Category Archives: INSPIRE

Last Monday (8th April) was a momentous one for me. Not only was it my birthday, but I also celebrated the months of hard work that myself and other experts across Europe put into the development of the INSPIRE Annex II and III Data Specifications. The INSPIRE Annex II and II Data Specifications were unanimously agreed by the Member States, with only a couple of minor amendments being required for a few code lists. The translation of the Implementing Rule for Interoperability of spatial data sets and services can now be finalised and the Regulation will enter into force in the forthcoming months….

Our INSPIRE specialist Debbie Wilson’s popular workshop from the INSPIRE 2012 Conference in Turkey this year is now available to view online. During the workshop below Debbie takes you through the Download Services technical guidance, the key deadlines for providing access to your data, and explains the different options for interoperable Download Services – WFS and ATOM feeds….

We’ve jam packed the latest release of GO Loader with so many cool functions we want to offer you the chance to jump on one of our free HOT new feature webinars.

Rubbish data in, rubbish data out – it is an inescapable fact that you can’t do a great deal with rubbish data, no matter how clever your axioms are. What you can do however, is work out how rubbish and why that is rubbish….you can now use business rules to check that the data content makes sense for your domain and usage.

Leaving the British Summer with its dark grey skies and heavy rain behind, the Snowflake team set off to the spectacular and sunny city of Istanbul, Turkey for the annual INSPIRE Conference. Check out our review and report from the Conference floor.

Debbie Wilson recently posted a blog about Implementing INSPIRE Download Services. Yesterday (Sunday 24th June 2012) Debbie presented at the INSPIRE Conference in Istanbul and successfully ran a workshop to help people get up to speed with the latest technical guidance for INSPIRE Download Services. The INSPIRE ATOM Feeds Resources that were part of Debbie’s demo

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June 2012 represents another major milestone for INSPIRE Implementation. This is the month when Annex I and II data providers are expected to have set up their INSPIRE Download Services in initial operating capability. However, if you have not been able to do this yet, don’t panic as the European Commission only published the latest version of the INSPIRE Download Services Technical Guidance v3.0 on 12th June. But it is time to get started..

It is only one week until the INSPIRE community heads to Istanbul, Turkey for the annual INSPIRE Conference – 23-27 June – and once again Snowflake will be there ready to talk about transforming, harmonising and exchanging INSPIRE data…..

Snowflake Software is proud to announce a strategic technology alliance with IT services provider SciSys. The new Technology Partnership not only compliments both companies strengths in data and information management but also enables future collaboration to provide an INSPIRE offering to UK markets.

So last week was an interesting and busy one for me. On Tuesday I was invited to the UK Location Registers & Registries Working Group meeting held at the Environment Agency, Bristol and then presented at the UK Location INSPIRE Data Providers Winter Workshop in London on Thursday. With so much going on here’s my

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