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An NSDI for Spain26/07/2005 |
| Antonio Rodriguez, Spanish NSDI Working Group, Instituto Geográfico Nacional, Spain |
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The Spanish NSDI, named IDEE for 'Infra-estructura de Datos Espaciales de España' (www.idee.es), is a SDI of SDIs following the decentralised structure of Spanish Government: national, regional and local. It connects in a transparent and seamless way geospatial catalogues, gazetteers and services distributed via several servers all across Spain at different levels of detail.
All are based on consensus and recommended in Spain by the National Geographic High Council. Feverish Activity Looking to the future, we can think of further expanding the Spanish NSDI by building on new OGC initiatives and specifications, for example:
SDI technologies in Spain are evolving rapidly. There is not only a well established and powerful regional SDI in Catalonia (IDEC), but also several other Regional and Local SDIs, National Agency Reference Nodes and other projects underway in an exciting atmosphere of feverish activity. One project named ‘GeoPista’ is developing a GIS for local government, following OGC and ISO standards. In its first phase this covers a portion of our territory but the final objective is for it to extend to the more than 4,000 local authorities, or ‘Ayuntamientos’ in Spain. The Spanish NSDI (IDEE) is a powerful emerging reality based on strong technical support and flourishing national and regional initiatives, proceeding in a spirit of co-ordination, collaboration and sharing of knowledge. This environment has been reached partly due to the OGC galaxy of ideas, approaches and solutions which constitute a new paradigm (in the Thomas Kuhn sense) for the world of GI. Thanks are due to Sebastián Mas and Emilio López of the Spanish NSDI Working Group. |
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