Join today these interesting groups on LinkedIn: 1) H2020 INSPIRE, NSDI Strategy, Law & Policy, SDI Research and Public Sector Innovation 2) H2020 GEO-ICT, Advances in GIS, LiDAR, Spatial Databases and Geospatial Computing  
Project: Prototype transformation of spatial data in the Lake Constance Region according to INSPIRE Looking at the cross-border aspects, the Surveying Authorities of the Lake Constance bordering areas – Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Switzerland and Austria, coordinated by the Runder Tisch GIS e.V., have initiated a common INSPIRE pilot project. With this project, prototype geo-reference data of real estate cadastre and topography developed by the Surveying Authorities were transformed into the INSPIRE
The second joint Czech – Slovak INSPIRE conference will take part in Bratislava on 27.-28.11.2013. The conference is a meeting point for professionals from both countries who will be informed about current status of INSPIRE implementation in Czech Republic and Slovakia as well as the latest INSPIRE news in Europe. Speakers across many public and private institutions will present how the INSPIRE implementation is influencing their institutions and how they
During 3-days of intense business meetings and thanks to the impeccable organization of EBPC (European Business Promotion Center), concrete steps have been done to explore further collaboration scenarios between the smeSpire network members (present and future) and the potential Chinese institutional partners (National and Local Authorities, SMEs associations, Universities, Research Centers), coherently with the MoU signed by smeSpire and EBPC at the end of July. Mission Gallery Download the mission report
Bern, 31 October -2 November 2013 This workshop, organized by University of Bern, aims at providing an interdisciplinary platform to present and learn about best practice rules for geospatial data exchange, metadata tools and archiving facilities: Discuss the possibilities of geodata transfer and preservation not only within small workgroups but also large interdisciplinary projects Discover the geodata sharing features of open source (e.g. CMS Cartaro) as well as proprietary (e.g.
Esri joins European Location Framework Esri has joined the European Location Framework (ELF) project to assist in harmonising and sharing geospatial data across Europe.ELF is funded under the European Commission’s Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP). It brings together 30 organisations, including 14 European National Mapping Authorities, to harmonise and share authoritative national mapping and cadastral data across Europe. Esri has agreed to a grant offer with EuroGeographics to help
In May and June 2013 two major events highlighted the importance and strength of “geospatial” SMEs (or Geo-ICT SMEs) regarding INSPIRE. The first one was the dialogue session “Leveraging SMEs strength for INSPIRE” organized in May by JRC during the Geospatial World Forum, in Rotterdam. The second one was the workshop “Concrete Steps to Implement INSPIRE: Synergies Between The Public and The Private Sector” organized by the SmeSpire project in
smeSpire project, together with AMFM GIS Italia and CISIS–CPSG are organizing a first series of webinar to discuss about operative solutions for harmonizing spatial dataset at sub-national level in Italy, and implement INSPIRE requirements. During the webinars we will discuss about operational and technological aspects around ICT, implementing rules, validation and conformity. As a reference theme, we will start the discussion about “Administrative Units” theme. The discussion will focus on
In the frame of the smeSpire training initiatives, Spatial Applications Division of KU Leuven (SADL) just launched an intense program of seminars which will take place in Leuven from Autumn 2013 to Spring 2014. More info.  
Open Government Data in Germany DDGI (Deutsche Dachverband für Geoinformation e.V.) President Udo Stichling presented the new DDGI position paper “Open Government Data – Free management data for business and society ” The position paper shows the innovation potential of open government data for citizens and businesses, analyzes the conditions for a sustainable strategy and presents six recommendations for action. Examples of open government portals complete the recommendations. Paper (in