SURVEY OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL
SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVITIES 
AROUND THE GLOBE

Background and Purpose of Survey

 Questionnaire responses received to date are listed below. Individuals from additional nations are invited to fill out the questionnaire at any time and submit it by e-mail   onsrud@spatial.maine.edu  for inclusion at this site. (Spanish version of questionnaire).  

Multiple responses to the questionnaire for a single nation may be appropriate since individuals may have differing opinions regarding responses to some of the questionnaire items. We also invite submissions from multi-nation regional spatial data infrastructure development efforts.

Recent responses yet undergoing verification.

I.  NATIONAL SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVES
A.  Survey Responses: National Efforts
    Argentina   '98, esp'00
    Australia    '98, update'00
    Bolivia     esp'00
    Bermuda   '00
    Canada    '98
    Chile  esp'00 eng'00
    China, Macau   '98, '00
    Columbia    '98, esp'00
    Costa Rica   esp'00
    Cuba   esp'00
    Cyprus    '98
    Ecuador   esp'00
    Ethiopia   '99*
    Finland    '98, update'00
    France    '98

    Germany    '98a, '98b, '00
    Greece    '98
    Guatemala    esp'00
    Honduras   esp'00
    Hungary    '98
    India     '98
    Indonesia    '98
    Ivory coast   '99*
    Jamaica   esp'00
    Japan    '98a, '98b
    Kiribati    '98
    Lesotho   '99*
*   Indicates response refers to a  project rather than to SDI activities generally
    Malaysia    '98
    Mexico    '98, esp'00
    Mongolia    '98, update'00
    Nairobi   '99*
    Namibia   '99*
    Nepal   '00
    Netherlands    '98
    New Zealand    '98
    Nicaragua   esp'00
    Northern Ireland    '98
    Pakistan    '98
    Panama   esp'00
    Peru   esp'00
    Poland    '98
    Portugal '00
    Republica Dominica   esp'00
    Republic of Korea    '98, '00
    Romania    '01
    Russian Federation    '98
    Salvador   esp'00, eng 00
    South Africa    '98
    Sweden    '98
    Trinidad Y Tobago   '00
    Tuvalu   '00
    United Kingdom    '98
    United States    '98
    Uruguay    '98, esp'00
  



B.  Survey Responses: Multi-Nation and Regional Initiatives 

Antarctica     '98
Australia New Zealand Land Information Council (ANZLIC)      '98
Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific(PCGIAP)      '98
Comité Européen des Responsables de la Cartographie Officielle (CERCO/MEGRIN)     '98
European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information (EUROGI)      '98
Geographic Information in the European Union - GI2000       '98


II.  LINKS TO REPORTS AND SUMMARIES RESULTING FROM SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE SURVEY WORK

A.  AFRICA SUMMARIES

1.Background
2.Survey
3.Survey Results
4.An Overview of SDI Activity in Africa (Liz Gavin, March 2000)

B.  ASIA / PACIFIC SUMMARIES

1.Development of National Spatial Data Infrastructures in the Asia Pacific Region - See Appendix A5 (Peter Holland, 1997)
2.Analysis of Regional Fundamental Datasets: PCGIAP Questionnaire ( Abbas Rajabifard and Ian Williamson, March 2000)
3.Development Needs Task Force Questionnaire (Summary report by Drew Clarke at 15th UNRCC-AP Conference)

C.  CENTRAL AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN SUMMARIES

1. Questionnaire and Responses for Survey of the state of NSDI's in Central America, South America and the Caribbean
2. Summary of Responses (Kate Lance, Feb 2000)

D.  EUROPE SUMMARIES

1. Spatial Data Infrastructures in Europe ( Ian Masser )
2. GI Policies in Europe: National and Regional Perspectives (Max Craglia, 1999)


E.  GLOBAL SUMMARIES

 Compiled Responses to selected Questions ( Onsrud, 1998)  
NURI Briefing (9/00)

GSDI Legal and Economic Working Group

GSDI Home


Contact
Harlan J. Onsrud, onsrud@spatial.maine.edu

Last Update
October 14, 2001