Spatial Data Infrastructure

Many organizations using GIS need to integrate data from multiple sources, organizations, and formats. An SDI is a collaborative effort between public, private, and nongovernmental organizations.

ESRI has played an active role in building this interoperable technology into its products and actively participated in open standards development. ESRI's Internet technology works with any performance scale and in organizations of any size.

The ability to share data across local, national, and global communities leads to efficient decision making and effective operation.
SDI Organizations

A variety of organizations have come together to support a global spatial data infrastructure.

Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association

South African National Spatial Information Framework

The Australia New Zealand Land Information Council - ANZLIC

European Territorial Management Information Infrastructure - ETeMII Project

Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific (PCGIAP)

UNECA CODI/GEO Subcommittee - African SDI

From ESRI Press

GIS Worlds: Creating Spatial Data Infrastructure
This book provides an overview of the developments that have taken place with SDIs over the last 10 to 15 years. Author Ian Masser focuses on the new policy options and the institutional structures associated with the formulation and implementation of SDI