The INSPIRE Directive

The INSPIRE Directive aims to create a European Union spatial data infrastructure for the purposes of EU environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment. This European Spatial Data Infrastructure will enable the sharing of environmental spatial information among public sector organisations, facilitate public access to spatial information across Europe and assist in policy-making across boundaries.

INSPIRE is based on the infrastructures for spatial information established and operated by the Member States of the European Union. The Directive addresses 34 spatial data themes needed for environmental applications.
The Directive came into force on 15 May 2007 and will be implemented in various stages, with full implementation required by 2021.

Meer informatie: http://inspire.ec.europa.eu

The themes

Annex 1

Theme	Thema	Description
Addresses	Adressen	Location of properties based on address identifiers, usually by road name, house number, postal code.
Administrative units	Administratieve Eenheden	Units of administration, dividing areas where Member States have and/or exercise jurisdictional rights, for local, regional and national governance, separated by administrative boundaries.
Cadastral parcels	Kadastrale perselen	Areas defined by cadastral registers or equivalent.
Coordinate reference systems	Systemen voor verwijzing door middel van coördinaten	Systems for uniquely referencing spatial information in space as a set of coordinates (x, y, z) and/or latitude and longitude and height, based on a geodetic horizontal and vertical datum.
Geographical grid systems	Geografisch rastersysteem	Harmonised multi-resolution grid with a common point of origin and standardised location and size of grid cells.
Geographical names	Geografische namen	Names of areas, regions, localities, cities, suburbs, towns or settlements, or any geographical or topographical feature of public or historical interest.
Hydrography	Hydrografie	Hydrographic elements, including marine areas and all other water bodies and items related to them, including river basins and sub-basins. Where appropriate, according to the definitions set out in Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (2) and in the form of networks.
Protected sites	Beschermde gebieden	Area designated or managed within a framework of international, Community and Member States' legislation to achieve specific conservation objectives.
Transport networks	Vervoersnetwerken	Road, rail, air and water transport networks and related infrastructure. Includes links between different networks. Also includes the trans-European transport network as defined in Decision No 1692/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 on Community Guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network (1) and future revisions of that Decision.

Annex 2

Theme	Thema	Description
Elevation	Hoogte	Digital elevation models for land, ice and ocean surface. Includes terrestrial elevation, bathymetry and shoreline.
Geology	Geologie	Geology characterised according to composition and structure. Includes bedrock, aquifers and geomorphology.
Land cover	Bodemgebruik	Physical and biological cover of the earth's surface including artificial surfaces, agricultural areas, forests, (semi-)natural areas, wetlands, water bodies.
Orthoimagery	Orthobeeldvorming	Geo-referenced image data of the Earth's surface, from either satellite or airborne sensors.

Annex 3

Theme	Thema	Description
Agricultural and aquaculture facilities	Faciliteiten voor landbouw en aquacultuur	Farming equipment and production facilities (including irrigation systems, greenhouses and stables).
Area management / restriction / regulation zones & reporting units	Gebiedsbeheer, gebieden waar beperkingen gelden, gereguleerde gebieden en rapportage-eenheden	Areas managed, regulated or used for reporting at international, European, national, regional and local levels. Includes dumping sites, restricted areas around drinking water sources, nitrate-vulnerable zones, regulated fairways at sea or large inland waters, areas for the dumping of waste, noise restriction zones, prospecting and mining permit areas, river basin districts, relevant reporting units and coastal zone management areas.
Atmospheric conditions	Atmosferische omstandigheden	Physical conditions in the atmosphere. Includes spatial data based on measurements, on models or on a combination thereof and includes measurement locations.
Bio-geographical regions	Biogeografische gebieden	Areas of relatively homogeneous ecological conditions with common characteristics.
Buildings	Gebouwen	Geographical location of buildings.
Energy Resources	Energiebronnen	Energy resources including hydrocarbons, hydropower, bio-energy, solar, wind, etc., where relevant including depth/height information on the extent of the resource.
Environmental monitoring Facilities	Milieubewakingsvoorzieningen	Location and operation of environmental monitoring facilities includes observation and measurement of emissions, of the state of environmental media and of other ecosystem parameters (biodiversity, ecological conditions of vegetation, etc.) by or on behalf of public authorities.
Habitats and biotopes	Habitats en biotopen	Geographical areas characterised by specific ecological conditions, processes, structure, and (life support) functions that physically support the organisms that live there. Includes terrestrial and aquatic areas distinguished by geographical, abiotic and biotic features, whether entirely natural or semi-natural.
Human health and safety	Menselijke gezondheid en veiligheid	Geographical distribution of dominance of pathologies (allergies, cancers, respiratory diseases, etc.), information indicating the effect on health (biomarkers, decline of fertility, epidemics) or well-being of humans (fatigue, stress, etc.) linked directly (air pollution, chemicals, depletion of the ozone layer, noise, etc.) or indirectly (food, genetically modified organisms, etc.) to the quality of the environment.
Land use	Landgebruik	Territory characterised according to its current and future planned functional dimension or socio-economic purpose (e.g. residential, industrial, commercial, agricultural, forestry, recreational).
Meteorological geographical features	Meteorologische geografische kenmerken	Weather conditions and their measurements; precipitation, temperature, evapotranspiration, wind speed and direction.
Mineral Resources	Minerale bronnen	Mineral resources including metal ores, industrial minerals, etc., where relevant including depth/height information on the extent of the resource.
Natural risk zones	Gebieden met natuurrisico's	Vulnerable areas characterised according to natural hazards (all atmospheric, hydrologic, seismic, volcanic and wildfire phenomena that, because of their location, severity, and frequency, have the potential to seriously affect society), e.g. floods, landslides and subsidence, avalanches, forest fires, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions.
Oceanographic geographical features	Oceanografische geografische kenmerken	Physical conditions of oceans (currents, salinity, wave heights, etc.).
Population distribution and demography	Spreiding van de bevolking - demografie	Geographical distribution of people, including population characteristics and activity levels, aggregated by grid, region, administrative unit or other analytical unit.
Production and industrial facilities	Faciliteiten voor productie en industrie	Industrial production sites, including installations covered by Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (1) and water abstraction facilities, mining, storage sites.
Sea regions	Zeegebieden	Physical conditions of seas and saline water bodies divided into regions and sub-regions with common characteristics.
Soil	Bodem	Soils and subsoil characterised according to depth, texture, structure and content of particles and organic material, stoniness, erosion, where appropriate mean slope and anticipated water storage capacity.
Species distribution	Spreiding van soorten	Geographical distribution of occurrence of animal and plant species aggregated by grid, region, administrative unit or other analytical unit.
Statistical units	Statistische eenheden	Units for dissemination or use of statistical information.
Utility and governmental services	Nutsdiensten en overheidsdiensten	Includes utility facilities such as sewage, waste management, energy supply and water supply, administrative and social governmental services such as public administrations, civil protection sites, schools and hospitals.

Published: Tue, 06/06/2017 - 11:13 | Last updated: Tue, 04/10/2018 - 10:53