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INSPIRE Fusion Center - Provision of data for the
European Spatial Data Infrastructure
The INSPIRE Directive, which is the core of establishing a European Spatial Data Infrastructure, requires the provision of harmonised spatial data via standardised services. The INSPIRE fusionCenter provides a complete solution for this task: from the transformation of data from existing holdings into INSPIRE-compliant data, the efficient storage of this data, to the delivery of this data via INSPIRE View and Download Services.
The harmonisation of source data falling under the INSPIRE Annex Themes is simplified using FME-based transformation processes. These also allow both the fusion of adjacent spatial data sets and the integration of quality assurance methodologies. Options to automate the transformation process – especially following updates to the source data – increase the efficiency of this process.
The harmonised data is stored in an ESRI Geodatabase compliant with the INSPIRE Annex Themes specifications. This offers optimal conditions for the use and publication of INSPIRE-related data with ArcGIS. Due to the implementation of this as a secondary publication database, existing processes and applications for the production and use of the original source data is not affected; i.e. the primary data and work processes remain unchanged. At the same time, this ensures that the required INSPIRE Quality of Service conditions are met.
The core of the INSPIRE fusionCenter is the INSPIRE Service Extension for ArcGIS Server, used for publication of the INSPIRE Annex-Theme geodatabases. This extends the functionality of ArcGIS Server and seamlessly integrates INSPIRE View and Download Services as additional options to the existing range of service types. The INSPIRE Download Service includes support for both direct, user-defined data access and easy download of pre-processed datasets.
The sdi.suite INSPIRE fusion Center is available from autumn 2010.
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