Geoinformation Metadata in INSPIRE and SDI Understanding. Editing. P
The book is a new comprehensive textbook about creating and publishing geoinformation metadata. It is a compendium of knowledge about geoinformation metadata in INSPIRE Directive and Spatial Information Infrastructures. It contains the knowledge necessary
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Leszek Litwin
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Maciej Rossa
Geoinformation Metadata in INSPIRE and SDI Understanding. Editing. Publishing
Leszek Litwin Institute of Spatial and Cadastral Systems Dworcowa 56 44-100 Gliwice Poland [email protected]
Maciej Rossa General Directorate for Environmental Protection Wawelska 52/54 00-922 Warsaw Poland [email protected]
ISSN 1863-2246 e-ISSN 1863-2351 ISBN 978-3-642-15861-2 e-ISBN 978-3-642-15862-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-15862-9 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011932430 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: deblik Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
On May 15, 2007, Directive 2007/2/EC by European Parliament and the Council entered into force on establishment of European Spatial Data Infrastructure (ESDI). The assumption is that ESDI is to be the sum of National Spatial Data Infrastructures. One of the first stages of building the ESDI is the establishment by Member States of metadata for spatial data series, collections and services, in specified and legally sanctioned terms. Metadata, defined as “data on data”, shall serve a number of purposes in the ESDI, amongst others being the publication of information on spatial data resources made available under SDI by many institutions, including governmental ones. Additionally, establishment of metadata allows inventorying of spatial data resources and related services, and makes them more accessible to citizens of Member States (as well as Internet users). Resources of spatial data have a huge value, which is also commercial. Based on a EU report during the early twenty-first century spatial data constitutes 60–80% base for issuance of administrative decisions. Furthermore spatial data is required in public safety, spatial administration, planning, transport, business, as well as military and intelligence sectors. Although the commercial value of spatial data is estimated in the billions of Euro, still the access to spatial data is inhibited due to hitherto highly difficult ways of making such data availa
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