The infrastructure for spatial information and the European Community vs. regional SDI : the shortest way for reaching economic and social development
Salvemini, Mauro
Geographic information, GIS and new ICT developments paved already the way for developing new services for the communities based on the integration of e-government and geo-information. European Union jointly with the surrounding nations already invested important effort and achieved solid results by some specific Directives such as PSI and INSPIRE directive and presently achieving the role of a reference point for whom is intending to developing SDIs at national and sub-national level. The author discusses the finding of geo-government as specific technique for tackling present societal challenges of geo-information and services. Nevertheless some further investigation and solutions are expected for fulfilling the user-needs of citizencommunities who are looking for better and more efficient services given in the right place at the right moment in all possible circumstances and specifically when emergency is arising. Furthermore the paper, posing some references about the institutional situation, traces how the design and development of SDIs match the present trends.
Event: International Conference on Spatial Data Infrastructure 2010
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