GSDI 4 Cape Town South Africa
GSDI 4 Cape Town, South Africa
13-15 March, 2000
Theme: Engaging Emerging Economies
Documents / Proceedings /
Resolutions
Report
on the 4th Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference, Cape Town
13-15 March 2000
Minutes of the Steering Committee -
DAY 1: MONDAY 13 MARCH 2000
Day 1; Session 1
Session Chair: Mr Derek Clarke, Chief Director, Surveys and
Mapping, Dept of Agriculture & Land Affairs, South Africa
Opening Ceremonies
Mrs Thoko Didiza, Minister for Agriculture and Land Affairs, South
Africa
Welcome and Preliminary Remarks by Chair, GSDI
Steering Committee
Peter Holland, General Manager, Australian Surveying & Land
Information Group, Australia
Panel Session - Reports from GSDI Working Groups
- Operations
- Communication and Awareness
- Legal and Economic
- Technical
Report on the Scoping Study into the Business Case for SDI
Development
Day 1; Session 2
Session Chair: Mr Santiago Borrero-Mutis, Director
General, Geographic Institute Agustin Codazzi, Colombia
Keynote #1
Global Survey of National Spatial Data Infrastructure Activities:
2000 - Update and Status Report
Prof. Harlan Onsrud, Department of Spatial Information Science
and Engineering and National Center for Geographic Information and
Analysis, University of Maine, Maine, USA
Theme Speaker
"Engaging Emerging Economies" - an African Perspective
Jacob Gyamfi-Aidoo, The EIS Program
Program on Environment Information Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
Conference Dinner - Castle of Good Hope
Guest Speaker - Jack Pellicci, Vice-President ORACLE
DAY 2: TUESDAY 14 MARCH 2000
Day 2; Session 1a
Technical Strategies and Considerations I
Session Chair: Dr Bob O'Neil, Canada Centre for Remote
Sensing
1 Doug Nebert
GSDI Technical Working Group
The SDI Implementation Guide: a Cookbook to support the GSDI
Abstract
2 Cliff Kottman
Open GIS Consortium
The Impact of Open GIS upon GSDI Goals
Abstract
3 Roy Gronmo
SINTEF Telecom and Informatics
DISGIS: An Interoperability framework for GIS
Abstract Paper
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Day 2; Session 1b
Global Visions
Session Chair: Prof Ian Masser, Institute for Aerospace
Survey and the Earth Sciences (ITC)
4 Minoru Akiyama
Secretary General, ISCGM Geographical Survey Institute,
Implementation of Global Mapping Project for Global
Environment
Abstract Paper
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5 Klaus Barwinski
Surveying & Mapping Agency Northrhine-Westfalia
Step by Step towards a Global Spatial Data Infrastructure
Abstract Presentation
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6 Dr. W. Senus
NIMA
Global Mapping Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
Abstract Paper
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Day 2; Session 2a
Case Studies and Progress Reports I
Session Chair: Dr Ken Bullock, Department of Information
Technology and Management, NSW, Australia
7 Santiago Borrero-Mutis
Geographic Institute Agustin Codazzi, Colombia
Formation of a Permanent Committee on GIS for the Americas
8 Cristina Gouveia
CNIG Portugal
The Portuguese SDI and its Contribution for the GSDI
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9 Alessandro Annoni
European Commission - Joint Research Centre Space Applications
Institute, Agriculture and Regional Information Systems Unit
The project GI&GIS a key action of the EC Joint Research Centre
to support the creation of a European Geographic Information
Infrastructure
Abstract Paper
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Day 2; Session 2b
Directions, Policies and Institutional Issues I
Session Chair: Mr John Moeller, Federal Geographic Data
Committee, USA
10 Uta Wehn de Montalvo
Science and Technology Policy Research University of Sussex, U.K.
Access to spatial data - What determines the willingness of
organisations to share it
Abstract Paper
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11 Lisa Ting
Department of Geomatics, The University of Melbourne
Spatial data infrastructures and good governance: Frameworks for
land administration reform to support sustainable development
Abstract Paper
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12 Ian Masser
Division of Urban Planning & Management, Institute for Aerospace
Survey and the Earth Sciences (ITC)
What is a spatial data infrastructure?
Presentation [.pps] Presentation
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Day 2; Session 3a
Directions, Policies and
Institutional Issues II
Session Chair: Minoru Akiyama, Geographical Survey
Institute, Japan
13 John Estes
Remote Sensing Research Unit. University of California
The Synergism of Global Map, GSDI, and Digital Earth: The
Importance of Relationships
Abstract Paper
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14 Roger A. Longhorn
former Expert in GI to EC (DG Information Society), PhD Research
Student, City Univ. London
Regional Geographic Information Policy: The case in Europe at
2000 and lessons for GSDI
Abstract Paper
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15 Abbas Rajabifard
Department of Geomatics, The University of Melbourne
From Local to Global SDI initiatives: a pyramid of building
blocks
Abstract Paper
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Day 2; Session 3b
A North American Perspective on NSDIs
Session Chair: Mr François Salgé, National Geographic
Institute, France
16 Mark E. Reichardt
U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee
SDI Challenges for a New Millennium - NSDI at a Crossroads:
Lessons Learned and Next Steps
Abstract
Paper [.doc]
17 Jane Patterson, Thomas Parrish, and Karen Siderelis
North Carolina (various agencies)
Building Capacity to use GIS as a major information engine to
manage information and to inform the public during natural disaster
situations
Abstract
18 Karen Siderelis
Chief Geographic Information Officer for the U.S. Geological Survey
The role and responsibilities of the Chief Geographic Information
Officer
Day 2; Session 4a
Case Studies and Progress Reports II
Session Chair: Andre Bassolet, EIS International Advisory
Committee Chairman
19 Bob O'Neil
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing/Geomatics Canada
Discover, Visualize, Access
Abstract
20 Dr. Hans Voss
GMD - German National Research Center for Information Technology
CommonGIS - Common Access to Geographically Referenced Data
Abstract
21 Yves Reginster
ETeMII consortium
ETeMII project
Abstract Paper
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Day 2; Session 4b
Technical Strategies and Considerations II
Session Chair: Mr Jingtong Jiang, National Geomatics
Centre of China
22 Prof. Milan Konecny
Department of Geography, Masaryk University
The Role of GSDI in Digital Earth, Design and Development from
Technology to Interoperability
23 Ilya Zaslavsky
San Diego Supercomputer Center
XML-based Spatial Data Mediation Infrastructure for Global
Interoperability
Abstract Paper
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24 Foster K. Mensah
Remote Sensing Applications Unit, University of Ghana
The need for developing a standardized meta-data for spatial
datasets in Ghana
Abstract
DAY 3: WEDNESDAY 15 MARCH 2000
Day 3; Session 1
Session Chair: Mr Albert Mhlanga, Surveyor General's
Department, Swaziland
Keynote Presentation #2
Mr Orlando Nino-Fluck
Senior Cartographic Officer
Development Information Services Division, United Nations Economic
Commission for Africa
The Committee on Development Information (CODI) of the Economic
Commission for Africa (ECA) and its role in orienting geoinformation
policies and activities in Africa
Paper
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GSDI Africa Session
Dr. Liz Gavin
International Advisory Committee for the EIS Program
An Overview of SDI Activity in Africa
Paper
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Camille A.J. van der Harten
SADC Regional Remote Sensing Unit, Harare - Zimbabwe
Spatial Data in the SADC Region in support of Early Warning for
Food Security and Natural Resources Management
Paper
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Chukwudozie Ezigbalike
University of Botswana
Spatial Data Infrastructures: Is Africa Ready?
Paper
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Day 3; Session 2
CLOSING SESSION
Session Co-Chairs: Mr Derek Clarke, Chief Director, Surveys
and Mapping, Dept of Agriculture & Land Affairs, South Africa
Mr Peter Holland, General Manager, Australian Surveying & Land
Information Group, Australia
Keynote Presentation #3 by the Colombian Ambassador to South
Africa on behalf of
- Dr. Juan Mayr-Maldonado
Minister of Environmental Affairs of Colombia
Chairman, United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development
Paper [.rtf]
Resolutions and Close of Conference
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