EnvironmentalMonitoringFacility

[mbeaufils]

Source definition : INSPIRE Data Model Annex 3 EMF

-- Definition --

A georeferenced object directly collecting or processing data about objects whose properties (e.g. physical, chemical, biological or other aspects of environmental conditions) are repeatedly observed or measured. An environmental monitoring facility can also host other environmental monitoring facilities.

-- Description --

NOTE 1: An EnvironmentalMonitoringFacility is not a facility in the common INSPIRE sense realised by the Generic Conceptual Model class ActivtiyComplex.

NOTE 2: Laboratories are not EnvironmentalMonitoringFacilities from an INSPIRE perspective as the exact location of the laboratory does not add further information to the measurement.

The methodology used in the laboratory should be provided with observational data.

[mbeaufils]

FYI, this is a more generic term to encompass sensors / stations that do some measurements.

A piezometer would enter such definition.