1. NAME OF NATION: PAKISTAN
  2. Name of Person Supplying Information:
    Title (if any): Surveyor General of Pakistan
    Mailing Address: Murree Road Post Box No. 1068 Rawalpindi, Pakistan
    E-mail Address: surveyor@Comsats.net.PK
    Telephone Number: 92-51-9290200
    Fax Number: 92-51-9290208

    3.  

  3. Does your nation have an active or proposed initiative for developing a national spatial data infrastructure (or its equivalent)?

    Yes (proposed initiative)

    4. If the answer is YES, please respond to all remaining questions.

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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.)

    Agency/Organization Name:
    Mailing Address:  Murree Road Post Box No. 1068 Rawalpindi, Pakistan
    E-mail Address: surveyor@Comsats.net.PK
    Telephone Number:  92-51-9290200
    Fax Number: 92-51-9290208
    Name of Agency Head or Primary Contact Person: Surveyor General of Pakistan

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

    6.  

    NIL as yet

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

    7.  

    Apply to Survey of Pakistan

  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.  

    Demand is to be put through the Govt. agency/ Ministry which has granted permission to carry out a certain task for which the data is required.

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

    9.  

    Survey of Pakistan is to coordinate along with providing topographic Data Base colected at scale 1:50,000 and other government organisations will provide their databases.

  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.  

    It will be on no profit/ no loss basis.

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

    11.  

    Presently there is no role for private commercial firms.

  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?

    12.  Shortly a topographic Data Base at Scale 1:50,000 leaving the border belt area will be available at a little cost.

  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. NIL

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

    No decisions as yet

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  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?

    NO
  15. FUNDING: Have funds been specifically budgeted and acquired for NSDI activities? <Please answer YES or NO.>

    16. NO

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

    17.   Responsibilities are divided to govt organisations according to the themes dealt by these organisations for example data base regarding all electric power distribution system is to be from WAPDA (Water and Power Development Authority) and GEOLOGY by "Geological Survey Pakistan".

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

    18. A. METADATA YES
    B. CLEARINGHOUSE YES
    C. DATA STANDARDS Under consideration
    D. CORE DATA YES

  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.  Not decided as yet

  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. NO

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

    23. Presently even the NSDI are in stage of infancy.

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

    24.   Different Data formats/ their conversions

  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.

    NO