Spatial Information Management (SIM)

  • Brande-Lavridsen, Hanne (Project Participant)

Project Details

Description

The project focuses on the development of integrated decision support tools enabling the use of all kinds of spatial data/information. The e-government initiatives all over Europe are rapidly changing the spatial data/information area, as spatial information affects a major part of human decision-making. In the future spatial information will be a product on equal terms with other consumer products in society. The development will imply that very soon there will be demand for relevant, topical and reliable spatial information in electronic form available 24 hours a day and in standards which are usable to all. This has in many countries led to initiatives for development of National Spatial Data Infrastructures (NSDI) or National Spatial Information Infrastructures (NSII), Regional Spatial Data Infrastructures e.g. INSPIRE and a Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI). In the near future spatial data and spatial information will no longer be isolated. Spatial information will together with other types of data sets be integrated in large information and knowledge systems. This means that we have to shift focus from just creating spatial databases, facilitating access to spatial information, etc. to the development of integrated decision support tools enabling the use of all kinds of data. NSII (see above) will, together with e-government, e-commerce, participation democracy, geo-visualization, education and training important elements in Spatial Information Management (SIM). Web site: www.ddl.org/thedanishway. The project has among other things been an inspiration source in connection with the renewal of the syllabus for the MTM-study in Geo Informatics and the syllabus for the Chartered Surveyor Education. (Hanne Brande-Lavridsen, Henning Sten Hansen m.fl.)
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date19/05/201019/05/2013