NSDI in the context of INSPIRE : Slovenia's state of the art and private sector challenges
Lipej, Bozena & Darija Modrijan
In Slovenia, just recently, Act on Spatial Data Infrastructure was adopted. It defines general rules for establishing infrastructure for spatial information in the Republic of Slovenia, according to the Directive of the European Parliament and the Council, INSPIRE. Infrastructure for spatial information consist of metadata, spatial data sets and spatial data services, network services and technologies, agreements on sharing access and use, and coordination and monitoring mechanisms, processes and procedures, established, operated or made available for the purpose of the law eg. Directive. The Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia was nominated as a national contact point for INSPIRE. The Government will nominate an inter-sectoral commission for infrastructure for spatial information that will coordinate all work in the respective field. The formal process has started. In practice, many data users and data providers operate in line with the main INSPIRE principles. But, it is always a question of coordination, management, data quality, data actuality, responsibilities, financial issues and a general aim to move the issues forward. Member States reports that will be prepared for the Commission by 15 May 2010 will show state of the art of activities in the implementation of the directive.
Event: International Conference on Spatial Data Infrastructure 2010
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