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Spatial Data Infrastructure
Geo: International
June 2009
Volume 8 · Issue 6
SDI for the Island of La Palma, Spain
The Spatial Data Infrastructure of the Island of La Palma involves collaboration, training and information dissemination, to provide better services, citizen communication, exploitation of data and wide public participation.
The Human Side of Spatial Data Infrastructure
There is more to implementing Spatial Data Infrastructure than spatial technology, with valuable lessons to be learned from existing information management disciplines, transaction management, workflow design and implementation, supply chain modelling, etc.
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Small Islands Spatial Data Infrastructure
Karen Richardson looks at the value of GIS and SDI for small island nations and communities around the globe. The applications are numerous – as are the measurable benefits.
GeoSpatial Technology Serving the Public
Intergraph web technology helps improve rural economic and social conditions in Bulgaria with support to the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS).
Space Imagery Helps Protect the Seas
Near real-time space monitoring of oil spills and the ice situation aids in pollution tracking and safe marine transport, as ScanEx reports in this short review of its activities in the five Russian seas.
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EuroGeoNames – A Prototype Inspire Service
Providing a pilot system to manage and access geographical place names across Europe was the focus of the EU-funded EuroGeoNames project, which completed its pilot work in February this year. A sustainable development effort is now underway, managed by EuroGeographics.
A Marine Reference Base for the UK SDI
Dr. Mike Osborne explores the question of where marine data fits into the development scheme for a generic national SDI such as that being implemented in the UK. One difficulty is that ‘marine’ data often spans multiple data themes which are not obviously ‘marine’!
GIRAF 2009 – An African GeoScience Information Network
BGR’s Kristine Asch reports on a week-long workshop addressing the need for a geoscience information network in Africa, which resulted in a 15 point Strategy and Agreement containing practical recommendations.
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Each month we select a hot topic and a leading figure in the industry to write about it.How valuable are our efforts on SDIs if we don’t actively address the human issues? Think about all the government regulations, technical implementation plans, internal processes and procedures, data sharing networks and so on. These are arguably meaningless if there is no buy-in or understanding from the people who must deliver against them.
During the 1Spatial Conference 2008 where there was a large number of presentations on a wide range of important industry topics ranging from data quality, data integration and data maintenance to open source and INSPIRE. But there were very few presentations that focused on the human aspects of our business.… More…
Steven Ramage
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