Spatial data infrastructure initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region and at the global level

Peter Holland

General Manager, Australia’s national mapping agency, AUSLIG

Vice-President, PCGIAP

Immediate Past President, GSDI steering committee

peterholland@auslig.gov.au

www.auslig.gov.au

Asia Pacific Spatial Data Infrastructure (APSDI)

• Network of distributed databases of standards-compliant fundamental spatial data readily accessible to address regional issues

• Built by Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia Pacific (PCGIAP)

• PCGIAP is forum for nations in Asia Pacific to consider SDI issues

• www.permcom.apgis.gov.au• 6th PCGIAP and 15th UNRCC meetings Kuala

Lumpur April 2000

PCGIAP working groups• Geodesy

– Defining a horizontal and vertical datum for the region

– Regional observation campaigns, 17 countries– Workshops, develop transformation parameters

• Regional fundamental data– Policy on sharing data– Pilot administrative boundary dataset– Pilot data node network– GIS application demonstrations

PCGIAP working groups

• Development needs taskforce– Publication number 1 defining APSDI– Questionnaires and workshops to determine needs

• Communication and outreach– Website, publications, papers

• PCGIAP structure in period 2000-2003– Geodesy and regional fundamental data– Cadastral and institutional strengthening

Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI)

• Encompasses policy, organisational, technical and financial arrangements to support global access to GI

• Critical to the attainment sustainable development

• GSDI Steering Committee comprising cross section of stakeholder community

• www.gsdi.org

• Operations Working Group

– oversee implementation of umbrella organisation structure.

• Technical Working Group

– forum for the discussion and coordination of technical activities. Eg SDI Cookbook.

• Outreach and Capacity Building WG

– raise national awareness of SDI issues.

• Legal and Economic Working Group– discuss issues affecting use of geographic data Eg liability,

intellectual property

Working groups

Other activities• Business case

– scoping study completed

– focus on case studies

• Links to related initiatives– digital earth (international steering committee), global

mapping (ISCGM) and UN geographic database project

• 5th GSDI conference– Cartagena Colombia, 21-25 May 2001

– in conjunction with inaugural PC for Americas

Spatial data infrastructure initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region and at the global level

Peter Holland

General Manager, Australia’s national mapping agency, AUSLIG

Vice-President, PCGIAP

Immediate Past President, GSDI steering committee

peterholland@auslig.gov.au

www.auslig.gov.au