The following organizations and individuals are recognized as the permanent Founding Members and Sponsors of the GSDI Association. The list includes those who early on subscribed to the ideals and goals of the organization as set forth in the Bylaws and joined as members or sponsors prior to July 2003 in order to help ensure a solid start for the organization. Some founding members and sponsors may have chosen to remain anonymous.

Founding Full Members

Atlantic Institute

CIESIN - Columbia University

Committee on Development Information (CODI)-Geo

Delft University of Technology

Department of Science and Technology

Esri

EuroGeographics

European Umbrella Organization for Geographic Information (EUROGI)

Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)

GISPOL - National Land Information System Users Association

Hungarian Association for Geo-information (HUNAGI)

Indian Space Research Organisation Headquarters

Intergraph Corporation

International Society on Digital Earth

National Geographic Information Infrastructure Programme, Survey Department

National Land Survey of Finland

Natural Resources Canada

Open Geospatial Consortium

State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping of China (SBSM)

University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS)

Founding Associate Members

Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya

Spatialnetworks Pvt. ltd.

Founding Individual Members

GSDI Founding Sponsor

A contribution of $25,000 or more to help start-up the organization.

ESRI