Exoperiences in developing locval, national SDI initiatives, projects and programs (NICI plan) in Rwanda : case study CGIS-NUR
Hitimana, Jean Pierre
This paper will discuss about experiences in developing SDI initiative in Rwanda and a project which is running at the Centre for Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing Centre of the National University of Rwanda (CGIS-NUR) as a pilot project for accomplishing a geodata inventory of data created/assisted to create by CGIS-NUR and metadata representing the spatial data holdings of CGIS-NUR, and the establishment of a sample web mapping service and uploading the gathered information to a Geo-portal. It will then be a future objective to provide the National University of Rwanda with information about available geodata and web mapping services. Although the initial focus is narrowed down to CGIS-NUR, the overall goal is to facilitate the development of NSDI in Rwanda. This project is intended to help to raise awareness within the National University of Rwanda and thus hopes to contribute to the establishment of an NSDI which is a part of National Information and Communication Infrastructure (NICI) Plan or program in Rwanda.
Event: GSDI 11 Spatial Data Infrastructure Convergence : Building SDI Bridges to address Global Challenges
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