| 5.2 | What would be the possible future role of the INSPIRE Directive? Is it still needed? For what? | - INSPIRE has been and still is the main driver of sharing spatial data in Europe.
- In the future, INSPIRE should ensure that all spatial data in Europe is made accessible in such a flexible way that it fulfils the requirements of data-using environments and applications such as data spaces, digital twins, etc. in terms of interfaces, formats, etc.
- The INSPIRE Directive Annexes as they stand are an open ended obligation to harmonize almost everything and offer this to everybody while there is no easy way to see EU-wide use-cases like maps or so based on the data provided by all Member States that prove the added value of INSPIRE beyond the good idea of sharing data. The now existing High Value Datasets may serve as the focus of EU activity in the future while for all other datasets a reasonable documentation on Member State level would be sufficent (see comments above).
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