GSDI 3 Canberra, Australia

17-19 Nov, 1998
Theme: Policy and Organizational Frameworks for GSDI
Documents / Proceedings / Resolutions

Session Chair
Drew Clarke, Secretary, Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific
Head, Analytical and Mapping Division, Department of Industry, Science and Resources, Australia

Welcome Address
Dato' Abdul Majid Bin Mohamed, President, Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific

Opening of the Conference and Announcement of the Australian Spatial Data Directory
The Honorable Warren Entsch, MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry Science and Resources

• Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference Opens in Canberra

• Geographic Information Directory on the Web

The First Generation of National Geographic Information Strategies and Survey of NSDI Activities Around the Globe
John Moeller, Staff Director, Federal Geographic Data Committee, USA
Slide Presentation

Survey of National and Regional Spatial Data Infrastructure Activities around the Globe
Harlan J. Onsrud

Case Study of NSDI’s in Countries in Transition – Malaysia
Dato’ Abdul Majid Bin Mohamed, Director General of Survey and Mapping Malaysia
Slide Presentation

Discussion - Invited panelists
Tom Fenwick, Chairmane, Australia New Zealand Land Information Councils
John Moeller, Staff Director, Federal Geographic Date Committee, USA
Bryan Nanson, Director, National Geospatial Data Framework, UK
Robert O'Neil, Director, Geo Access Division, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Geomatics Canada

CONFERENCE DINNER

• Master of Ceremonies
  Peter Holland, Vice-Chair, GSDI Executive Committee
  General Manager, Australian Surveying & Land Information Group
• Host
  The Honorable Warren Entschg, MP, Parlimentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Science & Resources
• Dinner Speaker
  Robyn Williams, AM, ABC Radion National's internationally acclaimed presenter who is an author and the only journalist Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

DAY TWO: SESSION THREE Strategic Imperatives of a GSDI
Summary

Enabling GSDI by Technology Consensus and Initiatives
Kurt Buehler, Vice President, Open GIS Consortium Inc, USA
[Slide Presentation]

Case Study of Trans-National Initiatives - Latin America
Santiago Borrero, Director General, Instituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi, Colombia

Lunchtime Presentation

• Achieving Effective Co-operation through Commercialization, based on a Fund of Accumulated Knowledge and Experience
  Professor Bas Kok, Director Ravi, Netherlands Council for Geographic Information

Theme Paper: Global Spatial Data Infrastructure: Policy and Organizational Issues
Michael Brand, President EUROGI
November 1998

• Annex A 1 - GSDI Regional Umbrella Model , EUROGI, October 1998

• Annex A 2 - GSDI Professional Model , Michael Wood, ICA, November 1998

• Annex A 3 - GSDI Government Model, Drew Clarke, PCGIAP, November 1998

• Annex A 4 - GSDI Business Model, Kurt Buehler and Lance McKee, Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC), October 1998

• Annex B - GSDI Technical Working Group Proposal , Steve Blake, AUSLIG, October 1998

• Annex C - Strategic Initiatives for the GSDI , Roger Longhorn, Advisor on GI to the European Commission, DG XIII/E (GI2000), November 1998

• Annex D - Geographic Information for the 21st Century - Building a Strategy for the Nation , NAPA, January 1998

Technical Breakout Session
[Slide Presentation]

NSDI Stragtegies: A Summary of Activities From Around the World
John Moeller 
Canberra-1998 (PowerPoint Files)

Amsterdam
The Netherlands
RAVI, 6 October 1999
 

The Global Spatial Data Infrastructure initiative and its relationship to the vision of a Digital Earth
Peter Holland, Mark E. Reichardt, Doug Nebert, Steve Blake, David Robertson
Paper presented by Peter Holland at the International Symposium on Digital Earth, Beijing, China, 29 November to 2 December 1999

The Contribution of the Global Map to a GSDI
Drew Clarke, Peter Holland, Alister Nairn, Alan Swift and David Robertson
Australian Surveying and Land Information Group (AUSLIG)
July 1999

The Strategic Imperative of a Global Spatial Data Infrastructure
Peter Holland (Chairman), GSDI Steering Commitee, General Manager, Australian Surveying and Land Information Group (AUSLIG)
July 1999

Who's who in GSDI - the GSDI Steering Committee
12 May 1999

Canberra Conference Resolutions, Recommendations and Findings
28 January 1999