 INSPIRE (Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe) is an initiative launched by the European Commission during 2002 and developed in collaboration with Member States and accession countries. It aims at making available relevant, harmonised and quality geographic information to support formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Community policies.
 INSPIRE Overview document - UPDATED DECEMBER 2009
Link to INSPIRE Information on IGGI website List of UK Spatial Data Interest Communities (SDICs) and Legally Mandated Organisations (LMOs) INSPIRE status document
EU Regulations, Directives and Decisions: A Comparison
AGI recognises that INSPIRE aims are in accordance with the AGI mission statement and welcomes the initiative as a means of using GI to enable better decision making at local, national and European levels. In particular AGI welcomes the need for common standards, for some harmonisation and for some integration of GI across national boundaries. AGI's operation of the Gigateway metadata portal within the UK demonstrates a commitment to these ideals. INSPIRE Vision Statement Presentation given by Robin Waters at the 1Spatial INSPIRE Seminar on 29th April 2008 Presentation given by Rob Walker at the 1Spatial INSPIRE Seminar on 29th April 2008 Andrew Trigg, Head of GI, Land Registry: presentation from Headstar INSPIRE Event May 2008 User Requirement Survey - February 2010
INSPIRE Working Group AGI has established an INSPIRE working group One of their first tasks was to publish an overview of INSPIRE in simple, easy to understand terms. Minutes of INSPIRE Working Group meetings for the AGI's policy on the INSPIRE initiative, please read the document below:
AGI Comments on INSPIRE documents | Document | Draft | AGI Comments | Published | | Technical Architecture Overview | | |
| | Implementing rules for metadata | | |
| | D2.3 INSPIRE Data Specifications - Definition of Annex Themes and Scope | | |
| | D2.5 Draft INSPIRE Generic Conceptual Model | | |
| | D2.7 Guidelines for the encoding of spatial data |
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| | | D3.5 Network Services Architecture V2 | | |
| | D3.7 IRs for Discovery and View Services |
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| | | D3.9 Download Services IR |
| | | | Download Services Technical Guidance |
| | | | D3.10 Transformation Services IR |
| | | | Coordinate Transformation Services Technical Guidance |
| | | | D4.9 Data and Service Sharing Draft Implementing Rule |
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| | | Monitoring and Reporting Draft IRs |
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