Ian Masser is a respected advocate and scholar of Spatial Data Infrastructures. He has written a paper based COGO’s report card and a recent evaluation of INSPIRE – Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe.
Evaluating the performance of large scale SDIs: two contrasting approaches is available online from the International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructures Research.
To me, the most interesting part of the paper comes near the end. Masser says:
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Evaluating the performance of large scale SDIs: two contrasting approaches is available online from the International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructures Research.
To me, the most interesting part of the paper comes near the end. Masser says:
If the formal INSPIRE reporting arrangements were to be put into practice in the United States the FGDC would be required to submit regular reports on the NSDI to the US House of Representatives and the Senate. This is clearly not the case…. However, it should be noted that the current status of the FGDC may be strengthened by the 2015 Geospatial Data Act which is currently before Congress. This seeks to improve the coordination and use of geospatial data throughout the US.
Masser has more to say about the two SDIs, providing other clues about how we could move forward in the US. Next month he will be receiving the Global Citizen award from the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association.
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