Though, one could have probably be tempted to assume that decades of European integration and of a common EU environmental policy would have led to a high level of standardisation and interoperability in the area of spatial data collection, serious barriers to exploit existing spatial information on Community level continue to exist, due to technical and socio-economic characteristics of spatial information.
Though, one could have probably be tempted to assume that decades of European integration and of a common EU environmental policy would have led to a high level of standardisation and interoperability in the area of spatial data collection, serious barriers to exploit existing spatial information on Community level continue to exist, due to technical and socio-economic characteristics of spatial information.