Fwd: SDI-AsiaPacific Digest, Vol 89, Issue 6

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

Geospatial Data Infrastructures might be where open data started to be
institutionalized in some countries, in Canada that was the case with
Geobase, Geogratis and open licenses the idea of open data as we know
it now came much later.

Also many of the issues pertaining to standards, sharing, access,
interoperability, open source, distributed data, portals, metadata,
inter-jurisdictional cooperation and so on, were discussed over 20
years ago and are now being refined and implemented.

A standards based approach to data dissemination and building
interoperable tools, are the conversations the open data community are
just starting to have and I look forward to it infusing citizens into
the picture, something GDIs do not yet do very well.

Also, I look forward to open data projects being part of this
discourse in the near furture and maybe projects like ZoneCone
(http://zonecone.ca/) will lead the way.

Cheers
t


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  1. GSDI 13 QUEBEC CONFERENCE A HUGE SUCCESS (Roger Longhorn)


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GSDI 13 QUEBEC CONFERENCE A HUGE SUCCESS

Attracting almost 700 participants from 56 countries, the Global
Geospatial 2012 Conference brought together the GSDI 13 World
Conference, 14th GEOIDE Annual Scientific Conference, 7th 3D GeoInfo
Conference, and Canadian Geomatics Conferences 2012 under one roof. Held
in Qu?bec City, Canada, 14-17 May, delegates were treated to a mix of
plenary and technical sessions appealing to senior executives,
technology professionals, researchers and students alike.

More than 200 papers were presented in seven parallel sessions on each
of the four days of the conference, interspersed with five plenary
sessions, a poster session on 15 May, and keynote presentations across
the individual conferences. The conference this year also included
nearly 50 exhibitors from across multiple geomatics industry sectors.

A limited-edition book of selected papers "Spatially Enabling
Government, Industry and Citizens: Research and Development
Perspectives" was provided free of charge to all conference registrants.
Abstracts and Papers from the Conference may also be downloaded from the
GSDI Association's website at
http://www.gsdi.org/gsdiconf/gsdi13/prog_details.html.

Completing his term as GSDI Association President at this Conference,
Abbas Rajabifard welcomed David Coleman and Dave Lovell into their
respective new roles of President and President-elect.

As Executive Director of EuroGeographics, President-elect Dave Lovell's
influence brings the GSDI Association back to its roots in public sector
mapping organizations. He added: "Thanks to greater data availability
and technological capability, geo-information today touches more
people?s lives than at any other time in history. GSDI has an important
continuing role in ensuring better understanding of its many benefits. I
am pleased to able to contribute to it."

A geomatics professor and the Dean of Engineering at the University of
New Brunswick in Canada, David Coleman recognized the challenges of his
new role as President. According to Prof. Coleman: "The GSDI movement
has worked over 15 years to ensure that high-level attention is paid to
the interfaces between SDI technologies, services, policies, and people.
President Abbas Rajabifard has done a great job in influencing SDI
thinking internationally. Over the next three years, we must become even
more relevant to the needs of people and institutions in emerging
nations. We will accomplish that through the combined efforts of a
dedicated Executive, a committed volunteer Board, and our member
organizations."

Prof. Coleman recognized the special importance of GSDI's International
Geospatial Society (IGS). "At a time when some people see a growing
disconnect between our institutions and grass-roots users, IGS
membership gives individual members the opportunity to connect with
others and comments on SDI developments internationally." He also
encouraged individual input through the GSDI Association's LinkedIn
discussion group, which may be joined through http://www.linkedin.com.
The IGS also has a LinkedIn sub-group, to which members can join once
registering for the main GSDI Association group.

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