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INSPIRE Data SpecificationsINSPIRE Data Specifications

Area management / restriction / Area management / restriction / regulation zones and reporting unitsregulation zones and reporting units

(Draft data specification ver.2.0)(Draft data specification ver.2.0)

INSPIRE Thematic Working Group AM

Darja Lihteneger

INSPIRE Conference 2011, Edinburgh, 30 June 2011

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INSPIRE TWG AMINSPIRE TWG AM

• 10 members • Nominated by SDICs or LMOs from:

– Italy– Netherlands– Norway– Poland– Turkey– United Kingdom– And European or international organisations:

• EEA – European Environment Agency• EUCC - Coastal & Marine Union


INSPIRE definition of AMINSPIRE definition of AM

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.


ApproachApproach

• Scope related to diverse environmental issues:– air, water, soil/land and biotic (living) components

• Areas defined by legislation active at different levels:– international, European, national, sub-national

• Broad to cover diverse possibilities = GENERIC APPROACH

Keep consistent (individual cases vs. generic approach), simple, practical and feasible, robust!


Application schemas in AMApplication schemas in AM

The theme has been split into two application schemas:

•Area Management, Restriction and Regulation Zones

•Reporting Units


Area management / restriction / Area management / restriction / regulation zonesregulation zones

Zones - established in accordance with specific legislative requirements to deliver the environmental aims, like: •Protect and improve environmental quality, natural resources•Protect and control risk from natural and man-made hazards•Protect plant, animal and human health•Control development/spatial planning


AMRRZ application schemaAMRRZ application schema

core spatial object type

competent authority

zone type

controlled activity

management information

reference to the legislation


Example – specialised zone typesExample – specialised zone types

• High level zone types should address the main domain areas• Specialised zone types are important to distinguish specific cases (types)

of such zones


Some of the requirementsSome of the requirements

• Consistency between spatial data sets:• To ensure that data can be seamlessly integrated into

applications the geometries of spatial objects coincident to a boundary (e.g. administrative boundary: state, country or management boundary: catchment area) shall be consistent

• Where the geometry of the spatial object is derived from another spatial object the geometries of the two objects shall be consistent

• Geometry representation:• The geometry shall be explicitly defined, and references

to geometries of other spatial object types are not allowed.


Reporting unitsReporting units

• Reporting units are spatial objects that provide the spatial extent for related reporting information

• Therefore, reporting units can be almost any spatial object from an INSPIRE Annex Theme

• Examples:• Administrative units• Statistical units• Bio-geographical regions• River basin districts• Air quality monitoring stations• Physical Waters (river, lake, groundwater)


RU application schemaRU application schema

Reporting units

Reporting authority

Reporting obligation (including

reference to legislation)

Reporting information

(identifier for any reporting

information that is linked to the

reporting unit)


Reference to legislationReference to legislation

Proposed as common type in updated GCM


Open issues in AMOpen issues in AM

• Cross-theme issue: the same legally based restriction might be used in different INSPIRE themes (LU, NZ, SO, etc)

• Interrelationships with INSPIRE themes (some examples):• PS: as conservation purpose / protection and restriction purpose in AM• HY: WFD reporting application schema (to stay in HY as specifically

defined spatial object types for the reporting under WFD)• Managed areas could be defined in almost any other theme

• Complex thematic topic could be covered by different INSPIRE themes - AM being one of them

• Initial set of zones: more input into a code list of high-level zones – this should be part of the IR

• Detailed information related to controlled activities: explicitly defined in the zones dataset or in supporting resources?

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Thank you!Thank you!

Inspire Thematic Working Group “Area management”[email protected]

Darja [email protected]