INSPIRE View Services

• Implementation of INSPIRE View Services following the Technical Guidance for the implementation of INSPIRE View Services (version 3.1)
• Support for GetFeatureInfo operation returning INSPIRE-conformant GML response on INSPIRE layers
• Support for Web Map Service (WMS) profile as described by Technical Guidance View Service 3.1
• Support for WMTS profile as described by Technical Guidance View Service 3.1
• Styled Layer Descriptor (SLD) support for Annex 1 INSPIRE layers
• Support for INSPIRE style (SLD based) and custom style (ArcMap MXD)
• ArcMap INSPIRE tools for analyzing INSPIRE compliant geodatabase layers and allowing you to immediately add those layers to your map document
  • Combined knowledge about INSPIRE data models and Esri geodatabase implementation
  • Allows automatic creation of relates and joins
• Automatic support for all relevant INSPIRE reference systems
• Support for all capabilities and metadata extension elements
• Display of INSPIRE layers in capabilities metadata; hides technical geodatabase layers

Layer scale dependencies support has been added (see ArcGIS for INSPIRE Server Extension Customization Guide).

INSPIRE Download Services

• Implementation of INSPIRE Feature Download Service following the Technical Guidance for the Implementation of INSPIRE Download Services (version 3.1) based on OGC Web Feature Service 2.0
• Full support of INSPIRE data models and GML output
• Feature server configuration for geodatabase and INSPIRE XML schema models
• OGC WFS 1.1.1 and 2.0.0 interface
• Ability to create stored queries and GetFeature through stored queries (if enabled by the administrator)
• Ability to manage stored queries (if enabled by the administrator)

INSPIRE Predefined Dataset Download Service

• Implementation of INSPIRE Predefined Dataset Download Service following the Technical Guidance for the Implementation of INSPIRE Download Services (version 3.1)
• Ability to execute stored queries specified by the user as an extension to the INSPIRE Feature Download Service

INSPIRE Discovery Service

• Implementation of an INSPIRE Discovery Service following the Technical Guidance for the implementation of INSPIRE Discovery Services (version 3.1)
• Improved metadata editor support for the validation and editing of multiple unbounded instances of metadata elements

INSPIRE geodatabase—Annex 1 data model implementation

• Esri geodatabase XML schema for the following INSPIRE Annex 1 data themes:
  • Addresses
  • Administrative Units
  • Cadastral Parcels
  • Coordinate Reference Systems
  • Geographical Grid Systems
  • Geographical Names
  • Hydrography
  • Protected Sites
  • Transport Networks

• XML/HTML documentation on geodatabase structure

INSPIRE geodatabase—Annex 2 data model implementation

Esri geodatabase XML schema for the following INSPIRE Annex 2 data themes:

• Elevation (ElevationVectorElements)
• Land Cover (LandCoverNomenclature and LandCoverVector schema)
• Geology (Geology and Hydrogeology schema)

INSPIRE geodatabase—Annex 3 data model implementation

Esri geodatabase XML schema for the following INSPIRE Annex 3 data themes:

• Agricultural and Aquaculture Facilities
• Area Management/Restriction/Regulation Zones and Reporting Units
• Bio-geographical regions
• Buildings
• Energy Resources
• Environmental Monitoring Facilities
• Habitats and Biotopes
• Human Health and Safety
• Land Use
• Mineral Resources
• Natural Risk Zones
• Population Distribution and Demography
• Production and Industrial Facilities
• Sea Regions
• Soil
• Species Distribution
• Statistical Units
• Utilities and Governmental Services (Environmental Management Facilities and Administrative and Social Government Services schemas)

INSPIRE Metadata v2 must be managed with Geoportal Server 2.x

You must use Geoportal Server 2.x to update and manage data and service metadata aligned with the INSPIRE Metadata v2.0.1 requirements. If you have an existing INSPIRE Geoportal Server 1.x instance installed and are considering upgrading to the INSPIRE Geoportal Server 2.x, read the upgrade instructions.

INSPIRE Download and View Services must be managed with ArcGIS Desktop

You must use ArcMap or ArcCatalog to manage INSPIRE Download and View Services. ArcGIS Server Manager cannot be used to manage INSPIRE Services.

View Service—GetFeatureInfo on mixed layer documents

An INSPIRE GetFeatureInfo view service request on more than one query layer, which includes both INSPIRE layers and other layers, returns the response regarding INSPIRE layers only.

View Service—Use of INSPIRE SLD files

INSPIRE data specifications contain visualization rules that can't be expressed in SLD documents (see ProtectedSites layers).

If INSPIRE does not find an SLD document for a specific layer, it will use the defined ArcMap visualization rules for both the INSPIRE_COMMON:DEFAULT style and default styles.

INSPIRE geodatabase—Profile of names and text strings

The INSPIRE Geographical Names data specification allows the implementation of a simplified profile for the GeographicalName complex data type. In many cases, a simple implementation is sufficient and requires a significantly less complex model and database representation.

In the standard geodatabase template for the Annex 1 themes, the simplest profile, a text string, has been implemented; a second profile for a geographic named place has also been added. Refer to the Geodatabase Templates Installation Guide for details.

In the standard geodatabase for the Annex I themes, string-valued properties are limited to 255 characters and should be sufficient for most datasets. For datasets that require support for longer string-valued properties, contact Esri Technical Support.

INSPIRE geodatabase—Arcs in cadastral parcel features

In the Cadastral Parcels theme, nonlinear interpolations are allowed (circular arcs). In this release, only geometries with linear interpolations in accordance with the Simple Feature standard (ISO 19125-1) are supported.

ArcCatalog configuration page of INSPIRE services only displays a black square

In rare cases, the INSPIRE services extension configuration page in ArcCatalog only displays a black square when DirectDraw is enabled.

Complete these steps to disable DirectDraw:

Running INSPIRE View Services on a file geodatabase with administrative boundaries

The previous release of INSPIRE introduced a way to dynamically qualify layer definition queries with a schema and user name if such a query contains references to other tables.

The following is an example of such a query:

IFCID IN (SELECT RID FROM {0}auAdmBoundaryL_nationalLevel where nationalLevel = '5thOrder')

The placeholder string {0} will be replaced with a qualifying string when creating an ArcMap layer. As file geodatabases do not need a qualifying prefix, the placeholder will be replaced by an empty string. The software does not recognize this on service startup and won't enable this layer as an INSPIRE layer.

Do not run ArcGIS for INSPIRE AdministrativeBoundary layers on your file geodatabase or update the definition query by replacing the {0} placeholder in your file geodatabase.

The following LayerInfo table entries are affected:

AU.AdministrativeBoundary.1stOrder

AU.AdministrativeBoundary.2ndOrder

AU.AdministrativeBoundary.3rdOrder

AU.AdministrativeBoundary.4thOrder

AU.AdministrativeBoundary.5thOrder

AU.AdministrativeBoundary.6thOrder

The value of field def_query should be the following:

IFCID IN (SELECT RID FROM auAdmBoundaryL_nationalLevel where nationalLevel = '1stOrder')

IFCID IN (SELECT RID FROM auAdmBoundaryL_nationalLevel where nationalLevel = '2ndOrder')

IFCID IN (SELECT RID FROM auAdmBoundaryL_nationalLevel where nationalLevel = '3rdOrder')

IFCID IN (SELECT RID FROM auAdmBoundaryL_nationalLevel where nationalLevel = '4thOrder')

IFCID IN (SELECT RID FROM auAdmBoundaryL_nationalLevel where nationalLevel = '5thOrder')

IFCID IN (SELECT RID FROM auAdmBoundaryL_nationalLevel where nationalLevel = '6thOrder')

INSPIRE Download Service—Download data not included in the MXD file

When publishing the feature Download Service, three stored queries are created by default to facilitate simple download of a predefined dataset, through stored query urn:x-ii:def:query:OGC-WFS::GetDatasetByCrs, even though the capability response only lists those layers that are available for download and does not list other layers in the database. However, if the user knows the database, it's possible to download data that is not included in the .mxd file but in the same database through the service.

The current workaround is to delete the default stored query and create your own customized query.

WMTS service legend URL different from that used by ArcGIS Server WMTS

Currently, the INSPIRE WMTS service capability legend URL refers to the default INSPIRE style, while the WMTS service tile generation is based more on ArcMap symbology and does not recognize the INSPIRE default style. This leads to an inconsistency between WMTS map symbology and the legend URL in the capability response.

The current workaround is to customize the WMTS map symbology and tile generation to use the default INSPIRE style; the legend URL can also be customized.

INSPIRE Download Service requires an Enterprise geodatabase

Currently, the INSPIRE Download Service requires an Enterprise geodatabase such as Oracle, SQL Server, or PostgreSQL. It does not work with file geodatabases.

Use an Enterprise geodatabase such as Oracle, SQL Server, or PostgreSQL.

The get spatial dataset operation for the Atom download service is redirected to the wrong URL when using ArcGIS Web Adaptor

When using ArcGIS Web Adaptor, the URL returned by the get spatial dataset operation for the Atom download service may be incorrect, specifically the prefix section of the URL.

The workaround is to copy the downloadable file into the ArcGIS Web Adaptor domain and make it available (for example, http://webadaptordomainname/myfile.zip), update the dataset Atom XML accordingly, and republish the service.

The GetCapabilities post operation for the INSPIRE Download Service gives a blank response if both caching and streaming are enabled

When caching and streaming are enabled, the GetCapabilities post operation for the INSPIRE Download Service gives a blank response while the get operation is working properly.

The workaround is to set either cacheGetCapabilities or streamingEnabled to false using the ArcGIS Server REST admin page for the service (for example, http://servername:6080/arcgis/admin/services/servicename.MapServer).

INSPIRE Download and View Services no longer respond to the HTTP GET binding of the OGC WMS/WFS interface when Disable the Services Directory is enabled in ArcGIS Server

When the Services Directory Enabled option is unchecked in ArcGIS Server, INSPIRE Download and View Services do not respond to the HTTP GET binding of the OGC WMS/WFS interface (f parameter required).

If you need to disable the service directory, there are some additional configuration steps, please refer to <Installation location>\ESRI\ArcGIS for INSPIRE\Patches\readme.txt for more information.

The Getfeaturebyid operation for INSPIRE Download Services published from an MXD containing data from the HH data theme does not return results for some feature types

When an INSPIRE Download Service is published from an MXD containing data from the HH data theme, the WFS Getfeaturebyid operation does not return results for some HH feature types that are related to statistical units, including hh:Biomarker and hh:aggregationUnit.

If you need to use the Getfeaturebyid operation for HH download services, please publish the HH data as a geodata service and then enable the download service option.

INSPIRE view services

• Implementation of INSPIRE view services following the Technical Guidance document 3.1.
• Support for GetFeatureInfo operation returning INSPIRE-conformant GML response on INSPIRE layers.
• Support for Web Map Service (WMS) profile as described by Technical Guidance View Service 3.1.
• Support for WMTS profile as described by Technical Guidance View Service 3.1.
• Styled Layer Descriptor (SLD) support for Annex I INSPIRE layers.
• Support for INSPIRE style (SLD based) and custom style (ArcMap MXD).
• ArcMap INSPIRE tools for analyzing INSPIRE compliant geodatabase layers and allowing you to immediately add those to your map document.
  • Combined knowledge about INSPIRE data models and Esri geodatabase implementation.
  • Allows automatic creation of relates and joins.
• Automatic support for all relevant INSPIRE reference systems.
• Support for all capabilities/metadata extension elements.
• Display of INSPIRE layers in capabilities metadata; hides technical geodatabase layers.

Layer scale dependencies support has been added (see Server Extension Customization Guide).

INSPIRE feature download service

• Implementation of INSPIRE feature download direct access service following Technical Guidance for the Implementation of INSPIRE Download Services (version 3.1) based on OGC Web Feature Service 2.0
• Full support of INSPIRE data models and GML output
• Feature server configuration for geodatabase and INSPIRE XML schema models
• OGC WFS 1.1.1 and 2.0.0 interface
• Ability to create stored queries and GetFeature through stored queries (if enabled by the administrator)
• Ability to manage stored queries (if enabled by the administrator)

INSPIRE feature download service: Predefined dataset service

• Implementation of INSPIRE feature download predefined dataset service following the Technical Guidance for the Implementation of INSPIRE Download Services (version 3.1)
• The functionality to execute stored queries specified by the user as an extension to the feature download service

INSPIRE discovery service

• Implementation of INSPIRE discovery services following the Technical Guidance document 3.1
• Improved metadata editor supporting validation and editing of unbounded multiple instances of metadata elements

INSPIRE Annex I data models—Geodatabase template implementation

• Esri geodatabase XML schema for the following INSPIRE Annex I data themes:
  • Addresses
  • Administrative Units
  • Cadastral Parcels
  • Coordinate Reference Systems
  • Geographical Grid Systems
  • Geographical Names
  • Hydrography
  • Protected Sites
  • Transport Networks
• XML/HTML documentation on geodatabase structure

INSPIRE Annex II data models—Geodatabase template implementation

The following data themes are now supported for the INSPIRE Annex II data themes:

• Elevation (ElevationVectorElements)
• Land Cover (LandCoverNomenclature and LandCoverVector schema)
• Geology (Geology schema)

INSPIRE Annex III data models—geodatabase template implementation

Added geodatabase implementation and documentation for the following INSPIRE Annex III data themes:

• Agricultural and Aquaculture Facilities
• Area Management/Restriction/Regulation Zones and Reporting Units
• Bio-geographical regions
• Buildings
• Energy Resources
• Environmental Monitoring Facilities
• Habitats and Biotopes
• Human Health and Safety
• Land Use
• Mineral Resources
• Natural Risk Zones
• Population Distribution and Demography
• Production and Industrial Facilities
• Sea Regions
• Soil
• Species Distribution
• Statistical Units

INSPIRE services must be managed with ArcGIS Desktop

You must use ArcMap or ArcCatalog to manage INSPIRE services. ArcGIS Server Manager cannot be used to manage INSPIRE services.

View service: GetFeatureInfo on mixed layer documents

An INSPIRE GetFeatureInfo view service request on more than one query layer, which includes both INSPIRE layers and other layers, returns the response regarding INSPIRE layers only.

View service: Use of INSPIRE SLD files

INSPIRE data specifications contain visualization rules that can't be expressed in SLD documents (see ProtectedSites layers).

If INSPIRE does not find an SLD document for a specific layer, it will use the defined ArcMap visualization rules for both the INSPIRE_COMMON:DEFAULT style and default styles.

INSPIRE geodatabase: Profile of names and text strings

The INSPIRE Geographical Names data specification allows the implementation of a simplified profile for the GeographicalName complex data type. In many cases, a simple implementation is sufficient and requires a significantly less complex model and database representation.

In the standard geodatabase template for the Annex I themes, the simplest profile, a text string, has been implemented, and a second profile for a geographic named place has also been added. Refer to the INSPIRE Geodatabase Templates Installation Guide for details.

In the standard geodatabase for the Annex I themes, string-valued properties are limited to 255 characters and should be sufficient for most datasets. For datasets that require support for longer string-valued properties, contact Esri Technical Support.

INSPIRE geodatabase: Arcs in cadastral parcel features

In the Cadastral Parcels theme, nonlinear interpolations are allowed (circular arcs). In this release, only geometries with linear interpolations in accordance with the Simple Feature standard (ISO 19125-1) are supported.

ArcCatalog configuration page of INSPIRE services only displays a black square

In rare cases, the INSPIRE services extension configuration page in ArcCatalog only displays a black square when DirectDraw is enabled.

Complete these steps to disable DirectDraw:

Running INSPIRE view services on a file geodatabase with administrative boundaries

The previous release of INSPIRE introduced a way to dynamically qualify layer definition queries with a schema and user name if such a query contains references to other tables.

The following is an example of such a query:

IFCID IN (SELECT RID FROM {0}auAdmBoundaryL_nationalLevel where nationalLevel = '5thOrder')

The placeholder string {0} will be replaced with a qualifying string when creating an ArcMap layer. As file geodatabases do not need a qualifying prefix, the placeholder will be replaced by an empty string. The software does not recognize this on service startup and won't enable this layer as an INSPIRE layer.

Do not run ArcGIS for INSPIRE AdministrativeBoundary layers on your file geodatabase or update the definition query by replacing the {0} placeholder in your file geodatabase.

The following LayerInfo table entries are affected:

AU.AdministrativeBoundary.1stOrder
AU.AdministrativeBoundary.2ndOrder
AU.AdministrativeBoundary.3rdOrder
AU.AdministrativeBoundary.4thOrder
AU.AdministrativeBoundary.5thOrder
AU.AdministrativeBoundary.6thOrder

The value of field def_query should be the following:

IFCID IN (SELECT RID FROM auAdmBoundaryL_nationalLevel where nationalLevel = '1stOrder')
IFCID IN (SELECT RID FROM auAdmBoundaryL_nationalLevel where nationalLevel = '2ndOrder')
IFCID IN (SELECT RID FROM auAdmBoundaryL_nationalLevel where nationalLevel = '3rdOrder')
IFCID IN (SELECT RID FROM auAdmBoundaryL_nationalLevel where nationalLevel = '4thOrder')
IFCID IN (SELECT RID FROM auAdmBoundaryL_nationalLevel where nationalLevel = '5thOrder')
IFCID IN (SELECT RID FROM auAdmBoundaryL_nationalLevel where nationalLevel = '6thOrder')

Feature download service: Download data not included in the MXD file

When publishing the feature download service, three stored queries are created by default to facilitate simple download of a predefined dataset, through stored query urn:x-ii:def:query:OGC-WFS::GetDatasetByCrs, even though the capability response only lists those layers that are available for download and does not list other layers in the database. However, if the user knows the database, it's possible to download data that is not included in the .mxd file but in the same database through the service.

The current workaround is to delete the default stored query and create your own customized query.

WMTS service legend URL different from that used by ArcGIS Server WMTS

Currently, the INSPIRE WMTS service capability legend URL refers to the default INSPIRE style, while the WMTS service tile generation is based more on ArcMap symbology and does not recognize the INSPIRE default style. This leads to an inconsistency between WMTS map symbology and the legend URL in the capability response.

The current workaround is to customize the WMTS map symbology and tile generation to use the default INSPIRE style; the legend URL can also be customized.

INSPIRE download service requires an enterprise geodatabase

Currently, the INSPIRE download service requires an enterprise geodatabase such as Oracle, SQL Server, or PostgreSQL. It does not work with file geodatabases.

Use an enterprise geodatabase such as Oracle, SQL Server, or PostgreSQL.

ATOM download service get spatial dataset operation is redirected to the wrong URL when using ArcGIS Web Adaptor

When using ArcGIS Web Adaptor, the URL returned by the get spatial dataset operation for the ATOM download service may be incorrect, specifically the prefix section of the URL.

The workaround is to copy the downloadable file into the ArcGIS Web Adaptor domain and make it available (for example, http://webadaptordomainname/myfile.zip), update the dataset ATOM XML accordingly, and republish the service.

INSPIRE download service GetCapabilities post operation gives a blank response if both caching and streaming are set to true

For the INSPIRE download service, when both caching and streaming are set to true, the GetCapabilities post operation gives a blank response while the get operation is working properly.

The workaround is to set either cacheGetCapabilities or streamingEnabled to false using the ArcGIS Server REST admin page for the service (for example, http://servername:6080/arcgis/admin/services/servicename.MapServer).

INSPIRE view and download services no longer respond to the HTTP GET binding of the OGC WMS/WFS interface when Disable the Services Directory is enabled in ArcGIS Server

When the Services Directory Enabled option is unchecked in ArcGIS Server, INSPIRE view and download services do not respond to the HTTP GET binding of the OGC WMS/WFS interface (f parameter required).

If you need to disable the service directory, there are some additional configuration steps, please refer to <Installation location>\ESRI\ArcGIS for INSPIRE\Patches\readme.txt for more information.

Getfeaturebyid operation for INSPIRE download services published from an MXD containing data from the HH data theme does not return results for some feature types

When an INSPIRE download service is published from an MXD containing data from the HH data theme, the WFS Getfeaturebyid operation does not return results for some HH feature types that are related to statistical units, including hh:Biomarker and hh:aggregationUnit.

If you need to use the Getfeaturebyid operation for HH download services, please publish the HH data as a geodata service and then enable the download service option.