SDI development - why aren’t we there yet ? Drew Clarke Department of Industry, Science & Resources AusIndustry, Analytical and Mapping Division Commonwealth Spatial Data Committee Australia New Zealand Land Information Council (UN) Asia-Pacific GIS Infrastructure Committee SCAR Geodesy & Geographic Information

Australian governments three levels of government legal separation some functional overlap environmental data (yes) cadastral data (no) scale and scope of applications

Australian SDI coordination Australia New Zealand Land Information Council (ANZLIC) Commonwealth Spatial Data Committee (CSDC) Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping (ICSM) Public Sector Mapping Agencies (PSMA)

Australian SDI programs institutional framework policies, principles, compliance fundamental data specify, create, maintain technical standards metadata, data quality, dictionary clearinghouse metadata, directory, access

So why don’t we have a fully functional SDI (anywhere) ? www site define area of interest view all metadata download selected data integrate own data apply web mapping tools

Key elements data technology business case

Data drowning in it ! raster (image) and vector (map) accessibility ? quality ? accuracy currency consistency completeness

Technology It’s brilliant ! internet communications storage data standards applications

Business case government policy imperative patch protection - governments, agencies, individuals revenue implications killer application commercial imperative role of the private sector return on investment

Conclusion many governments are investing heavily in SDI development Australian approach matches our political structure SDI development is constrained by the lack of an overpowering business case