Posts Tagged ‘SDI’
Revitalization of the NSDI
Will Craig, President of NSGIC, Governance of the NSDI, ESRI ArcNews Online, Fall 2009
http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/fall09articles/governance-of-nsdi.html
First Nations Geospatial Workshop and Indignenous Mapping Network Conference
A few upcoming events:
FGDC & GeoConnections, Canada, hosting First Nations and Tribal Government Geospatial Workshop
The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), in collaboration with GeoConnections, Canada, and the U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee,?will host the ?First Nations and Native Tribal Government Geographic Information System Workshop on Sunday, June 14, 2009 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Niagara Falls, NY. This workshop is a joint activity of U.S. and Canada to promote cross-border collaboration on spatial data infrastructure.
The workshop will demonstrate the benefits that spatial data infrastructures bring to land and resource management, enhance understanding of the application of geospatial technologies to matters of importance to Aboriginal communities, and provide a networking forum to encourage future cross-border collaborations between Aboriginal and Tribal communities and also with provincial, territorial, state and federal governments.
The workshop is being held in conjunction with the 2009 NCAI Mid Year Meeting, June 14-17, 2009.
http://www.fgdc.gov/site-events/NCAIworkshop
2009 Indigenous Mapping Network Conference, June 13-16, 2009.
Native American, Indigenous, Aboriginal, tribal attendees and supporters of mapping efforts on aboriginal territories – Welcome! Let’s learn, share, and grow together – find new ways of using mapping tools to solve sovereignty, environmental, and cultural issues.
Previous ideas resulting from this conference include supporting and training indigenous people who may have little experience with modern mapping technologies. Efforts also are made to keep abreast and inform the UN, governments, academics, and the technological world about traditional “mapping” technologies.
The Oneida Nation of Wisconsin welcomes conference attendees, speakers, and vendors to Green Bay, WI. We hope to not only provide an educational and fascinating conference for everyone, but also to share a brief look at Oneida culture and what life is like in Northeast Wisconsin.Registration, accommodation and agenda information follows.
Ethical Implementation of GI Technologies
Implementing geographic information technologies ethically
ArcNews Online – Fall 2008
By Harlan J. Onsrud, Executive Director, Global Spatial Data Infrastructure AssociationAs the globalization of geospatial information resources and services accelerates, it becomes far more challenging to protect personal information privacy; pursue traditional business or agency revenue generation models; protect property rights in spatial data products and services; ensure access to government data, records, and services; and provide security for our information systems. The traditional means of exerting control are often ill-suited to dealing with rapidly morphing technological and social conditions.
Articles on Spatial Data Infrastructures
A. J. Wortley of the Wisconsin State Cartographer’s Office passed along the following through the Weary Mappers listsev (February 19, 2008):
- Abbas Rajabifard, Ian P. Williamson, Peter Holl, Glenn Johnstone – From Local to Global SDI Initiatives: a pyramid of building blocs
- David Maguire – Where Next for SDI?
- Exploring Spatial Data Infrastructures Workshop, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 19-20 January 2006
- Ir. Bastiaan van Loenen – How to Assess the Status of SDI?
- Ian Masser – The Future of SDIs
- Ian Masser – Multilevel Implementation of SDIs
- Ian Masser – Spatial Data Infrastructures: A SWOTS Analysis
- Garfield Giff and David Coleman - Funding Models for SDI Implementation: from Local to Global
Also,
For a very interesting critical analysis of the the SDI movement, visit the following posting by Paul Ramsey on his “Clever Elephant Blog”:
- Paul Ramsey - Why SDIs Fail
What message are we conveying regarding the importance of SDI?
Roger Longhorn, in his editorial in this month’s GeoConnexion, asks the burning question: “What message are we sending to senior level decision makers about the importance and value of Spatial Data Infrastructure – SDI – if we keep misrepresenting what SDI is or is all about?”
Spatial Data Infrastructure, Coordination, and Access Policy Research
Going to stray a little academic here, a couple of articles of possible interest relating to spatial data infrastructures (SDI), cross-agency coordination, and data access policies:
Note: IJGIS is not an open access journal (to access, must have a subscription)… or you could try contacting author to get a copy.
Developing geographic information infrastructures: the role of access policies
Author: B. van Loenen
International Journal of Geographical Information Science
Within societies, information availability is a key issue affecting society’s well-being. For geographic information, a geographic information infrastructure (GII) facilitates availability and access to geographic information for all levels of government, the commercial sector, the non-profit sector, academia, and ordinary citizens. Although the importance of access policies in the development of a GII is commonly understood, research that has assessed the impact of access policies on this development is scant. This article adds this perspective. Based on information acquired from case-study and literature research, the author argues that open-access policies do not always promote GII development and in specific instances are counter-productive. These findings may explain why many nations still adhere to cost-recovery policies instead of following access policies recommended by research. The article provides alternatives for changing current policies into new access policies that promote GII development.
Keywords: Geographic information infrastructure; SDI; Access policy; Development
Cross-agency coordination in the shadow of hierarchy: ‘joining up’ government geospatial information systems
Authors: K. T. Lance; Y. Georgiadou; A. K. Bregt
International Journal of Geographical Information Science
Government agencies striving to make geospatial information systems interoperable and cost-effective often appear to function as a self-regulating network shaped only by internal trust and reciprocity. However, recent public management research suggests that external steering of a network, exercised by authoritative bodies through hierarchical means, may invigorate cross-agency coordination. The two case studies of federal geospatial coordination in Canada and the USA confirm this emerging theory of network-hierarchy dynamics. In these countries, the central budget agency (CBA) is influencing resource flows and accountabilities within a federal geospatial network of government agencies, which in turn affects how these agencies deliver ‘joined up’ services. The CBA relies upon three types of tools: the shaping of network governing structures, promotion of uptake of new management information systems, and the use of evaluation (scrutiny) to solidify accountabilities of the network. Since these tools cast a shadow of hierarchy upon the network, they may be viewed as counter to the voluntary ethos of networks. However, the case studies suggest that the CBA’s actions appear to confer legitimacy to the network, resulting in a seeming contradiction greater central control, more vigorous, distributed geospatial coordination.
Keywords: Cross-agency coordination; SDI implementation; Joined-up government; Metagovernance
European Commission GI & GIS Workshops – Online Presentations
Presentations from the European Commission INSPIRE Conference 2008: Implementation and Beyond – EC GI & GIS Workshops, held June 23, 2008 in Maribor, Slovenia, are now online. More than 340 highly motivated participants came from 40 different countries to take part in the conference, raising the high quality presentations and workshops, which show the growing relevance of INSPIRE. A sample of the presentations are provided below. For links to all workshop presentations, visit:
http://www.ec-gis.org/Workshops/inspire_2008/presentations.cfm
Legal Issues
Legal and organisational framework for the Spanish national SDI
Seeing the bigger picture: mapping out a vision of INSPIRE
INSPIRE directive in the Czech Legal System
Towards SDI Legislation in Poland
Data Sharing
Legal aspects about sharing geodata: a business model for licensing geographic information
Public Private Partnerships for building Spatial Data Infrastructures
Natura 2000: how to reconcile data sharing and sensitiveness of data?
Cooperation with spatial information obscured by clouds or the dark side of the moon?
