Global Spatial Data Infrastructure

The GSDI …. what’s next?

nCloser collaboration with global organizations:

–GSDI Permanent committees –

nAsia/Pacific -- PCGIAP

nAmericas -- PCIDEA

nEurope -- EUROGI

nAfrica -- soon

–ISCGM, DE, UNGIWG, USAID, UNEP, FAO, CODATA, FIG, ICA, CODI, JICA, IADB, EIS Africa, EUROGEOGRAPHICS, RAVI, ADB, EC, EU ……….

–Leverage limited funds

–Combine our meetings


	· Expand…. – Brings information together in new ways – the ability to integrate various layers of data from multiple sources & visualize the data into one or more comprehensive views.
	· Enhance…. – Look at multiple possible solutions – improves ones ability to understand various options, visualize/analyze key relationships among the data, and explore implications of decisions/tradeoffs. It enables analysis that would otherwise not be done.
	· Streamline…. – Helps affected managers and stakeholders readily understand key issues – having a better understanding of the options enables one to take more informed steps in the process and as a result facilitates (in many cases shortens) the process of building consensus.
	· Dramatically…. - comprehensive views of data + better analysis of options + reaching consensus more effectively = a more informed decision.