Survey on Development of Supporting Structures and Capacity for
Producing and Using Spatial Data in Africa
1. Name and contact details of respondent:
Jan Kees Schakel, M.Sc. Natural Resources Information Advisor
email: jankeesschakel@compuserve.com
2. What is the name of the programme or project in which you
are involved?
Environmental Support Project, component 1 (out of 3)
3. What are the overall aims of the programme / project?
Enhance data management
4. What is the geographical area within which the programme
operates?
Ethiopia
5. Duration of the programme:
5.1 When was the programme initiated? June 1999
5.2 When is the programme scheduled to finish? February 2003
6. Who are the major role-players1 in
spatial data production, distribution and maintenance, as well as the
major users, within this geographical area? (Note: please do not
limit the answer to digital spatial data only)
Ministry of Water Resources
Ministry of Mines and Energy (in particular the Institute for
Geological Surveys)
Ministry of Agriculture
Environmental protection Authority
Ethiopian Mapping Authority
Ethiopian Science and Technology Commission
The regional bureau's are to be included at a later stage.
7. How is spatial data distributed? (Please do not
limit your answer to digital spatial data only)
get to know the data through the meta-database (Internet, CD or
catalogue),
collect at respective custodian institute.
8. Co-ordination mechanisms and support:
8.1 Is there currently any formal or informal co-ordination of
publicly funded programmes involving spatial information? YES
8.2 If YES, please describe briefly
Protocol for Inter-Agency Co-operation has been drafted and is in the
process of being signed by the participants
9. Please indicate whether the programme on which you are reporting
is involved in any of the following:
9.1 The collection of metadata 2 YES
9.2 Making metadata readily available to (potential) spatial data
users YES
9.3 The development of spatial data standards 3 YES
9.4 The creation of basic data sets (i.e. base sets of data
that could be used by a broad variety of users, for example, the road
network) NO
9.5 If the answer to 9.4 is YES, please list these data sets
9.6 Developing a legal framework for accessing and
distributing spatial data YES
9.7 Developing pricing policy for spatial data YES
10. Liaison:
10.1 Is there any formal affiliation of the programme / project with
any global or (other) regional spatial data infrastructure initiatives?
NO
10.2 Is there informal networking with other initiatives? YES
10.3 If the answer to either 10.1 or 10.2 is YES, please list these
initiatives.
WISARD, IAC, the Netherlands,
ANZLIC, Australia
11. What, if any, are the particular challenges facing the
development of NSDI / RSDI development within the region?
sustainable co-operation between the participants
12. Any other information or comments ?
the meta-database is not concerned with geo-spatial data only.
Projects, experts, reports, etc. are being included as well.
13. If there are there any sources of additional information
(e.g. web-sites or brochures) , please list these or indicate how the
information might be obtained.
web-page is to be established by the end of 2000.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT IN COMPLETING THIS QUESTIONNAIRE!
Please forward the completed questionnaire to the
Interim Task Team for SDI Africa, by e-mail, facsimile or post. The
contact details for the ITT are as follows:
The Interim Task Team for SDI Africa
C/o Directorate: National Spatial Information
Framework
Private Bag X954
Pretoria
0001
South Africa
E-mail: nsif@csg.pwv.gov.za
Phone: +27 12 322 5400
Fax: +27 12 322 5418
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