With the advancement of GIS technology since its inception in 1960's, many educational
institutions, government departments, public/private sectors and individuals have started its …

In the past 20 years, European public authorities have invested considerable resources in
the development of spatial data infrastructures. With the European INSPIRE Directive as an …

In order to facilitate and coordinate spatial data sharing and exchange, many organisations
have developed spatial data infrastructures (SDIs). SDI governance plays a pivotal role in …

Planetary science is the study of planets, moons, irregular bodies such as asteroids and the
processes that create and modify them. Like terrestrial sciences, planetary science research …

The paper reviews the status of National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) in Africa, based
on a survey conducted between April and October 2014. Web searches and data from the …

Spatial data infrastructures (SDIs) are becoming more mature worldwide. However, despite
this growing maturity, longitudinal research on the governance of SDIs is rare. The current …

Over the last 25 years, the potential benefits of sharing and reusing geographic information
for national development programs have led many countries to establish their own national …

Geospatial data are produced by several organizations located at various places, and that is
clearly a distributed environment. Many technical and institutional issues need to be …

The continuous development of Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI) provides a favourable
context for environmental management and planning. However, it appears that the actual …

Many of today's infrastructures, such as railways and electricity utilities, originate from the
1800s and evolved into public services with centralized bureaucratic operations subject to …