Authors
Abbas Rajabifard, Andrew Binns, Ian Masser, I Williamson
Publication date
2006/8/1
Source
International Journal of Geographical Information Science
Volume
20
Issue
7
Pages
727-741
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Description
A Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) facilitates and coordinates the exchange and sharing of spatial data between stakeholders in the spatial data community. With this objective in mind, countries throughout the world are developing SDIs to manage and utilize their spatial data assets more effectively. These countries are developing SDIs to assist in various kinds of decision‐making at different levels of government jurisdictions that have an important impact within their national boundaries. However, current research shows that SDI is understood and described differently by stakeholders from different disciplines and different jurisdictional levels. Therefore, in many cases, SDI initiatives remain very much an innovation, even among practitioners. There are still uncertainties regarding the benefits and identities of SDIs, particularly in connection with how they evolve over time to meet user needs. This paper reviews and …
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A Rajabifard, A Binns, I Masser, I Williamson - International Journal of Geographical Information …, 2006