SDI in North and South-a full circle yet?

Submitted by Gianluca Miscione on Sat, 2020-10-17 11:26

Publication Type:

Miscellaneous

Authors:

Miscione, G; Vandenbroucke, D

Source:

p.221–232 (2011)

ISBN:

9781138077669

Abstract:

© 2011 by Taylor and Francis Group, LLC. Since the beginning of the 1990s, the notion of spatial data infrastructure (SDI) has inspired different organizations to share geospatial data and achieve seamless integration. After nearly two decades, incidentally overlapping with the Internet age, this vision has gained global acceptance (Homburg and Georgiadou 2009; Masser 2010) and is confirmed by the growing participation in the Global SDI Association’s conferences. However, the meaning of SDI in terms of implementation and use has become more fragmented. In spite of a general understanding of SDIs as ways to facilitate access to and use of geospatial data, it is difficult to find wide agreement on a more precise definition of SDI (Grus, Crompvoets, and Bregt 2010).