SDI Convergence. Research, Emerging Trends, and Critical Assessment
B. van Loenen, J.W.J. Besemer, Jaap A. Zevenbergen · Nederlandse Commissie voor Geodesie eBooks · 2009
This book is the result of a collaborative initiative of the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI), the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, the European umbrella organisation for geographic information (EUROGI), the Dutch innovation program Space for Geo-Information (RGI) and Geonovum, the Netherlands SDI executive committee.In addition to the traditional call for papers for the joint GSDI-11/ IN-SPIRE/ Geonovum RGI conference "Spatial Data Infrastructure Convergence: Building SDI Bridges to Address Global Challenges" contributions of full articles were solicited for publication in this peer reviewed volume.In several instances, the articles submitted addressed the theme of the conference.In others they stuck to the more traditional fields of SDI.The reviewing process resulted in twenty articles that together can be summarised as Spatial Data Infrastructure Convergence: Research, Emerging Trends, and Critical Assessment.These topics are represented well in this volume.We thank the authors of the articles and the members of the The Potential of a National Atlas as Integral Part of the Spatial