New Inspire geoportal launched

On 18 September 2018, the European Commission presented the new INSPIRE Geoportal offering easier access to spatial data in the EU. The redesigned portal is a one-stop shop for public authorities, business and citizens to discover, access and use data sets related to the environment in Europe.
All EU countries produce and use geospatial data on, for example, ground water, transport networks, population, land use and air temperature. Threats to the environment or crisis situations do not stop at national or regional boundaries. Therefore, public authorities need to be able to easily access and compare geospatial data across borders. The INSPIRE data infrastructure enables the sharing of such data among public authorities and facilitates public access to spatial information across Europe.
The INSPIRE Geoportal makes it easier to discover, monitor and directly use geospatial data sets relevant for specific application areas, in particular European environmental policy. The new Geoportal provides overviews of the availability of INSPIRE data sets by country and thematic area, and makes the data available ready-for-use in a range of applications.