Peter McKeagueRoyal Commission on the Ancient and

Historical Monuments of Scotland

INSPIRE and Cultural Heritage

FISH – HEIRNET Autumn Strategic Meeting, Edinburgh 26th November 2013

The INSPIRE Directive: where is cultural heritage?

Source http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.cfm/pageid/2/list/7

Annex I1. Coordinate reference systems2. Geographical grid systems3. Geographical names4. Administrative units5. Addresses6. Cadastral parcels7. Transport networks8. Hydrography9. Protected sites

Annex II1. Elevation2. Land cover3. Ortho-imagery4. Geology

Annex III 1. Statistical units 2. Buildings 3. Soil 4. Land use 5. Human health and safety 6. Utility and governmental services 7. Environmental monitoring facilities 8. Production and industrial facilities 9. Agricultural and aquaculture facilities 10. Population distribution – demography 11. Area management/restriction/regulation zones & reporting units 12. Natural risk zones 13. Atmospheric conditions 14. Meteorological geographical features 15. Oceanographic geographical features 16. Sea regions 17. Bio-geographical regions 18. Habitats and biotopes 19. Species distribution 20. Energy Resources 21. Mineral resources

HER data currently considered as a part of the Annex III Buildings theme

Cultural Heritage and the wider Historic Environment

Cropmark sites and landscapes

Upstanding archaeology

Lost industrial heritage

Annex III: Buildings - really?

Non-addressable features

Protected Sites and the wider Historic Environment

A Protected Site is defined as an

“Area designated or managed within a framework ofinternational, Community and Member States' legislation to achieve specific conservation objectives” [Directive 2007/2/EC].

“..a Protected Site is an area of land and/or sea especially dedicated to the protection and maintenance of biological diversity, and of natural and associated cultural resources, and managed through legal or other effectivemeans.”  [International Union for the Conservation of Nature]

Annex I

McKeague, P., Corns, A. And Shaw, R. 2012 Developing a Spatial Data Infrastructure for Archaeological and Built Heritage.International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructures Research, vol. 7 http://ijsdir.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.php/ijsdir/article/view/239

In Scotland RCAHMS published WMS for it’s Canmore data in alignment with the Protected Sites theme The HERs have adopted the same approach

Spain: the Cultural Heritage Application Schema proposed as an extension of the Protected Sites Full Application Schema

Fernandez Freire, C. et al: 2013 (article under review) A Cultural Heritage Application Schema: towards interoperability of Cultural Heritage Data in INSPIREInternational Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructures Research, vol. 8 http://ijsdir.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.php/ijsdir/article/view/315

A proposed extension to the Protected Sites Schema

Developing interoperability across boundaries

There is a need for a consistent approach to documenting spatial data for both Monuments and Events across local, regional, national and international boundaries

Frontiers of the Roman Empire

Spatial Discovery metadata: Describes the nature and content of the dataset

Exploration metadata:The information required to ensure the data is appropriate for purpose

Exploitation metadata:The information required to access, transfer and apply the data

Metadata needs to be specific to the type of data recorded

Geophysical survey Airborne Laser Scanning 3D surveys

Metadata: one size does not fit all

Shaw, R., Corns, A. and McAuley, J., 2009 Archiving Archaeological Spatial Data: Standards and Metadata in the online proceedings of Making History Interactive, CAA 2009, 22-26 March 2009, Wiliamsburg, Virginia, USA http://www.caa2009.org/articles/Shaw_Contribution187_c%20(1).pdf

Towards consistency

OASIS already provides a template for gathering consistent metadata for some ‘Event’ types and allows for upload and transfer of spatial extents.

Peter McKeaguepeter.mckeague@rcahms.gov.uk

Scottish Historic Environment Data Strategy

FISH – HEIRNET Autumn Strategic Meeting, Edinburgh 26th November 2013