Harmonization of Transport Data Sources According to INSPIRE Data Specification on Transport Networks

Abstract

There are numerous sources of data referred to transport from different suppliers, the main one being the Public Administration. According to the objective of each project, datasets are collected and formatted in a particular way. Each public organization only covers the area that corresponds to it (municipal, provincial, regional, national), and this results in the network being covered in a complementary manner, but with no interoperable datasets formats. Conduct studies and projects whose area of study exceeds more than one scope involve making a first phase of harmonization of data with high costs. These costs could be reduced by using standard formats and interoperable data sets and services. The European Union has stimulated the process of standardization and interoperability through INSPIRE Directive (2007/2/EC), which will be fully implemented in 2019 in the Member States. In this paper a harmonized data model of existing datasets provided by the traffic detectors in urban areas of Seville and Malaga is proposed, because they are used in many traffic projects and studies. The main objective is subsequent adaptation to the proposal by the INSPIRE directive specification, taking into account compatibility with the standard format DATEX II. This process can help to accelerate the transition to the standardized format to which the European Union is directing transport networks, and data sets associated with them. © 2016 The Authors. Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.