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Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title
Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE)
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ANNEX ISPATIAL DATA THEMES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 6(A), 8(1) AND 9(A)
1.Coordinate reference systems
Systems for uniquely referencing spatial information in space as a set of coordinates (x, y, z) and/or latitude and longitude and height, based on a geodetic horizontal and vertical datum.
2.Geographical grid systems
Harmonised multi-resolution grid with a common point of origin and standardised location and size of grid cells.
3.Geographical names
Names of areas, regions, localities, cities, suburbs, towns or settlements, or any geographical or topographical feature of public or historical interest.
4.Administrative units
Units of administration, dividing areas where Member States have and/or exercise jurisdictional rights, for local, regional and national governance, separated by administrative boundaries.
5.Addresses
Location of properties based on address identifiers, usually by road name, house number, postal code.
6.Cadastral parcels
Areas defined by cadastral registers or equivalent.
7.Transport networks
Road, rail, air and water transport networks and related infrastructure. Includes links between different networks. Also includes the trans-European transport network as defined in Decision No 1692/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 on Community Guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network(1) and future revisions of that Decision.
8.Hydrography
Hydrographic elements, including marine areas and all other water bodies and items related to them, including river basins and sub-basins. Where appropriate, according to the definitions set out in Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy(2) and in the form of networks.
9.Protected sites
Area designated or managed within a framework of international, Community and Member States' legislation to achieve specific conservation objectives.
(1)
OJ L 228, 9.9.1996, p. 1. Decision as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).
(2)
OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1. Directive as amended by Decision No 2455/2001/EC (OJ L 331, 15.12.2001, p. 1).
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