1. NAME OF NATION: MACAU
  2. Name of Person Supplying Information: Direcção dos Serviços de Cartografia e Cadastro
    Title (if any):
    Mailing Address: Estrada D. Maria II, No 32-36, Cx. P. 3018 Macau – South China
    E-mail Address: dscc@macau.ctm.net
    Telephone Number: (+853) 340040
    Fax Number: (+853) 340046
  3. Does your nation have an active or proposed initiative for developing a national spatial data infrastructure (or its equivalent)?

    4. YES

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  4. LEADERSHIP: Which agency or organization is coordinating or leading national spatial data infrastructure

    5. (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.)

    See question 2

  5. AVAILABILITY: What are the primary types, categories or forms of spatial digital data being made available through your nation's NSDI?

    6. Our digital maps consist of base map, topographic map, cadastral map etc. According to the different digital maps, the different types of elements are stored in the different layers.

  6. MECHANICS OF ACCESS: Through what technical and organizational mechanisms are spatial data being made available through the NSDI?

    7. Users can get more information about the relief of Macau through CD-ROM and maps which are issued by DSCC.

  7. 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?

    8. Our digital spatial data are not only adopted by Macau Government, but also by non-profit and profit users.

  8. DATA COLLECTION COORDINATION: What parties are involved in collecting data for the NSDI and how is data collection coordinated?

    9. The responsibility of DSCC is to develop and maintain the coordinate system. The establishment of our digital spatial data refer to the coordinate system.

  9. 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?

    10. The pricing is as follows (MOP$8.00 » USD$1.00) :

    a) Territory Basic Mapping :

    Topographic and Cadastral Maps—1/1000, 1/2000, 1/5000, 1/10000, 1/20000;

    Paper Size

    Paper B&W

    MOP$

    Paper Color

    MOP$

    Transparent

    MOP$

    A4 - 210mmx297mm

    15.00

    25.00

    125.00

    A3 - 297mmx420mm

    30.00

    50.00

    250.00

    A2 - 420mmx594mm

    65.00

    125.00

    500.00

    A1 - 594mmx841mm

    90.00

    250.00

    1000.00

    A0 - 841mmx1189mm

    180.00

    500.00

    2000.00

    Greater than 1m²

    $2.50/0.01m²

    $5.00/0.01m²

    $20.00/0.01m²

    The requests for Topographic and Cadastral Maps, that due to their characteristics need additional editing, have the fees calculation based on a fixed amount of MOP$220.00 (two hundred and twenty patacas) per hour of work, besides the number of copies requested.

    b) Digital Cartography:

    Price for Macao maps in CD-ROM (DGN and DWG format) MOP$3500.00.

    Price for Macao maps in floppy disk, partial maps MOP$600.00.

    c) Aerial Photographs:

    Price for aerial photographs of Macao (1980, 1988 and 1993 editions), MOP$220.00 per photo (size 24x24 cm).

    d) Copies of RGCU (Urban Construction General Regulation) maps.

    Price for each copy is MOP$50.00.

  10. COMMERCIAL INVOLVEMENT: Please describe how private commercial firms are involved in helping to build the NSDI.

    11. None. The digital spatial data is established by our Department only.

  11. 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 public domain data sets are only available to government departments, non-profit organisations and education.
  12. 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.

    13. DSCC only provides the mapping information. We do not provide any additional services.

  13. PRIVACY: Please describe how the information privacy of individual citizens is protected relative to data that may be accessed through the NSDI.

    For restricted data, only the proprietor have access to the information.

    14. **** OPERATIONAL ISSUES ****

  14. 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?

    According to Macao government law, Decreto-Lei n.° 3/94/M, of January 1994, and Urban Construction General Regulation(RGCU), Decreto-Lei n.° 79/85/M, August 1985. The DSCC responded to establish local mapping.
  15. FUNDING: Have funds been specifically budgeted and acquired for NSDI activities?

    16. NO

  16. INCLUSIVENESS: Please describe the types and extent of participants involved in building the NSDI and their roles.

    17. According to the General Castelo Branco? network in 1907 and the report of "REPARTIÇÃO TÉCNICA DAS OBRAS DE MACAU" in 1943-45, the Macau Military established a network which included Macau, Taipa and Coloane in 1955.

  17. COMPONENTS: Please indicate whether the vision of an NSDI for your nation incorporates the following components or concepts.

    18. A. METADATA NO
    B. CLEARINGHOUSE NO
    C. DATA STANDARDS NO
    D. CORE DATA NO

  18. RESEARCH: Have funds been specifically budgeted and spent on research projects to advance NSDI concepts?    

    19. NO

  19. LINKAGE TO GENERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS - Which international or national information and communication technology standards has the NSDI adopted?

    20. NO

  20. GLOBAL SPATIAL DATASETS: Does your NSDI provide access to spatial datasets with global coverage?

    21. NO

  21. GLOBAL OR REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVES: Is your NSDI formally affiliated with or connected to any global or regional spatial data infrastructure initiatives?

    22. YES

    If YES, which initiative(s)?

    The station of ?"Monte da Barra" and ?"Coloane Alto" were named "Doppler station no.31386" and "Doppler station no.31397". The two Doppler stations were connected with Hong Kong?station. In 1986, "Monte da Barra" and "Coloane Alto" were transformed to Laplace stations by "CENTRO DE GEODESIA DO INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CENTÍFICA E TROPICAL DE PORTUGAL" with astronomic observations.

  22. LONG TERM VISION OR STRATEGIC PLAN: Has a long term vision statement or strategic plan been developed for your country's NSDI?

    23. NO. DSCC will not develop the digital spatial data in the near future.

  23. GRAND CHALLENGES: Name one of the most pressing challenges for NSDI development in your nation.

    24.  NO.

  24. 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.

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

    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.

    None