The enlightenment of Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) on Chinese geological informatization

Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) is directive about infrastructure construction for spatial information in Europe, purposing to share spatial data and services in Europe supporting environmental policies and policies that have an impact on the environment. INSPIRE establishes five common implementing rules which are metadata, the network services, the interoperability of spatial data sets and services, the data and service sharing, the monitoring and reporting implementing rules, and a series of technical guidelines supplemented with measures at the Community level, ensuring the compatibility and usability of the member states' infrastructure. The INSPIRE has reached the halfway stage with generally positive outcomes and evolution which has been facilitated by broader social and technical developments and adoption of open data policies across Europe. The experiences and future efforts of the INSPIRE could be used for reference focusing on how to best support the interoperability of spatial data sets and services of Chinese national geological informatization.