1. GSDI Association http://www.gsdi.org Prepared for WGISS-19 March, 2005 Allan Doyle - adoyle@gsdi.org

2. WGISS-19http://www.gsdi.org2 Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association … a global forum to support exchange of ideas and encourage joint activities at the global level

3. WGISS-19http://www.gsdi.org3 Meetings GSDI 1 Bonn, Germany 4-6 Sept, 1996 GSDI 2 Chapel Hill, USA 20-21 Oct, 1997 GSDI 3 Canberra, Australia17-19 Nov, 1998 GSDI 4 Cape Town, South Africa13-15 Mr2000 GSDI 5 Cartagena, Colombia 21-24 May, 2001 GSDI 6 Budapest, Hungary 16-19 Sept, 2002 GSDI 7 Bangalore, India 30 Jan – 6 Feb, 2003 GSDI 8 Cairo, Egypt 16-21 April, 2005 GSDI 9 Santiago, Chile October 9-13, 2006

4. WGISS-19http://www.gsdi.org4 While primary work tends to be focused on addressing technical and policy issues, work is done within the context of important social goals.

5. WGISS-19http://www.gsdi.org5 Goals of the GSDI Association support the establishment and expansion of local, national, and regional (multi-nation) spatial data infrastructures that are globally compatible, provide an organization to foster international communication and collaborative efforts for advancing spatial data infrastructure innovations,

6. WGISS-19http://www.gsdi.org6 support interdisciplinary research and education activities that advance spatial data infrastructure concepts, theories and methods; enable better public policy and scientific decision-making through spatial data infrastructure advancements; promote the ethical use of and access to geographic information;

7. WGISS-19http://www.gsdi.org7 foster spatial data infrastructure developments in support of important worldwide needs such as: –improving local to national economic competitiveness, –addressing local to global environmental quality and change, –increasing efficiency, effectiveness, and equity in all levels of government, and –advancing the health, safety and social wellbeing of humankind in all nations.

8. WGISS-19http://www.gsdi.org8 Structure of GSDI Association Non-Profit Organization emphasis on inclusiveness and democratic processes

9. WGISS-19http://www.gsdi.org9 Membership Full, associate and individual memberships Agencies (national to local), companies (all sizes), academic institutions, non-profits, individuals Dues scaled upon approximate ability to pay

10. WGISS-19http://www.gsdi.org10 Board of Directors (18 - most elected) Officers - President, President-elect, Past President Sectors – Industry, Government, Academia, Non- Profit Regions – Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, N. America, S. America Permanent Regional Committees – Europe, Africa, Americas, etc. International & Global Organizations - International Geographic Org., GSDI Related Global Initiative, International Industry Org. Ex-Officio Members

11. WGISS-19http://www.gsdi.org11 Ongoing Activities Newslist (news@gsdi.org - 1600 subscribers) Monthly Regional Newsletters – Africa, Latin America, Asia/Pacific (electronic) Working Groups – Technical, Legal & Economic, Standing Committees, etc. Email Discussion Forums Small Grants Program Annual Meeting plus Training Workshops Affiliated Projects: ESRI Global Map Grants, Intergraph Open Interoperability Grant Program

12. WGISS-19http://www.gsdi.org12 GSDI Secretarial Support Europe - EUROGI US - International Programs, FGDC Asia - Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)

13. WGISS-19http://www.gsdi.org13 GSDI involvement in global groups GEO Participant –http://earthobservation.orghttp://earthobservation.org WSIS Participant –http://www.itu.int/wsis/http://www.itu.int/wsis/ ISO TC211 Class A Liaison Relationships with –OGC –International Society for Digital Earth

14. WGISS-19http://www.gsdi.org14 Current Projects GSDI Cookbook Developing SDIs (i.e., the GSDI Cookbook) how to implement SDI concepts within any nation adhering to interoperable standards ongoing international cooperative effort (Version 2, Jan 2004, several languages)

15. WGISS-19http://www.gsdi.org15 Current Projects UDDI Registry connecting islands of interoperability creation of hundreds of catalogues of data and services is inevitable but difficult to navigate registry of all services at a global level is needed (experimentation: GSDI Industry Advisory Group - Geographic Gateway)

16. WGISS-19http://www.gsdi.org16 Global Commons and Global Marketplace in Geographic Data redirect technological and legal approaches towards providing incentives for sharing locally collected data and enabling sharing new conceptual approach See http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11079.html http://www.spatial.maine.edu/geodatacommons

17. WGISS-19http://www.gsdi.org17 Members Atlantic Institute CIESIN - Columbia University UN Committee on Development Information (CODI)-Geo Delft University of Technology Department of Science and Technology ESRI Eurogeographics European Umbrella Organization for Geographic Information (EUROGI) Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) GISPOL - National Land Information System Users Association Hungarian Association for Geo-information (HUNAGI) Indian Space Research Organisation Headquarters Institut Cartografic de Catalunya (Associate) Intergraph Mapping and GeoSpatial Solutions International Society on Digital Earth

18. WGISS-19http://www.gsdi.org18 Members ITC International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation IGM (Military Geographic Institute of Chile) Leica Geosystems National Geographic Information Infrastructure Programme, Survey Department, Nepal National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency National Land Survey of Finland National Resources Canada NCGI, National Clearinghouse Geo-Information, India Open Geospatial Consortium Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH) Spatialnetworks Pvt. ltd. (Associate) State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping of China (SBSM) University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS)

19. WGISS-19http://www.gsdi.org19 GSDI and WGISS - What can we do together? 1.Raise awareness through regular interactions Presence at EOGEO workshops, GSDI meetings 2.GSDI Participation in WGISS Activities EO Data Portal Global Datasets Data Utilization IDN 3.Work on projects together E.g. Global Registries WGISS IDN experience can help GSDI 4.Be part of a network, including GSDI, OGC, Digital Earth, WGISS, ISCGM, ISPRS WGISS can become an ex-officio member of GSDI GSDI can become a participant in WGISS

20. WGISS-19http://www.gsdi.org20 URLs http://www.gsdi.org/ Brochure http://www.gsdi.org/Association%20Information/br ochure/2002GSDIbro.pdf http://www.gsdi.org/Association%20Information/br ochure/2002GSDIbro.pdf Newsletters http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters.asp http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters.asp 2004 Year-End report on GSDI activities http://www.gsdi.org/newslist/posts/newspostpage. asp?PK_ID=40 http://www.gsdi.org/newslist/posts/newspostpage. asp?PK_ID=40 GSDI-8 http://www.fig.net/cairo http://www.fig.net/cairo

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22. WGISS-19http://www.gsdi.org22 What is GSDI The GSDI definition The Global Spatial Data Infrastructure supports ready global access to geographic information. This is achieved through the coordinated actions of nations and organisations that promote awareness and implementation of complementary 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.

23. WGISS-19http://www.gsdi.org23 Four Main Components Overriding objective to maximise the use of national geographic information assets This requires some form of coordinated action on the part of government It must be user driven ‘to support decision making at all scales for multiple purposes’ This involves a wide range of activities including technical and institutional matters and human resource development