GIS Committee

The main objective of the committee is to improve geospatial cooperation between different organizations in the country to prevent duplication of work. The committee was originally established 2003, but had only one meeting. With Finnish support (SNGS0 the committee has begun to meet and work again. The first meeting since 2003, was held in NGD December 2011. The committee includes persons from ministries of Agriculture and Forestry, Natural Resources and Environment, Industry and Trade, Health, Education and Sports, Public Works and Transport and Planning and investment.  One of the most important tasks of the committee is to coordinate the establishment of National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). NSDI includes improving data policies towards “open data” policies, technologies more usable ways to share data or information about data and create national standards

Other important task of the committee is to provide communication structure and channels for the GIS community. NGD web pages offer discussion forum for GIS-committee members and non-members.

The committee also aims to raise awareness of the use of geospatial data and understanding of the NSDI as an important national resource.

GIS Committee