Některé právní aspekty zpřístupňování prostorových dat

Abstract

The presented article discusses some legal issues regarding spatial data as a crucial tool of information society. As the introduction, the author defines some basic terms and their relation (geographic information systems, spatial data, and their infrastructures). Next, his attention concentrates briefly on the legal framework for access to such data within the European Union – especially the INSPIRE Directive, its aims and structure. In the third and main part of this article, the author analyses the quality of transposition process considering the aforementioned directive in the Czech Republic. He puts stress on the provisions transposing the national infrastructure for spatial data into Czech Act No. 123/1998 Sb., on the Right to Information on the Environment. Not underestimating the undisputable improvements made by amending Act No. 83/2015 Sb., there are still points to enhance, particularly in connection with section 11d limiting access to spatial data. The article concludes with some other obligations enabling the overall control and evaluation of the implementation in next phases are mentioned.