connection between the EAGLE model and other existing standard, especially the thematic INSPIRE data specifications of land cover and land use but also buildings, habitats and biotopes, among others.
During the work on the EAGLE model and after integrating the HILUCS classes into the LU-part of the model, some issues where identified how to improve the HILUCS classes. These enhancements shall be discussed with other thematic experts during the workshop with view to the INSPIRE Maintenance and Implementation Framework.
Also, the current state of the data model shall be exposed to the expert communities´ opinion. Further it shall be discussed if there are still some thematic fields related to land cover (e.g. forestry) which are not yet sufficiently addressed in the surrounding of INSPIRE.
TARGET AUDIENCE
The workshop is targeted to:
- national and European providers and users of Land Cover and Land Use data
- experts from neighbouring INSPIRE themes (Land Use, Buildings, Biotopes and Habitats, Hydrography, Agricultural Facilities, Soil, Sea Regions, Natural Risk Zones)
- experts working on integration of different data LC/LU data sources
- experts familiar with COPERNICUS products like CORINE Land Cover, Urban Atlas, High Resolution Layers etc.
- data modelling experts (UML, Enterprise Architect)
- representatives of European authorities related to land monitoring (e.g. EEA, Eurostat, DG ENV, DG CLIMA, DG AGRI, DG REGIO)
- and any other visitors interested in the topic
WORKSHOP REQUIREMENTS
Instructions for participants:
- A laptop is not required for attendees, but it can be useful in case they are interested to search related documentation on-the-fly.
- Pre-workshop preparation:
1. It would be helpful if participants make themselves somehow familiar with the overall aim of the EAGLE working group by browsing the website http://sia.eionet.europa.eu/EAGLE.
An easy overview may give the information placed there under “Publication” and “Posters”.
2. Check the web portal of INSPIRE thematic cluster of LC/LU for discussion entries
https://themes.jrc.ec.europa.eu/groups/profile/205/land-cover-and-land-use-cluster
DETAILED WORKSHOP AGENDA
- Introducing the EAGLE concept and its state-of-play
Initial idea behind the concept: describe, decompose and parameterize. Structure of the EAGLE data model and matrix
Presenter: Stephan Arnold
Duration: 15 minutes - First use cases of the EAGLE concept
Presenter: Barbara Kosztra
Duration: 15 minutes - Insight on the EAGLE UML data model and data base
Presenter: Julian Delgado
Duration: 10 minutes - Anything to improve? – Ideas and proposals regarding the INSPIRE data specifications connected to LC/LU
Moderator: Stephan Arnold
Open discussion addressing INSPIRE themes Land Cover, Land Use, Buildings, Habitat and Biotopes, Hydrography, Agricultural Facilities, Soil, Sea Regions, Natural Risk Zones.
Duration: 40 minutes - Outlook – The way forward
Presenter: tbd.
Finnish Environment Institute
Finland
Finnish Environment Institute
Finland
Federal Statistical Office (Destatis)
Germany
National Geographic Institute
Spain
National Geographic Institute
Spain
Directorate General for Territorial Development Portugal
Portugal
European Environment Agency
Denmark
con terra
Germany
Institute of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote Sensing (FOMI)
Hungary