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NAME OF REGION: AUSTRALIA/ NEW ZEALAND
Name of Respondent Supplying Information: Graham Baker
Title (if any): Executive Officer, ANZLIC
Mailing Address: PO Box 2, BELCONNEN, ACT, 2615, Australia
E-mail Address: anzlic@auslig.gov.au
Telephone Number: +65-2-6201 4299
Fax Number: +65-2-6201 4366
Does your nation have an active or proposed initiative for developing a national spatial data infrastructure (or its equivalent)?
YES

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LEADERSHIP: Which agency or organization is coordinating or leading national spatial data infrastructure (NSDI) development efforts in your nation? (If no single agency is coordinating, please provide a primary point of contact from whom we may learn more.)
In Australia, ANZLIC is providing national leadership for the development of the Australian Spatial Data Infrastructure (ASDI). It has stimulated discussion and developed standards. It will continue to provide a forum for coordination and consultation.

Implementation of the ASDI is through ANZLIC member jurisdictions (States, Territories and the Commonwealth (federal) Government). Each jurisdiction is developing its own SDI in accordance with common standards. Each is implementing its own node of the Australian Spatial Data Directory (ASDD) - our version of a clearinghouse.

Among the jurisdictions, the Commonwealth is taking a lead in coordination of the ASDD.

Agency/Organization Name: ANZLIC
Mailing Address: PO Box 2, BELCONNEN, ACT, 2616, Australia
E-mail Address: anzlic@auslig.gov.au
Telephone Number: +65-2-6201 4299
Fax Number: +65-2-6201 4366
Name of Agency Head or Primary Contact Person: Graham Baker, Executive Officer, ANZLIC
AVAILABILITY: What are the primary types, categories or forms of spatial digital data being made available through your nation's NSDI?
ANZLIC has identified a list of "fundamental data" for which it considers national datasets are required. They include PRIMARY REFERENCE data, such as the Geodetic Control Network, the National Geodetic Database, the Australian Height Datum, and the National Geoid Model, Aerial Photography, Satellite Imagery. ADMINISTRATION data such as Land Parcels/Cadastre, Land Tenure, Street Address, Mining and Petroleum Lease Boundaries and Tenure, Administrative Boundaries, national, National and State Boundaries, Suburb/Town/Locality and Local Government, Electoral Boundaries, Postcode, Constraining or major Interests in land, Feature Names/Place Names. NATURAL ENVIRONMENT data such as Soils Classification, Vegetation Classification (Plants/Flora), Biodiversity Regions, Animals (Fauna), Earth’s land surface,

Bathymetry, Coastline (or marine and coastal boundaries), River Catchment/Drainage Areas, Streamlines and Inland water bodies, Geology,

Mineral Resources, Hydrogeology, Oceanography, Climate, Land Systems

Areas subject to natural hazard. SOCIO/ECONOMIC data such as Census Collection Districts, Demography, Planning Zones, Rural and Urban Land Use. BUILT ENVIRONMENT dada such as Cultural Features, Aviation Features, Marine Transport, Road Centrelines, Rail Centrelines, Water Supply, Waste Water, Irrigation and Drainage Networks, Electricity and Gas Networks, Telecommunication Network. (See ANZLIC's discussion paper on the SDI, which can be obtained from our web site at http://www.anzlic.org.au/anzdiscu.htm).
MECHANICS OF ACCESS: Through what technical and organizational mechanisms are spatial data being made available through the NSDI?
ANZLIC is developed a model for and is promoting the implementation of an Australian Spatial data Directory (ASDD) which will provide metadata for data in the ASDI and, in due course, will provide on-line access to data. The Commonwealth Government is coordinating the implementation of the ASDD. A national interface has been implemented, linked to nodes in the Commonwealth, Victorian and Western Australian governments. All jurisdictions are working to implement their nodes.

ANZLIC has also developed Metadata standards which are being implemented by all jurisdictions.

Information about the ASDD and the Metadata Guidelines can be obtained from our web site (http://www.anzlic.org.au/ )
LEGAL AND ECONOMIC FRAMEWORKS FOR ACCESS: What are the legal and economic constraints under which citizens, businesses or others may gain access to data available through the NSDI?
ANZLIC has established custodianship guidelines (see our web site at (http://www.anzlic.org.au/). ANZLIC is also developing a National Agreement on Spatial Data Management which addresses issues of access. Generally, however, access policy is determined on at the jurisdiction level and the ASDI will be designed to accommodate differing policies on pricing and licensing.
DATA COLLECTION COORDINATION: What parties are involved in collecting data for the NSDI and how is data collection coordinated?
Ultimately, collection of fundamental datasets is the responsibility of individual custodians. However, ANZLIC is promoting the principle of "data sponsors" who are surrogates for the user community. One of the tasks of the sposnsor is to identify user needs and priorities and to advise data custodians on those needs. They will also have a role in providing a level of coordination between custodians.
PRICING: If charges are assessed for spatial data made available through the NSDI, what is the basis or method for determining the price of various forms of spatial data?
ANZLIC has a draft national policy on spatial data that was prepared in response to the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Environment. That draft policy recommends that data required for environmental management purposes should be made available at the average cost of transfer. Most jurisdictions subscribe to this principle. Ultimately, however, pricing is determined by individual jurisdiction governments.
COMMERCIAL INVOLVEMENT: Please describe how private commercial firms are involved in helping to build the NSDI.
The ANZLIC vision for the ASDI does not preclude the involvement of the private sector in building the ASDI and many jurisdictions operate under the principle that all value added services should be provided by the private sector rather than government.but there is no clear strategy for how the private sector should be involved in the ASDI. There is strong industry support for the implementation of the ASDI and ANZLIC is developing its views on the relationship between public and private sectors in the ASDI.
PUBLIC DOMAIN DATA SETS: Please describe those digital spatial data sets for jurisdictions within your nation that are available to anyone without any licensing or intellectual property restrictions imposed on the data sets and the data sets are available at no cost or little cost. How may copies be acquired of these public domain data sets?
The decision as to which data are made available at no or little cost is a matter for individual jurisdictions to determine. ANZLIC, however, promotes the view that identified fundamental datasets should be made available at minimum cost.
PUBLIC GOODS ASPECTS OF NSDI: Please describe any additional services or goods provided by government in support of the NSDI for which individual users are not charged.
ANZLIC has a national protocol that provides for metadata to be made freely available. Access to the ASDD is freely available over the Internet.
PRIVACY: Please describe how the information privacy of individual citizens is protected relative to data that may be accessed through the NSDI.
Most jurisdictions have privacy laws that must be complied with. ANZLIC has published a discussion paper on the subject of privacy and confidentiality in spatial databases.

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AUTHORITY: Do the laws or formal orders of any legislative or executive branches of government explicitly recognize the need to establish or further develop the NSDI?
YES

If YES, please provide citations to those laws or orders.

If YES, to whom has authority been granted and for what tasks?

There are no orders, regulations or laws recognising ANZLIC's role but in a few jurisdictions, individual agencies have been formally recognised as having a lead role in the implementation of SDI.
FUNDING: Have funds been specifically budgeted and acquired for NSDI activities?
If YES, please describe the purpose of the funds and the amounts.

YES.

At the national level AUSLIG has allocated funds for the development of the ASDI. The Commonwealth Government has also allocated substantila funding to specific projects that will contribute to the development of the ASDI. These activities include the National Land and Water Resources Audit and the Australian Coastal Atlas.

At the State/Territory level, all jurisdictions have allocated funding to jurisdiction SDIs which contribute to the ASDI. Each jurisdiction also contributes resources to ANZLIC activities which contribute to the development of the ASDI.

ANZLIC has allocated budget for projects contributing to the implementation of ASDI.
INCLUSIVENESS: Please describe the types and extent of participants involved in building the NSDI and their roles.
This has been covered in the responses to earlier questions but in Australia all jurisdictions, (Commonwealth, State and Territory) are heavily committed to the development of the ASDI. There is also support from local government and industry.
COMPONENTS: Please indicate whether the vision of an NSDI for your nation incorporates the following components or concepts.
A. METADATA YES
B. CLEARINGHOUSE YES
C. DATA STANDARDS YES
D. CORE DATA YES
RESEARCH: Have funds been specifically budgeted and spent on research projects to advance NSDI concepts?
YES

If YES, please describe the types of projects that have been funded.

ANZLIC has funded development of the Australian Spatial Data Directory which has yielded substantial work on metadata standards, and the implementation of an Internet based, distributed directory architecture using Z39.50 protocol.

ANZLIC has funded a market survey to determine the user community's needs and expectations for the ASDI.
LINKAGE TO GENERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS - Which international or national information and communication technology standards has the NSDI adopted?
ANZLIC has used the Z39.50 protocols in the implementation of the Australian Spatial Data Directory.

ANZLIC, through Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand, participates in ISO TC211 standards development.
GLOBAL SPATIAL DATASETS: Does your NSDI provide access to spatial datasets with global coverage?
NO

However, ANZLIC supports regional and global development of SDIs and it is expected that the ASDI will be a component of those SDI initiatives and will, in due course, provide access to fundamental datasets identified at those levels.
GLOBAL OR REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVES: Is your NSDI formally affiliated with or connected to any global or regional spatial data infrastructure initiatives?
If YES, which initiative(s)?

YES

ANZLIC supports regional and global development of SDIs through the Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific and GSDI. It is expected that the ASDI will be a component of those SDI initiatives and will provide access to fundamental datasets identified at those levels.
LONG TERM VISION OR STRATEGIC PLAN: Has a long term vision statement or stategic plan been developed for your country's NSDI?
If YES, how may a copy be obtained?

YES

ANZLIC has published a discussion paper which has guided the development of the ASDI in its formative years. That vision is maturing as individual jurisdictions gain experience in the implementation of SDIs and Directories. A Stakeholder Needs Analysis will also contribute to the development of this vision. The discussion paper is available at ANZLIC's web site at http://www.anzlic.org.au/anzdiscu.htm
GRAND CHALLENGES: Name one of the most pressing challenges for NSDI development in your nation.
Maintaining a shared vision between nine participating governments.
FURTHER INFORMATION: If an NSDI WEB SITE exists where information about NSDI efforts in your nation may be found in the future, please provide the web site address.
http://www.anzlic.org.au/

http://www.auslig.gov.au/pipc/asdi/asdihome.htm

If brochures or other written materials exist describing NSDI efforts in your nation, please provide an address for requesting copies of these materials.

>From the ANZLIC Secretariat. ASDI Discussion Paper; Metadata Guidelines; Custodianship Guidelines

If a user requirements analysis or cost-benefits analysis was undertaken to estimate the benefits of building a spatial data

infrastructure for your country, please provide an address for requesting a copy.

>From the ANZLIC Secretariat: A cost-benefits analysis (1995) and a user requirements survey (1998)