1. European Transport Conference 2012
Glasgow, October 9
Implementation of the INSPIRE
Directive on Road Transport
Networks in Portugal
Research developed with
the cooperation of:
Inês Soares, ISEL
Paulo Matos Martins(*), ISEL
(*) paulo.martins@dec.isel.pt

2. Implementation of INSPIRE Directive on Road Transport Infrastructures in Portugal
− Content −
 Introduction
 State of Art
 INSPIRE Directive
 National Road Infrastructure – Implementation of the INSPIRE
Directive in Portugal
 Case Study
 Conclusions and Future Prospects
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3. Implementation of INSPIRE Directive on Road Transport Infrastructures in Portugal
− Introduction −
Framework
“Information Society represents a form of social and economic development, in which the flow of
acquisition, storage, processing, enhancement, transmission and dissemination of information is
fundamental to the satisfaction of modern societies (MSI,1997)”
Geographic Information
represents about 80% or
90% of the information
in the Universe
INFORMATION SOCIETY
Availability Quality Organization Access Share
Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council,
which establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the
European Community
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4. Implementation of INSPIRE Directive on Road Transport Infrastructures in Portugal
− Introduction −
Objectives
Main objectives:
 To understand the INSPIRE Directive and comprise the
reasons that led to the creation of the European Spatial
Data Infrastructure;
 To analyze the application of the Directive to the Portuguese
National Road Infrastructure, including the role of the
national authorities, and identify the major benefits and the
obstacles in the implementation process;
 To develop a pilot-project of a web view service for the
provision of INSPIRE data on road infrastructure.
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5. Implementation of INSPIRE Directive on Road Transport Infrastructures in Portugal
− State of Art −
Historical approach of the INSPIRE Directive
DG Environment Publication on the
E-ESDI website of the Official
Expert Group EUROSTAT
Journal of the EU and
JRC entered in force on
Publication of the
May 15th 2007
“ESDI Organisation and INSPIRE Work
Public consultation Programme Directive INSPIRE
E-ESDI Action Plan”
2001 2003 2005 2007
2002 2004 2006
MoU – Memorandum In July, the INSPIRE Established
of understanding Directive proposal consensus between
was approved by the the European
Published fundamental EC Council, Parliament
documents to the correct
and EC
structure and
performance of the
infrastructure for spatial
information
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6. Implementation of INSPIRE Directive on Road Transport Infrastructures in Portugal
− State of Art −
Important Spatial Data Infrastructures in World
USA ASDI
National Spatial Data Australian Spatial Data
Infrastructure Infrastructure
ÍNDIA
National Spatial Data
Infrastructure
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7. Implementation of INSPIRE Directive on Road Transport Infrastructures in Portugal
− INSPIRE Directive −
Historical approach of the INSPIRE Directive
The problems of Geographic
Information: Establishment of an “open”
 Fragmentation; European Spatial Data
SOLUTION
 Duplication; Infrastructure, with high quality
 Unavailability; and harmonized information
 Problems on identifying, access and
use; INSPIRE Directive
 Quality.
Objective:
The Directive aims the creation of an infrastructure based on a distributed network of
databases, interconnected and based on common standards and protocols that
ensure their compatibility.
The users should identify and access the geographic information
From different Harmonize Use it for various
sources purposes
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8. Implementation of INSPIRE Directive on Road Transport Infrastructures in Portugal
− INSPIRE Directive −
Implementation Process of the Directive
Implementation Process
1st Step 2nd Step 3rd Step 4th Step
Documentation Access Harmonization Complementation
Creation and availability Through network Ensure Functional SDI
of metadata services interoperability of
data
Utilizador Utilizador
Discovery Services
The INSPIRE Directive defines Geo Portal INSPIRE View Services
Interoperability as the ... ...
Download Services
possibility of access spatial data
through network services via Serviços Serviços Serviços
Transformation Services
de Rede de Rede de Rede
internet. Invoke Services
Base de dados Base de dados Base de dados
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9. Implementation of INSPIRE Directive on Road Transport Infrastructures in Portugal
− INSPIRE Directive −
INSPIRE Directive applied to Road Infrastructure
Transport
Annex I 9 themes
Networks
INSPIRE Annex II 4 themes Definition: “Road, rail, air and water transport
Directive network and related infrastructures. Includes
the links between different networks, including
Annex III 21 themes also the tras-European transport network.”
The mission of InIR, the Portuguese Institute responsible for the
National Road Sector is supervise, regulate and the oversee the
management and operation of the national road network.
In pratice, this implies:
Provision of network Harmonization and
Collection and
Creation of services defined by the provision of all the
evaluation of all
metadata Directive geographic information
relevant datasets
request
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10. Implementation of INSPIRE Directive on Road Transport Infrastructures in Portugal
− INSPIRE Directive −
Implementation on InIR – SWOT Analysis
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
- Sharing information with a wide range of - Lack of information;
users; - Lack of standardization in the provision of
- Workgroups between public authorities, info by the concessionaires;
private sector and citizens; - Little knowledge and understanding of
- Cooperation between the various entities INSPIRE.
responsible for the theme;
- Excellent staff and technical skills;
- Improve decision support;
- Reduction of costs to obtain information.
SWOT
OPPORTUNITIES THREATS
- Present to stakeholders the work performed; - Little acceptance and a small degree of
voluntary;
- Creation of a spatial data Infrastructure
including its expansion for the Transport - Little governmental support;
sector (INSPIRE-T). - The costs associated with implementation.
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11. Implementation of INSPIRE Directive on Road Transport Infrastructures in Portugal
− Case Study −
Methodological approach
INSPIRE Data Specifications – Transport Networks
“INSPIRE Data Specifications on Transport Networks - Guidelines
DS-D2.3: “Definition of DS-D2.5: “Generic DS-D2.6: “Meth. for the DS-D2.7: “Guidelines for
annex Themes and Conceptual Model” development of data the encoding of spatial
Scope” specifications” data”
In the Transport Networks case
Generic Network Model
Describe the basic concepts that
define the Transport Networks
Application Scheme
Source: “Drafting Team "Data Specifications"
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12. Implementation of INSPIRE Directive on Road Transport Infrastructures in Portugal
− Case Study −
Road Transport Networks Application Scheme
Generic UML class diagram
Road Transport Networks
Road Transport Networks
elements
Source: INSPIRE Thematic Working Group Transport Networks
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13. Implementation of INSPIRE Directive on Road Transport Infrastructures in Portugal
− Case Study −
View Service
Stages of development of the view service:
1. Selecting the study sample from the National Road Network and
subsequent creation of the INSPIRE database;
2. Verifying and correcting the network topology, creation of Routes and their
Calibration;
3. Development of Event Tables for the representation of the attributes and
properties of road transport network;
4. Creation of the map where is contained all the geographic information that
will be available on the view service;
5. Creation of the view service with the ArcGIS Server software;
6. Establishment of the application that allows the access to the geographic
information present in the service through the internet.
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14. Implementation of INSPIRE Directive on Road Transport Infrastructures in Portugal
− Case Study −
View Service
1. Sample of National Road Network studied and the INSPIRE database
National Road Network
National Motorways Network
NMN
• 31 motorways
• Length of 2735 km
• 20% of the National Road
Network
NMN
INSPIRE
InIR s internal database
database
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15. Implementation of INSPIRE Directive on Road Transport Infrastructures in Portugal
− Case Study −
View Service
2. Verification and correction of the topology, creation of Routes and Calibration
Representation of the attributes
and properties of the road network
Linear Referencing
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16. Implementation of INSPIRE Directive on Road Transport Infrastructures in Portugal
− Case Study −
View Service
3. Event Tables of the attributes and properties of the NMN
DISSOLVE LOCATE FEATURES REPRESENTATION IN
EVENT TABLE
TOOL ALONG ROUTES THE ROUTE
Query consult
TOOL
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17. Implementation of INSPIRE Directive on Road Transport Infrastructures in Portugal
− Case Study −
View Service
4. INSPIRE final map
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18. Implementation of INSPIRE Directive on Road Transport Infrastructures in Portugal
− Case Study −
View Service
5. Establishment of the view service
- Service name; - Sharing service;
- Map to display; - Usage times;
- Service capacity– WMS;
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19. Implementation of INSPIRE Directive on Road Transport Infrastructures in Portugal
− Case Study −
View Service
5. Establishment of the view service (Cont.)
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20. Implementation of INSPIRE Directive on Road Transport Infrastructures in Portugal
− Case Study −
View Service
6. Elaboration of the web application that allows users to view geographic
information over the internet
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21. Implementation of INSPIRE Directive on Road Transport Infrastructures in Portugal
− Case Study −
View Service
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22. Implementation of INSPIRE Directive on Road Transport Infrastructures in Portugal
− Conclusions −
 The INSPIRE Directive appears as the solution for the problems and
gaps related to geographic information, making it available in a
harmonized way and with extreme quality, for formulation,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies;
 It was possible the development of a view service which provides
access to geographic information on the Portuguese National
Motorways Network, through the internet;
 The establishment of an infrastructure for spatial information where the
road information is properly addressed will bring enormous benefits to
the planning and management of transport infrastructures;
 The creation of an SDI targeted for road information is fundamental for
the development of ITS and mobility management and traffic, road
safety, environmental and social planning.
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23. Implementation of INSPIRE Directive on Road Transport Infrastructures in Portugal
− Future prospects −
 Link the INSPIRE Directive with the CEN Transmodel family, like the
IFOPT standard;
 Link also with conceptual standardization promoted by initiatives like
START project (INTEGRA concept), INSPIRE and Transmodel which
have certainly an important role in the future of a European seamless
transport reality;
 The creation of a Spatial Data Infrastructure dedicated to the theme of
Transport (INSPIRE-T) and its harmonization with others CEN
Standards.
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