NIVA – NEW IACS VISION IN ACTION WP3 - Harmonisation and Interoperability D3.4 Recommendations for IACS data flows Deliverable Lead: OPEKEPE Deliverable due date: 30/11/2020 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 842009. D3.4 Recommendations for IACS data flows Disclaimer This document is issued within the frame and for the purpose of the NIVA project. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 842009. The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views of the European Commission. This document and its content are the property of the NIVA Consortium. All rights relevant to this document are determined by the applicable laws. Access to this document does not grant any right or license on the document or its contents. 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Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 8 1.1 Technical interoperability .............................................................................................................. 8 1.1.1 Definition of interoperability .................................................................................................. 8 1.1.2 Definition of technical interoperability ................................................................................... 8 1.2 Scope and objectives ..................................................................................................................... 9 1.2.1 General objective ................................................................................................................... 9 1.2.2 Scope ...................................................................................................................................... 9 1.2.3 Target readers ....................................................................................................................... 10 1.3 Glossary........................................................................................................................................ 10 2. Context and methodology ................................................................................................................ 12 2.1 General principles ........................................................................................................................ 12 2.2 INSPIRE rules ................................................................................................................................ 12 2.3 CEF Building blocks ...................................................................................................................... 13 2.3.1 Definition ............................................................................................................................... 13 2.3.2 The eID component ............................................................................................................... 14 2.3.3 The eSignature component ................................................................................................... 14 2.3.4 The ETranslation component ................................................................................................ 14 2.3.5 eDelivery ............................................................................................................................... 15 2.3.6 Big Data Test Infrastructure (BDTI) ....................................................................................... 15 2.4 Survey among Paying Agencies ................................................................................................... 15 2.5 IACS data flows ............................................................................................................................ 16 2.5.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................... 16 2.5.2 Data flows with EU systems .................................................................................................. 17 3 Coordinate Reference System ............................................................................................................ 21 3.1 Different types of Coordinate Reference Systems ...................................................................... 21 3.2 Coordinate Reference Systems in IACS data flows ...................................................................... 22 3.3. Recommendations about Coordinate Reference Systems ......................................................... 23 4. Data formats ...................................................................................................................................... 25 niva4cap.eu Copyright © NIVA Project Consortium 3 of 113 D3.4 Recommendations for IACS data flows 4.1 Vector data .................................................................................................................................. 25 4.1.1 Consideration about vector data .......................................................................................... 25 4.1.2 IACS vector data flows .......................................................................................................... 25 4.1.3 Possible formats .................................................................................................................... 26 4.1.4 INSPIRE rules ........................................................................................................................ 29 4.1.5 Conclusions and recommendations ...................................................................................... 29 4.2 Alphanumerical data .................................................................................................................... 31 4.2.1 General considerations ......................................................................................................... 31 4.2.2 Possible formats .................................................................................................................... 31 4.2.3 Conclusions and Recommendations ..................................................................................... 34 4.3 Documents ................................................................................................................................... 35 4.4 Photographs ................................................................................................................................. 38 4.5 Orthoimages ................................................................................................................................ 39 4.5.1 IACS data flow ....................................................................................................................... 39 4.5.2 Current practices of Paying Agencies .................................................................................... 40 4.5.3 Orthoimage formats description .......................................................................................... 41 4.5.4 Recommendation .................................................................................................................. 43 5 Data Base Management System ........................................................................................................ 45 5.1. Oracle .......................................................................................................................................... 45 5.2 Posgre/Post GIS ........................................................................................................................... 46 5.3 Recommendations ....................................................................................................................... 47 6 Metadata ............................................................................................................................................ 48 6.1 Metadata definition and roles ..................................................................................................... 48 6.2 Metadata standards..................................................................................................................... 49 6.3 INSPIRE rules about metadata ..................................................................................................... 52 6.4 Conclusions and recommendations............................................................................................