Publication: Spatial Data Infrastructure and INSPIRE
Date
2012-09
ISSN
Published
2012-09
Author(s)
Tonchovska, Rumyana
Stanley, Victoria
De Martino, Samantha
Abstract
Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) is
defined as a framework of policies, institutional
arrangements, technologies, data, and people that enables
the sharing and effective usage of geographic information by
standardizing formats and protocols for access and
interoperability. The goals of SDI are to: 1) reduce
duplication of efforts among governments, 2) lower costs
related to geographic information while making geographic
data more accessible, 3) increase the benefits of using
available spatial data, and 4) establish key partnerships
between states, counties, cities, academia, and the private
sector. SDI should be seen as part of wider e- Government
initiatives. Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the
European Community (INSPIRE) is a European Union (EU)
directive that came into force on May 15, 2007, binding EU
members to establish a spatial data infrastructure via the
Internet that facilitates the sharing of geographic
information in a standardized way. INSPIRE addresses
technical and nontechnical issues, ranging from standards,
organizational and procedural issues, and data policies, to
the creation and maintenance of electronic services. INSPIRE
is a legal framework for developing SDI throughout the EU in
order to facilitate interoperability, that is, the
improvement and sharing of information across various levels
of government in all EU countries.
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Citation
“Tonchovska, Rumyana; Stanley, Victoria; De Martino, Samantha. 2012. Spatial Data Infrastructure and INSPIRE. Europe and Central Asia knowledge brief;issue no. 55. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17082 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”