The INSPIRE (Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe) being developed by the European Union is making a common and acceptable standards for quicker dissemination of environmental information.
The effort when becomes fully available will bring in benefits such as healthier environment and improved emergency services. Creation of common standards is also expected to improve the decision making process at all levels and bring down the costs.
Creation of common standards is anticipated to better the rate of success in cases where reach to right information becomes important. Availability of right information and updated details will assist in avoiding accidents INSPIRE will also help in reducing the present error margin level of 20% in calculating the contribution from each country in achieving the energy usage objective of EU.
INSPIRE has reached its present stage due to contributions from hundreds of experts who worked together on common policy areas such as human health, marine environment, biodiversity, climate change and energy. The data specifications that are kept for public consultations till 21st October 2011, covers 25 subjects, which include health and safety, land use, soil, buildings, and land cover.
The proposed standards once accepted and becomes functional will assist in cross-border incorporation and study of ecological data, modeling and estimating actions in a number of policy areas. The research also shows that INSPIRE while enabling cost- effective and quicker ecological impact will also generate more business opportunities and improved interactions between public facilities.
Source: http://ec.europa.eu/