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CODATA-CRIA Inter-American Workshop on Access
to Scientific Data GSDI Vision, Goals and
Progress Santiago Borrero, Secretary
General Panamerican Institute for Geography and
History -PAIGH and GSDI Past President Campiñas,
Brazil, 3-6 March 2004
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Overview

• Need for a GSDI
• GSDI Definition and Vision
• A priority for Developing Nations
• GSDI Association Mission and Objectives
• GSDI Association Strategic Plan
• GSDI advances and contribution
• Need for increased coordination
• Priorities and short term main activities
• Conclusion

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Basic Geo Data A Prerequisite
The role of a GSDI is to contribute for
substantial and sustainable economic development
for all nations, the prerequisite being that
relevant basic geographic information must be
readily available in digital form and compatible
at the global level Fritz Petersohn, GSDI 2,
1997 A GSDI backed by International
standards, guidelines and policies on access to
the data is needed to support global economical
growth, and its social and environmental
projects David Rhind, GSDI 3, 1998
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GSDI Definition
"The Global Spatial Data Infrastructure supports
ready global access to geographic information.
This is achieved through the coordinated actions
of nations and organizations that promote
awareness and implementation of complimentary
policies, common standards and effective
mechanisms for the development and availability
of interoperable digital geographic data and
technologies to support decision making at all
scales for multiple purposes. These actions
encompass the policies, organizational remits,
data, technologies, standards, delivery
mechanisms, and financial and human resources
necessary to ensure that those working at the
global and regional scale are not impeded in
meeting their objectives Resolution 5, GSDI 5
2001
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The GSDI Association Definition

• A global undertaking committed to international
  cooperation and collaboration in support of
  local, national and international spatial data
  infrastructure developments that would allow
  nations to better address social, economic, and
  environmental issues of pressing importance.

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The GSDI Association Mission

• Serve as a point of contact and effective voice
  for those in the global community involved in
  developing, implementing and advancing spatial
  data infrastructure concepts,
• Foster spatial data infrastructures that support
  sustainable social, economic, and environmental
  systems integrated from local to global scales,
  and
• Promote the informed and responsible use of
  geographic information and spatial technologies
  for the benefit of society.

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A trend in Automated Cartography (Kelmelis, 2001)
Web-based DSS
APPLICABLE
Web-based Spatial Data Clearinghouses
Spatial Development
Mobile Location-based Services Solutions
ACCESSIBLE
Spatially Enabled Databases
AVAILABLE
GIS

• 1985 1995
  2000 2005
• Time

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An Initiative for all Nations

• Direct relationship between economic
  possibilities and improved geographic
  information
• Geographic data must be accessible, documented,
  structured and reliable. Otherwise, is
  non-existent because it is unavailable
• Developing Nations need to expand their knowledge
  base
• Spatial data infrastructures at the local,
  national, regional, and global levels provide the
  integrating synergy required in the context of
  Sustainable Development

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GSDI Objectives

• To promote and develop awareness and exchanges on
  infrastructure issues for all relevant levels
  from local to global.
• To promote and facilitate standards-based data
  access and discovery through the Internet.
• To promote, encourage, support, and conduct
  capacity building.
• To promote and conduct SDI development research.
• To establish and support active programs for
  attaining funding and resources to accomplish its
  Vision and Goals

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GSDI Conferences
YEAR LOCATION CONFERENCE THEME
1 1996 Bonn, Germany The Emerging GSDI
2 1997 Chapel Hill, USA Towards Sustainable Development Worldwide
3 1998 Canberra, Australia Policy and Organizational Framework for GSDI
4 2000 Cape Town, South Africa Engaging Emerging Economies
5 2001 Cartagena, Colombia Sustainable Development GSDI for Improved Decision Making
6 2002 Budapest, Hungary From Global to Local
7 2004 Bangalore, India SDI for a Sustainable Future
8 2005 Cairo, Egypt From Pharaohs to the Information Society
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GSDI Contribution

• GSDI stimulates development of Planning and
  Decision Support Systems
• GSDI contributes to the promotion of regional SDI
  Committees (PCGIAP, PCIDEA) and formation of
  NSDI. Already more than 65 initiatives
• GSDI contributes to Sustainable Development
  (Agenda 21, WSSD Implementation Plan, by linking
  data at all levels
• GSDI impacts the way production of data advances
  (global metadata, global quality standards,
  global terminology)
• GSDI promotes recognition of Spatial Data as
  strategic for development in every nation or
  economic model
• GSDI collaborates and coordinates with other
  global initiatives (Global Map, Digital Earth)

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GSDI Agenda for 2004

• Make the GSDI Association operational
• GSDI Strategic and Working Plans
• GSDI Cookbook
• Improve networking with other global initiatives
• GSDI outreach for Africa and the Middle East
• Capacity building efforts to advance NSDI efforts
  in Developing Nations
• Contribute and participate in implementing WSSD
  and WSIS outcomes

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In Conclusion

• GSDI began in 1996 as the dream of a small group
  of visionaries. In August of 2002, the GSDI
  Association became incorporated. Today, the
  Association is an active participant in global
  spatial data activities, in addition to its
  continuing role as the premiere global spatial
  data forum.
• Humankind will benefit with an infrastructure
  that will allow users globally to access spatial
  data at a variety of scales from multiple sources
  that ultimately will appear seamless to all
  users. This will be viable if geospatial data,
  services, and metadata are accessible through
  interoperable standards-based services, systems,
  software, and products operate in a web-enabled
  environment.
• Such outcome provides an integrating synergy
  required in the context of Sustainable
  Development.

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