Current National Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) activities clearly demonstrate the many ways in which SDIs reflect local political, institutional and cultural factors. In Great Britain, the Northern Ireland plan is...

Current National Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) activities clearly demonstrate the many ways in which SDIs reflect local political, institutional and cultural factors. In Great Britain, the Northern Ireland plan is...

The INSPIRE directive is about establishing an infrastructure for spatial information within the Community (INSPIRE). This is appropriate, desirable and in accordance with community principles. The infrastructure will co-ordinate and...

The INSPIRE directive is about establishing an infrastructure for spatial information within the Community (INSPIRE). This is appropriate, desirable and in accordance with community principles. The infrastructure will co-ordinate and...

Programmes at European and national government level are signalling opportunities, setting policies and taking measures to capture the benefits of ICT. In tandem with societal demands, this will lead to...

The Schools of Topography, Geodesy and Cartography (both civil and military) in Spain, Portugal and Ibero-America have traditionally been in charge of the training of specialists in capturing and visualising...

Reading these columns you must have noticed by now that the International Cartographic Association (ICA) has many different faces when it comes to maps - not so strange if you...

Info-Dynamics Research Associates Ltd (I-DRA) are engaged in a number of standards and interoperability activities, including a recently funded INSPIRE-GMES data harmonisation project within the European Union 6th RTD Framework...

MapInfo is a global company supplying location intelligence solutions. For more than twenty years we have been pioneering the integration of software, data and services to provide greater value from...

A proposal of the European Commission (EC) for a Directive aimed at establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE) has resulted in a Preparatory Phase (2005-2006) work programme...