INSPIRE metadata catalogue visualisation

All 34 INSPIRE themes with visualisation of relations between the Member States, organisations and datasets
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00 Coordinate reference systems

59 organisations, 134 datasets, 293 relations

01 Geographical grid systems

52 organisations, 141 datasets, 271 relations

02 Geographical names

1681 organisations, 5464 datasets, 12277 relations

03 Administrative units

398 organisations, 1910 datasets, 3614 relations

04 Addresses

1660 organisations, 2157 datasets, 5973 relations

05 Cadastral parcels

222 organisations, 3437 datasets, 5977 relations

06 Transport networks

692 organisations, 2697 datasets, 5412 relations

07 Hydrography

440 organisations, 1952 datasets, 3860 relations

08 protected sites

717 organisations, 1971 datasets, 4745 relations

09 elevations

344 organisations, 5595 datasets, 15476 relations

10 Land cover

492 organisations, 2021 datasets, 4582 relations

11 Orthoimagery

231 organisations, 1098 datasets, 2462 relations

12 Geology

226 organisations, 1425 datasets, 3355 relations

13 Statistical units

146 organisations, 484 datasets, 1149 relations

14 Buildings

306 organisations, 1117 datasets, 2199 relations

15 Soil

237 organisations, 790 datasets, 1811 relations

16 Land use

2544 organisations, 44294 datasets, 96357 relations

17 Human health and safety

383 organisations, 1065 datasets, 2504 relations

18 Utility and governmental services

689 organisations, 2420 datasets, 5342 relations

19 Environmental monitoring facilities

460 organisations, 1394 datasets, 3481 relations

20 Production and industrial facilities

262 organisations, 605 datasets, 1485 relations

21 Agricultural and aquaculture facilities

133 organisations, 338 datasets, 739 relations

22 Population distribution demography

50 organisations, 167 datasets, 334 relations

23 Area management, restriction, regulation zones and reporting units

1580 organisations, 12883 datasets, 27992 relations

24 Natural risk zones

339 organisations, 2581 datasets, 5639 relations

25 Atmospheric conditions

87 organisations, 212 datasets, 588 relations

26 Meteorological geographical features

56 organisations, 179 datasets, 438 relations

27 Oceanographic geographical features

65 organisations, 521 datasets, 2873 relations

28 Sea regions

50 organisations, 285 datasets, 654 relations

29 Bio-geographical regions

111 organisations, 149 datasets, 426 relations

30 Habitats and biotopes

403 organisations, 946 datasets, 2575 relations

31 Species distribution

260 organisations, 653 datasets, 1918 relations

32 Energy resources

161 organisations, 284 datasets, 741 relations

33 Mineral resources

93 organisations, 171 datasets, 435 relations

  

This simple analysis demonstrates:

How many datasets does every MS publish under every INSPIRE theme
How populated is every INSPIRE theme
How many MSs do not provide any data under specific INSPIRE themes
How certain MSs provide detailed source data instead of national datasets
How impossible is to identify national datasets from metadata or inter-relations between the datasets but how national data hubs pop up even from highly complicated structures
How certain themes contain highly intertwined relations with several organisations contributing (even cross border) to the final product (e.g. land cover)
How complicated the regionalization of some MSs is. Please see transport data to see FR/ES/DE reflection of the regional structures
How often does a dataset has different provider and publisher (and sometimes even more), you can spot it when a pink dot connects to more than one green dot.
How much more effort is needed yet to be invested in a good metadata methodology how to apply the standard consistently across the MS