ArcGIS for INSPIRE, an extension to ArcMap and ArcGIS Enterprise, helps streamline the production of harmonized data themes and INSPIRE Services. Esri introduced ArcGIS for INSPIRE in 2012 to meet INSPIRE technical guidelines and implementation requirements.
At the 10.8.1 release, ArcGIS for INSPIRE introduces geodatabase templates to support the ‘Environmental Management Facilities’ and ‘Administrative and Social Government Services’ schema of the Utilities and Governmental Services (US) data theme, and the ‘Hydrogeology’ schema of the Geology (GE) data theme.
Also with this upcoming release, Esri Geoportal Server Catalog v2.6 upgrades its support for INSPIRE Metadata v2.0.1. and CSW2 to manage INSPIRE metadata catalogs and deploy INSPIRE Discovery Services.
Geospatial technologies have evolved tremendously in the past decade. ArcGIS provides the fundamental architecture to support SDI by being an open platform that enables secure, scalable, and frictionless data management, sharing, and use across a broad range of integrated applications. While INSPIRE is bound by European Union regulation, no doubt it will evolve, too. We are actively exploring how the next generation of INSPIRE can better leverage these technology advancements.
For more answers to this and related questions, see the Esri UC 2020 Q&A
