Coordinates : A resource on positioning, navigation and beyond » SDI http://mycoordinates.org Mon, 21 May 2012 10:00:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Possibility or a dream? Spatially Enabled Geovernment and Societies http://mycoordinates.org/possibility-or-a-dream-spatially-enabled-geovernment-and-societies-2/ http://mycoordinates.org/possibility-or-a-dream-spatially-enabled-geovernment-and-societies-2/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:45:32 +0000 admin http://mycoordinates.org/?p=13273 By definition, ‘spatial enablement in action’ means that we (governments) must make our spatial information “actionable”. That is, it must be used and leveraged beyond just for mapping. It must form the enduring fundamental authoritative spatial data layers of a nation, and do so in a way so that it is able to support evidence-based decision making for the many social, economic and environmental drivers challenges that face our Governments. It is incumbent on us doing so. Should we not do so, we seriously risk “spatial stagnation”, and have a rich resource of geoinformation that remains largely untapped and with significant unrealised potential.]]> http://mycoordinates.org/possibility-or-a-dream-spatially-enabled-geovernment-and-societies-2/feed/ 0 Building national capacity through spatial standards policies http://mycoordinates.org/building-national-capacity-through-spatial-standards-policies/ http://mycoordinates.org/building-national-capacity-through-spatial-standards-policies/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:02:49 +0000 admin http://mycoordinates.org/?p=12959 The Global Spatial Data Infrastructure SDI Cookbook defines SDI as the “… collection of technologies, policies and institutional arrangements that facilitate the availability of and access to spatial data.” This definition (which predates the cookbook) is more than fifteen years old, and over the course of fifteen years much progress has been made toward the SDI vision of abundant, easily shared, easily used geospatial information. ]]> http://mycoordinates.org/building-national-capacity-through-spatial-standards-policies/feed/ 0 User requirements analysis for the development of NSDI http://mycoordinates.org/user-requirements-analysis-for-the-development-of-nsdi/ http://mycoordinates.org/user-requirements-analysis-for-the-development-of-nsdi/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:57:58 +0000 admin http://mycoordinates.org/?p=12557 The economic and social development in the Sultanate of Oman during and after 1970 became the basis of assessment and planning to identify priorities of national development. For this, the role of geographic data to support sound decisionmaking has been considered important to support development programmes. Thus, the framework of dataset or the fundamental data in the Sultanate needs to clearly identify what constitutes the basic data used and produced by the government and private institutions.]]> http://mycoordinates.org/user-requirements-analysis-for-the-development-of-nsdi/feed/ 1 Need for new services in land administration http://mycoordinates.org/need-for-new-services-in-land-administration/ http://mycoordinates.org/need-for-new-services-in-land-administration/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:50:37 +0000 admin http://mycoordinates.org/?p=11618 There is a general consensus among the land administration professionals and different players of the economy in the developed countries and more and more in the developing world as well, that the Land Administration is one of the most important infrastructure for the economic growth and the implementation of sustainable development. This fact is proved by statistical data.]]> http://mycoordinates.org/need-for-new-services-in-land-administration/feed/ 0 SDI framework http://mycoordinates.org/sdi-framework-2/ http://mycoordinates.org/sdi-framework-2/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 04:53:09 +0000 admin http://mycoordinates.org/?p=10824 Best practice implementations needs to reflect experience: with cost effective world leading operational national systems; several generations of change i.e. experience with different models of private sector and public sector collaboration; in creating and extending systems of policy, regulation and governance; of the affects of different governance regimes, cultures and from international programmes. They therefore need to cover:]]> http://mycoordinates.org/sdi-framework-2/feed/ 0 SDI Framework http://mycoordinates.org/sdi-framework/ http://mycoordinates.org/sdi-framework/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:13:28 +0000 admin http://mycoordinates.org/?p=10468
"The first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said, 'This is mine,' and found people naïve enough to believe him, that man was the true founder of civil society." (from Discours sur l'Origine et le Fondement de l'Inégalité Parmi les Hommes, 1754, - Jean-Jacques Rousseau)]]> http://mycoordinates.org/sdi-framework/feed/ 0 Marketing of maps imagery and other geospatial data in India http://mycoordinates.org/marketing-of-maps-imagery-and-other-geospatial-data-in-india/ http://mycoordinates.org/marketing-of-maps-imagery-and-other-geospatial-data-in-india/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:26:12 +0000 admin http://mycoordinates.org/?p=9292 There is no denying of a characteristic that marketing as a concept and priority do not go hand-in-hand with the good departments. Survey of India, National Remote Sensing Centre, Geological Survey of India, Forest Survey of India, National Bureau of Soil Surveys and Land Use Planning (NBSS & LUP) and many other member-organization of NSDI are no exception. As a matter of interest, if you try to know what all is available in India from the portals of NSDI and other organizations, you are hardly rewarded by the desired information...]]> http://mycoordinates.org/marketing-of-maps-imagery-and-other-geospatial-data-in-india/feed/ 0 A synchronisation approach to automate spatial metadata updating process http://mycoordinates.org/a-synchronisation-approach-to-automate-spatial-metadata-updating-process/ http://mycoordinates.org/a-synchronisation-approach-to-automate-spatial-metadata-updating-process/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:13:23 +0000 admin http://mycoordinates.org/?p=6554
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Metadata is commonly defined as “data about data” and also plays a critical role in any Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) initiatives. Metadata not only provides users of spatial data with information about the purpose, quality, actuality and accuracy of spatial datasets, but also performs vital functions that make spatial data interoperable, that is, capable of being shared between systems... ]]> http://mycoordinates.org/a-synchronisation-approach-to-automate-spatial-metadata-updating-process/feed/ 0 SDI: Purpose and direction http://mycoordinates.org/sdi-purpose-and-direction/ http://mycoordinates.org/sdi-purpose-and-direction/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:47:10 +0000 admin http://mycoordinates.org/?p=3031 161
How can we plan and decide upon urban growth?, which house to buy as a secure investment?, which properties are at risk? All these are critical questions we have to face in a changing world and that may affect permanently our lives. For this reason, today it is much more important to make the correct decisions, whether for designing the national economy or making personal plans for the future. Making decisions requires knowledge,...]]> http://mycoordinates.org/sdi-purpose-and-direction/feed/ 0 Is Indian NSDI an example to follow? http://mycoordinates.org/is-indian-nsdi-an-example-to-follow/ http://mycoordinates.org/is-indian-nsdi-an-example-to-follow/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:51:31 +0000 admin http://mycoordinates.org/?p=3537 indian-nsdiSpecial characteristic of spatial data is that it can be shared and used for many other purposes than the one, for which, it was originally produced. To facilitate its efficient sharing and reuse, it needs to be properly managed in the form of infrastructure i.e. Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). This is one of the reasons that many countries are developing National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). But the challenge of developing a successful NSDI depends largely on its implementation which is so significant that none of the two key stakeholder groups i.e. public or private sectors can address it at their own. Therefore, if efforts are made to implement such initiatives by only one of the key stakeholder groups then the result may be partially if not totally failure to get the tangible benefits truly intended from such initiatives. As an example, Indian NSDI is explored in this context.]]> http://mycoordinates.org/is-indian-nsdi-an-example-to-follow/feed/ 0