Continued Delay in GI Strategy for the UK

13 September 2007, 10:26am

13 September 2007

As the UK's Association for Geographic Information annual conference rapidly approaches (19-20 September), Michael Cross, of the UK's Guardian newspaper, leader of a national "Free our data" campaign, sets out the latest information on the whereabouts of the proposed UK GI Strategy recommendation report - now renamed "The Location Strategy for the UK" - which is supposedly with the responsible minister for comment.

Read more at the "Free our data" site:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/
sep/13/guardianweeklytechnologysection.freeourdata

Interestingly, there is nothing in the AGI's conference programme to indicate that the UK national Strategy (GI or Location) will be discussed or debated in public session - yet again. Presentations are listed for "international lessons learned" and on the excellent Northern Ireland regional SDI and INSPIRE 'implications' - but not on the UK's own national SDI strategy (excuse me, Location Strategy).

At a time when the pan-European SDI INSPIRE Directive has now come into force, and its legal provisions on implementing spatial data infrastructure will apply equally to all EU Member States, one would have thought that a national GI/Location strategy would be of some priority.

Source: Roger Longhorn, Editor, GEO:connexion International

www.guardian.co.uk

Geo: International