Working Group 3.2 - Spatial Data Infrastructure
Focus
Requirements for data, information, tools and workflows as components of
local, national and global spatial data infrastructures (SDI).
- Institutional arrangements, information policy and legal frameworks
needed to create and share data, information and tools within and between
levels of government
- Respective roles of government, private sector, professional bodies and
community groups in creating and managing SDI
- Technical innovation needed to enable use of SDI, including spatial data
capture, management, visualisation and access
- Implementing international best practice standards in SIM at all levels,
including use of ISO/TC 211, OpenGeospatial® Consortium, etc.
- Sharing experience, developing visions for the future, identifying
productive roles for surveyors and other spatial professionals and informing
relevant forums of the role of SIM
Chair
Specific projects and outputs
Based on cooperation with other working groups and commissions this WG
will:
- Support discussion on the role of local and regional SDI in managing
mega cities
- Identify institutional, policy and legal frameworks that can be
incorporated in SDI to address mega city issues
- Identify specific technical innovations in SIM that can improve
management of mega cities
Workshops
- Athens, 28-31 March 2007
- Valencia, January 2008
Beneficiaries
- Surveyors, government, associations engaged with spatial data and users
of spatial data and spatial information.
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