GSDI 4 Cape Town, South Africa

13-15 March, 2000
Theme: Engaging Emerging Economies
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Report on the 4th Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference, Cape Town 13-15 March 2000

Minutes of the Steering Committee -

• Monday 13 March 2000
• Wednesday 15 March 2000

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

Welcome and Preliminary Remarks by Chair, GSDI Steering Committee
Peter Holland, General Manager, Australian Surveying & Land Information Group, Australia

• Paper [.rtf]  

• Presentation [.pps] 

• Presentation [.ppt]

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

• Scoping the business case for SDI Development [.pdf]
• Presentation [.pps] Presentation [.ppt]

Day 1; Session 2

Session Chair: Mr Santiago Borrero-Mutis, Director General,  Geographic Institute Agustin Codazzi, Colombia
 

Keynote #1

• Abstract

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

• Presentation [.pps]  
• Presentation [.ppt]

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 [.rtf]

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 [.rtf]

5 Klaus Barwinski
Surveying & Mapping Agency Northrhine-Westfalia
Step by Step towards a Global Spatial Data Infrastructure
Abstract  Presentation [.pps]  Presentation [.ppt]

6 Dr. W. Senus
NIMA
Global Mapping Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
Abstract  Paper [.rtf (zip)] 

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
Presentation [.pps] Presentation [.ppt]

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 [.rtf]

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 [.rtf]

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 [.rtf]

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 [.ppt]

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 [.rtf]

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 [.rtf]

15 Abbas Rajabifard
Department of Geomatics, The University of Melbourne
From Local to Global SDI initiatives: a pyramid of building blocks
Abstract  Paper [.rtf]

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

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 [.rtf]

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 [.rtf]  Paper [.html]

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 [.rtf]

GSDI Africa Session

Dr. Liz Gavin
International Advisory Committee for the EIS Program
An Overview of SDI Activity in Africa
Paper [.rtf] (51 Kb)  Presentation [.pps] (122 Kb)  Presentation [.ppt] (122 Kb)

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 [.rtf]

Chukwudozie Ezigbalike
University of Botswana
Spatial Data Infrastructures: Is Africa Ready?
Paper [.rtf]  Presentation

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

December 2000

Bejing, China
Codata Conference
04 December 2000