The Global Spatial Data Infrastructure: Vision, Goals, and Progress
Santiago Borrero
Former GSDI President and Secretary General, Pan American Institute for Geography and History (PAIGH)
Abstract
GSDI, established in 1996, is a global and open process for
coordinating, awareness and adoption of globally compatible policies and
technologies for the organization, management and use of geospatial
information and services, focusing on the relation between information
availability, economic growth and sustainable development.
This presentation focuses on: (i) The need and current situation of
spatial data infrastructures from the national, regional and global
perspectives; (ii) Presents the new Global Spatial Data Infrastructure
Association, its vision, goals and progress to date; (iii) Taking into
consideration the GSDI Association strategic and action plans, refers to
the main SDI drivers; and (iv) Finally, with more than 60 nations either
planning or implementing SDI efforts, makes a call for improved
cooperation and, where viable, integration, amongst the many
international related initiatives to allow societies at multi-levels to
better produce, access and apply spatial information to address social,
political, economic and environmental situations of pressing importance.
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