Department of Geomatics The Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures & Land Administration

A Multi-View Framework to Assess Spatial Data Infrastructures

A Multi-View Framework to Assess Spatial Data Infrastructures

Edited by: Joep Crompvoets, Abbas Rajabifard, Bastiaan van Loenen, Tatiana Delgado Fernández

This book aims to promote a better understanding of SDI assessment by providing the concepts, demands and implication of SDI-assessments, a compilation of existing approaches to assess SDIs. The book also provides examples to assist practitioners to develop more comprehensive and appropriate evaluations to fit with assessment demands. The book is designed to be a professional resource to strength capacity of information resource management in the context of SDI assessment. Each contribution has come from leaders and researchers who have an interest in SDI design and assessment.

Editors are thankful to the members of SPATIALIST, CYTED IDEDES, Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land Administration in Department of Geomatics (University of Melbourne, Australia), Centre for Geo-information (Wageningen University, The Netherlands), Ruimte voor Geo-Informatie (Space for Geo-Information) The Netherlands, Delft University of Technology (Delft, The Netherlands) and IWT-Flanders, the Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders (Belgium) for encouragement and support.

Towards a Spatially Enabled Society

Towards a Spatially Enabled Society (2007)

Edited by Abbas Rajabifard

The Centre has recently published a book on Spatially Enabled Society. It is dedicated to Professor Ian Williamson and includes contributions from Australian and international experts:

Sustainability and Land Administration Systems

Sustainability and Land Administration: Expert Group Meeting (2005)

Edited by
Ian Williamson, Stig Enemark and Jude Wallace

Developing Spatial Data Infrastructures: From Concept To Reality

Developing Spatial Data Infrastructures: From Concept To Reality (2003)

Edited by
Ian Williamson, Abbas Rajabifard and
Mary Ellen F. Feeney

Expert perspectives on SDI theory and practice

The spatial data infrastructure (SDI) concept continues to evolve and become an increasingly important element of the infrastructure that supports economic development, environmental management, and social stability. Because of its dynamic and complex nature, however, it remains a fuzzy concept to many, and depending on their needs and circumstances, practitioners, researchers, and governments adopt different views of it.

Developing Spatial Data Infrastructures: from Concept to Reality makes a timely contribution to the theory and practice of SDIs and breaks new ground in improving understanding of their relevance and value. It provides expert overviews of policies, concepts, standards, and practices associated with the design, implementation, and operation of SDIs. It introduces the concept of an SDI Hierarchy based on Hierarchical Spatial Reasoning, sets out the similarities and differences between SDIs operating within and between different jurisdictions, and identifies factors key to the success of SDI initiatives.

Built on key contributions to the International Symposium on Spatial Data Infrastructure held in Melbourne in November 2001, this book is the first of its kind to provide address both the theoretical and practical aspects of developing appropriate SDIs. It offers unique, detailed discussions on the challenges and direction of future SDI development and thus provides an outstanding resource for those involved in building and maintaining SDIs and for GIS professionals and students.